ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | You weren't charged it when they rang your smartphone up at the register, and your receipt won't have any mention of it. But if you bought an Android smartphone in the last year or so, odds are you paid Microsoft $5 for the privilege of using Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard as quoted in Business Insider. Read more...
Facebook photo sharing app now under new management
The leaked images of a Facebook app last summer will not result in a photo-sharing app after all, Business Insider has learned. The photos were simply meant to showcase of what such an app could look like and in fact little development work was done on the app. Also, the source revealed that Facebook is still working on improving the mobile photo-sharing experience, but the team assigned to it is different from the one in the summer.... Read more...
Foursquare working on auto check-ins
Foursquare product head Alex Rainert disclosed in a quick interview Friday that the app would be getting automatic check-ins over time. Read more...
Rumor: Google SVP Arora to control Motorola post-merger
An as yet unconfirmed rumor floating around Google suggests that the company's chief business officer and senior VP Nikesh Arora would take effective control of Motorola should its proposed takeover be approved. The tip to Business Insider had Arora "agitating" for a CEO role at some level ever since Larry Page took over from Eric Schmidt last spring. The jump would possibly be a way to calm that friction before Arora risked jumping to a competitor... Read more...
Sales of iPhone leave all but Samsung hurting
Although Samsung actually sold almost as many smartphones (combined across all models as Apple globally in the holiday quarter of 2011 (33 million compared to 37 million iPhones), the company took a beating in the US market and saw Android lose marketshare for the first time. While Samsung continues to do well in the market with its Apple-inspired designs, Apple's growing success is changing the way its competitors think, reports BusinessWeek.... Read more...
America Movil to get control of Brazil’s Net (Reuters)
Reuters - Cell phone company America Movil, owned by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, said on Friday it had approval from Brazil's telecom watchdog Anatel to take control of cable television company Net Servicos de Comunicacao. Read more...
Ex-Palm chief leaves HP after WebOS move (Reuters)
Reuters - Jon Rubinstein, who was instrumental in crafting Apple Inc's iPod music player, has left Hewlett Packard Co after two years on the job there. Read more...
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