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Patent Wars Be Damned: Android Thriving at IFA in Berlin As Japanese Court Rules for Samsung

August 31, 2012

You can’t walk 10 meters at the giant IFA tech show in Berlin without seeing new Android phones and tablets. They’re everywhere. Some, like Acer’s CloudMobile S500, are from a design perspective, a big improvement over theApple iPhone.  Others, […]

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First Look at Sony’s Brava 84-inch 4K TV

August 30, 2012

I love the 55 inch 1080p TV in my normal-size living room, but if my house had a humongously large living room and I had an equally large bank account, I’d be first in line to buy Sony’s […]

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Lenovo Introduces Convertible Android Tablet at IFA in Berlin

August 30, 2012

(Berlin)  Lenovo introduced a new Android tablet with an optional keyboard/docking station that also extends its battery life to 20 hours, according to Lenovo spokesperson Thilo Huys. Scroll down for a video of Mr. Hoys demonstrating the […]

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Samsung Unveils 3G/4G Camera & New ‘Phablet” at IFA Show in Berlin

August 29, 2012

Samsung may have suffered a stunning legal defeat at the hands of Apple, but that didn’t stop the giant Korean company from unveiling new Android devices at the IFA trade show in Berlin, including a […]

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Sony Introduces Xperia Phones at IFA in Berlin

August 29, 2012

At a packed press conference at its booth at IFA Berlin, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai introduced several new products including three phones to be sold under the Xperia brand. The flagship of the line is the Xperia […]

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Smart Appliances, Win 8 PCs, 4k TVs and New Samsung Phones Expected at IFA Trade Show in Berlin

August 28, 2012

by Larry Magid About 250,000 people are expected to descend on Berlin’s fairgrounds for IFA this week, to look at everything from smart phones to TV sets to refrigerators and washing machines.  IFA, which was once called […]

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Ooma Telo Cuts Phone Costs While Travelling

August 24, 2012

This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A good friend of mine runs a small guesthouse called Ernsts Hus in Mölle, a seaside village in southern […]

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T-Mobile to Offer Unlimited Data Plans

August 22, 2012

When you’re number four in a market you have to try harder — a lot harder — to steal customers from the competition.  AT&T and Verizon are making that easier by taking away unlimited data […]

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Dish’s Hopper Lets You Watch TV Around the House

August 17, 2012

This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid I don’t watch a lot of TV but, when I do watch a show, I like the option of […]

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My interview with App.net CEO Dalton Caldwell

August 15, 2012

I spoke by phone with Dalton Caldwell, the CEO of App.net, which some see as a Twitter rival but he says is more like “plumbing” to create the infrastructure for others to create social apps. […]

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