UCILIA news digest: stories you may have missed in December
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- Published on Saturday, 31 December 2011 11:04
Welcome to UCILIA monthly news digest, a place to find a summary of happenings from the world of telecommunications and cloud technology.
We have rounded up all hot stories we covered the entire month and placed them right here for your enjoyment and convenience...
Telecommunications
- Prada Phone by LG 3.0 launches in South Korea
- Give your old Android smartphone new life
- BlackBerry 10 delay casts doubt on RIM recovery
- iPhone sales strong in U.S., U.K., but declining elsewhere
- Motorola Mobility infringed Microsoft patent
- Patent win for Apple: Some HTC phones banned in US
- Facebook gives Timeline to iPhone users
- Mexico telecom regulator signs contracts to friends
- Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone chip
- iPhone 4S vs Galaxy Nexus: Which one to buy?
- Safety board proposes ban on cell use while driving
- Apple: Five predictions for 2012
- UK’s 4G network may be delayed until 2015
- RIM faces threat again to its service in Indonesia
- Motorola wins Apple patent fight in Germany
- Panasonic eyes fresh tilt at global phone market
- Appirio acquires Saaspoint for push into Europe
- AT&T throttles speeds for heavy data users
- Facebook platform on mobile comes to Android
- Verizon blocks Google Wallet on Galaxy Nexus
- Tool to detect Carrier IQ
- Apple iOS platform internal codenames revealed!
- Sexting far less prevalent than previously reported
- Apple denies claims that Siri is anti-abortion
- Samsung wins appeal on Galaxy tablet ban in Australia
Cloud technology
- Microsoft eyeing cloud backup service for its phones
- What the HDD shortage means for cloud computing
- Disaster Recovery is your transitional Cloud step
- Tablets hurt, but cloud helps Intel
- StillSecure - jumping the gun on cloud security?
- India will be a cloud first IT market
- .NET comes to Cloud Foundry
- HPCC Systems tunes big data platform for Amazon cloud
- SugarCRM Cloud Computing strategy
- CloudVerse: Cisco unveils their unified cloud strategy
Technology
- China GPS rival Beidou starts offering navigation data
- Sony apologises as PlayStation Vita complaints rise
- Touchless smartphones and TVs could be on sale in 2012
Phishing scams
- Apple billing e-mail scam making the rounds
- Lady Gaga's Facebook page attacked by iPad scam
- Beware Nanny / Au Pair scams
- Facebook scam: Get a Costco Gift Card for FREE!
- Scammers try to trick LinkedIn users with sob story
- Apple Store billing phishing - beware bogus emails!
- Amazon users targeted with new phishing attack
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