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As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the Globe and Mail to name a few. We scour the web for articles concerning, iPhone, iPad and android development, iOS and android operating systems as well as general articles on advances in mobile technology. We hope you find this useful and that it helps to keep you up to date with the latest technology developments.

• Bunch of Windows 8 devices coming from Dell
  You’ll need a new ultrabook, tablet, or hybrid to take advantage of Windows 8, says Michael Dell.
• China sales fuel Lenovo profits
  Lenovo, the world’s second largest PC maker, reports big rise in annual profits thanks to strong demand for its products in China.
• Partnership Plans to Bring Ultrahigh-Speed Internet to Six Communities
  A start-up company will work with an alliance of universities to build faster networks to foster economic development and to promote services like education and health care.

  

• F.C.C. Weighs Treating Video Sites Like Cable Companies
  The Federal Communications Commission is considering giving online distributors like Hulu and YouTube the same rights and responsibilities enjoyed by cable companies.

  

• Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation
  All sorts of private Internet communications were casually scooped up as Google Street View cars photographed the world’s streets.

  

• How can 1.2bn people be identified?
  India’s ultra-modern plan to ID a billion people
• Windows phones users must update to 7.5 or else…
  Any user who wants to access Windows Phone Marketplace has to upgrade their phone to 7.5 or risk “seeing an error message when you try to download a new app.”
• Is it a problem if Windows 8 boots too quickly?
  Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system boots so quickly that you will miss those familiar prompts.
• Here’s Every Photo Of Google Glasses We’ve Seen (So Far)
  Ever since Google unveiled its tantalizing Project Glass concept video on April 4th, the Internet has been craving fresh details on the secretive "Google Glasses."…
• Mozilla pushes for stronger ‘maker’ philosophy on Web
  The makers of Firefox unveil a new initiative called Webmaker to encourage do-it-yourself ethos on the Internet.
• Alex Pasternack: What the Sold-Out Ultra-Orthodox Anti-Internet Rally Was About
  Not just a fear of pornography, but a concern about presentation and perception — the creeping suspicion that information could not be controlled, that the Internet was importing, copying and pasting, all sorts of things that the community had spent so many decades trying to keep at bay.
• Firefox flirts with Blekko for ‘instant’ search
  An experimental add-on from Mozilla and Blekko powers a new take on “instant” search results in Firefox.
• WATCH: The Clothes Hanger Gets Dramatic Redesign
  While the world has been working on bringing hologram guides to airports and creating car-boat hybrids, another simple, oft-used tool has been crying out for…
• WATCH: Local Tech Executive Caught Stealing LEGOs
  Ten year old boys aren’t the only ones willing to do anything for the latest LEGOs. One Silicon Valley executive was caught embezzling thousands of…
• Brazen Life: Time for Zuckerberg to Pay Those College Students Who Helped Build Facebook
  Zuckerberg had the sheer brilliance to bring Facebook into the world, but we had the collective enthusiasm to make it a reality.
• How to enable App Store purchases to download via 3G on your iPad or iPhone
  One of the great features of iOS 5 is the ability to have an application that you download in iTunes on your Mac or PC to automatically download to your iOS device.  In fact, if you make a purchase on your iPad, it will download to your iPhone if it is a compatible app.  Likewise, you can have […]
• Diane Russell: The Virtual Big Brother
  Thanks to a dramatic shift in technological innovation, the government can easily track, monitor and surveil its citizens. Who knew that Big Brother would show up as a "friend" you "liked?"
• Regulators To Review Facebook IPO Issues
  By Suzanne Barlyn and Ryan Vlastelica (Reuters) – Two top U.S. financial regulators said the issues around the initial public offering of Facebook should be…
• Facebook float hits more problems
  Shares in Facebook drop another 9% amid reports financial regulators may review whether there was a selective disclosure of information to investors.

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