O2, British Telecommunication provider, accused of sharing customer phone numbers with every visited website. O2 appears to be sending customer’s numbers in HTTP header traffic. Twitter user @lewispeckover picked up the problem and created a simple website to show what’s happening. The site returns the information any website could poll from a user. The site clearly shows the the x-up-calling-line-id header is in full force when accessing the site via a mobile phone, but in actual O2 is sending out the information. The company says...
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Google starting from today offering its service “Google Offers” in five additional cities – Charlotte, Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Antonio and Tampa. Google Offers was first launched in Portland offering national deals. Google Offers is services that allow you to discover, buy and redeem great deals with your Android phone. You can find variety of discounts...
With iPhone 4S sales halted at Apple’s China retail outlets, the company is now offering the iPhone through its online store, carrier partner China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., and authorized resellers. Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “Apple Inc. underestimated the “staggering” demand for the iPhone 4S when it started sales in China this month.” On January 13, people pelted Apple’s oldest store in China with eggs when the shop in Beijing’s Sanlitun district failed to open of first day of iPhone 4S sales. Cook further added that “We...
Pocketnow reported that LG will flagship its quad-core phone this year that runs on Tegra 3 chipset. The phone will be out by somewhere in the spring or summer. LG’s X3 will comes with nVidia powered Tegra 3 chipset, a lage, high resolution display – 4.7 inches at 1280X720, rear and front facing cameras are said to be 8 megapixels and 1.3 megapixels camers, while...
Own an Android phone and you most of the time is in search of app, that not only suits your phone but also loved by you. An app store, Appitalism, in its recent moves, tailored for all phone platforms, has made more than 3,00,000 free Android Market apps available for download through its service. The New York based Appitalism’s site was launched in September 2010...
With the Mobile World Congress on the chart next month, we’re strongly considering that Sony doing announce its some new phones in Barcelona. Xperia Blog has posted a photo of what it thinks is the ST25i “Kumquat”. Sony Ericsson looks to be sticking to the design trends set with the Xperia S, as evidenced in the leaked image of the handset currently names as...
Sony announced that it is adding the Russia’s GLONASS positioning system, in its upcoming Xperia S and Xperia Ion Android handsets. GLONASS is a Russian radio-based satellite navigation system that both components and provides as an alternative option for GPS. GLONASS is fully supported in Xperia S and Xperia Ion and any Xperia device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon...
Apple is missing out its Chinese New Year sales as the company stopped selling all handsets at its five China outlets on January 13. Stop in the sales will result in giving the competitors a potential boost after pulling its all iPhone from company stores during the nation’s most important gift giving season. The customers on January 13 pelted the flagship store...
Singapore Mobile Operators M1 has made its non-camera iPhone public has begun offering the devices on its website. The operator currently offers the camera-less iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s models to military and government personnel. The phone is specifically for those subscribers that are unable to operate a mobile with a camera. M1 charging an additional S$49 ($38) for...
Germany’s Mannheim Regional Court today has just issued a decision on Apple and Samsung ongoing dispute. The decision rules out against one of the Samsung’s several infringement claims. Judge Andreas Voss rejected the Korean manufacturer’s claim, through the reasoning behind the decision is still blurred. The issue is a Samsung pertaining to the 3G / UMTS standard – one of seven that Apple has been accused of infringing. The validity of the patent itself probably was behind the judge Voss decision, said Foss Patents. FOSS even...
