Thursday, April 19, 2012

Update - 301


A marketing time-bomb explodes: Android user wins Windows Phone Challenge ...
VentureBeat
Sahas Katta, owner of a Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone, strolled into Microsoft's Santa Clara, Calif. store on Sunday to compete in the company's widely-publicized "Smoked by Windows Phone Contest" — but he walked out cheated of a victory by hapless ...
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VentureBeat
Today's Top Stories: Android Smokes Windows Phone; Yahoo Board Additions
Mashable
A blogger's claim that his Android phone beat a Windows Phone in an in-store challenge, but Microsoft failed to acknowledge it and reward him with the promised $1000 special edition laptop made the rounds Monday morning. The item, by Sahas Katta, ...
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Nokia Lumia 900 Release Date And Price Confirmed By AT&T
Huffington Post
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google's top-of-the-line Android phone: $299. The Lumia 900, Nokia's top-of-the-line Windows Phone: $99. It's official: After weeks of rumors, AT&T has announced that the Nokia Lumia 900 will cost just $99 with a two-year ...
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Microsoft allegedly cheated in 'Smoked by Windows Phone' campaign
CNET
By Aloysius Low on Mar 26, 2012 Smoked by Windows Phone is a Microsoft's marketing campaign that basically calls for smartphone users, whether iOS or Android, to beat a Windows Phone at performing task faster. Microsoft's claim is that the company ...
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Smoked by Android: Microsoft coughs up free laptop
Register
By Bill Ray • Get more from this author An Android user who reckons he beat Microsoft's speed challenge fair and square will be getting his free laptop and phone after Microsoft's PCGuy stepped into the fray. Sahas Katta admits he won the promotional ...
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Zoho Launches Android, IPad Apps for Its CRM and Project Software
PCWorld (blog)
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Zoho is expanding its push into mobile applications on Monday, rolling out native Android and iPad clients for its CRM and project management software. The company, which offers a wide range of Web-based business ...
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Android smokes Windows Phone in Microsoft challenge
Inquirer
By Robert Jaques STRIVING MOBILE PHONE PLAYER Microsoft has been accused of being a "poor loser" for failing to cough up a prize when an Android handset beat one of its Windows Phones in a challenge. The controversy began yesterday in a Santa Clara ...
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Instagram for Android Launches 'Coming Soon' Page; Where's the App?
PC Magazine
By David Murphy Hey Android users — Are you seething with jealousy over all the little hipster pictures your iOS-wielding friends are taking with their Instagram app? You have a little bit more time to rage, but not much… hopefully.
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Android user wins the "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge, Microsoft fails to ...
IntoMobile
Opinions about Windows Phone versus Android aside, what Microsoft did was just plain shady. And the best part of all this was Microsoft's response. Ben Rudolph, the Microsoft guy who started this whole "Smoked by Windows Phone" thing, told Sahas via ...
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Smoked by Windows Phone promo fizzles after Android wades in
SlashGear
The marketing scheme attempts to demonstrate how Windows Phone's Live Tiles, among other things, make it a speedier platform than iOS or Android, challenging users of other devices to head-to-head tasks; unfortunately, as Skatter Tech found when ...
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Square Renames Payment App, Improves Android Version
By Todd Wasserman
Square has renamed its payment app and tweaked the Android version to provide hands-free payments.
Mashable!
Square to launch revamped payments app, Android support — Tech ...
By Ryan Kim
While Square has been known for its credit card reading dongle, the company is showing even more attention to its payment app, which is being relaunched today as Pay with Square. The mobile wallet app holds the future for Square and its ...
GigaOM
Android 5.0 ("Jelly Bean") Expected On Devices In Q3 2012 ...
Google I/O is coming up in June, and there's no doubt that the company will use this to speak on their next-generation operating system. Android 4.0 is still rolling out to devices, so who knows how Android 5.0 is going to play into things.
HotHardware.com News Rss Feed
Square relaunches Card Case as 'Pay with Square,' brings geo ...
By Kevin Krause
Square is relaunching their Card Case app, reminding us all that the company not only allows users to accept payments, but also to make payments of their.
Android Phone Fans
Ustream For Android Hits 2.5M Downloads, Rolls Out Ad-Free App ...
By Sarah Perez
Ustream is celebrating reaching 2.5 million downloads of its Android app today with the release of a major new version, Ustream 2.0. It's been a long time coming for Ustream to hit this milestone – the original Android app was launched back in ...
TechCrunch

Web1 new result for android
Why Is Android A Complete And Utter Failure In The Tablet Market ...
Apple's announcement that it sold 3 million new iPads in four days, makes it even clearer that the tablet market is a one horse race. The iPad is obliterating ...
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