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Forbes has reported that Verizon has introduced a system to prevent jailbreak tethering apps like MyWi from connecting to its network. From today, if you use one of these apps, you will be redirected away from the webpage that you wanted to visit to a specially designed Verizon webpage where you will be asked to upgrade to an official tethering plan.
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Apple became the world’s largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, a recent survey said, as global shipments of all smartphones rose more than 65% from the same time a year earlier. Apple’s iPhone accounted for more than 19% of the 106.5 million smartphones shipped around the world, International Data Corp. said Thursday. Apple beat out the once-leading Nokia Corp., which garnered 15.7% of the market share in the survey, dropping to third place behind Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which represented 16.2% of the market.
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The cost of delivering mobile data could rise sevenfold to $370 billion by 2016, according to a report this week by Juniper Research, which urged operators to tackle the issue by offloading more traffic from their macro networks.
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Results of a recent national survey commissioned by TeleNav, indicate that Americans are willing to give up some of life’s greatest pleasures in order to hang on to their mobile phones. Not surprisingly, smartphone users were more attached to their devices than were feature phone users, with iPhone users leading the pack. In fact, iPhone users were more likely than their Android or BlackBerry counterparts to spend a week without their significant other, exercise or shoes, rather than go a week without their phone.
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There might be more Android devices in the market, but when it comes to staying connected at 30,000 feet, iPhone users reign supreme. Apple iPhone users account for 65 percent of mobile users accessing Gogo’s Wi-Fi service in air, while Android users account for just 12 percent. If you add travelers connecting using their iPod touch, Apple’s iOS system accounts for 80 percent of the mobile travelers connecting to Gogo’s Wi-Fi service.
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In the battle between iPhone and Android, one man is a guaranteed winner – Terry Guo. Guo’s company Foxconn makes parts for both. However, all is not well at Foxconn. As Guo tries to ramp up production, he’s been hit with labor shortages and higher wage demands. With a spate of suicides bringing bad publicity, perhaps Guo decided humans are more trouble than they’re worth. He recently announced Foxconn will add 1 million robots in the next 3 years, freeing up workers for higher-value tasks. However, many worry that the robots will actually compete with workers, driving down wages even further.
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Heres another preview of the upcoming iCloud.com. The site is a web interface for Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Find my iPhone, and the iWork apps with your information stored on iCloud.
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