| Editor's note: Read about a new initiative to set up seamless roaming and security across Wi-Fi hotspots to help unclog mobile broadband. Also, read about Amazon's Android app store, Mac "Freezegate," and all the news from CTIA Wireless 2011. -Jason Cisco, Wi-Fi Alliance, and telecoms look to secure, simplify Wi-Fi hotspots A new program called Wi-Fi CERTIFIED is aimed at simplifying global roaming across hotspots for mobile devices. Read more | News from ZDNet | | | Amazon launches Android Appstore: Trial balloon ahead of a tablet? Amazon launched its Appstore for Android and the effort may hint at a bigger strategy for tablets. Read more | | RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook prepped for April 19 launch Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook will be available at Best Buy starting April 19 as well as other retailers. Read more | | Why Internet Explorer will survive and Firefox won't Three major releases from the three leading browser developers in the same month? That's unheard of. A closer look reveals that the rules have changed in the browser space and why the core of... Read more | | Did Microsoft use the "Firefox' keyword on Twitter to promote IE9? This is interesting ... searches on Twitter for the term 'Firefox' were pointing to a 'Promoted Tweet' featuring IE9. Did Microsoft purchase the 'Firefox' keyword on Twitter to promote its own... Read more | | Intel mobile chief quits amid disappointing push to smartphones, tablets Anand Chandrasekher, who led Intel's recent efforts in the mobile chip and platform space, quit as the chipmaker has struggles against rivals Apple, Nvidia and Qualcomm, the company announced... Read more | | Judge shoots down Google Book Settlement: Author opt-in needed A Federal appeals judge shot down Google's settlement with authors and publishers and plans to put millions of books online. Authors should opt-in to Google's program not be forced to opt-out. Read more | | Samsung gets competitive with Galaxy Tab 8.9, 10.1 Samsung has taken the desire to compete with the iPad seriously, as the two new Galaxy Tab tablets are priced less than the iPad, and are thinner. Read more | | Apple patches Pwn2Own flaw in massive Mac OS X update Apple has shipped another Mac OS X mega-update with fixes for 54 security vulnerabilities, including one that was used to hijack an iPhone 4 device at this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacker challenge. Read more | | Has Apple fixed the MacBook Pro 'Hard Freezegate'? Over on Apple's support forum some owners of the new 2011 MacBook Pro have been complaining that their notebooks are locking up or 'hard freezing' under heavy load. Yesterday Apple released a Mac... Read more | | AT&T and T-Mobile: A look at the handset fallout AT&T's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile has a lot of moving parts, but one thing is for certain: Device makers are going to be squeezed as distribution channels are whittled down to two giants,... Read more | | Android Linux FUD Debunked Android may have legal problems with Microsoft and Oracle, but it has nothing to worry about from Linux. Read more | | LinkedIn reaches 100 million profiles, but so what? But a far-reaching network and 100 million profiles is a far cry from the default professional homepage and network that LinkedIn needs to become. Read more | | Windows 8: More information from employee resumes, portfolios, and job ads Here is the continuation of the story of Microsoft's next OS, Windows 8, as told by employees and job ads! Read more | | Google experiments with plugless charging for electric vehicles Yep, we all know that Google is pretty fanatical when it comes to green and clean technology research and development. So I wasn't surprised to hear last night that the giant Internet company is... Read more |
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