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Global smartphone market is set for recovery, says new forecast

A new forecast from research specialists Canalys shows the smartphone market is set to recover next year. Worldwide shipments declined by 12% last year but that decline is expected to slow to 5% this year.
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Vodafone and Three plan to merge their UK businesses

Vodafone and Three plan to merge their UK businesses

New Hutchison/Vodafone network would be biggest UK operator

Vodafone Group plc and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited have agreed to combine their UK telecommunication businesses, respectively Vodafone UK and Three UK. The merger will create a large new network operator to compete with Virgin Media O2 and EE.
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UK mobile payment service Paym to close in March 2023

UK mobile payment service Paym will close on 7th March 2023. The service, which allowed users to make and receive payments using their mobile phone numbers, was launched in 2014.
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Qualcomm legal action moves forward in the UK

Qualcomm legal action moves forward in the UK

Which? seeks payout for Samsung and Apple smartphone owners

Consumer protection organisation Which? has been given permission by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal to represent Apple and Samsung smartphone buyers in a legal case against chip manufacturer Qualcomm.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

The Bambuser Challenge proves there's more to mobile video than a few short clips

Mark Bridge writes:

At 12 noon today, Hans Eriksson of Bambuser will end his 24-hour non-stop mobile broadcasting challenge.

He’s been in London with an iPhone and a seemingly endless supply of batteries, enjoying off-beat destinations at the direction of his online audience.

Not everything went quite as planned; some locations didn’t allow cameras, sometimes network coverage was patchy, sometimes the online suggestions descended into the language of the schoolyard.

But overall I’d say Bambuser, crowd-sourcing and Hans all acquitted themselves very well.

I caught up with Hans a couple of hours before he started - and asked him what was worrying him the most.

“We don’t worry about the service, we just want to get the opportunity to get people to understand that services like this are available”, he said. “My general opinion of people is that people are friendly, they’re helpful, they want to be supportive, they don’t want to be mean. My biggest concern is really to stay awake for 24 hours. Battery... connectivity... it’s going to be a concern all the way, but I can only do my best.”

 

You can listen to the full interview with Hans Eriksson of Bambuser on our website, via iTunes or by downloading the MP3 file.
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