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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Podcast - 30th May 2012

This week's mobile industry news podcast from The Fonecast takes a gloomy look at HP's job losses, the end of the Cisco Cius tablet and the growth in Android malware - before cheering up with encouraging news from Orange, Yahoo! and Sidecar.

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00:45 HP cuts thousands of jobs worldwide
03:35 Cisco stops work on its Cius tablet
06:00 Google loses a Motorola Mobility patent battle
09:20 McAfee records a big jump in Android malware
12:20 Sponsor’s message: 51Degrees.mobi
14:05 Carphone Warehouse does mobile security deal
15:50 UK regulator cuts off text message fraud
17:55 New web browser launched by Yahoo!
19:40 Sidecar app promises a new perspective on voice calls
24:30 Orange and Stagecoach launch an NFC bus ticket trial
26:50 AGA launches mobile-enabled remote control oven

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