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Samsung chooses Red Bend for over-the-air mobile updates

Samsung Electronics has licensed Red Bend's suite of Mobile Software Management solutions for software management, device management and firmware over-the-air updating (FOTA).

It joins 80 device manufacturers, mobile operators, semiconductor vendors and automotive companies that have included Red Bend software in more than 1 billion mobile phones and connected devices.

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Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has resigned from his role.

Apple's board has appointed Tim Cook, previously the company's Chief Operating Officer, as the new CEO. Mr Jobs has now been elected Chairman of the Board; a position he requested.

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Power your laptop by taking a walk

Rosanne Skirble of voanews.com writes:

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a technology that turns human motion into electricity.

In this week's journal Nature Communications, they describe how to power a cell phone or other mobile device - like a laptop computer or GPS system - by simply taking a walk.

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Nokia prices: how low can you go?

Mark Bridge writes:

This week Nokia has announced the latest iteration of its Symbian software platform: Symbian Belle, which follows the alphabetical theme started by Symbian Anna. Whether we'll reach Symbian Zoe, Zara or Zsa-Zsa before Symbian support ends in 2016 is another matter. But I digress.

Along with Symbian Belle came three new phones - yet it was two other Nokia phones announced from Kenya on Thursday that caught my eye.

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