Ofcom has told Internet Service Providers how it expects them to make sure customers understand how internet traffic is being managed.
The regulator believes existing consumer information about traffic management isn’t clear enough and warns that it may need to legislate if improvements aren’t made.
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It’s reported that Starbucks will launch an iPhone app for mobile payments in January next year.
Customers who already have a Starbucks payment card will be able to link the card to the app. It’ll enable them to pay for items in 700 coffee shops by using an on-screen barcode.
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The US International Trade Commission has decided that Apple is not violating patents held by S3 Graphics.
It’s bad news for HTC, which agreed to pay VIA Technologies and WTI Investment a total of $300 million for the company earlier this year.
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PRADA and LG Electronics have renewed their exclusive mobile phone partnership and have committed to developing a new device, the PRADA phone by LG 3.0, for launch in early 2012.
The original Prada phone - launched as the world’s first touchscreen mobile phone - was introduced in 2007.
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Telefónica Digital and Research In Motion have announced an NFC-based mobile wallet.
It’s called the ‘Telefonica wallet for BlackBerry’ and currently supports the BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Curve 9360 and BlackBerry Curve 9380, all of which have NFC connectivity and run the BlackBerry 7 operating system.
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