Beware: Trojan Infected Angry Birds Space Hits Unoffical Android App Stores (via NHC Smartphone News Radio) Sophos, a mobile security firm, recently published an article warning mobile users that there’s a version of Angry Birds Space floating around unofficial app stores that will infect its user’s phone with a Trojan virus. “The Trojan horse, which [...]

Patent wars plague Internet Age (via AFP) The Internet Age is becoming as known for patent litigation as it is for online innovation. From the makers of computer chips to creators of smartphones and designers of videogames, rivalries have spread from marketplaces to courtrooms with combatants warring over rights to use technology. “For many… patents, [...]

It's not just Instagram. The 'app economy' is taking off. (via The Christian Science Monitor) By Meredith Bennett-Smith, Contributor posted April 11, 2012 at 2:47 pm EDT Three years ago, frustrated in his search for a summer job, Valparaiso University senior Cameron Banga decided to try less traditional work: writing apps. It was a crazy idea. [...]

Duluth, MN – April 7, 2012 – Job Transcripts – A website for anonymously reviewing workplaces or screening job applicants with reviews by previous employers was pre-launched by Design Us All LLC Design Us All LLC has announced the pre-launching of their newest subsidiary company, Job Transcripts. Job Transcripts caters to businesses and employees, but [...]

Google unveils augmented reality eyewear concept in Project Glass (via The Inquirer) INTERNET SERVICES OUTFIT Google has announced its augmented reality eyewear concept named Project Glass. Bringing science fiction into the real world, the technology has been created by a small team of Google engineers and intends to enhance visual reality with data on the [...]

Google plans low-price tablet computer (via AFP) Google is teaming with Asia-based hardware makers on a low-priced, 7-inch tablet computer to challenge offerings by Amazon.com and Apple, reports said. Android software backed by the California Internet giant will power hardware built by partners including Samsung and Asustek to compete with iPad and… 7-inch tablet computer, [...]

Oracle, Google patent case looks headed for court (via AFP) Google and Oracle continued legal wrangling in a dimming effort to reach a deal to avoid facing off before jurors in a patent case trial. The trial remained set to start next month in a San Francisco federal court after Oracle spurned a proposal that [...]

Angry Birds theme parks head for the UK (via The Inquirer) CASUAL GAMING MONSTER Rovio is planning to open up theme parks based on its smash hit Angry Birds game in the UK. Reuters reports that the game, which is already a massive hit on the Android and Iphone mobile systems and available for the [...]

China smartphone market ‘to overtake US’ (via AFP) China is set to be the biggest smartphone market this year after shipments in the second-half of 2011 outstripped the US, a technology research firm said. Figures by US-based International Data Corporation (IDC) indicate China will account for 20.7 percent or almost 137 million units of the [...]

Seventy-Seven Percent of Consumers With Tablet Computers Use a Mobile Device to Shop, According to PriceGrabber® Survey (via PR Newswire) LOS ANGELES, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The popularity of mobile shopping continues to grow. According to a survey conducted by PriceGrabber®, a part of Experian, an overwhelming 77 percent of consumers who own a [...]