Sunnyvale, California-based Web company Yahoo has unveiled some new multimedia applications for tablet PCs and smartphone users, reports Reuters. The web company, which is struggling for the past some time in its business and is currently evaluating its future, demonstrated new technologies to attract third-party publishers and advertisers to a new Apple Inc iPad-based media service.
“Innovation in this space is happening on mobile devices first, and it’s closest to users and that’s where …

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple a slide to unlock patent it has applied for, a report from 9to5Mac says.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple a “slide to unlock” patent. Image: Incase. / Flickr (CC)

The patent details a method to unlock a smartphone by using a horizontal sliding motion on a touchscreen.
Apple applied for the patent in December 2005 and the unlocking method was first seen in an Apple product when the Cupertino, California company …

Apple’s Safari still leads as the most popular mobile Web browsers followed by Android, Opera Mini and Symbian for the month of October.

The Safari Web browser on an Apple iPhone. (Image: Clemson (CC-BY-2.0), via Flickr)

According to data provided by Web analytics firm Net Applications, Safari had 62.2 percent share of the mobile browser market, which includes smartphones and tablets.
Google’s Android came at a distant second with 18.7 percent share of the mobile browser market for the …

Microsoft and Compal have signed a patents licensing agreement covering technologies used in Android and Chrome, the companies have announced.

Over half of manufacturers of Android devices now pay licensing to Microsoft. Image: Josh Bancroft / Flickr (CC)

The Microsoft Compal deal counts as the tenth licensing agreement forged by the Redmond, Washington-based Windows OS maker with Android manufacturers.
Microsoft general counsels Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez announced that the deal makes …

Samsung has announced the imminent release of its tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus in the U.S.. It has been announced that the new tablet will be hit the shelves in the U.S. beginning November 13 and will be priced at $ 399.99. The devices are available for pre-order starting October 23 with select partners.
Here we are talking about the 16 GB model with Wi-Fi support, but not the 3G one. The 16GB Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will be available nationwide through Best Buy, Amazon, Tiger Direct, …

A small team of Android developers have tried to show that Siri is not all that, creating a system called Iris to rival the flagship feature of the iPhone 4S in just eight hours.

A small team of Android developers at Dexetra have created Iris, a rival for the iPhone 4S Siri, in just eight hours. Image: AshtonPal / Flickr (CC)

According to reports, Dexetra made Iris (if you haven’t noticed, it’s Siri reversed), in an 8-hour hackaton on a lazy day at the office.
The people at Dexetra were …

Motorola Droid Razr coming to Verizon Network for $299
Motorola is trying to revive its Razr brand of phones, and has presented the first smartphone based on Android under this brand. This 7.1 mm “thick” gadget is expected to be released in November.
Motorola in an event held in New York on Tuesday announced the first mobile phone under its famous brand Razr that runs Android OS. Motorola Mobility Chief Executive Sanjay Jha while announcing the gadget said that it is the world’s …

The Samsung ChatOn app’s Android version is now live on the Android market but some users had trouble validating the app since it was released on Friday.

Samsung has released the Android version of its ChatOn app.

Nonetheless, Samsung seems to have sorted out difficulties experienced by users initially downloading the Android ChatOn app.
ChatOn is Samsung’s answer to services from rivals like Apple’s upcoming iMessage and BlackBerry’s BBM which recently experienced troubles of its …

Microsoft has inked a new patent-licensing agreement with Quanta which will see the Taiwan-based original design manufacturer (ODM) paying Microsoft for every Android- and Chrome-running device it makes.

Quanta, the designer and maker of the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, will pay Microsoft a licensing fee for each Android and Chrome device it makes.

The announcement came from Microsoft on Thursday and is the latest win for the Redmond, Washington-based …

The next generation of the proprietary mobile operating system from Samsung, the Bada OS, is currently being developed, a report from Bloomberg notes.

Samsung is already developing the next generation Bada mobile operating system. Image: liewcf / Flickr (CC)

The confirmation that the next version of Bada is in the works comes from Samsung Mobile Solutions Center chief Lee Ho Soo, who confirmed the development of the Samsung OS in an interview, the publication says.
According to Bloomberg, the …