Protect Android OS by buying IBM Patents

Mutual launched a patent lawsuit against mobile technology intensified during the period of 2011. As Apple are repeatedly attacked and products smartphone Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is powered by Android, and Samsung is back with a lawsuit against Apple 3G on.

Even Amazon has to face a lawsuit from Apple because Amazon Android AppStore has a name similar to Apple's App Store.

Google Android is the creator of the company, buying more than 1,000 patents as a protection against him, because so many lawsuits launched recently. 

According to Bloomberg, Jim Prosser, Google spokeswoman confirmed this week, Google bought the patent from the 1023 International Business Machines Corp (IBM) on August 17. But Prosser did not specify how much money they spend to acquire a number of patents.

In July, 1030 gogle also buy patents from IBM and will probably get over 17 000 patents through acquisitions worth U.S. $ 12.5 billion to Motorola Mobility. In the last month Google transferring the purchase of nine patents from Motorola Mobility and Openwave Systems, the handset is manufactured by HTC Andorid to help fight the lawsuit.

According to Google, they have to buy the patent rights in order to protect himself from the feud, and waged a campaign organized by technology giants like Microsoft and Apple.

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Yahoo Launches "Hub" to compete with Blackberry Messenger Service

Yahoo as your email service provider servers that are well known and also the owner of Yahoo Messenger chat services launched a new messaging application for Android, which was named "Hub". It seems that this application is Yahoo answers and also a challenge to RIM's Blackberry Messenger service.

The hub of this application makes it easy for Yahoo users to send text messages and make conversation group with other hub users for free. Current applications of Yahoo Hub is available in Beta version, this application becomes a complementary addition to communications applications such as yahoo mail and yahoo messenger.

Yahoo claims, although the user can send short-message-services for free to use other applications, Yahoo users do not need to have a hub, they can retaliate by using their own sms service. This feature is only tersedua for Hub users in Indonesia, Canada, India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. Recipients mungkinakan sms charged by their carrier.

Main feature of the Hub application from Yahoo is free for Short-Message-Services local and international, as well as the ability to see more participants into a thread and also has the Push notification service. "With the Hub you can easily add a depth of conversation threads, making it easy to switch from personal messages to the message group, whether to maintain proximity with a group of friends or make spontaneous plans. You no longer need to hassle with the message spread "Yahoo statement.

Based on the screenshot that was released by Yahoo, Hub interface looks somewhat similar to RIM's Blackberry messenger, namely perpesan services group that became one of the biggest hits the rim. In BlackBerry Messenger in native format allows users to see the other participants in the chat when answering.

Yahoo also said that Hub applications can run on Android OS 2.1 + and currently only available to users in the U.S.

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Android AppStore from Amazon

Amazon, an online webstore that is quite famous, on Tuesday has made the latest breakthrough in its bid to remove a business is a direct application for Android. With one purchase, consumers will get free a direct application for Android.

Amazon profitable for the buyers by providing facilities, where when the buyer will download the software, the buyer can try the trial version to try compatibility on their gadgets. And also give full refunds if the facility is not suitable software within 15 minutes after downloading. In comparison, Apple does not provide this facility on any software purchased through itunes.

Even Amazon has its own web page, to try out the free trial is using a PC. Where the buyer can control the application as the application was already installed on their gadgets, it's just controlled with the keyboard and mouse. But unfortunately, the trial page only for a few well-known applications only.

This free application will run it every day, for example, on Tuesday, a free application that we can is Angry birds Rio, which is an application of the most popular games today, with the title that inspired Rio Angry birds from a new animated film that is Rio, with there are so many applications its benefits for users of Android so real applications offered, and its application is usually sold for android amounted 99sen.

AppStore Amazon also provides applications that can be downloaded with a fast way, which will be a widget that can be selected on Android gadget. Widget will guide the buyer to enter your email and phone number to use when going to download the application from Amazon. So its performance, the buyer choose the desired application software through the web, then proceed by selecting the Amazon widget that is installed on Androidgadgets and download it directly into the gadget Android.

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