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February 27, 2012, 12:15 PM

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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Samsung Galaxy S III full specs: 1.5GHz quad-core, 1080p display, ceramic case — We reported some exclusive details surrounding Samsung's upcoming flagship Galaxy S III smartphone this past weekend, and now we have received some more information that helps us paint a more complete picture.

More: Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Sprintfeed, GadgeTell, ITProPortal, PhoneArena, I4U News, MobileSyrup.com, Android Phone Fans, Redmond Pie, The Next Web and AndroidOS.in

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Google to ‘double down’ on Android tablets in 2012, says Andy Rubin — It's no secret that Android tablet sales have lagged far behind Apple's iPad, and Google's planning to do something about it. In a meeting with reporters today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona …

More: Business Insider, Bits, 9to5Google, Digits, dailywireless.org, Appolicious Advisor, Inside Mobile Apps and PhoneArena

Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Mobile Apps:

Android crosses 850,000 activations per day, Andy Rubin says — The Android platform is now seeing more than 850,000 device activations per day, up from the 700,000 figured shared back in January, according to Andy Rubin, who oversees the OS at Google. — The figures suggest that Android …

More: BGR, googlemobile.blogspot.in, Inquirer and The Verge. Tweets: @arubin

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Google's Mobile Sales Head: US Smartphone Ownership Grew 7% Last Year — Plus, Predictions

More: Search Engine Land and Google Mobile Ads Blog

Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

Google: 450,000 Android Apps now available to 300 million devices

More: GigaOM, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Marketing Land, Business Insider, AndroidGuys, CNET, ClickZ, The Next Web, PhoneArena and Gotta Be Mobile

Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Nokia announces 808 PureView: Belle OS, 4-inch display, 41-megapixel camera(!) — we go hands-on (video) — Remember that Nokia PureView tease from a few days ago? Well, suddenly it all makes sense. We are indeed looking at an imaging flagship phone and a true successor to the N8.

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

The Inside Story of Nokia's 41-Megapixel Camera Phone: Five Years in the Making

More: Computerworld, Digits, All About Symbian, Bits, Techie Buzz, Nokia Conversations, Mashable!, Technically Personal! and My Nokia Blog

Myriam Joire / Engadget:

Nokia 808 PureView first sample shots — feast your eyes

Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:

Facebook Launches New Mobile Web Standards Initiative, Easier Payments for the Mobile Web — During a special lunch-time event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Facebook's CTO Bret Taylor introduced a number of new industry-wide initiatives for the mobile web.

More: Inside Facebook, The Register, PC World, AllThingsD, Inside Mobile Apps, CNET, Inside Mobile Apps, TechCrunch, broadstuff, FierceMobileContent and The Mozilla Blog

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Mozilla, Telefonica partnering on Boot to Gecko-enabled ‘Open Web Devices’ for 2012 — Mozilla has been working on its Boot to Gecko project since last year to create devices that can “boot to the web,” running an HTML-based platform with the goal of providing the same level of performance …

More: Telefónica, LAPTOP Magazine, Gizmodo, GigaOM, CNET, PC World, Ars Technica and Reuters

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Telefonica: Mozillaphone is ‘ten times cheaper than an iPhone’

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The Mozilla Blog:

Mozilla in Mobile - the Web is the Platform

More: The Verge, InfoQ, WebProNews, AndroidOS.in and The Next Web

Garry Tan / garry's posterous:

Steve Jobs and Farhad Manjoo are wrong: Dropbox can do what Apple, Microsoft and Google can never do. — Farhad Manjoo writes in Pando Daily about how Dropbox is just a feature. Unfortunately the examples he talks about seem to support the exact opposite. … This assertion is about as wrong as could be.

Farhad Manjoo / PandoDaily:

Steve Jobs was right: Dropbox is a feature, not a product

More: GigaOM

Stratfor / PR Newswire:

Stratfor Statement on Wikileaks — Company Denounces Email Disclosure as Deplorable Breach of Privacy — AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Below is a statement from Stratfor on release of company emails by Wikileaks: — In December, thieves compromised Stratfor's data systems …

More: PC Magazine, Reuters and Mashable!. Tweets: @stratfor

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple working on enhanced A5 chip (A5X) AND completely new chip (A6) — Apple's new iPad processor will likely offer improved gaming performance — Typically, when Apple's product launched approaches, many industry watchers offer conflicting views on the features the new products might sport.

More: VentureBeat, Hardware 2.0 Blog, The Verge, Washington Post, PhoneRPT.com, WebProNews, PadGadget, Gotta Be Mobile and Redmond Pie

Graham Spencer / MacStories:

Adobe Photoshop Touch Review — When I first heard that Adobe was bringing Photoshop to the iPad sometime last year, I was sceptical. I presumed it would be a very limited app compared to the powerful desktop app, or maybe just a slightly improved version of Photoshop Express.

More: The Verge. Thanks:@greyham

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad 2 Now Officially Available

More: PC World, BetaNews, CNET, LAPTOP Magazine, Between the Lines Blog, AppShopper.com, AllThingsD, Engadget, GadgeTell, Macgasm, PadGadget, Techie Buzz, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo and Lifehacker

Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:

Motorola can't enforce standard-essential patents against Apple in Germany while appeal is pending — huge victory for Apple, bad news for Google — Apple scored a breakthrough court victory today against Motorola (Bloomberg was first to report). Its importance can hardly be overstated.

More: PC World, Bloomberg, AllThingsD, Engadget, CNET, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iClarified, MacDailyNews and Macgasm

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Skype for Windows Phone beta released, full version due in April — Microsoft is releasing a beta version of Skype for Windows Phone today, with a full release due in April. Skype for Windows Phone beta allows users to make audio and video calls to Skype contacts over 3G, 4G, and WiFi.

Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:

HP's PC Addiction — Why is HP still in the PC business? It must be for the sport, because the money isn't there. Looking at the quarterly figures released this past week, we see PC revenue down 15% year-to-year, with a low 5.2% Operating Profit: — HP can explain.

More: Guardian

Bloomberg:

No Company Follows Apple's Expanded China Audits — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s rivals aren't rushing to emulate the iPhone maker's decision to subject supplier factories to audits by a labor group. Instead, they're sticking to internal checks that may leave room for violations — and negative public relations fallout.

Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC (update: hands-on photos!) — Samsung's announced another 10.1-inch tablet to join its burgeoning collection of slates. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is an S-Pen toting variant of the similarly sized-and-named Galaxy Tab. It's running Touchwiz-infused ICS …

More: TechCrunch, PC Magazine, eWeek, Gotta Be Mobile, The Verge, Electronista, Macworld, PC World, Softpedia News, PalmAddicts, MobileSyrup.com, Mashable!, IntoMobile, LAPTOP Magazine and Electronista

Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:

Vimeo launches improved iOS app with full-screen iPad playback — When streaming video service Vimeo launched brand-new Android and Windows Phone applications in early January, the company teased that it was also working on a major update for iOS so it could support the iPad.

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac and Redmond Pie

Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:

Opera Launches Opera Mobile 12 Browser for Android and Symbian, Opera Mini 7 For iOS — Opera just announced the next version of its mobile browser for Android and Symbian, as well as a developer version of its more stripped-down Opera Mini browser. While the update doesn't feature …

More: My Opera, PC World, Opera Press Room, My Nokia Blog, Softpedia News, Techie Buzz, Engadget and SlashGear

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Dropbox Buys Cove To Bring Former Facebookers Ruchi Sanghvi And Aditya Agarwal To The Team — The rumors are true! Dropbox has acquired stealth collaboration startup Cove for its talent, namely the brilliant engineering duo and couple Aditya Agarwal and Ruchi Sanghvi.

More: Social Markets and VatorNews

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

ASUS Padfone formally unveiled: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, Snapdragon S4 CPU, ICS, HSPA+, coming in April — Just like it said it would, ASUS has formally unveiled its versatile, form-changing Padfone at Mobile World Congress. There are two stories here, and they're both quite compelling, frankly.

More: Ars Technica, Inquirer, Between the Lines Blog, LAPTOP Magazine, InfoWorld, The Verge, TechCrunch, BGR, PC World, WebProNews, GadgeTell, Electronista, ExtremeTech, Gizmodo and The Verge

David Pierce / The Verge:

Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 adds one more screen size to Galaxy lineup — MWC 2012 is shaping up to be a relatively quiet show for Samsung, though true to form the company continues to roll out products — like the new Galaxy S WiFi 4.2. Sure, there's already a Galaxy S WiFi 3.6, 4.0 …

More: The Tech Herald Technology …, LAPTOP Magazine and CNET

Electronista:

Qualcomm delivers graphics boost with Snapdragon S4 ‘Pro’ — Qualcomm delivers graphics boost with Snapdragon S4 ‘Pro’ — Qualcomm delivered a message to smartphone SoC rivals by announcing a new chipset in its arsenal, the Snapdragon S4 ‘Pro.’ The Snapdragon S4 (MSM8960) …

More: Inquirer, Qualcomm, TechEye, WebProNews, dailywireless.org, Gizmodo, The Verge, Android Phone Fans, IntoMobile, Phones Review and Engadget

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