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Mikael Ricknäs
Member since: April 2011
Bio: Mikael Ricknas is Stockholm correspondent at IDG News Service and reports on telecoms; wireless; mobile technology.
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Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage and speeds.
6 weeks 4 days ago
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Google is hoping to make it easier for developers to integrate SMS or voice communications in applications running on the company's App Engine platform.
6 weeks 5 days ago
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Cloudian has upgraded its storage platform with improved reliability and security, as well as better integration with Amazon's Simple Storage Service.
6 weeks 6 days ago
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Research In Motion Limited, now doing business as BlackBerry, shipped about 1 million BlackBerry Z10 smartphones during its fiscal fourth quarter.
7 weeks 4 days ago
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Unity Technologies has opened a beta program for Windows Phone 8 apps, and is inviting experienced developers to start testing.
7 weeks 5 days ago
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In a bid to improve data security, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched AWS CloudHSM, which uses a separate appliance to protect cryptographic keys used for encryption.
7 weeks 5 days ago
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Renesas Electronics' latest system-on-a-chip has eight ARM processing cores to help next-generation, in-car infotainment systems handle multiple streams of 1080p video and augmented reality apps.
7 weeks 6 days ago
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Nokia has released a beta version of its Transit app to be used on Asha touch phones to help users find their way when travelling on public transport.
7 weeks 6 days ago
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The Swedish Language Council has removed "ogooglebar", or "ungoogleable," from its annual list of new words after pressure from Google to respect its trademarks.
7 weeks 6 days ago
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After years of development, airline passengers will be able to access the Internet using LTE this year, according to ZTE.
7 weeks 6 days ago
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More subscribers, networks with better coverage and devices that can be used in more countries are converging to make LTE roaming a more viable proposition, with some operators already offering such services on a limited scale and more on the way.
8 weeks 15 hours ago
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Following similar disclosures from companies like Google and Twitter, Microsoft has for the first time released statistics about requests it has received from law enforcement agencies for data about its users, and the criteria it employs to decide how it will respond.
8 weeks 4 days ago
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Oracle suffered the most as growth in the storage market continued to slow during the end of 2012. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM also struggled while EMC emerged as the big winner.
8 weeks 4 days ago
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ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehadé, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to bring home the addition of new generic top-level domains.
8 weeks 5 days ago
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Mikael Ricknäs wrote Nvidia's Grid VGX software boost graphics performance of virtual desktops and PCs With its new Grid VGX software, Nvidia is aiming to tear down the performance barrier that keeps graphics-intensive applications from running on virtual desktops.
8 weeks 5 days ago
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The latest version of the Skype for Windows Phone 8 Preview has support for HD video calls on some phones and reinstated integration with the People hub.
8 weeks 6 days ago
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Citrix Systems has upgraded its Podio applications for Android and iOS, as well as the ShareFile app for the latter, which can now be used to edit Microsoft Office documents.
8 weeks 6 days ago
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Microsoft has released a number of enhancements to Windows Azure that will make it easier to deploy and manage Hadoop clusters and integrate more mobile apps with the cloud platform.
8 weeks 6 days ago
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Chip maker ST-Ericsson will be wound down as parents STMicroelectronics and Ericsson have decided to take over some parts of the company, including LTE modems and application processors, and close or sell the rest.
9 weeks 21 hours ago
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The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) -- whose membership roster includes BMW, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase and Lockheed Martin -- has expanded its vision for how cloud services should work, with requirements for more cloud-friendly licensing and better mechanisms for access control.
9 weeks 5 days ago
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The launch of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S IV will set the stage for this year's battle for smartphone market share. Competitors such as HTC and Sony will face an uphill battle, even if they release great products, according to analysts.
9 weeks 5 days ago
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Chip makers STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments have announced partnerships with Swedish vendor Thingsquare, which has developed a tiny operating system designed to make it easier to connect a broad variety of things, from street lights to thermostats.
9 weeks 6 days ago
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its Elastic Beanstalk to include Node.js, in an effort to make it easier to deploy and manage application development on its cloud.
9 weeks 6 days ago
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ST-Ericsson's CEO Didier Lamouche has decided to resign from his post as owner Ericsson looks for a way to ensure its future.
10 weeks 22 hours ago
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Huawei Technologies' enterprise division is ramping up its European presence, helped by the announcement this week that SAP has certified the company's servers to run its HANA in-memory platform. Such deals with SAP and other big software vendors will be key for Huawei to succeed in the enterprise.
10 weeks 3 days ago
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