Weekly Mobile News Issue 124–Community Edition

 

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The prominent role of Windows Phone at Ignite - https://redmondmag.com/articles/2015/06/01/windows-phone-at-ignite.aspx

Lumia 435 costs only 50 dollars at Walmart - https://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Lumia-435-Costs-Only-50-at-Walmart-482821.shtml

Check out the signal strength your phone is receiving - https://www.ibnlive.com/news/tech/poor-signals-on-your-phone-heres-how-you-can-find-better-connectivity-in-low-network-coverage-areas-998943.html

Verizon discontinues Samsung ATIV SE - https://news.softpedia.com/news/Verizon-Discontinues-Samsung-ATIV-SE-Lumia-735-Incoming-482666.shtml

Swatch smart watch for Windows Phone coming? - https://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/05/28/swatch-smartwatch-for-android-windows-phone-said-to-launch-in-august/

Lumia 520 is the most popular Windows phone - https://www.phonearena.com/news/The-most-popular-Windows-Phone-device-probably-isnt-what-youd-expect_id69691

Apps:

Download the new Home Depot app - Download

Watch your favorite TV shows with Yidio - Download

Improve your photos with Rhonna Designs - Download

Improve your looks with Beardify! - Download

Stretch your mind with the new Discovery app - Download

Play the new Panda Pop game! - Download

Brush up your art skills with Color Alive from Crayola - Download

Keep an eye on multiple IP camera feeds - Download

Doodle Jump plus Super Heros – what could be better – Download

 

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Google bringing major improvements in Android 6 - https://www.dailytimesgazette.com/google-io-unveils-major-improvements-in-android-6-0-called-android-m/10411/

Google debuts Android M - https://www.engadget.com/2015/05/28/google-android-m/ image

Will Apple sell 50 million iPhones this quarter? - https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/05/30/will-apple-inc-sell-50-million-iphones-this-quarte.aspx

Apple issues temporary workaround for phone message crashing bug - https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-issues-temporary-workaround-for-iphone-crashing-messages-bug/

The epic rise and fall of BlackBerry - https://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/05/28/losing-the-signal-blackberry

BlackBerry is history - https://seekingalpha.com/article/3212546-blackberry-is-history

BlackBerry’s famous last words - https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2015/05/26/blackberry-iphone-book/

Firefox

Mozilla to drop development of its cheap phone - https://www.gizmodo.in/indiamodo/Mozilla-to-cease-development-of-its-ultra-cheap-Firefox-OS-phone/articleshow/47417457.cms image

Samsung bets big on Tizen - https://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/34045/samsung-bets-big-on-tizen-as-it-leads-global-android-sales.aspx#.VXCAnTPbKM8

More Samsung Tizen phones are coming - https://seekingalpha.com/article/3211876-more-samsung-tizen-phones-are-coming

Samsung patent shows a smartphone powered laptop - https://www.geek.com/mobile/samsung-patent-reveals-a-smartphone-powered-laptop-1623592/ image

Jolla to build Sailfish ecosystem for Africa - https://it-online.co.za/2015/05/29/jolla-to-build-sailfish-ecosystem-for-africa/ image

GPS navigation coming to Ubuntu touch - https://news.softpedia.com/news/GPS-Navigation-Coming-to-Ubuntu-Touch-482163.shtml image

Project Ara smartphone shown at Google I/O 2015 - https://www.modularphonesforum.com/news/project-ara-smartphone-presented-at-google-io-2015-1999/

 

End of Weekly Mobile News Summary

John O'Donnell

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