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Chinese academic leads war against Android malware

By NC State University Wed, Dec 14, 2011 12:33AM UTC View Comments

Smartphones are one of the fastest growing markets in the technology sector, and Android has the largest share of that market. So identifying malware that attacks Android users is becoming more and more important. Xuxian Jiang, an assistant professor of computer science at NC State in the US, is a global leader in the field...

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Report: 512 million mobile internet users in Asia by 2015

By Jon Russell Wed, Aug 24, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

An Indian woman holds a child in her arm as she talks on a mobile phone in Allahabad, India, Friday, April 9, 2010. Pic: Ap.

Regular readers will recall how I’ve often lamented how the failure of certain web analytics firms to include mobile internet usage in their statistics renders their research and data fairly useless in Asia. To help prove my point, eMarketer has an neat data set looking at the use of mobile internet in the content. Quick...

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Cost of broadband still beyond many in Asia

By Jon Russell Tue, Aug 16, 2011 2:30PM UTC View Comments

I’ve often talked about a “digital divide” in Asia and research from Ovum provides further fuel for the fire concluding that many customers in emerging markets are priced out of broadband internet. Via the write-up at Telecom Asia: (The) study of prices in countries including Malaysia, the Philippines, India and Pakistan found that prices have...

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BlackBerry continues to dominate in Indonesia – but for how long?

By Jon Russell Mon, Jul 25, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

Android is often heralded as the mobile device operating system best placed to find mass popularity in developing regions like Asia thanks to the sheer level of support across the mobile phone industry, which gives the platform a wide range of devices to suit all budgets. While Android has established itself as the most popular...

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Rumour: Apple to target Asia with Sept budget iPhone launch

By Jon Russell Tue, Jun 28, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

The much-speculated launch of the new generation Apple iPhone may include a ‘budget’ (iPhone 4S) version of its current flagship device alongside a new fifth generation (iPhone 5) smartphone in September, according to a note from Deutsche Bank. The bank’s analyst, Chris Whitmore, believes that the speculated dual model launch is specifically targeted at growing...

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