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RIM finally with Amazon MP3 for Blackberry

Amazon MP3 is finally launched for blackberry smartphones with data service plan accompanying either blackberry OS version 5.0 or the latest versions, and with 3g,wi-fi,etc. Amazon mp3 is a digital music store of amazon.com it is the first to sell music without DRM during 2008,  previously it was with 256 kbps variable bit rate MP3 format.

The app is available in beta it allows you to buy and download music over a fourteen million songs available on its catalog, you can search songs using artists, albums and other search criteria. It also lets you to share songs and send comments to your friends through your blackberry, bookmarks are available which let you to download later or there is preview option which lets you to preview the song/ album before you choose to purchase and download. Other options are redeeming amazon gift card points from the apps store, daily music deals which offers a free music.

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Google, Apple to fight over Nortel’s patents

Nortel is a Canadian telecom company once a giant in its field with more than 90000 employees has now come to auction due to its bankruptcy. The company is auctioning its patents, there are more than 4000 patents coming into auction which are grouped into six categories so that many companies can buy their patents instead of a single company getting all their patents.

Apple and Google are participating in the bid. The auction also contains the 3g and 4g patents which draws these companies into the bid yet they have not disclosed their bidders. There is also an estimation that the patents are of a billion dollars worth.  Since Apple is facing lots of litigations this auction might be a useful thing in this time. The 4g is a cellular wireless standard which is fully secure Internet protocol based mobile broadband for laptops, smart phones and etc, it has a downloading speed of  100 Mbps for fast mobility communication and 1Gbps for slow mobility communication, previous versions were the pre-4g  mobile WiMAX and first release 3g long term evolution. Norton was also one of the first firms to have this WiMAX technology.

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Google Latitude on Apps Store

Google Latitude is finally launched on Apple’s iTunes based Apps store which was before a web based version, to avoid certain confusions with the Maps application on iPhone.

Google Latitude lets you to update your location and can be viewed on the google maps, you can also view your friends location on the map who have also opted for the same and have turned on the share location, this is done through their google account. There are many options which lets you either show your exact location/ show only the city/ even we can hide the location to all your friends or to specific list. Latitude also detects your location automatically or it can be even done manually, as it basically maps your cell phone to the google maps.