Google may not think that Windows Phone has enough market share to spend resources building apps for the platform, but apparently the platform is big enough for Google to monetize it. Sure, Google already gets money for any ads you may see when browsing the web on WP, and it had an AdMob SDK so developers could place ads in apps; but, the AdMob hadn't been updated for Windows Phone 8 until now...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-releases-beta-AdMob-SDK-updated-for-Windows-Phone-8_id48009
Have no fear, Verizon customers; pictures of the yet to be announced HTC One Max show the phablet wearing the colors of the nation's largest carrier. We're not sure if Big Red feels a little more humble, but we don't see anything resembling the Verizon logo on the home button. In fact, you could say that the logo comes off looking more subtle than branding that Verizon has put on other handsets...
An unknown Samsung phone has just been certified for Bluetooth 4.0; the model number is GT-I9118 and while the geographical availability says Asia, most Samsung devices state this when certified on the site. Profiles supported by the device include HSP, AVRCP, OPP, PAN, HID, A2DP, HFP, PBAP, DI, and MAP. Could this be the international version of a new Galaxy Mega model?...
Microsoft and Nokia are not shy in getting product placements for Windows Phone powered Nokia Lumia handsets; we have seen these devices appear on music videos for Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson and others. We also have seen various Nokia smartphones make appearances on television shows like Arrow and House of Lies. The latter in particular was a brilliant move because it showed the phone in the workplace instead of, say, a BlackBerry...
On this date two years ago, the world lost a forward thinking visionary when Steve Jobs succumbed to pancreatic cancer; in Saturday's New York Times, there are some excerpts from an upcoming book entitled Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution that go inside the first launch of the Apple iPhone...