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European Commission chooses iPhone, HTC over the Blackberry

European Commission chooses iPhone, HTC over the Blackberry

Posted by | Aug 4, 2010 | , |

The European Commission has opted for the iPhone and HTC handsets over the BlackBerry to roll out to its employees, reports “CNET” (http://macosg.me/2/ne).

The search for a new smartphone began in 2008 when the Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, was deploying a new synchronization tool, prompting it to evaluate different devices on the market, including BlackBerrys. The EC has been using PDAs made by Q-Tek (later HTC) since 2003.

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Wired.com thinks FTC eyeing Apple for antitrust violations

Posted by | Aug 4, 2010 | , |

The Federal Trade Commission has nearly 200 pages of records related to a purported complaint by Adobe against Apple for banning iPhone developers from using its authoring tools to make iPhone apps. However, “in what might be the most-official confirmation that regulators are probing the ban for antitrust violations,” the FTC declined to make them available to Wired.com, saying doing so “could be reasonably expected” to interfere with its “law enforcement” duties

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VoiceServe introduces a softphone for the iPhone, iPod and iPad

VoiceServe introduces a softphone for the iPhone, iPod and iPad

Posted by | Aug 4, 2010 | , |

VoiceServe (http://www.voiceserve.com), an Internet telephony software and service provider, says its wholly-owned subsidiary, VoipSwitch, now offers a Vippie softphone dialer for iPhones, iPods and iPads.

VoipSwitch’s softphone even enables iPad owners to use the tablet computer as a cell phone. The Vippie dialer requires access to the Internet and an account with VoipSwitch’s Call-to-PBX. Users are able to make and receive calls, use voicemail, dial from contact lists, record calls and more using the Vippie dialer.

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Monotype Imaging adds Elegy Script family to collection

Posted by | Aug 4, 2010 | , |

Monotype Imaging Holdings (http://www.fonts.com) has added the Elegy typeface to the company’s ITC font collection. An ornate script design, Elegy is based on the original ITC logo drawn by typeface designer Ed Benguiat.

Benguiat, who teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, has designed more than 600 typefaces. The name, Elegy, was chosen as a tribute to Aaron Burns, one of the original founders of ITC, which Benguiat also helped to establish in 1970.

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