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Motorola, Inc.
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Press release date: February 14, 2011
Motorola Mobility's enhanced software and services empower people's lives
BARCELONA, Spain -- Mobile World Congress -- Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) is announcing software innovation that offers unparalleled access to converged mobile computing experiences.
"Motorola Mobility is delighting consumers with experiences that enrich interactions with their personal network of content and connections," said Sanjay Jha, chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Mobility. "The next generation of solutions we are highlighting today is another great step forward in our effort to provide the best software solutions for consumers on the go and in the home. With these enhanced experiences, we look to solve real customer problems, like device management, enterprise security and content access."
At Mobile World Congress 2011, Motorola Mobility will showcase the latest software innovations featured in its extensive smartphone and mobile computing portfolio:
Motorola Mobility brings Android(TM) to Enterprise with 3LM and -- "Ready for Business" 3LM, a recent acquisition, sets a new standard for enterprise computing on the Android platform, allowing users to enjoy all the benefits of a smartphone with the full push delivery of corporate e-mail and security. Leveraging 3LM technology as well as its Ready for Business Suite, Motorola Mobility will offer the first mobile management solution for Android devices that supports all of the critical IT device policies commonly requested by enterprises and governmental entities. 3LM and Ready for Business software enable the adoption of Android enterprise-ready devices by addressing ease-of-use, cost-of-management and security concerns of information technology teams and chief information officers. Understanding that within a corporate environment there is a high desire for device diversity as well as security, Motorola will also enable the broader Android ecosystem to work together to support the needs of the enterprise consumer by making 3LM technology available to other manufacturers during the second quarter of this year.
-- MotoConnect: A Suite of Solutions to Sync Your Content Motorola Mobility is creating a suite of solutions that allow consumers to connect with the entertainment content and personal files they want, when they want them, from anywhere. By merging ZumoCast and Motorola Media Link into a single platform, consumers will benefit from their own private cloud. The MotoConnect suite of solutions is available immediately via www.motorola.com/medialink and www.zumocast.com independently, and will merge by the third quarter of 2011.
- Motorola Media Link (1.5): Keeping You In Tune and In Sync Understanding that users will continue to have their content located in multiple locations, Motorola Media Link (1.5) is simplifying the desktop sync experience for Mac(R) platforms by enabling the seamless transfer of content from iTunes(R) music, Windows(R) Media Player files, photos and videos. Motorola Media Link 1.5 will be available for PC users in March.
ZumoCast: Delivering Your Content Where You Want It, When You - Want It Motorola Mobility is making it easier than ever for consumers to create and control their own private cloud from anywhere in the world. Motorola Mobility is integrating the recently acquired Zecter Technology's ZumoCast into a sync and remote access platform for desktops, smartphones and tablets, delivering a simple way for consumers to easily and instantaneously access their home collection of music, video, photos and documents.
The Evolution of MOTOBLUR(TM): A Newly Enhanced Services Platform -- that Enables Personal Connections The evolution of MOTOBLUR leverages the social power found within the existing MOTOBLUR platform to offer enhanced location, messaging, music and gallery features. The evolved MOTOBLUR platform is enabling a new host of client applications:
Connected Music: MOTOBLUR's new Connected Music service makes sharing and buying music-related content a snap. Consumers can follow what friends are listening to, get recommendations on new songs and purchase them immediately. And while songs are playing, lyrics are streamed so users can sing along - without missing a beat.
Connected Gallery: MOTOBLUR's new Connected Gallery service merges photos and videos on your phone together with you and your friends' online albums from Facebook(R), Flickr(TM), Photobucket(R), Picasa(R) and more. By leveraging MOTOBLUR's unique data and network management capabilities, users can get pushed updates when new media is uploaded or friends comment on online media in a managed way to avoid overloading - the network or consuming too much data.
Aloqa(TM): Aloqa's open, location-triggered mobile push platform has been integrated into the MOTOBLUR experience, enabling third-party publishers to utilize a user's location, identity and social relationships, to proactively inform them of places, events, bargains and other opportunities that may be of interest through "channels". These channels are active only the when the user selects them, providing relevant data only when the user is looking for it and without being - intrusive.
In addition, the redesigned MOTOBLUR Owners Portal enables users to continue to locate and erase their devices remotely if lost or stolen --and back up user data such as contacts, account settings, and phone configurations with a new, streamlined user interface.
MOTOBLUR-enabled applications Connected Galley, Aloqa, and later, Connected Music, will be available as upgrades to recently announced devices, including ATRIX(TM) 4G and CLIQ 2(TM). Devices enabled with the full suite of enhanced MOTOBLUR applications are expected to ship in the coming months.
-- MOTODEV: Accelerates Innovation in the Android-Powered Ecosystem Motorola Mobility's developer network, MOTODEV, is jumpstarting global development for Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and Motorola Mobility's powerful tablet computing device, Motorola XOOM(TM), with a worldwide series of developer app summits. These summits will fully empower a developer to target any one of Motorola's new products: XOOM, ATRIX or DROID(TM) BIONIC, with their applications by giving them technical information, access to devices and hands on support from Motorola experts. The first summit will be held in San Francisco on March 1 and will be followed shortly thereafter by events in Berlin, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires. Developers can sign up today at http://developer.motorola.com/appsummits..
Motorola Mobility's software portfolio includes cloud-based enterprise software that enables converged media experiences for fixed and wireless broadband subscribers. Motorola is demonstrating the following software innovations for the home at Mobile World Congress:
-- Medios: Bringing Entertainment and Community to Every Screen Motorola Mobility's cloud-based Medios service management software enables service providers to offer true converged experiences, such as companion devices to the TV screen, or live and on-demand TV content to other devices both in and outside the home. By blending community with entertainment, Medios experiences create an emotional connection with consumers that drive increases in loyalty and revenue.
-- 4Home: Peace of Mind at Home and Away from Home The 4Home software platform enables consumers to stay connected to their homes using simple and intuitive applications on their mobile computing devices, such as smartphones and tablets. 4Home services provide consumers with the real-time ability to monitor and manage home security, actively control systems and appliances, manage health-related solutions, and optimize energy consumption in the home.
-- Motorola EDGE Home Center: Your Mobile Life's Remote Control Cloud-based EDGE Home Center expands Motorola Mobility's software solutions suite and enables consumers to manage their home networks, mobile devices and services remotely or from home. With expanded visibility, flexibility and control capabilities, the EDGE Home Center helps consumers answer support questions and resolve problems on their own, minimizing the need to contact their service provider's technical support.
Additional information on Motorola Mobility's new software and services portfolio, as well as its products, can be found at motorola.com/mobility.
About Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information, visit motorola.com/mobility.
Certain features, services and applications are network dependent and may not be available in all areas; additional terms, conditions and/or charges may apply. Contact your service provider for details. All features, functionality and other product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.
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Motorola In the Middle: Big Success or Failure Could Hurt Google - Top Tech News
It's official. Google has closed on its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility. But what does this mean for the merged company? There are still more questions than answers.
In a Tuesday morning blog post, Google CEO Larry Page opined about how the phones in our pockets have become supercomputers that are changing the way we live. He pointed out how it's now possible to do things we used to think were magic -- or only possible on Star Trek. Things like getting directions on the spot, watching a video on YouTube or taking a picture and sharing it instantly with friends all over the world.
"Motorola is a great American tech company that has driven the mobile 
revolution, with a track record of over 80 years of innovation, including the creation of the first cell phone," Page wrote. "We all remember Motorola's StarTAC, which at the time seemed tiny and showed the real potential of these devices. And as a company who made a big, early bet on Android , Motorola has become an incredibly valuable partner to Google."
Motorola Gets New CEO
Although Page didn't offer much insight on what Google will do with Motorola, he did announce that Sanjay Jha, who was responsible for building the company and placing that big bet on Android, has stepped down as CEO. Long-time Googler Dennis Woodside has taken the reins.
After extolling Woodside's virtues in the blog he turned his attention back to technology, indicating that Motorola would still make mobile phones, saying: "It's a well-known fact that people tend to overestimate the impact technology will have in the short term, but underestimate its significance in the longer term.
"Many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine , and the impact of that transition will be profound -- as will the ability to just tap and pay with your phone. That's why it's a great time to be in the mobile business, and why I'm confident Dennis and the team at Motorola will be creating the next generation of mobile devices that will improve lives for years to come."
Motorola's Ultimate Fate
We caught up with Avi Greengart, an analyst at Current Analysis, to get his take on what happens next with Google and Motorola. He told us he's watching to see if Google uses Motorola just for its copyrights and patents or runs it as a genuine business -- and, if the latter becomes the reality, whether or not Motorola can succeed as an independent business. (continued...)
Motorola Dreams Up a Sweeter TV Interface - TechNewsWorld
Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) this week unveiled its DreamGallery video navigation software for content providers at a cable industry trade show.
DreamGallery lets users search hundreds of channels in seconds, bookmark and store their favorite content in one place, and discover new content tailored to their preferences.
It's written in HTML5, so it will offer a consistent user interface across connected TVs, PCs and mobile devices, Motorola Mobility claims.
Content providers can tailor offerings to users' preferences through DreamGallery. They will also be able to create and deliver merchandising and advertising easily.
"Cable providers are [Motorola Mobility's] likely initial target because they haven't shown well against [Verizon Wireless's] FiOS or [AT&T's] U-Verse in terms of user experience, although they're better in terms of bandwidth," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "This could help them close a significant usability gap."
"I would jump for joy to get rid of my clunky Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSK) interface," said Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrevo.com. "It's slow, it hangs up, it's not the friendliest environment, so I'd welcome something as slick-looking as DreamGallery."
What's a DreamGallery?
DreamGallery is a solution based on the cloud and HTML that's aimed at service providers. It lets them deliver what Motorola Mobility calls "immersive" and "personalized" TV experiences to consumers. DreamGallery has a portal server that lets service providers customize the on-screen interface to each subscriber and update it on the fly with new services, features and applications using HTML5.
Service providers can use DreamGallery's fully extensible software development kit (SDK) to develop client-side applications and customized graphical user interfaces. Users can customize a UI once for all devices regardless of the OS, Motorola Mobility claims. This lets service providers deliver a consistent user interface across connected TVs, PCs, smartphones and tablets.
It's doubtful that DreamGallery will be able to run across various OSes without needing modification, "but they should be able to get close," Enderle remarked. "They'll likely need to take into account the differences in hardware to assure an optimum experience but the work will be far less than it would be were they not using HTML5."
Still, there might be quite a bit of work involved because "there are all kinds of compatibility issues," Retrevo.com's Eisner told TechNewsWorld.
DreamGallery is part of the Motorola Medios suite of software solutions launched in 2010.
Teaming Up With the Big G
With Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) purchase of Motorola Mobility now complete, the question is how or whether DreamGallery will fit into Google TV, which will run the Android OS.
It's likely that DreamGallery will be merged into Google TV "within the next 24 months," Enderle speculated. However, he's not convinced that would be a good idea because of the "lack of success" for Google TV.
It's not clear whether Google will then restrict DreamGallery to TVs running Android. Google did not respond to our request for comment for this story.
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This?
Offering new technology 
is one thing; getting it accepted by the market is quite another. "I think [DreamGallery]'s interesting, but I'm skeptical about how soon or how widely it will be accepted by carriers," Retrevo.com's Eisner observed. "I'll believe it when I see it."
In fact, Motorola first showcased DreamGallery in November at the 2011 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo.
DreamGallery's success will "depend on both adoption and how badly the cable providers break it," Enderle said. Cable companies "are very slow with new technology and tend to break it, so I wouldn't hold my breath for this to show up within 12 months, or for it to initially look as good as it could."
Some cable providers in Europe are already using DreamGallery, Motorola said. Another user is Canada's Shaw Communications, which began using DreamGallery last year. Shaw used Motorola's DCX320 set-top box for services using DreamGallery.
Motorola Mobility did not respond to our request for further details. 
Clueful iPhone App Spies On Your Other Apps - Huffington Post
A few months back, it was revealed that several major iPhone apps, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, were sending users' data to their servers -- without notifying them. Thankfully, after that debacle, Apple began requiring all app developers to get "explicit" permission before accessing a user's info, but for those of you who want to find out whether or not your apps are still sneaking around behind your back, well ... now, there's an app for that.
Released on May 22 by antivirus software vendor Bitdefender, Clueful claims to be "the world's first and only app" that lets iOS device users discover which apps may be accessing data -- such as their location, address book and even social network accounts -- that they don't have permission to view.
"App developers can ask for, and receive, access to your precise location, your contact list and more information about you when you install their products on your iPhone," said Alexandru Catalin Cosoi, a chief security researcher at Bitdefender, in a press release. "Your iPhone is probably the most personal device you own, holding vast amounts of information about what you do, who you are and where you go. Clueful tells you what kinds of private information apps can and do access so you can make an informed decision whether to use them."
In addition, Clueful will show you which of your apps may be draining your battery, blasting you with ads, tracking your usage through different networks and more; you can even filter Clueful's list by which apps track your location, which can read your address book, etc. As CNET points out, you can also use Clueful to research what information an app may be able to access before purchasing it from the App Store. Check out a screenshot of the app in action below.
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According to TechCrunch, the Clueful app is able to do all of this through the "Clueful Cloud," which Bitdefender created by testing tens of thousands of apps and then developing a database revealing information on how each of them works. The "Clueful Cloud" then shares this info with you through the Clueful app.
If you're interested in grabbing the app for yourself, you can purchase it for $3.99 through the App Store. Would you buy the Clueful app? Are you still worried about your app privacy? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!
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