HTML5 improvements are advancing with the OS updates — as much as 100 percent improvement over previous versions. Spaceport found that Android 4.0 was a “much more viable environment for HTML5 development” over previous versions. And the iPhone 3GS, by comparison, could only handle 53 images in 2009. via In HTML5 Performance Race, iOS Beating Android | Mobile Tech...

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Smartphone messaging services such as Pinger offer messaging apps that let phone users chat for free on the carriers’ data networks or Wi-Fi. Analysts say telecoms lost nearly $14 billion last year in text-messaging revenue as consumers migrated to such applications. Analysts say there’s no end in sight to the financial blood letting. Telecom Groups Fight Back Against Free Messaging via Telecom Groups Fight Back Against Free...

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