In October, she launched an ambitious text-messaging system, which immediately drew fire from the Democratic National Committee, to blast mobile updates to supporters.
Groupon, Twitter, Foursquare, all have been releasing mobile app updates on a regular basis to keep current with the growing user base.
But what's most important is how nimble Samsung has become at improving its mobile devices through software updates.
Likewise, status updates on mobile can add to Google's knowledge about who does what when, which can affect the sorts of buildings and businesses it identifies on Google Maps.
When one considers the 12 to 24 months cycle of mobile phone releases and updates (12 months for a new phone to be upgraded, 24 months for the user base to fully move to the more recent models), the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be competing with its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S3, and with the iPhone 5 and its modest update, slated for the fall.
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Microsoft recommends you review the applications or games installed on your Windows Mobile 6.x phone and install any available updates in advance of the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service shut-down on May 9, 2012.
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Buried in the various announcements Facebook made on Wednesday about updates to its mobile efforts was this: Facebook is looking to corner the market on location-based user data.
This summer they have aggressively promoted bundles of mobile data services, including news updates, games and the ability to send still photos (but not live video).
As a reminder, on July 15, 2011, we stopped accepting new Windows Mobile 6.x applications or application updates.
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The mobile site is already sporting the latest updates, but you'll need to update your iOS and Android (it's a manual update, thanks to a change in permissions) apps at their respective stores.
Wrexham council is due to reconsider its policy after hitting the headlines in December when a councillor was called out of a meeting and told not to post live updates on the website via his mobile phone.
The company delivers mobile news alerts, sports scores and fantasy sports updates from mass media brands.
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There is also a mobile version of the service that seeks to tie activities and updates to the phone user's location.
The site offers coverage of live news stories for all mobile users, giving you an easy way to access quick updates around a major news story.
While what we saw was still pretty bare bones, the OS has certainly seen some heavy updates since its big debut at last year's Mobile World Congress.
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Using mobile phones, passengers aboard the Triumph have been providing concerned family members with constant updates.
Equipped with new Bluetooth Smart Ready technology, the CORE 2 will enable live updates of body monitoring data captured with the armband to BodyMedia's mobile app on Smart Ready-enabled smartphones and tablets, eliminating the delays involved in computer upload.
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Last year, Facebook began showing ads to its mobile audience by shoehorning corporate-sponsored content into users' news feeds, which also include updates from friends and brands they follow.
Built initially to help deal with the floods that regularly threatened the city, it now co-ordinates 30 government agencies and provides mobile applications to keep citizens in touch with potential accidents, traffic black-spots and other city updates.
"Taking into account the specific needs of city navigation, our upcoming app updates streamline directions for driving, walking and public transportation, " said Joern Watzke, vice president mobile phone business at Garmin Wuerzburg GmbH.
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Currently, when Facebook updates its network, it not only needs to update Facebook.com, it also must update its mobile website, and its iPhone, Android and Blackberry apps.
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