BIg Brother goes Mobile: World's First Spy Software for Tablets Released

For employers who want to keep tabs on their corporate tablet users and for parents who feel compelled to spy on their children (bad idea), Retina-X Studios announced the release of PeekTab, the world's first multi-platform monitoring software for tablets. PeekTab allows parents and employers to monitor tablets in complete stealth. The new monitoring software for iPad and Android based tablets is now on the market.

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Sony Xperia S coming to Canada exclusively to Sony Stores

Xperia S which debuted in CES this year is the first smartphone from the new Xperia NXT series –  or next generation smartphones from Sony which are essentially post Sony Ericsson deivices. The Xperia S finally comes to Canada.  A limited number of Xperia S smartphones will be available exclusively at Sony Stores across Canada, beginning April 17^th. Canadians can purchase their Xperia S, which is compatible with the Rogers wireless network, directly at the Sony Store.

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RIM shares some BlackBerry app and developer milestones

Research in Motion is sharing some good news focusing on developer and app adoption for the PlayBook as well as for current generation smartphones. RIM's been getting a lot of heat lately due to continuing losses and its struggle to compete with current smartphones and services. We'd like to give them a bit of credit for being able to generate some excitement from the developer community and bring more apps to their platform while preparing their next generation devices. Hit jump to read more.

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Ubuntu may invade smartphones and tablets as soon as 2012

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Don't look now but it looks like the mobile market for smartphones and tablets is going to get a lot more crowded. Linux stalwarts Ubuntu by Canonical are looking to expand beyond the desktop and into the more popular and emerging smartphone and tablet markets in 2012.  What this means for consumers is possibly more choice of devices and likely lower cost of ownership given Ubuntu's open source nature.

Ubuntu has remained one of the more popular Linux distributions that is highly regarded for its ease of use, relatively low system requirements as well as solid community backing and support. Like most of Linux, however, it has fought a long and uphill battle for the desktop space.

A presence in mobile makes sense but only if the Ubuntu OS can be pared down to be actually useful on touch-enabled mobile devices and can at least approximate competing mobile operating systems, some of which have a four-year head start, an established developer community and a store and app ecosystem. Word on the street is that Ubuntu's owner Canonical has been in talks with a number of device manufacturers who may be interested in making phones or tablets running the mobile Ubuntu OS.