2008

While it will be months before President-elect Barack Obama gets his administration in place and begins to roll out policy priorities, the selection of individuals focusing on high-tech agencies and their issues in the transition period suggests industry giants Verizon …

Verizon Wireless has placed several employees on leave for accessing President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal cellphone account, according to CEO Lowell McAdam.In a statement, McAdam said the company learned of the unauthorized access this week and took immediate action. The device …

Adobe has made its Flash technology compatible with the Android smartphone operating system developed by the Google-backed Open Handset Alliance . Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch demonstrated Flash Player 10 running on Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Android platforms — but no …

The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.

BlackBerry’s Storm may be an iPhone wannabe, but it’s a powerful smart phone that will be particularly attractive to business users.. Is Research In Motion Ltd.’s new BlackBerry Storm just an Apple iPhone wannabe or is it an innovative, highly …

John Garcia, an executive in charge of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s ( S ) CDMA business, is leaving the company, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Friday. The circumstances of Garcia’s departure were not clear, according to the …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—Apptera: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures and Walden International participated in a $10.5 million round …

Google added voice searching technology to its iPhone application by using techniques that are supposed to be off limits to third-party developers, according to a pair of reports.

Will LG’s newest Incite smart phone save it from falling market shares in its key North American market?

A major schism in the Bush administration has erupted over an anticipated Dec. 18 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on a national wireless broadband plan that T-Mobile USA Inc. and others fear will cause interference to mobile-phone operations in …

T-Mobile USA Inc. is replacing its T-Zones with web2go, a portal that includes a Yahoo-powered search offering as well as a new application storefront.Web2go promises improved mobile Internet browsing, a customizable home page and “a simplified shopping and download experience” …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

Alltel Communications L.L.C customers can now get coupons and specials delivered right to their handsets. The carrier announced the launch of Alltel Perks, a free downloadable-service that sends not only deals, but customized content such as sports scores, weather, trivia …

Revenue earned by the global semiconductor industry will contract by 2% this year compared to last year, according to iSuppli Corp., a sharp change from a similar forecast made just two months ago. For 2008, total chip revenue is projected …

NEW YORK — Over the next six months, not only will ad spending be down, but the feeling among advertisers and their agencies toward media such as broadcast TV, national newspapers and magazines is growing more pessimistic. The dreary outlook …

Polillo, a remote island in the northeastern Philippines with poor road infrastructure and no public transport, is set to get a taste of mobile banking long before the developed world does.

A lost mobile device can be just as bad as a lost laptop – Mformation’s Matt Bancroft takes a look at the careless errors that make it so.

Go ahead, cut the cord. These cool and useful Bluetooth devices help you phone, print, present and more — all without wires.. Does this sound familiar?

LONDON (Reuters) – British cable operator Virgin Media said it did not believe mobile broadband had mass appeal in the short term, but it entered the market to offer the service in its high-end mobile, broadband and TV bundles.

The growing consumer embrace of smartphones – and the willingness to pay for heavily subsidized gadgets and data plans that promise fun and functionality – faces uncharted territory this holiday season. But plans for this quarter were hatched a year …

Five of the major mobile phone manufacturers have launched a common energy rating system for phone chargers to help consumers make greener choices.

Machine-to-machine technology is gaining traction among businesses across all industries, and many view connecting machines to the Internet as a way to stay competitive, according to a recent survey conducted by Beecham Research Ltd.Of the 267 responses, 82% of businesses …

A unit of LG Electronics, the South Korean-based multinational giant with a major wireless handset business, and other Asian manufacturers agreed to pay $585 million in fines and plead guilty in connection with the Department of Justice and FBI’s probe …