Instagram’s 150 million active users may not be the only ones frustrated to learn that Facebook’s popular app is preparing to add advertising. Since adding video earlier this year, Instagram …
Qualcomm has dominated the market for smartphone applications processors, and now it wants to lead the way in creating chipsets and software for devices that can connect to your phone. …
Qualcomm had a surprise announcement at its Uplinq conference this week: a smart watch called Toq that connnects to Android devices. The Toq uses Qualcomm’s Mirasol display, a MEMS-based bistable …
Samsung took the wraps off its Galaxy Gear smartwatch today in Berlin. The $299 Android device is meant to be a companion to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 smartphone, and its …
Broadcom (BRCM) is hoping to jump start its LTE chip business by buying Renesas’s LTE chip assets for $164 million. Japan’s Renesas bought the chip business from Nokia 3 years …
Microsoft shares are down about 2% this morning, after sliding 6% yesterday on news that the software giant will buy Nokia’s mobile phone business. CEO Steven Ballmer said yesterday that …
Subzero temperatures, subway dwellers, and airborne rattlesnakes were among the challenges that tower climbers have shared with Anritsu as part of the company’s 2013 Toughest Site Competition. The test and …
Microsoft is spending $7.2 billion to buy Nokia’s smartphone business. Nokia (NOK) will retain its Nokia Solutions and Networks infrastructure business (NSN), its Nokia HERE mapping tool, and its patents, …
52 million students in more than 10,000 K-12 school districts are heading back to school as educators, parents and students demand better connectivity in the classroom. Many schools initiated plans …
AT&T Mobility says it will roll out its new Aio prepaid service nationwide next month. Aio offers three plans, ranging in price from $40 to $70 per month. All offer …
According to Rik Ferguson, Vice President of Security Research at Trend Micro, the answer is “Yes!” Why? He says there are billions of dollars to be made in cybercrime, certain …
For the second time this year, Google’s Android unit is losing a key executive. Hugo Barra, vice president of product management at Android, is leaving Google to take a position …
Small cell deployments and Wi-Fi offload are two of the most important ways that mobile operators increase network capacity and coverage, but until recently they have been seen as separate …
With just five days to go on its review of AT&T’s pending $780 million acquisition of Atlantic Tele-Networks wireless assets operating under the Alltel brand, the Federal Communications Commission stopped …
The first smartphone to be made in America costs less to make than Samsung’s Galaxy S4, according to a teardown analysis prepared by IHS iSuppli. The research firm estimates the …
BlackBerry said earlier this month that it will explore strategic alternatives, and now it looks like it may be ready to make its popular BlackBerry Messenger service a stand-alone company. …
ARM to buy SensiNode in M2M play ARM wants to extend its success in mobile devices to the Internet of Things. The company is buying Finland’s SensiNode Oy, a developer …
AT&T Mobility is rolling out the much-anticipated Motorola Moto X phone and Verizon Wireless is busy launching three new Motorola Droid smartphones, even as pictures of what looks like a …
Traffic on wireless networks may soon have a whole new meaning. Google is reportedly so eager to produce a driverless car that it has started conversations with component makers in …
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer said today that he will retire within a year, and that could open the door for the software giant to replace Ballmer with a new …
The world’s largest wireless carrier has awarded more than $3 billion in 4G contracts, with a slice of the business going to non-Chinese firms. China Mobile has tapped Ericsson, Nokia …
Verizon Communications has roughly 5 million subscribers to its FiOS TV service, and about 3.5 million of those are in markets where CBS owns a TV station. Now the company …
Mobile phone makers as a group saw revenue growth far outpace the growth of units shipped and units sold during the second quarter. Global handset wholesale revenue grew 24% in …
Roughly 6 billion people have access to mobile communications, but fewer than half that number have access to the Internet. Leadering companies from across the mobile ecosystem have joined Facebook …
Today’s most popular mobile devices were never designed for business purposes and unfortunately, they don’t offer the same level of security that has been built in to traditional desktop and
