Pandora’s free Internet streaming radio service just got a little less free. Well, it still doesn’t cost you anything, but it is no longer commercial free. Pandora made the following announcements on its Twitter feed today:
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If you ask Andy Kruse, the CEO of wind turbine maker Southwest Windpower, about technology, he’s more likely to talk about software and WiMax than turbine blades or inverters.
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KT, the country’s biggest telephone company, announced plans to merge with KTF, the No. 2 wireless carrier, creating a mighty industry giant whose sales will dwarf its competitors.
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According to Venture Beat, Research in Motion is gearing up to challenge Apple’s App Store with its Blackberry Application Storefront.
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It’s not just Barack Obama who’s addicted to a BlackBerry. It was hard to find an executive at a music industry conference in Cannes last week without one of the devices in hand.
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Since the inception of the iPhone, Apple has used baseband and radio chips from Infineon. Because of this, keeping an eye on Infineon's product offerings can offer some insight into possible chips for future iPhones, which, in turn, may give …
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Analyst Angle: The death of subsidies for mobile devices may be exaggerated
by rcrwirelessby rcrwirelessEditor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. A critical question for wireless operators in the US is …
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Review: Waterfield Designs MSI Wind Sleevecase and T-Mobile G1 Ultrasuede Slipcase
by rcrwirelessby rcrwirelessOne of the most important accessories for your mobile gear is a good bag and case. I’ve been using a Waterfield Designs bag for over 2 years and even though I use it every single day it still looks almost …
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After years of futile efforts to stop digital pirates from copying its music, the music business has started to copy the pirates.
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Many parents would love to be able to give their teenagers a cell phone that couldn’t be used while driving. Now some inventors say they have come up with ways to make that possible, but they appear to be relying …
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Soon, you’ll be able to watch free, live, streaming video on your iPhone thanks to a company called Ustream. Ustream.TV is a live interactive video broadcast platform that makes it possible for anyone with a camera and an Internet connection …
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Australia’s first smartphone to run on Google’s Android, the Kogan Agora Pro, has been delayed indefinitely, with its distributor citing its low-resolution display as the reason for not shipping the handset in its current form.
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Samsung Electronics Co. announced a major restructuring Friday, consolidating business operations into two divisions as South Korea’s most powerful and iconic corporation deals with the slowing global economy and expectations of looming red ink.
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The company is following in the footsteps of Visa and MasterCard by offering card holders the ability to manage their accounts with a cell phone.
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New York State has cancelled the multibillion-dollar contract it awarded to M/A-COM to build a statewide wireless network for public safety use, saying the vendor has failed to adequately deliver on the deal.
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Andrew Shebanow didn’t imagine that asking for feedback about how Palm’s app store should work would open up a flood of input. He also didn’t expect the move would change his job description. But now both have happened.
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A new analysis from Strand Consult charts a switch by high street mobile phone retailers into the mobile virtual network (MVNO) operator business.
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Alternative location technologies such as Wi-Fi and Cell-ID will increasingly join GPS in new location-based service (LBS) applications in cellphones and other handheld devices, ABI Research concluded in a new report.
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Circuit City Stores concluded the first day of an auction and said it was still in talks with bidders regarding a potential sale of the company or certain assets.
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Regional department store chain Gottschalks Inc. said on Wednesday it filed to reorganize under bankruptcy protection, while apparel chain Goody’s LLC plans to liquidate its remaining 282 stores in a return to Chapter 11.
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Electronic Arts, one of the largest game software and mobile gaming companies in the world, is said to be considering an acquisition of cross town rival Glu Mobile. While this is not the first time such talk has surfaced, the …
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T-Mobile USA bounces ‘Fave 5’ spots featuring Charles Barkley: Move follows former NBA star’s arrest for drunken driving
by rcrwirelessby rcrwirelessT-Mobile USA Inc. has pulled its TV spots starring Charles Barkley following the basketball great’s drunken-driving arrest on New Year’s Eve. In a statement, a T-Mobile spokesman noted that the campaign featuring Barkley has been successful, but “given the recent …
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Retailers and manufacturers working on plan to allow customers to retrieve product details by scanning bar codes with a camera phone
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Sprint Nextel is extending the push-to-talk capability of its Nextel handsets so subscribers can send voicemail messages to e-mail addresses along with detailed information about their locations.
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Windows Live Search Mobile, its downloadable search and map app for Windows Mobile 5 and 6, which the company demoed last week at CES .