Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. The unprecedented concentration of spectrum in the hands of Verizon Wireless and …
Vringo has launched Vringo Studio, which gives user the capability to create their own video calling cards. Previously, users could only select from a pre-built library of videos on the site.
Chicago-Differentiation is key to the success and survival of any business, “especially when you’re a second-tier player in a Goliath network,” Mike O’Malley, director of external marketing at telecommunications equipment provider Tellabs Inc., said Thursday in a speech to the …
Verizon Communications and CBS Corp said on Monday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like “CSI” and “Survivor” on Verizon’s FiOS TV service as well as its wireless network.
Why can’t the most powerful person in the world keep his BlackBerry? President-elect Barack Obama, who will take the oath of office next week, has repeatedly acknowledged a strong attachment to his Verizon BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, a k …
Imagine a world where everywhere you turn, a Skype client is waiting for you to use it. In the wake of the Consumer Electronics Show, the potential for VoIP service provider Skype to become natively embedded in a range of …
In the latter area, Microsoft is part of a $24 million financing round for N-trig, a Kfar Saba, Israel-based company that provides technology for sensing pen and touch input.
Toshiba is not offering a Netbook for the US market but that doesn’t mean it’s not offering interesting alternatives–though, for now, only prototypes. The Japanese company was also showing a number of iPhone-like (both large and small) prototypes at CES.
An Ohio man used a friend’s cell phone to get back his car, cell phone, and cash, all of which were stolen in a car jacking, according to a local TV report .
Sprint Nextel said yesterday it will lay off 160 employees from its Herndon operations. The announcement comes amid frozen credit markets, economic turmoil and questions about the success of the company’s high-speed Internet technology venture with Clearwire .
Virgin Mobile USA has awarded its media planning and buying account to Havas’ MPG North America and Media Contacts after a review, the client has confirmed. The assignment is effective immediately.
Tax breaks for companies that increase Internet speed or create new networks are likely to go to existing large players.
Verizon Communications Inc. said it agreed to a mobile search deal with Microsoft Corp. and that details will be announced later on Wednesday.
Strategic investors in Clearwire Corp. posted a flurry of bad news related to their stakes in the wireless services company on Wednesday, drawing attention to one of its other more prominent backers: Google Inc.
Logging onto the Internet for free at many New York City parks has become another casualty of the financial crisis. The vendor, WiFi Salon, which won the contract from the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation in 2004 to wire …
Sling Media has whipped up a prototype of SlingPlayer for Mac HD, as well as a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone.
On March 19th, some of the leading developers of iPhone games will gather in San Francisco to promote the platform and talk about moving it forward.
When AppLoop launched its self-service platform for tracking and advertising on mobile applications last July, we were quite impressed. Leveraging the iPhone 3G’s native GPS capabilities, AppLoop’s geo-aware mobile ad network was able to tell when a consumer was close …
CIOs face a difficult task in pulling together disparate mobile programs and devices. Here’s how they can get it done.
Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health.
In about two weeks, the District’s roads, Metro cars and bus routes will become so clogged with inauguration-goers that Washingtonians are praying they’ll be allowed to telecommute rather than brave the trek into their offices.
Tatiana Gonz
The iPhone world has been clamoring for this one for awhile. And what better way to start the new year then by playing around with the Dev Team’s newest creation–an official unlock for the iPhone 3G.
Many of you may have read that Google has launched a Product Ideas site , which makes one think Google is looking to crowdsource some innovation in lieu of letting programming teams go off on their own to forge failures.
Editor’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. In the coming weeks look for columns from NPD Group’s …
