Sling Media Inc. expanded the availability of its SlingPlayer Mobile product to the Palm operating system, which is available on a handful of devices, including Palm Inc.'s Treo 700p smartphone.Sling Media said the place-shifting software was available as a public beta for customers in...
The General Services Administration awarded billions of dollars in telecom contracts to AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. Notably left out of the announcement is Sprint Nextel Corp., which had won previous government contracts.The Networx Universal contracts will run 10...
Walk into just about any department or grocery store, and chances are that the automatic door swinging open comes from a company called Stanley Works-and it's serviced using wireless technology. Stanley Access Technologies is a division of the 163-year-old Stanley Works company, which counts...
With mobile markets in India and China generating growth in numbers that few can get their mind around-but offering revenue and market share that many are fighting to get their hands on-it's little wonder that the industry is looking farther afield for similar opportunities....
W2bi introduced its Q-Secure software solution, which allow remote device management by users and administrators in corporations or work groups.The product includes tools that support configuring company and user profiles, organizing devices into groups and deploying common software applications. The product also includes a...
Able Planet Inc. said it has added its proprietary Linx Audio technology to its new Sound Clarity Headphones.The Sound Clarity Headphones are customized to accommodate personal sound preferences and hearing needs. The Linx Audio technology, which originated for hearing aids, alters the audio signal...
So you sell a jillion handsets into the next global hotspot. What's next? The true believers at the 3GSM conference last month, for instance, said that rapid penetration of under-served, emerging markets could actually spur economic development. With economic development comes rising personal incomes,...
If checking out the Internet on a PC can be called surfing, browsing the wireless Web is more akin to hunting snipe in a briar patch: it's arduous, painful, and sure to leave you disappointed.The fixed-line Internet has evolved to offer a remarkably standardized...
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Cingular plans to deploy its Video Share product in the first half of this year, in what will constitute its first deployed IMS-supported application. The deployment of the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem platform opens up new avenues for services and convergence for both the...
North American game developers are looking to Adobe Systems Inc. to help Lite-n the load.Flash Lite-essentially a stripped-down, mobile version of the company's ubiquitous Flash Player for computers-has gained substantial traction in Japan and North Korea, where it has won accolades from developers for...
Developers agree that Flash Lite isn't the best platform for delivering immersive, 3-D titles with eye-popping graphics and console-like gameplay.Which is why it may be perfect for mobile.Developers for years have been trying to leverage their console and PC gaming success by churning out...
InfoSpace Inc. announced its InfoSpace Find It! application for North American BlackBerry users.Users can download the GPS-based application for free onto a variety of BlackBerry devices. The application separates listings into six categories-Dine Out, Go Out, Shop, Travel, Health and Services-and provides spoken directions...
Streamezzo announced availability of its Karma product, which allows carriers to create and deploy rich media mobile services such as mobile TV and music portals.The product is an end-to-end turnkey offering that includes hardware, software platform and services, said the company. The company said...
Aircom International made a series of announcements this week.The company launched its ASSETShare product, which allows carriers to share network equipment. The company said the product addresses factors such as storage of 2G/3G multi-carrier network data, modeling of multiband antenna systems and collocation strategies,...
CellAntenna Corp. introduced its CAE50-Gemini SOHO Dual Band Repeater Package, which is designed to improve reception for all types of cellular service in indoor environments.The company said the repeater works with GSM, CDMA and TDMA networks at both 850 MHz and 1900 MHz and...
The Stanley Works mobile deployment was the culmination of several years of work by both the company and its partner in the undertaking, Palm Inc. Palm approached the company about the possibility of working mobile into their systems, and it took two to three...
If the cellular phone continues to mimic the Internet, then social networking will be the next big application on wireless phones. In fact, a number of new media research firms predict that social media is likely to be the tipping point for mobile video...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will install Google Inc.'s software for cellphones on "millions" of LG phones through a new partnership between the two companies. The agreement is the latest such handset deal for Google, which has inked similar announcements with Motorola Inc.,...
Sprint Nextel, the nation's No. 3 telecom provider, has narrowed the contenders vying for its $1.2 billion advertising account to two, eliminating WPP Group's Y&R, a spokesman for the company said today. The two remaining agencies are Omnicom Group's Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San...
Location-based services, like so many emerging technologies in the wireless space, for years have been on the cusp of widespread use among mobile-phone users. With more global positioning system-enabled handsets coming to market and more tech companies launching LBS applications that exploit previously untapped...
From its recent partnership with L.M. Ericsson to develop and deliver its suite of news and entertainment content to the handheld to a variety of other collaborative efforts that reflect the company's forward-thinking strategies in the arena, it's clear that Turner Broadcasting System Inc....
