In Google’s first quarter earnings call today, Jeff Huber, Google’s senior vice president of engineering discussed a number of mobile specific tools his firm had rolled out over the past quarter.“We believe in open platforms and encourage everyone else to push innovation too,” he...
One of the highlights of Google's first quarter earnings call today was the revelation about the amazing growth Android has seen over the past few months.Jeff Huber, Google's senior vice president of engineering said Android was now powering no less than 34 devices, from...
Mobile advertising is “doing very well” for Google, according to the firm’s vice president of product management, Susan Wojcicki, speaking on the company’s earnings call Thursday about the search giant’s efforts in the ad space. Wojcicki touched on several key areas of Google’s ad...
Mobile TV content got another boost this week as 12 major broadcast groups announced they'd be teaming up to form a national service for beaming programs to mobile devices live and on-demand, as well as content from print and electronic sources.The group - consisting...
Computer maker, Toshiba, has confirmed it will be bringing out tablets of its own to try and capture some of Apple’s market share pie.Feeling confident after seeing sales skyrocket by 50% in the first quarter, Toshiba said it was preparing to launch various different...
Walmart is launching a TV advertising campaign touting its Straight Talk prepaid wireless service, promising savings of up to $850 per year. The advertising effort likely will bring even more attention, and perhaps pricing pressure, to the flat-rate, no-contract segment of the wireless industry.Walmart...
RCR Unplugged recently told readers of Intel Corp.'s efforts to port Google Inc.'s Android operating system to its Atom chip, in the hope that the ever-popular Google operating system might add some oomph to the chip firm's foray into the mobile and smartphone space.But...
It was early in the morning and the hordes of people were already pushing and shoving, twitching and elbowing, preparing themselves for the instant the shop would open and they could finally, FINALLY, get their impatient hands on an iPhone.While this scene should have...
Android development is certainly moving at break-neck speed, but even as Google released new statistics on the version breakdown for the mobile operating system, concerns over platform fragmentation continued to surface.With at least four different flavors of Android on the market, it's not hard...
In its marketing campaign for the iPhone, Apple and AT&T relentlessly repeat the well known mantra "There's an app for that," showcasing just how easy it is to find points of interest in Paris or to perfectly time one's filet Mignon.But with hundreds of...
Speaking as an iPhone user and enthusiast, I was thrilled when Opera for the iPhone finally got accepted into the App Store fold. It seems, however, that my early excitement was premature, with the app sporting a fair few flaws.It's as simple as this:o The...
Speaking as an iPhone user and enthusiast, I was thrilled when Opera for the iPhone finally got accepted into the App Store fold. It seems, however, that my early excitement was premature, with the app sporting a fair few flaws.It's as simple as this:o The...
The cold war between Apple and Adobe over the former's near maniacal desire to keep Flash off the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad has been heating up in what could best be described as an exponential chain reaction, with the situation looking set to...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the No. 11 through No. 20 largest wireless carriers worldwide based on subscriber numbers at the end of 2009 unless noted. For a list of the No. 1 through No. 10 largest carriers click here.
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Mobile gaming has certainly come a long way over the past decade. I remember sitting with friends playing Snake on the Nokia 6110, mastering the two finger diagonal controls to get out of tight spaces, and trying to out-do each other's high scores. Then...
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt revisited what is rapidly becoming a popular theme for the search engine giant – the mobile world - at the firm’s inaugural cloud computing event, Atmosphere in Mountain View, Calif.Back at MWC in Barcelona, Schmidt outlined three factors he said...
Android scored another victory this week, as chip-giant Intel Corp. announced at its Developer Forum in Beijing it had ported Google Inc.'s OS to its Atom microprocessors, the latest move to ensure the tiny chip supports a plethora of operating systems.SVP and GM of...
Popularity. It's what all the cool kids strive for, and it would appear the mobile playground is full of these social wannabees.Just a day after Microsoft unveiled its "deeply social phone," the KIN, Nokia followed suit with three low cost social smartphones of its...
***HTC “4G” WiMAX smartphone due Q3***A sales lady at one of the major Taiwanese Teleco’s let slip a surprise bit of info; apparently HTC will have a WiMAX enabled smartphone in Q3 of this year. Probed further, she realized her mistake and refused to...
Qualcomm Inc.’s FLO TV Inc. subsidiary said it plans to expand its mobile television offering later this year with the inclusion of interactive capabilities, pay-per-day and event passes and a time-shifting viewing option.The company said the interactive feature will allow users to “interact with...
One completely ingenious product spotted at WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2010, was a little mobile WiMAX to WiFi device running on an integrated Lithium ion battery which can be slipped into your bag, briefcase or even left in your car. Users simply log it...
If you already have a data package with a teleco, you may not see the point in considering WiMAX as an option, but perhaps you should think again.After all, it's not just about bandwidth – although those companies investing in 3.5G will have you...
TAIPEI, Tawain--Taiwan was touted as being on the forefront of WiMAX adoption, with Japan, Malaysia and to some extent South Korea not far behind, according to executives at WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2010. Data package options between carriers are pretty cheap too –...
