Enabler Apps

Ryan Wuerch’s run as CEO at Motricity Inc. (MOTR) has come to an end less than two weeks after the embattled company reported a $4.3 million loss in the last …

QR codes and barcodes are increasingly making their presence known on store shelfs, windows and kiosks, but how many people actually scan those codes? At least 14 million users, or …

Security continues to be a moving target in the mobile space with consumers facing an array of third-party choices for security apps and other measures. While third-party apps flourish on …

Mountain View based Intuit Inc., maker of the popular TurboTax program, has announced the availability of its QuickBooks invoicing app for Android, following up its iOS app for Apple iPhone …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Seven months after spinning off as a separate company, Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) is doubling down on its services portfolio and making other moves to reach deeper …

Nokia Corp. (NOK) continues to shed business interests as it shifts its strategy on many fronts. The latest to go is the company’s operator-branded messaging business, which gave carriers in …

Swype Inc. has released the third major version of its text input solution for touch-screen devices in beta. Key features of the update include predictive tap, horizontal word choice and …

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) announced a series of M2M deals around payments, video surveillance, alarm monitoring and offered some updates on its push into tele-medicine.The Electronic Payment Exchange (EPX), a …

Visa Inc. (V) has made another pair of moves in its quest to develop a mobile network for financial transactions and maintain its leader position in the nascent medium. The …

For the first time since 2008, Apple Inc. (AAPL) declined to introduce a new iPhone today at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. CEO Steve Jobs and his …

Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Eric Schmidt, now executive chairman after stepping down as CEO earlier this year, opened up during his keynote at the D9 Conference last evening about some mistakes, …

Three of the nation’s largest financial institutions have formed a new venture to set their collective sites on the red-hot mobile commerce space. With clearXchange, Bank of America Corp. (BAC), …

DUBLIN – IBM Corp. (IBM) has introduced a new set of software and services for communications service providers. The enhancements to the IBM Service Provider Delivery Environment will bring service …

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm Inc. has landed a deal with Humana Inc. to test a new mobile messaging platform tailored for the healthcare industry. The mobileStorm for Healthcare system will enable …

Churn is inevitable, but it is bad and Medio Systems Inc. has a new service to help combat it. A new customer retention service from the Seattle-based company gives carriers …

StackMob Inc. has landed a new $7.5 million round of funding to expand its hosted and managed platform for mobile app development, customization and monetization. StackMob’s overarching value proposition is …

NEW YORK CITY — This city is teaming with startups. Like any good metropolis with considerable talents and clout across entertainment, media, technology, fashion and so much more, the costs …

Following a beta launch and subsequent expansion to 12 cities all on self funding, HotelTonight has closed it first round of funding, snatching $3.25 million. The round was led by …

NEW YORK CITY — To hear Kristy Sundjaja tell it, the City of New York can do a lot for the startup community. RCR Wireless News sat down with the …

Will Visa Inc. (V) have any surprises in store when it adopts a mobile commerce strategy? During an earnings call, the company’s CEO told analysts and investors that Visa would …

Beijing-based NetQin Mobile Inc.’s (NQ) stock is down almost 22% after its Thursday debut on the New York Stock Exchange.The mobile security provider’s stock hit a low of $8.30 after …

Two weeks after it first came to light that Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhones were potentially tracking users whereabouts in a hidden log file, Apple has released an iOS update aimed …

The combined revenue of the four major mobile application stores is projected to jump nearly 80% this year, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. Following 2010, when Apple …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) made slight gains in market share last quarter, however more remarkably it’s earning $1 out of every $2 in operating profits raked in by the eight largest …

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has somewhat of an app problem. Windows Phone 7 development is not as prolific as that of the major competing operating systems like Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iOS …