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The Semiconductor Industry Association said worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $24.7 billion for June, a 1.5% decrease from May and a 0.5% decrease from a year ago. Sales in the second quarter were down 2% from the previous quarter. “Despite …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is now the second major carrier in line for integration with American Express Co.’s (AXP) burgeoning digital commerce platform Serve.Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) snagged the first carrier deal with American Express two weeks ago. It will also …

Reuters | July 28, 2011 | Ben Gruber South Korea is pushing forward with a plan to completely digitize its classrooms by 2015. Video via Reuters

The Palo Alto-based company develops biofeedback apps for smartphones, including its Instant Heart Rate, which lets users monitor their heart rate by holding their finger over a phone’s camera for 10 seconds. …

Stratos continues selling BOW shipboard GSM services under new brand GSM Oceanwide …

Canvas, which provides a mobile business application service that makes it easy to find, customize and publish business apps for mobile devices, today announced it has closed the first $1.2 million in a $1.75 million Series B funding round. …

First 900 MHz Project 25 (P25) system will help university offer higher level of campus services …

A massive public safety communication system in Los Angeles just hit the skids. Three years after the county and numerous independent cities launched the project, which is expected to cost as much as $700 million, county leaders voted to abandon …

Corticon’s “No-Coding” Rules Engine Simplifies and Automates Complex Wireless Purchase Process …

EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading IP infrastructure and services company, today announced that two senior sales executives have joined the company’s leadership team to run its newly established Premier Business Solutions and National Accounts divisions. …

Vringo, Inc. (NYSE Amex: VRNG) (“Vringo” or the “Company”), a provider of software platforms for mobile social and video applications, announced today that it has closed a private placement of convertible notes in the aggregate amount of $2.5 million primarily …

Epocrates has won over nearly half of the nation’s doctors for its free smartphone apps that lets them look up information on drug dosing, interactions and insurance coverage while seeing a patient. …

Since Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) first ventured into cyberspace 15 years ago, the Bentonville (Ark.) company has struggled online. …

The Boston charity boxing match put on by Haymakers for Hope in June raised $200,000 for Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund, which finances pediatric cancer research. But rather than handle the donation legwork itself, the nonprofit group used 19-year-old …

Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) reported a 6% jump in sales from the year-ago period, reaching $2.05 million in revenue. The company ended the recently closed second quarter with $170 million in net profit, also up 6% from a year ago.Comprising …

As m-health apps proliferate on various consumer- and enterprise-centric devices and operating systems, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to ensure that specific apps work as intended under a set a proposed guidelines.“The FDA has a public health responsibility …

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. This week, we begin with a quote from the new CEO of …

Expecting a transformation in Latin America’s telecommunications networks, Ciena Corp. said it believes region will grow at higher rates than other markets. “Latam is one area of great growth for Ciena. We are moving into more markets and growing tremendously,” said …