Monthly Archives: November, 2007

Writers’ strike highlights need for Hollywood-mobile partnerships

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group...

REVIEW: BlackBerry app gives Facebookers snappy mobile access

Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll...

EarthLink looks for muni Wi-Fi exit

EarthLink Inc. late Friday announced it is considering "strategic alternatives" for its municipal Wi-Fi operations, language typically used to signify that a business is...

Motorola gets kick in the side as T-Mobile USA suspends Sidekick

T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of its Sidekick Slide on Friday after manufacturer Motorola Inc. informed the carrier that some of the devices power...

AT&T expands ad portfolio with Ingenio purchase

AT&T Inc. said that it agreed to acquire Ingenio, an advertising technology firm whose pay-per-call technology will be integrated into the company's directory services...

Amazon intros EV-DO book reader: Sprint Nextel to provide access to Kindle users

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. announced a new reading gadget-dubbed Kindle-that will allow users to download books, magazines and other publications via Sprint Nextel Corp.'s...

AT&T offers Napster Mobile via Samsung’s SLM

Dropping vowels from the name of a wireless handset, apparently, may never die. Same with dropping names. AT&T Mobility said that the SLM (hmm...

NYC schools to test free cellphone program for students: Ad-supported phones would offer educational apps

Most people would assume cellphones get in the way of learning. David Droga is betting they can help.The creative big and founder of the...

Why mobile-marketing euphoria is a thing of the past: Mobile Marketing Association’s conference highlights medium’s struggles

LOS ANGELES-The mobile phone ain't what it used to be, even a few short months ago.With hopes of a big boom dashed and a...

Analyst Angle: A microcosm of opinion on handset design

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...

Flash dominant in handheld devices

Flash memory will continue to dominate in mobile phones during the next few years, despite inroads being made by new hard disk drive (HDD)...

Monday, Nov. 19, 2007

Lessons for mobile Web: KISS: (Keep it simple, stupid)

Publishers are trying to strike a delicate balance in these early days of the mobile Web: How do you offer enough eye candy to...

Music on the move: Artists looking at mobile to reach fans

Performing artists are increasingly looking to mobile to prop up flagging recorded music revenues. And record labels are increasingly being left out of the...

Apple talks to Chinese operators: Euro-launch is modest, but Chinese say no rev-share here

The iPhone story went global this month with launches in the United Kingdom and Germany and word that Apple Inc. is exploring a partnership...

Etc.

We love pizza Finally, an application that Americans will embrace. The Associated Press reports that Louisville-based Papa John's International Inc. is offering a text-message...

MERGING MOBILE: Motricity looks to InfoSpace to complete mobile plans

Motricity Inc. sees more than just a mobile search engine in InfoSpace's mobile business. It sees a kind of wrecking ball.The Durham, N.C.-based mobile...

Online liability concerns prompt wireless industry to act: CTIA, carriers throw support behind MySpace in sexual-assault case

While the increasing convergence of communications and entertainment on wireless Internet platforms is creating new business opportunities for value-chain stakeholders, it also is raising...

SECURING WIRELESS NAME OF THE GAME FOR NORTHROP GRUMMAN

Every responsible municipality has money-specifically getting the best value for taxpayers' money-on its mind, but security is equally important.When it comes to communications networks,...

The Rudy and Bernie Show

Time was, particularly in the not-too-distant aftermath of 9/11, when just about anything associated with New York City's then-mayor Rudy Giuliani and then-police commissioner...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Following the failure of its U.S. mobile virtual network operator business, the Walt Disney Co. is now turning its attention to the east with...

Push-to-talk services target Chinese businesses: Kodiak snares contract for industrial region

China Mobile Ltd. subsidiary Jiangsu Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. picked Texas-based Kodiak Networks to supply push-to-talk technology for deployment in the coastal Jiangsu Province.Kodiak...

Amdocs strengthens off-portal offering: Move attempts to bolster struggling segment

Amdocs Ltd. last week expanded its offering for off-deck content providers as it launched a new business unit designed deliver advertising, commerce and entertainment...

Sprint Nextel stands behind WiMAX plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. remains committed to its WiMAX plans and continues to move forward with its soft launch of services in Chicago, Baltimore and...

Emerging markets to drive mobile game use

Revenues from mobile games will grow to nearly $10 billion by 2009, driven by the increasing popularity of casual gaming and the larger variety...
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