May 2008

Is the wireless industry in a class-action lawsuit feeding frenzy right now or does it just feel like it? We want to sue too: first we’re going to sue all …

Mobile messaging services provider Sybase 365 said it won a deal with Australian stockbroker Bell Direct.Sybase will power Bell Direct’s mobile share trading platform, which allows stockbrokers to trade shares …

H&R Block Emerald Prepaid MasterCard cardholders will soon have mobile access to their accounts through a partnership among H&R Block, Metavante Mobile Financial Services and Monitise Americas L.L.C.Customers will be …

Perhaps no segment in mobile data remains as untapped as wireless e-mail.Research In Motion Ltd. continues to dominate the market for high-powered users, resulting in millions of CrackBerry addicts hunched …

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – Dan Lyons, the man behind “The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs,” began his online experiment as the sensational alter ego of Apple Inc.’s CEO mostly …

So it seems to me that the whole exclusive, subsidized handset business model is causing the wireless industry a lot of grief – unnecessary grief.For example: 1. The FCC was …

While the Iraq war, sky-rocketing gas prices, healthcare, homeland security, global warming and immigration are among the top issues likely to register with voters in November, major candidates have completely …

The National Association of Broadcasters warned Congress that allowing unlicensed wireless operations in vacant television spectrum could jeopardize the transition to digital TV, continuing the highly charged debate with tech …

While not yet ready for everyone, organizations should consider buying notebooks with embedded wireless broadband capability for moderate to extensive travelers in 2009.

SAN DIEGO–Verizon Wireless affirmed its commitment to Qualcomm’s BREW platform, announcing at the BREW developers event it would enhance its Get It Now content deck with new features such as …

The optical networking market has topped $3 billion for the seventh consecutive quarter.

Retailers and restaurants can run coupons in local newspapers to try and pull more consumers in. With mobile technology, they can do the same not just when consumers are at …

It turns out that the Samsung L870 handset that was reported to be the first phone other than the iPhone to use Apple’s Safari browser, well, isn’t.

If there’s anything the iPhone has lacked compared with other phones in its class, it has been high-speed connectivity and the ability to determine its location accurately. Apple (AAPL) will …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. —Altierre: D.E. Shaw Group …

Google I/O Google will offer an iPhone-like app store ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/iphone_sdk_debuts/ ) for Android, giving developers a central means of distributing applications on its soon-to-be-open-source mobile platform. At least, it …

There was a time when only the IT shop had the smarts to hook a smartphone into the enterprise network and grant it access to services such as mobile email. …

LOS ANGELES — Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of …

Ever looked at your cellphone menu and wondered what the heck the wrench is for? Or the clipboard? Or any other random icon put there to help, but which sometimes …

The success of smartphones among U.S. shoppers has served to boost the average purchase price for cellphones, according to new research from J.D. Power and Associates. According to the firm’s …

The Federal Trade Commission said it snuffed out an alleged pretexting scheme in which at least two parties were accused of obtaining cellphone records from wireless carriers by impersonating subscribers …

As its BREW developer conference kicks into high gear today, Qualcomm Inc. announced a handful of efforts designed to entice a broader array of players into the mobile content field.–Qualcomm …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Less than a year after The Nielsen Co. acquired mobile research and measurement firm Telephia, digital measurement company comScore Inc. made its own move into mobile. The firm announced it …