2008

While it will be months before President-elect Barack Obama gets his administration in place and begins to roll out policy priorities, the selection of individuals focusing on high-tech agencies and …

Verizon Wireless has placed several employees on leave for accessing President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal cellphone account, according to CEO Lowell McAdam.In a statement, McAdam said the company learned of the …

Adobe has made its Flash technology compatible with the Android smartphone operating system developed by the Google-backed Open Handset Alliance . Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch demonstrated Flash Player 10 running …

The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.

BlackBerry’s Storm may be an iPhone wannabe, but it’s a powerful smart phone that will be particularly attractive to business users.. Is Research In Motion Ltd.’s new BlackBerry Storm just …

John Garcia, an executive in charge of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s ( S ) CDMA business, is leaving the company, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Friday. The …

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.—Apptera: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy …

Google added voice searching technology to its iPhone application by using techniques that are supposed to be off limits to third-party developers, according to a pair of reports.

Will LG’s newest Incite smart phone save it from falling market shares in its key North American market?

A major schism in the Bush administration has erupted over an anticipated Dec. 18 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on a national wireless broadband plan that T-Mobile USA Inc. …

T-Mobile USA Inc. is replacing its T-Zones with web2go, a portal that includes a Yahoo-powered search offering as well as a new application storefront.Web2go promises improved mobile Internet browsing, a …

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 …

Alltel Communications L.L.C customers can now get coupons and specials delivered right to their handsets. The carrier announced the launch of Alltel Perks, a free downloadable-service that sends not only …

Revenue earned by the global semiconductor industry will contract by 2% this year compared to last year, according to iSuppli Corp., a sharp change from a similar forecast made just …

NEW YORK — Over the next six months, not only will ad spending be down, but the feeling among advertisers and their agencies toward media such as broadcast TV, national …

Polillo, a remote island in the northeastern Philippines with poor road infrastructure and no public transport, is set to get a taste of mobile banking long before the developed world …

A lost mobile device can be just as bad as a lost laptop – Mformation’s Matt Bancroft takes a look at the careless errors that make it so.

Go ahead, cut the cord. These cool and useful Bluetooth devices help you phone, print, present and more — all without wires.. Does this sound familiar?

LONDON (Reuters) – British cable operator Virgin Media said it did not believe mobile broadband had mass appeal in the short term, but it entered the market to offer the …

The growing consumer embrace of smartphones – and the willingness to pay for heavily subsidized gadgets and data plans that promise fun and functionality – faces uncharted territory this holiday …

Five of the major mobile phone manufacturers have launched a common energy rating system for phone chargers to help consumers make greener choices.

Machine-to-machine technology is gaining traction among businesses across all industries, and many view connecting machines to the Internet as a way to stay competitive, according to a recent survey conducted …

A unit of LG Electronics, the South Korean-based multinational giant with a major wireless handset business, and other Asian manufacturers agreed to pay $585 million in fines and plead guilty …