Monthly Archives: January, 2009

New browsing apps available for the iPhone

iBeer in popularity any time soon, but this is big news for the App Store: Apple has quietly started allowing Web browser applications in.

Circuit City still in talks over potential sale

Circuit City Stores concluded the first day of an auction and said it was still in talks with bidders regarding a potential sale of...

Retailers Gottschalks and Goody’s file for bankruptcy

Regional department store chain Gottschalks Inc. said on Wednesday it filed to reorganize under bankruptcy protection, while apparel chain Goody's LLC plans to liquidate...

Unwanted ‘American Idol’ text message backfires on AT&T

This week AT&T Wireless sent a text message to a "significant number" of its 75 million customers, promoting the Tuesday premier of American Idol...

Has EA’s management been sniffing (around at) Glu?

Electronic Arts, one of the largest game software and mobile gaming companies in the world, is said to be considering an acquisition of cross...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Qwest, Palm, F5 Networks and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carriers--Morgan Stanley downgraded Qwest Communications...

VC executive calls for ‘truly mobile video’

Attention mobile video entrepreneurs: One of the top executives at leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers is eager to find a...

Wireless porn may titillate, but will it monetize?: Adult-oriented mobile content to increase due to Web-friendly phones

Airport newsstands sell porn. That's what I think of whenever I hear skeptics talk about an over-hyped market for adult mobile content. It's tough...

MMA, privacy groups ratchet up rhetoric over mobile marketing practices: Argument at FTC could affect market for mobile phone advertising

Privacy groups have stepped up their efforts in calling for federal regulation to rein in mobile marketing practices the organizations deem "unfair" and "deceptive"...

Analysts seek vendor commentary to clarify handset picture: 2009 could be ‘year of decision’ for mobile devices

In about two weeks, when the world's leading handset vendors deliver their earnings statements for fourth-quarter 2008, analysts will be expecting not just numbers...

Obama’s new FCC chairman to face a range of difficult issues: Analysts: Genachowski to push for open Internet, network neutrality in FCC wireless regulations

President-elect Barack Obama plans this week to nominate former telecom policymaker and tech entrepreneur Julius Genachowski as the next chairman of the Federal Communications...

Recessionary ripple effect

While there's much talk in official Washington about including stimulus funding and incentives for broadband deployment (and more recently about setting aside a portion...

T-Mobile USA bounces ‘Fave 5’ spots featuring Charles Barkley: Move follows former NBA star’s arrest for drunken driving

T-Mobile USA Inc. has pulled its TV spots starring Charles Barkley following the basketball great's drunken-driving arrest on New Year's Eve.In a statement, a...

REVIEW: Slacker tunes into the right stuff with its new mobile endeavor

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

Shoppers to use mobile phones to scan product information

Retailers and manufacturers working on plan to allow customers to retrieve product details by scanning bar codes with a camera phone

Sprint adds GPS information to Nextel’s push tool

Sprint Nextel is extending the push-to-talk capability of its Nextel handsets so subscribers can send voicemail messages to e-mail addresses along with detailed information...

Refreshed Windows Live Search for Mobile

Windows Live Search Mobile, its downloadable search and map app for Windows Mobile 5 and 6, which the company demoed last week at CES...

Spectrum cap not the way to go, but status quo is not acceptable either

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson and Alvarion

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Public safety wants 700 MHz spectrum excluded from possible DTV delay: Groups want Obama to protect spectrum destined for first responders

Public-safety organizations asked President-elect Barack Obama to exclude spectrum designated for first responders in any plan to delay the transition to digital television next...

Moto delivers mobile retail solution: Handset vendor’s enterprise division finding traction

With its enterprise division looking increasingly solid - in contrast to its consumer handset division - Motorola Inc. said today it is launching a...

Firm plans WiMAX deployment covering 6 million rural U.S. residents: Open Range Communications plans wireless Internet push with $367M in funding

Rural provider Open Range Communications can now fund its launch of WiMAX-based wireless broadband and voice, thanks to a new $100 million investment from...

UPDATED: Steve + Jobs = Apple: CEO says he’s fine, but all things must pass

Few if any CEOs in the high-tech industry are as closely identified with their corporate brand as Steve Jobs is at Apple Inc.Thus the...

Wehrs to lead Mobile Marketing Association: Former Nuance exec to replace outgoing Marriott

The Mobile Marketing Association has tapped former Nuance Communicatons Inc. executive Mike Wehrs to replace outgoing President Laura Marriott.Wehrs most recently served as VP...
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