Monthly Archives: July, 2011

IBM spends $1.2M, Oracle shells out $1.1M on 1Q lobbying

IBM Corp. spent $1.2 million and software giant Oracle Corp. paid $1.1 million to lobbyists in the first quarter, attempting to influence interests...

AT&T brings mHealth to its workforce

AT&T Inc. (T) has launched a pilot to help employees manage diabetes. In partnership with WellDoc Inc., AT&T mHealth Solutions is going to...

Reports claim FTC investigating Twitter

Two published reports claim that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating communications between Twitter and Ubermedia, a company that develops applications to...

Apple, Microsoft and RIM group buys Nortel patents for $4.5B

Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) announced that its subsidiaries including Nortel Networks Limited (NNL), Nortel Networks Inc. and Nortel Networks U.K. Limited have completed a...

Employee engagement: A competitive advantage

Editor's Note:John Williams is a human resource consultant to RCR Wireless News and TelecomCareers who is blogging on HR matters that impact the wireless...

Bits & Bytes: GSA announces 3 new members; Jumptap receives new patent; and more

Orange Business Services is introducing Business Together as a Service, a unified communication solution designed to enable an innovative way of working and collaborating....

Worst of the Week: Intergalactic space battle!

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

Worst of the Week: Intergalactic space battle!

I have to admit, it has taken nearly all of my willpower to remain neutral on the subject of LightSquared and how the company is managing to remain a viable option in launching a wholesale LTE network. Here is a company that is using satellite’s as part of their network coverage for a wholesale mobile broadband network using spectrum that seems to be nothing but a headache and a network that it seems the company lacks the financial resources to build.

Apps and web don't have to fight it out to the death, says Opera

Norwegian software firm Opera believes apps and the browser can live comfortably side by side without necessarily encroaching on each other.Speaking to RCR in...

Mobile payments puts the customer back in control of their cash

It takes the average American six to eight minutes to realize they’ve lost their phone whereas it takes them some six to eight hours...

Developers, feast your eyes on Qualcomm’s Dragonboard

Recently, RCR caught up with Qualcomm in Taipei to take a look at the firm’s latest developer offerings and tasty treats to lure mobile engineers into the Qualcomm ecosystem.

Review: First impressions of Google+ on Android

Many of you have probably already heard about the exciting new Google+ service. It seems to be very much an attempt to target Facebook...

RIM gets reamed in anonymous letter from company exec

As if RIM didn't have a tough enough to worry about at the moment, with falling handset sales and a middling response to their inaugural tablet launch, it seems the Canadian handset manufacturer now has to worry about rogue execs penning scathing letters expressing disillusionment with company management.

Classic Frogger fun on Android

Do you remember the good old days? Back when you had no responsibilities? Days spent cycling and playing. That summer when you seemed to...
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