2011

Economic Times | August 11, 2011 | Kalyan Parbat KOLKATA: Loss-making BSNL’s bid to ease its financial pangs by unlocking the value of its idle tower assets may finally ring true. …

Chip makers seem to be weighing in on the Wi-Fi vs 3G enabled discussion when it comes to tablets, with some starting to question whether consumers actually want another cellular-connected …

AT&T has teamed up with Juniper Networks on a new mobile security platform which it claims will better protect customer devices from security threats. Security has become a big buzz …

Samsung Mobile will finally be unveiling its long awaited Galaxy S II smartphone in an event in New York City August 29. The phone – which sports a Super-AMOLED Display, …

Dell has declared its five inch Streak tablet officially dead, though the device disappeared from shelves already back in early July. The freakishly large phone or terribly tiny tablet – …

QR codes and barcodes are increasingly making their presence known on store shelfs, windows and kiosks, but how many people actually scan those codes? At least 14 million users, or …

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a five-step action plan to make the transition to next-generation 911 services, including technical standards and funding mechanisms. The five-point plan includes:• Developing automatic location …

China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) has set up a $780 million finance unit that the world’s largest wireless operator said would be used to “further strengthen the internal funds management and …

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 this column is a chance for …

Not a minute seems to go by where some company does not announce some new awesome application or service that is made even more awesome by its ability to do whatever it does from just about anywhere. This movement towards being unwired anywhere at any time is gaining momentum due to the tech industry’s love affair with the “cloud.” Also known as server farms run by large corporations where all of your information is kept safe (?) and secure (?) for you whenever you need it.

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin, Poornima Gupta A German court has temporarily barred Samsung Electronics from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in most of the European Union …

Reuters | August 11, 2011 | Nicola Leske Uncertainty in global financial markets will likely take its toll on the market for mobile devices in the second half as growth …

Reuters | August 9, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Reliance Communications, India’s second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Tuesday said it has launched a tablet computer priced at 12,999 rupees …

eYugoslavia | August 10, 2011 | Srebrenka Kac iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), a leading provider of mobility services for both enterprises and service providers, today announced that it has expanded the …

eYugoslavia | August 10, 2011 | Srebrenka Kac iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), a leading provider of mobility services for both enterprises and service providers, today announced that it has expanded the …