Mobile Minute

Mobile Minute AT&T and Amazon are teaming up to offer secure access to the cloud. Together the companies will extend AT&T NetBond to Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud …

Mobile Minute Update: Verizon Wireless said today that it will not implement the LTE network optimization that was set to take effect October 1. ——————- Original story: October 1 — …

Mobile Minute Presidents and professionals were addicted to their BlackBerries for years, until most of them gave up BlackBerry for a different kind of fruit. Now BlackBerry is back with …

Mobile Minute AT&T is accelerating its march into video ahead of its planned purchase of DirecTV. The company’s Otter Media venture will buy control of one of the largest YouTube …

Mobile Minute The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus broke previous iPhone launch records this weekend, with 10 million models sold between Friday morning and Sunday night. The new phones are …

Mobile Minute The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are in Apple stores today, although supplies are limited and lines stretch for blocks in some areas. Carriers also have the phones …

In today’s Mobile Minute, Microsoft makes changes, CWA supports AT&T’s DirecTV bid, and reviewers praise the new iPhone 6. Mobile Minute Microsoft is making leadership changes, proceeding with its planned …

Mobile Minute The exact dimensions of the new iPhone 6 were a closely guarded secret until Tuesday, but by Wednesday consumers could purchase any one of a number of colorful …

Mobile Minute Dish Network’s outspoken founder Charlie Ergen reportedly put in a call to Deutsche Telekom to discuss the purchase of T-Mobile US. Dish has been a rumored T-Mobile suitor …

Beating the iPhone to market seems to be the goal for device makers this week, with Samsung, Huawei and Motorola all launching new devices ahead of Tuesday’s expected iPhone launch. …

Mobile Minute Cisco launched a new line of servers today that it says will facilitate data analytics and will prepare customers to meet the ever-changing demands of cloud computing. It …

Mobile Minute Huawei has hired George Reed to head up solutions and marketing for Huawei Technologies. Reed will lead product management, solutions development, integrated marketing communications and sales management across …

Mobile Minute Apple is reportedly teaming up with major credit card issuers for mobile payments. Visa, MasterCard and American Express have all been named as expected partners in an iOS …

Mobile Minute NXP Semiconductors made headlines this week on reports that Apple has partnered with the Dutch company for NFC (near field communication). An NFC chip inside the new iPhone …

Mobile Minute Fall brings cooler temperatures and even cooler new products to wireless each year, and this year’s devices could also cool some of the recent hype surrounding the connected …

Mobile Minute Apple is at work on a 12.9-inch iPad, according to Bloomberg. The current full-size iPad measures 9.7 inches diagonally. The report says production on the new slates won’t …

Mobile Minute: Mobile security experts say that one in 10 Americans is a victim of smartphone theft, and now the state of California is taking action. This week California became …

Mobile Minute: Flush with cash after selling its stake in Verizon Wireless, Vodafone is investing in broadband in Southern Europe. The carrier will spend $96.5 million to boost its stake …

Mobile Minute: Samsung could be shopping for acquisitions soon — the South Korean government has told the company to put its cash to work or risk a fine. The government …

Mobile Minute: Microsoft is not the only company preparing to say goodbye to a key leader this week. Its longtime mobile partner Nokia is losing the head of its HERE …

Mobile Minute: Researchers are not in agreement on who is dominating the world’s largest smartphone market – they just know it isn’t Samsung. IDC says that Lenovo is China’s top …

Sprint gets ready to launch price cuts next week… Mobile Minute: Sprint’s new CEO Marcelo Claure reportedly told his employees yesterday that the company has no choice but to compete …

T-Mobile says it will slow data speeds for users who break the rules Mobile Minute: T-Mobile US is the latest carrier to confirm plans to “throttle” some LTE customers. According …