Mobile Minute

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Powermat has reportedly won a mega-deal with Starbucks that will eventually put the wireless charging system into Starbucks stores nationwide. Starbucks customers will be able to place their mobile devices …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. When it comes to wearables, one size may not fit all. Salesforce.com is hoping to capitalize on the idea that businesses can find unique ways to leverage connectivity. Today the …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. T-Mobile US has won millions of new customers by encouraging mobile subscribers to ditch their contracts and get the devices they really want. But the carrier has paid dearly for …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Conversations on Vodafone’s mobile network are routinely listened to by government agencies, according to a report out today from The Guardian. The European telecom giant decided to speak out because …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The price of mobile data has definitely been falling in the U.S., but the amounts Americans pay for data plans are still far beyond the means of many would-be smartphone …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Apple has launched iOS 8, the newest version of its mobile operating system. iOS 8 includes photo sharing and iTunes content sharing across devices, and it will let users add …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Mobile app acquisitions are making headlines, with two new deals announced this week and a third hitting a possible snag. Intuit is buying mobile app Check for $360 million, or …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. BlackBerry is imagining a world where contact lenses measure blood sugar levels for diabetics, and cows are connected to the Internet so that we know more about the quality of …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. AT&T wants to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion, and the carrier is doing all it can to encourage regulators to approve the deal. It has promised to abide by the …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. For now, mobile network operators are not subject to the same net neutrality rules that affect wireline operators, but the FCC is seeking public comment on this stance, just as …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. More details today about the next generation of the iPhone, expected to launch later this year. 9-to-5 Mac is reporting that Apple will triple the base resolution on displays for …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. In the blink of an eye, the mobile app that delivers self-destructing messages has self-destructed by selling out to Yahoo. Yahoo has bought Blink for an undisclosed amount, and will …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Motorola is making a play for feature phone users who are finally ready to upgrade to a smartphone. It’s ad campaign points out that smart phones have not always come …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Pinterest joins the list of social media sites that will use advertising to try to make money from its millions of visitors. Pinterest announced “promoted pins” several months ago, and …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. One of the creators of the Uber app is bringing the same idea to healthcare, with an application that lets New Yorkers summon a doctor when they need one. Pager …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Mobile service providers are preparing to support text-to-911, for situations in which a victim cannot or will not speak. Texting to 911 could become more and more common as the …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Google has announced a major upgrade to its Google Maps app for iOS and Android. The app will now suggest alternate routes to you while you’re navigating, and will even …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The Twitter hashtag #AmazonCart marks the social media giant’s latest foray into the world of e-commerce. If you include the hashtag when replying to a tweet that includes a link …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The White House wants to limit the way companies can use big data. Obama Administration advisor John Podesta is calling for a digital “bill of rights” for consumers so that …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. AT&T may be taking a direct approach to video with a plan to purchase DirecTV. The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T has approached the nation’s second-largest satellite TV provider …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. For many people, a smartphone is the only computer they will ever own or ever want to own – but should smartphones be considered personal computers by the criminal justice …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. LTE will take flight next year as AT&T plans to launch 4G LTE service for airplanes. The carrier says it will build an innovative air-to-ground network in the continental United …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Google is reportedly adding Wi-Fi hotspots to its planned offering for cities that are candidates for its Google Fiber service. Google Fiber promises 1 gigabit broadband service, and the search …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Today Microsoft closed on its acquisition of Nokia, with the deal now valued up to $7.5 billion due to a rise in the value of the Euro. Roughly one-third of …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is denying claims that his agency’s upcoming rule changes will put an end to net neutrality. Those rule changes are to be made public today, and …