Wireless

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 of view, with the goal of …

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 insights into the marketplace. The unprecedented …

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

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 about their locations.

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

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 month.The Obama-Biden transition team last week …

With its enterprise division looking increasingly solid – in contrast to its consumer handset division – Motorola Inc. said today it is launching a number of enterprise mobility products aimed …

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 One Equity Partners.In March of 2008, …

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 widespread interest in Jobs’ health and …

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 of industry affairs and evangelism for …

The National Safety Council has called for a wholesale ban on motorist use of wireless devices, creating a public-relations dilemma for a cellphone industry that advocates safe driving and no …

The incoming administration may move faster than expected to put a tech team in place, given the unsettled state of the Federal Communications Commission and President-elect Obama’s desire to leverage …

Chicago-Differentiation is key to the success and survival of any business, “especially when you’re a second-tier player in a Goliath network,” Mike O’Malley, director of external marketing at telecommunications equipment …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Vringo has launched Vringo Studio, which gives user the capability to create their own video calling cards. Previously, users could only select from a pre-built library of videos on the …

Verizon Communications and CBS Corp said on Monday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like “CSI” and “Survivor” on Verizon’s FiOS TV service as well …

AT&T CruiseCast announced pricing for its satellite video service for the car due in March, and said its service will also be offered to Avis/Budget rental cars customers in April.

More than eighteen operators globally have announced LTE deployment plans with most set to launch in the 2011 or 2012 timeframe, according to ABI Research. The analyst firm said that …

Why can’t the most powerful person in the world keep his BlackBerry? President-elect Barack Obama, who will take the oath of office next week, has repeatedly acknowledged a strong attachment …

In early 2005, catalog technology and services vendor Ecometry acquired Blue Martini, a provider of e-commerce platforms, contact center and marketing technology and services. In late 2006, order management and …

Imagine a world where everywhere you turn, a Skype client is waiting for you to use it. In the wake of the Consumer Electronics Show, the potential for VoIP service …

Toshiba is not offering a Netbook for the US market but that doesn’t mean it’s not offering interesting alternatives–though, for now, only prototypes. The Japanese company was also showing a …

In the latter area, Microsoft is part of a $24 million financing round for N-trig, a Kfar Saba, Israel-based company that provides technology for sensing pen and touch input.

The Consumer Electronics Association has confirmed plans to host a Mac-centric area at CES 2010, but Apple has still not commented on whether it plans to participate.