Wireless

Microsoft is offering a free application for Apple’s iPhone before making the software available for its own Windows Mobile platform.

Until now, Apple has been pretty mellow about using undocumented API calls in App Store offerings. As any class-dump of Apple's frameworks reveals , the iPhone libraries are far richer …

Clearwire’s CEO talks about building out WiMax nationwide, finding Wimax’s killer app and surviving the economic downturn.

Unbound Commerce has launched a mobile commerce technology platform, dubbed Mobile Presence, designed to speed and ease the creation of a mobile retail web site.

The smartphone maker debuts its new operating system, code-named Nova, at January’s CES. Palm says its phones for it will bridge the BlackBerry-iPhone gap

Estonian Parliament approved a measure Thursday that will allow citizens to vote by mobile phone in the tech-friendly nation’s next election.

A Georgia company that provides wireless connectivity solutions plans to enter the in-flight Internet market for airlines and business aircraft owners by buying a defense contract company for $55 million.EMS …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin suddenly faces congressional pressure to pare down the Dec. 18 meeting agenda, a development that could blow up a scheduled a vote on a …

Law enforcement is getting tough about cellphone hacking in Tinseltown.The Los Angeles county district attorney said AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA Inc. agreed to permanent injunctions banning misrepresentations about the …

Alcatel-Lucent is looking to 2010 to return to profitability as its implements a new strategic plan that will cut jobs, eliminate some contractors and shift the company’s focus.During a conference …

RadioShack Corp. announced a new $100 netbook sporting 3G connectivity. The catch? Customers have to sign up for two years’ worth of AT&T Mobility’s DataConnect mobile broadband service at $60 …

Wireless video services and trials are spinning their wheels all over the world, but MobiTV Inc. somehow continues to gain traction. The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm has parlayed $100-plus million in …

It’s getting cheaper to advertise in mobile as cost-per-impression ad rates hit single-digit pricing in some cases. The economy isn’t the only factor at work here: Also in play is …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—Emotive Communications: The Mayfield Fund …

More than 20 years ago, Lemonade Stand emerged on the Apple II as a means of teaching the children of Generation X basic economics in schools across the country.

Faced with criticism over the way it’s been grouping applications on the digital shelves of the App Store, Apple this week is making some changes to the store’s layout aimed …

Babelgum, launched by the founder of the Italian telecommunication company Fastweb as a Web site that streams video for free, has set itself apart from sites like YouTube that are …

Wireless technology has reached a tipping point where corporate networks will increasingly be deployed using wireless rather than cabled Ethernet, according to Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility business.

China said it will issue high-speed mobile-phone licenses as early as this month, triggering at least 200 billion yuan ($29 billion) of spending in 2009 as operators upgrade networks to …

The world’s top mobile phone maker Nokia plans to tap the surging market for connecting laptops to wireless networks taking on market leader Huawei Technologies, its senior official said.

Moving into mobile doesn’t have to be a terrifying leap of faith. Here’s an approach with proven reach and performance.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and the Bush administration are on a collision course over a possible Dec. 18 vote on a free, family-friendly wireless auction plan, uncharacteristically bringing …

The number of mobile lines in North American enterprises will outstrip landlines within two years, according to a new forecast from Gartner. That shift will take place as corporations move …

Research In Motion Ltd. is stepping up its application-development play with an $18.9 million acquisition of Chalk Media Corp.A member of the BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program, Chalk’s technology delivers multimedia …