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16.7 million U.S. mobile subscribers (7.1% of the U.S. population) used location-based “check-in” services in March according to market research firm ComScore Inc., with 12.7 million checking in from a …

BOSTON—HTC Corp. showed off its Sensations 4G smartphone, which is slated to come to T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) this summer as part of the Mass Technology Leadership Council’s Spring Meeting …

UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent have signed an agreement to jointly develop a telemedicine platform and suite of applications that will enable patients to receive care even when they are far from …

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.“This time, it’s …

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The worldwide smartphone market saw resounding growth year over year in the first quarter of 2011 with market research firm IDC reporting 79.7% growth, which it credits to lower prices, …

Almost half of the latest smartphones have a 1 GHz processor or faster according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. The report, which tracks key features and specs on …

The combined revenue of the four major mobile application stores is projected to jump nearly 80% this year, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. Following 2010, when Apple …

Despite a strong majority of retailers having a mobile strategy in place, the promise of mobile shopping has yet to ring true at the cash register, though it is steadily …

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is planning to expand the role of one of its greatest assets, BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), through a just announced acquisition of Germany-based ubitexx …

Verizon Wireless has a new exclusive for its Android-device toting customers. Coinciding with the upcoming theatrical debut of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the carrier is now offering …

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has somewhat of an app problem. Windows Phone 7 development is not as prolific as that of the major competing operating systems like Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iOS …

The challenge with mobile applications remains that while every brand wants one, consumers are constantly using new platforms to communicate. Thus, applications are going beyond smart phones and tablets to …

Sony Corp. (SNE) is the newest company to try its hand in the tablet market, showing off two tablets that operate on Honeycomb, also known as Google Inc.’s Android 3.0, …

It would seem now the war of words between Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) over which company is activating the most devices daily has come to an end …

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it is making its OpenPlug Studio toolkit available for free to application developers as the network vendor tries to flesh out the ecosystem for more enterprise end …