Feeling a little confused about Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) prepaid strategy? Well just wait until next month when the carrier's Boost Mobile brand begins offering a smartphone with price plans that undercut those offered by its data-centric Virgin Mobile USA offering.Boost Mobile announced yesterday...
Android users are spoiled for choice when it comes to home replacements. Despite the competition, SPB Software has decided to add its own offering to the ever growing pile of Android UI software.
Due to some kind of foul-up at Google Inc. a lucky man by the name of Tim Schiesser, who just so happens to be a tech writer, has been given access to a previously unheard-of Android Test Market, where it would seem app developers can trial their wares before releasing them to the general public.
Keeping yourself secure online is of vital importance. This is equally true whether you are using your laptop, desktop, mobile phone or other connected device. Thankfully LastPass integrates very well with Android.
However, there is one very slight catch - if you want to use LastPass with Android then...
When Apple Inc. launched the iPad the most striking thing about the device, which would go on to define the tablet market, was the price. Five hundred dollars for an awesome browsing slate was quite the bargain, especially coming from a company famed for their premium pricing.
Google is trying to make itself seem more attractive to mobile game developers, with Ian Ni-Lewis, Developer Advocate for Games at Google pulling out all the stops to woo the gangly geniuses out of their basements.
ORLANDO, Fla. – The world's wireless attention shifted back to the United States and the CTIA Wireless 2011 event following its yearly start in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and Mobile World Congress event held in February in Barcelona, Spain....
In an effort to tackle the ongoing problem of Android fragmentation Google Inc. has apparently issued an ultimatum to its partners that from now on Android Godfather Andy Rubin will check all customisations and must approve them before they are released.
Apperian Inc., a mobile application management company for enterprise apps, has closed a $9.5 million round of financing from venture capitalists. The Boston-based company's cloud platform enables business to create, deploy and manage applications on Apple Inc.'s iOS and it plans to expand to...
Google Inc. has finally launched an in-app billing mechanism for developers to use in apps they sell on Android Market. The new feature lets developers publisher apps with in-app billing and give users the ability to make purchases within those apps."In-app billing gives you...
UPDATED: ORLANDO, Fla. – Few would argue the allure of a mobile device for consumers when they are selecting which wireless carrier they are looking to join. Sure, carriers like to tout the strength and reach of their network in advertisements, but at the...
Those sneaky Amazon.com Inc. engineers are at it again. While rumours swirled that Google Inc. was preparing to launch their cloud-based Google Music service, Amazon.com has gone right ahead and stolen their thunder with a streaming solution of their own!
Ahh PayPal, both a handy way to shift money around and a perpetual thorn in the side. Anyone who has used the service at any great length will no doubt have a story about the, shall we say, "quirks" that exist within the ubiquitous payment system.
American Express Co. unveiled a new digital payment and commerce platform called Serve. The move is clearly an attempt to compete with the likes of PayPal Inc. and the growing number of mobile payment platforms on deck like Isis, the joint venture among three...
We have recently seen the launch of Amazon.com Inc.'s Appstore for Android. It was not the first 3rd party app store and it is unlikely to be the last. Â GetJar has been around for a little while and there are now rumours of Barnes...
Through an apparent scoop by the Home Shopping Network (of all people) we have learned that e-book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc. may be planning to launch their very own store for the popular Nook Color tablet.
The Financial | March 22, 2011
The FINANCIAL -- Opera Software announced on March 22 that the Opera Mini browser is now available on a second Android device offered exclusively by Nextel Brazil, the Motorola i886.
NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD), one of the leading providers of...
Urban Airship Inc. has released a new push notification system for mobile apps running on Google Inc.'s Android devices and announced a pair of new customers on the platform.The Portland, Ore.-based company has sent more than 2.5 billion push notifications thus far — a...
This one has been rumoured for a good few months now, but today Research In Motion Ltd. made it official with their plans to give their existing app selection a huge boost, by adding support for Android apps in their upcoming tablet, the PlayBook.
Goodness - I did not realise I was such a loser! I just sat and watched this Apple advert about how limited my life is without an iPhone:
I have to admit - that left me pretty shocked and downhearted. Â But, then I watched this...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Sprint Nextel Corp. is keeping its hands firmly on the wheel this week in honor of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, with the firm CEO Dan Hesse announcing to attendees of the CTIA 2011 show that his firm will be offering its driver safety product – Sprint Drive First – this year.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Looking to recapture some of that “Evo” magic, Sprint Nextel Corp. launched a new halo device for its smartphone line up sporting updated specs and 3D capabilities that do not require specs. The new device comes one year after the carrier...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Following up on its plans for expanding HSPA+ enhancements across its network, T-Mobile USA Inc. also announced several new devices at this year's CTIA event as well as provided more launch details on some already announced models.The carrier showed off the...
