AUSTIN, Texas – This year’s South by Southwest Gaming Expo hosted several panels about the world of mobile gaming. One of the aspects of this is the push to offer console-quality gaming experiences for mobile users. Representatives from industry giants EA Mobile, Sega of...
BARCELONA, Spain - South Korean telecommunications provider (NYSE: SKM) SK Telecom, showcased their "Smart Appcessories" line at this year's Mobile World Congress 2014 event.
Going green
Within the line, SK Telecom displayed "Smart Green Button" used for emergency calling. For instance, if a person needs emergency help, they...
Mobile games are thought to generate more revenue than all other apps combined, and mobile devices are expected to be the top platform choice of gamers within the next few years. Service providers have seen network traffic spike when a new game hits an...
Android may dominate the smartphone market, but Apple continues to own the most desirable smartphone customers: those who spend money. On the heels of two reports showing iOs users outspending Android users heavily during the holidays, Apple said yesterday that it sold $10 billion...
Smartphone makers and carriers are resolving to add health and fitness applications to their handsets this year. “All the application developers that are in the health, in the fitness, in the wellness space, are seeing a huge, huge opportunity in the next couple of...
Startup company Tapingo has seen rapid growth, launching its mobile food ordering application at 27 universities in the past 18 months.
Tapingo allows students to place orders on campus at restaurants and pick up their food without waiting in physical lines. The app launched this...
In case you were wondering why Yahoo decided to buy almost 40 years worth of Saturday Night Live "classic clips," the company made its plans a bit clearer today. It's launching a new mobile app called Screen, and the S.N.L. clips are part of...
Microsoft has launched an Office app on iOS, available only to users who buy a subscription to Office 365. Users will be able to create Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on their iPhones and iPads, and view and edit PowerPoint presentations.
Apple says the...
Latin American mobile users are concerned about data privacy when they are using applications. GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, surveyed 4,500 mobile users in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico about mobile privacy issues. Pat Walsh, who is responsible for privacy at...
With data and messaging quickly overtaking voice as the prime means of communications over mobile devices, one would think that any company looking to do anything voice-related was crazy. Well, let me introduce you to OneTok, a start-up looking to add a touch of...
While AT&T customers are celebrating more cellular access to FaceTime, Imagination Technologies is marketing a competing video service to carriers -- video chat via Facebook. The company says its carrier customers are eager to upsell their customers with new communication apps.
"There are...
About 2.8 million patients were remotely monitored worldwide at the end of 2012, using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity, according to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight. The number of monitored patients is higher than...
40 billion apps, 7 billion dollars and a quarter of a million different apps for iOS -- those are the numbers Apple is touting this week. The company says that users have downloaded 40 billion iOS apps to date, with almost half of those...
Verizon Wireless’ attempt at cashing in on the “app store” craze appears set to come to an end as the operator said it plans to shutter the storefront by March 27, 2013. The carrier noted that most of the applications available through its branded...
ESPN's Michael Bayle spends as much time looking at Nielsen ratings as some of his customers spend looking at sports scores. Bayle is the general manager of ESPN Mobile, and today he addressed CEOs of many of the nation's wireless service providers at the...
A new free app allows users to receive and answer texts from the comfort of their own computer keyboard — no matter what type of computer, operating system or mobile phone they have. Using a cloud-based account, the app dubbed Mysms can synchronize texts...
How many mobile wallets do you need? Many of us might say none, thank you very much, our credit cards work just fine. But service providers see a revenue opportunity in loading those cards into smartphones, and banks are paying them to do it....
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – It's a good thing a 15-hour buffer separated Day 1 and Day 2 of Gluecon, as many attendees noted brain rest was much needed after a packed first-day agenda.
The second day kicked off with veteran database architect Max Schireson of...
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – A crowd of more than 450 packed the ballroom at the Omni Resort in Broomfield, Colo., Wednesday morning for the third annual Glue Conference. Organizer Eric Norlin delivered the welcome and noted a surprising number in the room were first-time attendees....
TIM is participating in Brazilian LTE auction, TIM President Luca Luciani said in a conference call today. TIM reported a 30% rise in first-quarter profit, with its share of the country's booming mobile market delivering solid revenue growth. Read the full report here.
The Brazilian government's...
The Windows Phone team announced last night that it has issued a major upgrade to its Translation mobile app that now lets users point their phones at text written in one language and have it translated into another, performs audio translation and offers visual...
The government is making it easier for members of the U.S. military to use smartphones to do their jobs. While members of the armed forces must curb their use of many smartphone apps due to security concerns, the new U.S. Army Software Marketplace gives...
