The national mobile commerce network being developed by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless is still in its early stage, but it finally has a name and a leader. Isis will be led by CEO Michael Abbott, formerly with GE Capital, the companies...
Google Inc.'s CEO Eric Schmidt gave a wide ranging interview at the Web 2.0 Summit 2010 in San Francisco this week, but he spent most of the time talking about mobile. While showing off a "Nexus S" device, Schmidt offered some thoughts on near...
More than three months after their plan first leaked out, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA are preparing to go public with their new venture for mobile payments. The group is expected to announce details of the venture and the hiring of a...
Following a phenomenal start, Kik Messenger has been at least temporarily blocked from serving new downloads on BlackBerry devices.The new chat application logged an impressive start with 1 million new users signed up in its first 10 days. But the BlackBerry Messenger-like service is...
SAN FRANCISCO — Ideaworks Labs President Alex Caccia talks about simplifying the development process for applications across multiple operating systems and storefronts.
SAN FRANCISCO — RCR Wireless News caught up with Openwave CEO Ken Denman at the Open Mobile Summit here and asked him about network congestion and other pain points for carriers. "You're going to see things like mobile data happy hours where you get...
SAN FRANCISCO — “We’re turning life into a game” and trying to “make the world a little more interesting to explore,” Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley said this morning here at the Open Mobile Summit.The company, which is less than two years old now has...
Whatever happens to the health care industry over the next two years, AT&T Inc. (T) is repositioning itself to pursue a much greater role in the space.Under a new division called AT&T ForHealth, the company wants to "accelerate delivery of innovative wireless, networked, and...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is acquiring Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) for approximately $1 billion in an purely cash-for-stock deal.Oracle plans to push further into mobile following the deal, particularly with ATG's ability to create mobile commerce apps for business.ATG made the announcement on the...
Today is the Super Bowl of politics — in a way. Election Day 2010.Every major event like this presents brilliant minds with an opportunity to come up with something truly awesome that takes mobile to the next level. And I always come away wanting...
A robust computing environment and ubiquitous connectivity are the two most critical components to every facet of mobility, Doug Fisher, VP at Intel Corp. (INTC), said during his keynote at Sprint's developer conference.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A robust computing environment and ubiquitous connectivity are the two most critical components to every facet of mobility, Doug Fisher, VP at Intel Corp. (INTC), said during his keynote at Sprint's developer conference.Everything is being driven by “a combination of...
AppMakr, a company that streamlines the app development process and makes it easy to create custom native apps for iOS devices, has raised $1 million from a group of 11 angel investors and groups.Thousands of apps built with AppMakr have been released on the...
Skype is cutting its ties with third-party apps and other service providers as it sets its sights on an initial public offering. Nimbuzz Inc. has been asked to remove support for all Skype services by the end of the month, Techcrunch reported.Nimbuzz followed up...
In yet another sign that Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) is years behind its biggest competitors in the consumer arena, the BlackBerry maker has finally turned its App World into an online storefront.BlackBerry users can now purchase and download apps on a PC and...
Following the success of its $200 million iFund targeted specifically at mobile apps on Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iOS platform, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) has scratched $250 million together for an sFund to invest in all things social.The venture capital fund is also...
Nokia Corp. (NOK) could well be on its way to reversing the downward spiral that it's been on for about three years. If the company's just-reported earnings for the third quarter don't build overwhelming confidence in that notion, the firm's new CEO Stephen Elop...
Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) continues to be a revolving door for executives who are either being pushed out or leaving for greener pastures. David Katz, VP of mobile in North America, is the latest to go, according to All Things Digital.News of Katz' departure came...
Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) continues to be a revolving door for executives who are either being pushed out or leaving for greener pastures. David Katz, VP of mobile in North America, is the latest to go, according to All Things Digital.News of Katz' departure came...
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is finally going public with its next plans for Palm and the webOS operating system after acquiring the company last April.HP said webOS 2.0 will be commercially available on Friday when it launches the new Palm Pre 2 smart phone on...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) reported a record $4.31 billion in profit on $20.34 billion in revenue during its fourth quarter ending Sept. 25. The company's profits grew 41.3% from the year-ago period and international sales accounted for 57% of Apple's revenue during the quarter.Apple sold...
While it may be true that mobile only contributes to a small share of Google Inc.'s (GOOG) treasure, it's still grown to a $1 billion annual business.The company reported $2.17 billion in profits on $7.29 billion in revenues during the last quarter. Revenues were...
Do you remember your first video call? Perhaps it was on Skype, Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Talk or Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iChat on a desktop computer.Now the video calling phenomenon is finally taking hold in mobile, thanks in large part to Apple's recently launched FaceTime...
TweetDeck, one of the most popular Twitter clients around, just closed a beta run on the Android platform and its results are staggering.If Android users are curious why their friends and family get to enjoy so many more apps on their Apple Inc. (AAPL)...
