Google Inc. is jumping onto the crowded m-commerce field with a wireless version of its Checkout service.Google Checkout, which launched a year ago, is a PayPal-type offering that allows users to make purchases online from partners including Toys "R" Us, RadioShack Corp., Dick's Sporting...
As the 700 MHz auction nears, the intensity over auction rules is heating up. And indeed, the legacy of this Federal Communications Commission could very well ride on the success-or problems-of this auction. Potential bidders are trying to persuade the commission to write...
The Internet is rapidly evolving from a desktop experience into a multi-platform phenomenon available on the go and around the world. Carriers, publishers and marketing firms are just hoping advertising doesn't get lost in translation. The wireless Web remains a nightmarish territory, fraught with...
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards urged the Federal Communications Commission to fashion 700 MHz rules to further the reach of the Internet using an open-access approach advocated by Frontline Wireless L.L.C., consumer groups and Internet giants. "By setting bid and service rules that...
When cold weather began to take hold in the nation's capital a couple years back, Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy, attempting to dispense a bit of common-sense wisdom to readers and put in a dig at a consumer culture based on brand names,...
Mozilla Corp. is looking to Joey to help untangle the wireless Web.The Mountain View, Calif.-based developer is toying with a service that allows users of its Firefox browser to store content on a remote server. Firefox users can save pages on the server, which...
If you believe the talk on the street, Google Inc. is eyeing everything wireless from becoming a mobile virtual network operator to building Google-branded handsets. But it's the company's recent work with the Federal Communications Commission that stoked the gossip mill last week.The Internet...
Google Inc. expanded its mobile features, allowing users to access its Calendar offering from wireless phones.The Internet behemoth said mobile users can visit www.calendar.google.com to view upcoming events including date, time and description, and can access both past and upcoming events. The service is...
Funambol plans to push ahead with its open source mobile e-mail strategy this week with an upgraded version of its white-label offering for carriers.The Redwood City, Calif.-based startup is set to unveil Funambol v6, a Java-based application that pushes e-mail to wireless devices from...
This summer is starting to look pretty good.First of all, "The Simpsons Movie" is coming out in July. That's reason enough to get excited. But that's not the only reason to stay conscious, oh no, not by a long shot.Also this summer the iPhone...
Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-and also further crowds the market for location-based services. IAC, parent company of Ask.com, is calling Ask...
Third Screen Media Inc. finally found a well-heeled suitor, agreeing to be acquired by Time Warner's AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. The question now is, who's next?Third Screen was snapped up for a rumored $80 million and will operate as a subsidiary...
The U.S. wireless data market generated more than $5 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2007, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting, and data may make up as much as 20% of carriers' service revenues by the end of the year. Sharma, founder...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-and also further crowds the market for location-based services. IAC, parent company of Ask.com, is calling Ask...
Long billed as the killer app of tomorrow, location-based services finally appear to be gaining mass-market appeal. And network operators are well positioned to cash in. A study released late last year from In-Stat found that 53 percent of the 1,000 wireless users polled...
Helio L.L.C. announced it is now offering an unlimited voice calling plan for $145 per month. The offering includes long distance and roaming calls, as well as unlimited data services like text messages, picture messages, 3G network access and Helio services.Helio is also offering...
Like a kid futilely looking for a sugar fix, mobile advertising companies are struggling to cope with an empty cookie jar.Online advertisers and publishers have long used cookies to make surfing the Web easier. Simple text files that are planted on consumers' hard drives,...
Google.com topped the list of the most popular mobile Web sites in the both United States and the United Kingdom for the second month in a row, according to M:Metrics. Search, news and social networking sites dominated the list during March. In the...
Internet giant Yahoo Inc. today launched a new advertising campaign that highlights the company's offerings in mobile and social search. The consumer advertising push, using the tagline "Life is a little bit better with Yahoo," highlights Yahoo Answers and One Search, the company's new...
Shares of InfoSpace Inc. sank after the company reported a first-quarter loss of $500,000, marking a notable downturn from a net income of $3 million the company posted during the year-ago period.The Seattle-area developer reported $86.6 million in revenue during the quarter, down $3.6...
Text-based mobile search company 4INFO said it will begin to monetize its basic service by placing advertisements in its search results.The San Francisco-based startup said it will sell space for relevant ad campaigns that can be independently managed by marketing companies, allowing them to...
Time Warner Cable has partnered with Spanish-based hotspot company FON to offer its subscribers access to any of FON's 60,000 Wi-Fi hotspots scattered throughout the country.Interestingly, those FON hotspots are actually managed by FON community members who share their unused bandwidth via a FON...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Current Analysis' Avi...
