One of the most popular features of instant messaging is expanding off the desktop and into the mobile enterprise. It's called presence, and it allows users to determine the availability of others. An employee, for instance, can use presence to determine whether a colleague...
SEATTLE-Yahoo has the early lead in the race to become the wireless Web portal of choice for U.S. consumers, according to new figures from M:Metrics. An average of nearly 13 million consumers per month accessed Yahoo's services from their handset during the fourth quarter...
SEATTLE-Yahoo has the early lead in the race to become the wireless Web portal of choice for U.S. consumers, according to new figures from M:Metrics. An average of nearly 13 million consumers per month accessed Yahoo's services from their handset during the fourth quarter...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Wireless trailblazer Craig McCaw and other high-tech heavyweights are backing a new company looking to let business users reach colleagues through mobile phones, e-mail or instant messaging. The firm, Tello Corp., emerged last week after operating for more than a year in...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Wireless trailblazer Craig McCaw and other high-tech heavyweights are backing a new company looking to let business users reach colleagues through mobile phones, e-mail or instant messaging. The firm, Tello Corp., emerged this week after operating for more than a year in...
NEW YORK-Value-added services developer Comverse Technology Inc. and Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE Corp. announced plans to deliver value-added services to the fixed and mobile markets in China.The companies said they expect to offer multimedia messaging solutions, including mobile e-mail, instant messaging and presence server,...
Wireless is getting Googled. And, well, Yahoo'd. The Internet giants have made numerous headlines in recent weeks as they rush to become the premier destination on the wireless Web. And they're doing it in very different ways.Google Inc. fired the year's opening salvo earlier...
A study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users in fact do enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com conducted the survey, which tallied 1,000 Americans from various income levels between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1. "As Wi-Fi is now...
A new study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users do in fact enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com conducted the survey, which tallied 1,000 Americans from various income levels between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1."As Wi-Fi is now...
DULLES, Va.-Wireless instant messaging continues to surge, with one-third of all desktop IM users sending instant or text messages from cell phones at least once a week, according to a study from America Online Inc. The Internet giant's third annual survey found nearly half...
DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled a CDMA core network solution for the United States that includes a wireless softswitch and a media gateway. The company said it expects the product to be commercially available to U.S. carriers early next year. The solution is a...
DULLES, Va.-Wireless instant messaging continues to surge, with one-third of all desktop IM users sending instant or text messages from cell phones at least once a week, according to a study from America Online Inc.The Internet giant's third annual survey found that nearly half...
DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled a CDMA core network solution for the United States that includes a wireless softswitch and a media gateway.The company said it expects the product to be commercially available to U.S. carriers early next year.The solution is a next-generation mobile...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C. launched a downloadable client that allows AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant messaging (IM) users to access the services from their handset.Montreal-based mobile IM developer Oz is powering the service, which is designed to duplicate the PC messaging experience from each...
FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp. announced it will carry a Wi-Fi-based mobile instant messaging device from consumer electronics developer Zipit.Before the start of the holiday season, the retailer will offer the Zipit Wireless Messenger, a clamshell-shaped device with a QWERTY keyboard that allows users to...
Prepaid services are continuing their march up the feature-rich ladder with an increasing number of operators beginning to offer wireless Web browsing services to their noncontract subscribers. Many operators offer basic text messaging or even more advanced access to downloadable content to their prepaid...
SAN FRANCISCO-AG Interactive and SI Mobile announced an exclusive multiyear partnership that calls for the companies to distribute premium content from Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue through AG Interactive and SI-branded mobile, instant messaging and online channels. Products will include video ringtones, wallpapers, videos, eGreetings...
Google Inc. looks ready to stroll onto the Wi-Fi playground. Several pages on the Internet search company's site indicate Google is set to launch its own wireless Internet service via Google Secure Access, a downloadable client application in beta-test status. The free software allows...
Instant messaging continued to move into wireless Wednesday, as Virgin Mobile announced a deal to bring America Online Inc.'s Instant Messaging to subscribers who purchase Virgin Mobile's latest phone. The offering will include traditional IM features, including presence and buddy lists, and initially will...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said late Tuesday it is buying into the Internet-calling arena with the acquisition of 2-year-old startup Teleo Inc. The software behemoth said it will use Teleo's Voice over Internet Protocol technology to expand voice capabilities to its instant messaging service, MSN...
America Online Inc. is stepping up its move into the wireless industry with the acquisition of privately held software developer Wildseed Ltd., the Internet giant announced last week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Wildseed pursued the highly coveted youth market with intelligent faceplates...
Eighty-four percent of teenagers own at least one of four devices, including a desktop computer, laptop computer, cell phone or Blackberry. In addition, 45 percent of teens have their own cell phones, said a new report. The findings were part of a survey on...
After eight months of exclusivity, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is no longer the only carrier in the United States selling Motorola Inc.'s popular Razr phone. T-Mobile USA Inc. is now selling the super-thin device on its Web site for $200 with a new service plan....
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Flarion Technologies Inc. reported a trial deployment of its Flash-OFDM technology by Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. and Tohoku University’s Research Center in Sendai, Japan, that will include seamless roaming and handoff between Flarion’s wide-area technology and fixed Wi-Fi access points.The mobile broadband trial...
