Foursquare has rolled out a significant update to its mobile apps for iPhone and Android users as it continues to surge in growth. The newest feature in the update is the "explore" tab where users get suggestions based on a more holistic take on...
AUSTIN-Mike Tyson, former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, will visit the SXSW Interactive Festival from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 13 at the ScreenBurn Arcade located on level one, exhibit hall two in the Austin Convention...
Having your e-mail compromised can be a serious problem – there is a lot of potentially sensitive data sat around in your inbox. For many Gmail users, it is not just e-mail that is at risk if their account is compromised. Nowadays, many of us have documents, calendars, pictures and even some location information associated with our Google Inc. accounts.
Has Verizon Wireless’ (VZ) technology choice allowed the carrier to avoid the iPhone-related network headaches incurred by AT&T Mobility? Well, according to Verizon Communications Inc.’s EVP and CTO Tony Melone, the carrier’s use of CDMA technology while derided by some as outdated could be...
I switch smart phones like they're going out of style. Mostly because they are always going out of style. I've broken more carrier contracts and paid for more devices at full retail price than I care to admit. Last month, it all happened again. I'm one of those defectors who ditched their iPhones with AT&T Mobility and switched to Verizon Wireless.
Korea Herald | March 4, 2011 |Â Shin Hyon-hee
SK Telecom will begin selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone on March 16, it announced Sunday, ending the exclusive distribution here by its rival KT Corp.
The country’s largest mobile carrier said it will take pre-orders starting Wednesday at its...
Bloomberg | March 4, 2011 | Young-Sam Cho
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is interested in developing a version of the iPhone for China Mobile Communications Corp.’s TD-LTE network, the Asian carrier’s chairman said.
“Jobs has expressed his interest in an LTE iPhone and is...
Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. (SKM) said it will begin offering Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 beginning March 16. The device will include the same specifications as when it was launched last summer including access to Apple's App Store.SK Telecom said the device would...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Korea Times | March 3, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul
KT and Samsung Electronics are finding themselves closer, ending more than a year of animosity over KT's decision to introduce Apple's 3G-based iPhone, here.
Sources say the gradual recovery in corporate partnership with the consumer electronics giant...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Now that Verizon Wireless has been carrying the long-time flagship and most exclusive device at AT&T Mobility for a couple weeks now, everyone wants to know how many AT&T customers actually left to join the ranks of Verizon.Neither carrier may fully let on how...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.Is there really anything more awesome than a brand new mobile...
While some competitors are just launching their first tablets, Apple Inc. today announced the second version of its iPad, the iPad 2.The second tablet from Apple isn't as much of a game changer as the first iPad, but it does deliver on some popular...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.Every year we sit back and marvel at the advances made...
How embarrassing for poor old Microsoft. First they were late to the whole smartphone party, and now Windows Phone 7's first firmware update since the OS's launch has obviously gone awry, as users of Samsung's Omnia 7 have been taking to the internet in droves to complain of apparently bricked devices.
Apple, as you've probably noticed, are quite a secretive bunch. Nine times out of ten nobody knows what Steve Jobs is going to whip out when he walks on stage, and no matter what he whips out you can bet it's going to dominate the tech news for the next day or two - perhaps even longer.
Last week Apple announced they would be beefing up their In-App Purchases system (the catchily-named IAP API), introducing new rules which mandate all Apps that sell additional content, services or subscriptions MUST use Apple's system, and pay them a 30% cut for the privilege.
Well here's something to annoy all those Blackberry users out there - Twitter has today suspended the platform's most popular Twitter client, UberTwitter, as well as Android client Twidroyd and iPhone App UberCurrent.
Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
It would seem that digital publishing, the messiah many publishing houses have been pinning their hopes on to stem the losses paper magazines are making, is finally taking off.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly 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.Mobile operators can expect to see continued reductions in churn. Recent research from Analysys Mason’s...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Sprint Nextel Corp. reported earnings last week, and it looks like the four year winter of subscriber...
