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When it comes to investment money, perhaps no space in mobile is as hot as social networking. And it looks like the spigot isn’t going to shut off anytime soon. …

Could the skies be clearing over beleagured Sprint Nextel?According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited comments from Verizon Communications President Denny Strigl, the nation’s No. 3 carrier could be …

Speech recognition technology wins the “the most over-promised and under-delivered of all time award,” according to vlingo Corp. CEO Dave Grannan. But the space may finally be delivering on its …

Motorola Inc. is replacing top executives in key markets around the globe as its share of worldwide cellphone sales falls to new lows. In an internal memo circulated last week …

Microsoft Corp. said it will acquire the Portuguese mobile software developer MobiComp for an undisclosed sum.MobiComp specializes in data protection and management technologies that allow the backup and restoration of …

If desperation is the mother of innovation, Yahoo may just be the future of mobile.A pioneer in the Internet’s youngest days, Yahoo may now be seriously wounded. Shares of the …

Nokia Corp. will acquire total ownership of Symbian Ltd., buying out current partners in a deal valued at about $411 million, the company said today.Nokia said it would combine its …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to bridge the gap between enterprise users and multimedia devices with a new mobile e-mail service.The offering, awkwardly dubbed Sprint Mobile Email Work, allows customers …

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The woes besetting Motorola Inc.’s consumer handset division have been the stuff of headlines for the past year. The company has said it remains committed to creating two independently traded …

Business-savvy handsets are expanding at Verizon Wireless. This doesn’t mean current smartphones or PDAs are adding new features, it means now you’ll be able to check your e-mail on select …

Last year around this time Apple Inc.’s iPhone had yet to be unleashed on the public. AT&T Mobility, which was set to be the exclusive carrier for the device, was …

The National Association of Broadcasters warned Congress that allowing unlicensed wireless operations in vacant television spectrum could jeopardize the transition to digital TV, continuing the highly charged debate with tech …

AOL L.L.C. continues to lose ground online as Google Inc’s dominance grows, but the venerable Internet company is gaining impressive traction in mobile.Virgin Mobile USA Inc. last week unveiled a …

Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page said there are not technical impediments to making vacant television channels – white spaces – available for unlicensed wireless broadband access, but that powerful lobbying …

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Virgin Mobile USA has tapped AOL’s Platform-A to handle its WAP banner inventory.Platform-A will serve as the “exclusive display advertising and sales partner” for the mobile virtual network operator’s mobile …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. expanded its Sugar Mama program with a new application for Facebook users.The mobile virtual network operator unveiled “Fund My Phone,” a feature that allows users to …

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its first 3G handset, dubbed the “Bold,” is coming “soon” – likely in the heat of what looks to be a long hot …

NetMotion Wireless is bolstering the Internet voice and streaming video elements of its flagship virtual private network (VPN) offering.The Seattle-based developer this week will release version 8.0 of Mobility XE, …

A perfect storm could be forming for high-tech giants and their campaign to secure vacant TV spectrum – known as white spaces – for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed wireless devices. …

Touchscreen devices have been with us for years but, for obvious reasons, they’ve been getting a bit of attention lately.Call it “touch navigation,” arguably a more accurate term. Add the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in …

Technophiles and industry insiders chatter constantly about HTC America’s devices, with the savvy to look under the hood of carrier branding for the smartphone player partnered with Microsoft Corp. The …

Microsoft Corp. subsidiary TellMe said it added a GPS location feature to its voice portal to give BlackBerry users information about businesses, movies, traffic, weather, maps and driving directions. The …