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There’s no shortage of companies looking to cash in by placing billboards on the mobile information superhighway. But a few of them are also working to smooth the surface of …

Congress and the courts are getting serious about intervening in the thriving American business known as patent litigation. While critics claim the U.S. patent system is a sordid mess that …

Microsoft Corp. expanded its mobile advertising business with the acquisition of ScreenTonic SA, a Paris-based outfit with carrier partners in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom.Terms of the deal were …

The Mobile Marketing Association is going global with a new chapter for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new chapter comprises more than 150 brands, agencies and other players …

Research In Motion Ltd. said it would provide software later this year to expand BlackBerry software applications to third-party devices running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile and, eventually, other operating systems. …

When the Blackberries went silent last Tuesday, so did their marketer. It’s not the sort of response you’d expect from a company that makes its living on instant communication-and industry …

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. …

Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of the Linux action. That includes Symbian OS champion Nokia Corp., which recently joined the Linux Foundation, and IMS Research, which just joined its …

Mbile software developers are coping with the headaches of the small screen by-strangely enough-cramming it with as much information as possible.Instead of forcing users to scroll through seemingly endless lists …

The voice-activated mobile search space continued to heat up as Microsoft Corp. launched a series of services delivering local business information.The free offerings, unveiled by Microsoft subsidiary Tellme Networks Inc., …

Nokia Corp. has joined the mobile widget bandwagon.The handset maker said it initially will use the icon-based applications on its S60 platform, providing one-click access to mobile Web sites via …

LAS VEGAS-Apple Inc.’s influence has apparently spread far and wide as various speakers at the Rural Cellular Association’s annual convention cited the company and its products as something to aspire …

Even in the confusing, clinical world of mobile software terms, the term “speech-recognition technology” draws yawns. Lately, though, it’s also drawing a flood of investment money.Speech-recognition developers for years were …

Both companies’ stock has been bid up, though for opposite reasons, and both companies seek to expand their traditional markets by intruding on the others’ turf. They both make smartphones …

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it acquired SavaJe Technologies, which sold a Java-based operating system for cellphones. Sun provided no information on the deal, including the purchase price, and instead said …

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it acquired SavaJe Technologies, which sold a Java-based operating system for cellphones. Sun provided no information on the deal, including the purchase price, and instead said …

CBS Corp. will team with the nation’s three largest wireless network operators on an aggressive effort to offer free, ad-supported content across computers, mobile phones and other devices.The network said …

Shares of Intrinsyc Software International Inc. dipped after the developer of mobile software reported a second-quarter net loss of $3.76 million.Intrinsyc, which is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, said revenue …

Palm Inc.’s management told analysts in New York yesterday that it will exploit growth in the smartphone sector to thrive, yet ducked questions about whether the company would be acquired, …

ORLANDO, Fla.-If smartphones aren’t the proverbial “overnight success” that results from years of toil, they’ve acquired added cachet in the industry because the players are focused on growth. Operators seek …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The intriguing thing about the mobile handset business is that competition and ambition can help a vendor thread the eye of a needle. To some, that’s the slim opening …

A group that tracks political money found that while the previous Congress didn’t pass much major legislation-such as telecom reform-last year, companies in high-tech and other sectors were spending big …

If checking out the Internet on a PC can be called surfing, browsing the wireless Web is more akin to hunting snipe in a briar patch: it’s arduous, painful, and …

The wireless Web is strewn with potholes and speed bumps, but John SanGiovanni hopes that widgets can pave the way.SanGiovanni is the founder of ZenZui, a spinoff of Microsoft Corp. …

Microsoft Corp. showcased a new Web browser that customizes Web pages for smartphone screens.The browser, dubbed Deepfish, delivers small images of Web sites, retrieving detailed information as needed when a …