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Study: Mobile news sites take too long to load

Fifty of the most popular news web sites take an average of 10.5 seconds to load on a mobile device -- more than three times as long as most site visitors are willing to wait, according to a new report by device tracking company...

Opera fine-tunes mobile entertainment

Business Standar | July 26, 2011 Opera Software and UTV Indiagames plan to offer gaming content on Opera Mini browsers, which are optimised for surfing on cellphones. Starting this month, Opera Mini browsers will sport a UTV Indiagames icon that would allow users a one-click...

Capital Markets: Dell expands enterprise with Force10; Acacia acquires 3G/4G patents; and more

Birch Communications, IP-based telecommunications and managed services provider, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. CLEC assets of Cordia Communications Corp., My Tel Co Inc., and Northstar Telecom Inc. Read more.Dell announced it has signed a definitive agreement to...

Apps and web don't have to fight it out to the death, says Opera

Norwegian software firm Opera believes apps and the browser can live comfortably side by side without necessarily encroaching on each other.Speaking to RCR in Asia, recently, Phillip Gr

1 in 5 smartphone owners 'check-in' on their phone: 70% of 'check-in' from an Android or Apple phone

16.7 million U.S. mobile subscribers (7.1% of the U.S. population) used location-based “check-in” services in March according to market research firm ComScore Inc., with 12.7 million checking in from a smartphone, representing some 17.6% of the entire smartphone population.Unsurprisingly, ComScore found that those using...

Reader Forum: 2011 Web performance predictions for the mobile industry

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,...

Reality Check: Creating applications ‘home field advantage'

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.Greetings from the Heartland of America, where we are enjoying one of the best autumns in recent...

Spotlight on: CNN mobile’s Louis Gump

ATLANTA--Louis Gump is a veteran in the mobile content space, having spearheaded The Weather Channel's wireless efforts since 2001. In July, he moved to CNN –the No. 1 mobile news destination -- to steer its mobile efforts. A visionary and all-around nice guy, Gump...

REVIEW: Viigo simplifies mobile RSS

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Our favorite country to the North, Canada, is going to have its own spectrum auction next month. We can't wait! Will Google play? Will bidders shell out billions to build 3G networks and then find uptake is slow and beg the government for relief?...

Report: Mobile browser market set for strong growth

High-end phones with Web-based features will drive explosive growth in the mobile browser market over the next few years, according to new figures from ABI Research.The market research firm predicted the open-Internet browser (OIB) space for mobile will explode from 76 million browsers delivered...

Worst of the Week: The aftermath

Hello! And welcome to our 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 RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We...

InfoGin finding success in crowded mobile browser market

While Opera Software ASA continues to attract attention with its mobile browsers and a host of startups go directly to consumers with their transcoding technology, InfoGin is quietly making headway by cozying up to carriers.The 8-year-old Israel-based startup notched its first big win in...

Opera Mini now available for BREW devices

Opera Software ASA introduced a BREW-enabled version of its popular Mini browser for mobile phones.Opera Mini, which has been downloaded by more than 27 million mobile users, formats Internet content for the smaller screens and limited memory of wireless handsets. The offering is designed...

Mozilla’s Firefox skitters into crowded mobile browser space

Mozilla Corp. is looking to jump onto the mobile browser playground with a version of its popular open-source Firefox offering.The Mountain View, Calif.-based developer is stepping up its wireless efforts, expanding its team of developers and building an application that will run Firefox extensions...

Reality check: iPhone reviewers appear seduced, though AT&T Mobility’s network singed

The language being bandied about today by iPhone reviewers for consumer publications-think The New York Times and Wall Street Journal-is revealing. The gatekeepers have been seduced. But at least they appear seduced by the device-if not by AT&T Mobility's network coverage and capabilities-rather than...

Nightmare on Madison Avenue : As wireless Web use surges, advertising fears mount

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...

M:Metrics software tracks behavior

M:Metrics launched a meter-based software program that operates in the background of handsets as it compile wireless subscribers usage and behavior data to its clients. MeterDirect has been live as a beta service since December and is being launched as a commercial service.One of...

Bad wave: Surfing the wireless Web a real bummer

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 sure to leave you disappointed.The fixed-line Internet has evolved to offer a remarkably standardized...

WIRELESS BLAZES AT DEMO: Mobile startups show their wares at semi-annual trade show

Mobile content and community were the hot topics during the opening day of Demo, a semi-annual conference designed to highlight emerging technologies and new products.GoWare Inc., an Arizona-based developer, used Demo 07 to launch a service that allows users to create personalized mobile portals...

Opera, Samsung team for Web browsing

Opera Software ASA continued to gain momentum with a deal to embed its wireless browser on handsets from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.The developer said the South Korean manufacturer will use Opera Mobile, which formats Internet content for small screens by stripping out data-heavy graphics...

AOL service makes Web pages better for mobile use

AOL will join the crowded mobile browser playing field this week, unveiling a service that automatically adapts Web pages for mobile-phone use. The Internet service provider introduced technology from InfoGin Ltd. that transcodes Web sites, optimizing content for the small screens of wireless handsets....

Will Google’s phone browser run into copyright troubles?

Google Inc. is dipping its toe in the mobile browser business, formatting Internet sites for users surfing the wireless Web. But legal experts say the Internet giant may be infringing on copyrights in the process. The Mountain View, Calif.-based firm has developed software that...

Google introduces software to adapt Internet sites for cell phones

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google Inc. is dipping its toe in the mobile browser business, formatting Internet sites for users surfing the wireless Web. The company has developed software that modifies Web sites for the smaller screens of cell phones. Users who perform a Google search...