As mobile technology improves, more people will access the Internet from their smartphones more often. Here's why Web companies should start paying attention.
Turn-by-turn directions are still the most popular application, and the industry is working to refine it. Last year, Google launched "My Location" on Google Maps, which can detect your location based on cell towers.
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 promise.
A relative newcomer to the field, vlingo made its first direct-to-consumer play last...
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...
Local mobile search services are growing in popularity, and nearly 1.3 billion mobile-phone users are expected to use local mobile search services by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The market could reach $4.8 billion by 2013.Western Europe and North America are...
Google Inc. is still the player to beat in mobile search, according to new figures from Nielsen Mobile.The Internet giant accounted for a dominating 61% of all mobile Internet searches during the first quarter of 2008, according to the firm, while Yahoo finished a...
ATLANTA - Innovation has to become institutionalized if wireless content is going to be successful, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega last week told attendees at the GSM Association's first last Mobile Innovation Marketplace - Americas event in Atlanta. "Just having it pop...
We all love the concept of mobile search. For today's busy mobile professional, it is reassuring and convenient to have all the information the Internet can hold just a few mobile-phone clicks away.
The business reviews site is working on an application for Apple's iPhone that will let "Yelpers" find out what's nearby and whether it sucks or not, representatives tell CNET News.com.
If you expect a growth in sales for your mobile operating system over the coming years, it follows that you make sure your sites render well on mobile browsers.
Qualcomm Inc.'s annual BREW developer's conference got underway this morning, and the obligatory stream of news from the company's home base in San Diego has kicked into high gear:--Qualcomm and Adobe Systems Inc. announced a new BREW Mobile Platform with integrated Adobe Flash technology,...
Tracking FidoZoombak L.L.C. announced its GPS location application for dogs is now available at PetSmart stores nationwide. The Zoombak Advanced GPS Dog Locator uses cellular networks and GPS satellites to help owners find their dogs in real-time from their computer or cellular phone. The...
Mobile Web surfers in the US spend more time on classified-ad site Craigslist than on any other Web site, and they spent nearly twice as much time browsing as their British counterparts in March.
Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer.
It seems Google Inc. has no plans to be a silent partner in the forthcoming Sprint Nextel Corp./Clearwire Corp. business.The Internet giant said it will become the default search provider for Sprint Nextel as early as this summer, powering both Internet and local, GPS-enabled...
AdMob joined the mobile analytics field, unveiling a free tool that allows advertisers and publishers to track traffic and measure the effectiveness of wireless ad campaigns.The San Mateo, Calif.-based startup said the offering delivers site-performance metrics such as unique visitors, duration of visit, page...
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 "voice in, visual out" way of receiving information is useful to people who are...
Anyone looking for more talk of interplanetary colonization during the Day Two keynote surely was disappointed.Wednesday's speakers eschewed Richard Branson's April Fools' Day hijinks in favor of a more traditional approach. Marco Boerries, who heads up Yahoo Inc.'s mobile efforts, used the platform to...
