BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless selected Boxerjam, a developer of games for wireless devices, to provide its Mobile Web customers with two new games to play on the wireless Internet, including Knockout and Dr. Popko. In Knockout, players try to knock out the computer by matching...
NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc., an integrated wireless Internet service provider and personalized mobile Web portal for personal digital assistants, announced it will offer Certicom's security products through its movian VPN, the company's virtual private networking client for wireless devices."Partnering with Certicom enables us to provide...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers now can access an information provider, Afronet.com, focused on content by and for the African-American community.Afronet.com offers customer's daily news updates, business news, access to personal advertisements, entertainment news, and restaurant and nightlife listing for major cities."Afronet.com is...
AlterEgo Networks Inc. wants all devices to be treated equal. To that end, the company introduced its line of Adaptive Network Servers designed to enable enterprises to extend applications and content to wired and wireless users regardless of device type, data source, network connection...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Unplugged Games Inc., a developer of multiplayer games for wireless devices, will provide Verizon Wireless games for its Mobile Web customers.Verizon Wireless customers will be able to access Unplugged Games' flagship product, Word Trader, through a new Mobile Web games folder on their...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission last week began looking into the various consumer questions-including privacy-and emerging technologies of the wireless Web by holding a day-and-a-half workshop."If people can be located every time they use wireless technology, is that a good thing?" asked FTC Chairman Robert...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AlterEgo Networks Inc. and Nextron Communications Inc., a provider of Web content management software, formed a strategic technology partnership allowing Nextron's partner carriers, Internet service providers and franchises to adapt and deliver Internet content through AlterEgo's Mobile Web Server platform to mobile...
WASHINGTON-Users of mobile Web devices want content and they want it now."The reason I use wireless is that I want it now. If I can wait five hours, I can go back to my desk," said Rizwan Tufail, vice president and co-founder of...
This holiday season, those shopping for wireless service and devices will find a culmination of new offerings, as well as traditional bargain rates on buckets of wireless minutes.For the first time ever, shoppers will be able to use their wireless devices to purchase items...
The wireless Internet's influence on the wired Web is often portrayed as a positive, allowing people to access the information previously available only when hooked to a wire from a variety of mobile devices has opened up new possibilities for Internet-based services.Unfortunately, those who...
Subscription fraud is as old as the wireless industry itself, and responsible for the creation of numerous companies and products that exist solely to develop new ways to combat this revenue-stealing problem.While carriers continue to battle fraudsters on the voice front, a new problem...
LAS VEGAS-The computer industry is ready to stake its claim in the wireless market, evidenced by a range of announcements at this year's Fall Comdex show.Various PDA manufacturers and service providers made significant announcements at Comdex. And while wireless was but a footnote for...
As it initiates a beta launch of its wireless Internet solution and wireless portal this week, YadaYada Inc. is preparing to go head to head with competitors OmniSky Corp. and GoAmerica Inc.Calling itself a wireless version of America Online, YadaYada uses the same equipment...
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications has unveiled its first bundled offering allowing the residential customer of many of its local telephone companies who purchase any Verizon Wireless digital calling plan of at least $30 per month, or renew an existing wireless plan, to receive free home...
With a little help from concerned consumer groups and government researchers, voice technologies are forging ahead as a safe alternative to dialing while driving, while at the same time opening new revenue channels for advertisers and wireless carriers.Voice technologies include portals, which can be...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced a wireless Internet service called Mobile Web, featuring the ability for users to create custom home pages.Subscribers can configure a personal home page by dictating which text message alerts they wish to have sent to their phone, as well as...
Nextel Communications Inc. will soon announce commercial availability of wireless Internet service, people close to the company say.According to the company's Web site, its Nextel Online service already is available in 44 markets. Nextel is offering three flat-rate pricing packages ranging from $15 per...
REDMOND, Wash.-AirTouch Cellular and InfoSpace.com Inc. formed an agreement under which AirTouch will use InfoSpace.com's Internet platform to deliver various Internet-based services as part of its AirTouch Mobile Web service, which is expected to launch this spring.
Tantau Software International Inc. unveiled an open mobile e-commerce platform, built specifically for the enterprise customer, that bypasses the typical constraints placed by carriers and operators on access to mobile Web sites.Tantau claims its software provides businesses with a multiplatform solution that takes full...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Puma Technology Inc. said it plans to acquire NetMind Technologies Inc. for 5 million shares of Puma common stock in a pooling-of-interests transaction.Puma's stock jumped almost $12 following the announcement.Puma provides mobile Web browsing and synchronization software used in many wirelessly enabled...
FREMONT, Calif.-Cirrus Logic Inc. announced a single-chip mobile compute engine targeted for next-generation mobile applications.Cirrus said its CL-PS7110, based on the ARM7100, has the highest MIPs per watt and the lowest system power consumption of any embedded processor available. The processor is ideal for...
