Aether Systems Inc. announced it will buy Cerulean Technology Inc., a provider of public safety software and solutions, for $150 million, adding the public safety vertical market to its growing list of interests.Cerulean's PacketCluster line of mobile applications targets the dispatch, remote data access...
Used to be if you wanted to enter the world of cloaks and daggers, you would try to be recruited by the CIA, or join the FBI, Interpol or another agency involved in espionage.Now if you want to play James Bond, simply get a...
Palm Inc. introduced four new personal digital assistants as part of its fall line of products. They include the Palm m100, the Palm VIIx and two versions of the Palm Vx.The newest device is the m100, Palm's latest entry-level product, priced at $150. It...
ATLANTA-Synchronization between wireless handsets and personal computers remains a priority in data management circles, as both Synchrologic Inc. and FusionOne Inc. introduced separate synchronization products last week.Synchrologic made available its iMobile Data Synchronization 3.0 for enterprise data synchronization with personal digital assistants from Palm...
iMedeonWireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon's iM: Work, includes an administration tool allowing users to configure the system to meet their data-collection needs. In addition, pre-configured templates are included...
LONDON-In conjunction with releasing its financial results for the first six months of the year, U.K. handheld computer maker Psion plc said it plans to list the Symbian consortium, most likely in 2001."The shareholders of Symbian have decided that subject to good progress in...
Astata Corp. is a new wireless application service provider with a focus on the enterprise application market. As a means of promoting its wireless gateway platform, the company recently introduced several applications geared toward the mobile business professional-E-Attach, EZ Print and PocketLedger.E-Attach is an...
WASHINGTON-Novatel Wireless Inc., which makes the Minstrel wireless data modem line, filed for a $105 million initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Novatel makes the Minstrel V modem used in the OmniSky wireless data solution for the Palm V personal digital assistant,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net said it has exchanged common stock warrants to buy 800,000 Datalink shares at $30 a share to Chase Manhattan Bank in exchange for the royalty and intellectual property rights to Global Market Pro.Global Market Pro is a real-time financial data service...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported that Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. joined the SyncML initiative, formed to develop and promote an open industry specification enabling the creation of interoperable wireless and wireline data synchronization products.Matsushita joins existing SyncML members Nokia, L.M. Ericsson, Lotus, IBM Corp.,...
NEW YORK-Dream House Software Inc., Orinda, Calif., expects to begin beta testing in August of its new AnyWhereMobile Internet Service, designed to give subscribers remote access to their personal computer files.This represents the next phase of evolution from the company's earlier product, Retriever, which...
TantauTantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for financial institutions that combine the...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Financial services company E*Trade Group Inc. announced an alliance with Sprint PCS to provide mobile access to E*Trade wireless trading capabilities and applications over Sprint's wireless Web service.E*Trade also announced the launch of its "Wireless Zone" on the Destination E*Trade Web site,...
NEW YORK-Andrew Seybold offered attendees of a recent New York New Media Association meeting this twice-told tale to illustrate how mobile data badly needs an application of common sense, that least common of all the senses.The respected wireless Web guru and curmudgeon offered this...
In a Dallas factory once used for making bombs during World War II, Stick Networks Inc. is building a new class of wireless Internet services it hopes will prove just as explosive.Much has been discussed about the convergence between the Internet and wireless networks....
OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. invested $20 million in wireless Internet solutions designer Novatel Wireless Inc., which is widely known for its Minstrel modem product line.In separate news, Aether said it has agreed to wirelessly enable Vitria Technology Inc.'s e-business platform.Novatel's Minstrel V is...
Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. introduced the latest version of its WorkStyle Server, version 3.0, which the company says completes its vision of allowing any device on any network to access a user's corporate data on a mobile basis.Release 3.0 adds support for Palm devices, Pocket...
Adding to the list of carriers deploying its BrandFinder and MapBlast! location-based marketing information, Vicinity Corp. said Verizon Wireless will offer the services to its subscribers nationwide with Internet-enabled phones.Vicinity formerly had a similar relationship with GTE Wireless, which Verizon now owns. AT&T Wireless...
NEW YORK-Telstra Corp., Australia's dominant telecommunications provider, "hates to be considered an incumbent because we transitioned to a New Age company years ago," said Philip Wise, managing director of its Mobile Consumer Division.To provide a full suite of services, the company is involved in...
NEW YORK-Streaming multimedia via portable devices may be down the road a bit, but the image of a handheld computer or cellular phone as a photograph viewer already is moving sharply into focus.With a newly announced Secure Digital plug-in "people can take digital pictures,...
Several weeks ago Congress passed the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, giving electronic signatures the same legitimacy as actual signatures, and insuring virtual transactions using these cryptic identifiers now will be legally binding.Once President Clinton signs it into law-which is expected...
Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit.The kit consists of a software upgrade that adds Palm's Web Clipping technology to the devices, allowing them to interact with...
NEW YORK-Developers of devices and applications for wireless communications strutted their stuff, offering new, nearly new and soon-to-debut products and services at this year's MobileFocus.Giving more gumption to handheld computers is the design of at least five of the companies at this bite-sized trade...
