Welcome to our weekly RCR Wireless Newscast. This week it's all about the Olympics, which are set to kick off Friday. Eyes from around the world will be on Beijing, and wireless users will have plenty of ways...
How much do we really know about our phones or - even more complex - our smartphones? We know they turn on, make calls and even connect to our work e-mail. The hard part usually comes when trying to organize the bill, trouble shoot...
Public-safety groups, which last year successively persuaded federal regulators to adopt a strict enhanced 911 location accuracy standard over the objections of wireless providers, now say the rule is unworkable and should be replaced with a more lenient one. They also told the Federal...
SAN FRANCISCO - Taking up a significant chunk of time at Apple Inc.'s WorldWide Developers Conference, Scott Forstall, senior VP of iPhone software, introduced 11 developers and handed over the stage as they demonstrated applications built for the iPhone.
Through the iPhone software development kit...
Motricity's troubles continue; the company announced it lost a leader and sold off a chunk of its business. The mobile content and content infrastructure company sold its smartphone and direct-to-consumer businesses to Motricity co-founder Jud Bowman's entity, shortly after his resignation from the company's...
Sierra Wireless introduced its PinPoint XT intelligent device targeted at vehicle tracking, fleet management and telematics applications.The product is part of the company's AirLink suite of in-vehicle modems. The PinPoint XT features ALEOS embedded technology and the company's AceWare suite of remote management tools....
You may not have noticed last week's news that Verizon Wireless is being sued by the parents of a 14-year-old girl who claims she was sexually assaulted by a man she met through a mobile social-networking service. But the case is likely a little...
Motricity continued to streamline its business, spinning off its retail electronic book business to eBook seller Fictionwise Inc. for an undisclosed amount.The eReader business was a division of PowerByHand, a Tennessee startup that merged with North Carolina's PinPoint Networks four years ago to form...
The pieces continue to fall in and out of place in the ever-evolving wireless world, but it now appears the many changes - from the subtle to the spectacular emergence of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Google Inc. and open access - have unwittingly joined in...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. 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...
This week marks the beginning of the holiday season, of course, when most of us focus less on business and more on the reasons we work so hard. So in the spirit of the upcoming long weekend-and thanks to a predictably lethargic news cycle-a...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 RCRNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Congress approved legislation that frees up $43.5 million for upgrades to 911 call centers. The measure, included in the 9/11 Commission Recommendations bill and funded by proceeds from the upcoming 700 MHz auction, is now headed to the White House.Under current law the $43.5...
California announced plans to develop and launch a statewide emergency cellphone alert system within 12 to 14 months. The move is definitely apropos for "the Golden State," which has long prided itself on being a leap ahead of other states and the federal status...
Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-and also further crowds the market for location-based services. IAC, parent company of Ask.com, is calling Ask...
Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-and also further crowds the market for location-based services. IAC, parent company of Ask.com, is calling Ask...
Long billed as the killer app of tomorrow, location-based services finally appear to be gaining mass-market appeal. And network operators are well positioned to cash in. A study released late last year from In-Stat found that 53 percent of the 1,000 wireless users polled...
At the end of this month, civic-minded young people from around the Los Angeles area will be attending a star-studded concert to celebrate their volunteer efforts throughout the community. Beginning in February, Sprint Nextel Corp.'s prepaid sub-brand Boost Mobile L.L.C.'s RockCorps helped organize a...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The business opportunities enabled by WiMAX and other broadband wireless technologies are as abundant as those being touted for the mobile-minded consumer. After all, it promises nothing short of increased productivity-hence increased profits-and upward mobility in the marketplace.Businesses are pushing increased productivity...
U.S. network operators are losing their grip on subscribers who stroll off their decks to buy ringtones, access adult content or simply surf the wireless Web. When it comes to knowing where users are, though, carriers still hold the cards.Call it the Starbucks scenario:...
Mobile gaming enthusiasts envision the day when they can play massive multiplayer titles that combine real-time interaction and pinpoint location capabilities with eye-catching, 3-D graphics. For now, though, the most popular games in wireless are old and simple. And they weren't originally built for...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-Advertising agency PinPoint Interactive Media has launched a suite of mobile marketing solutions, including SMS marketing and mobile Web site development, appropriately dubbed PinPoint Mobile. The company said its new division will offer a single outlet for a range of mobile marketing...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.—Advertising agency PinPoint Interactive Media has launched a suite of mobile marketing solutions, including SMS marketing and mobile Web site development, appropriately dubbed PinPoint Mobile. The company said its new division will offer a single outlet for a range of mobile marketing...
No matter what type of network technology or application the wireless industry develops, you can bet that the test and measurement providers are prepared to measure how it performs. The major players tout equipment that can test basic voice and related services as well...
