Verizon Wireless launched its Mobile Web 2.0 service, which the carrier said would provide customers easier access to news, tools and information content and the ability to read and send e-mail messages from their wireless handsets.The service, which builds on the carrier's original Mobile...
ATLANTA-The U.S. wireless content industry continues to crackle with growing pains as Japanese gaming company Square Enix announced it will buy UIEvolution for a stunning $58 million in cash. The deal is the latest in a series of major mergers and acquisitions in the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Activity continues in the wireless content and application market, with Verizon Wireless, Twentieth Century Fox and others making new announcements.Verizon Wireless announced new Get It Now applications from Dwango Wireless and Vindigo Studios, further fleshing out its BREW application download service. Dwango's new...
After almost four years of waiting, Jason Devitt believes the time is now.Packet-switched networks are online. Mobile phones feature color graphics. And-perhaps most importantly-carriers can bill for third-party applications."None of those things existed when we started the company," said Devitt, chief executive officer of...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.First, Walt Disney's wireless business announced an expanded deal with Verizon Wireless, with plans to add content from Disney's extreme sports site, ESPN.com, its...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest.First, Walt Disney's wireless business announced an expanded deal with Verizon Wireless, with plans to add content from Disney's extreme sports site, EXPN.com, its...
HELSINKI, Finland-Due to a rash of deals in recent days, wireless users the world over will soon have access to games and content ranging from the arcade classic Pong to a game based on the TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Such deal-making...
Due to a rash of deals in recent days, wireless users the world over will soon have access to games and content ranging from the arcade classic Pong to a game based on the TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Such deal making...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced Vindigo's personal navigation applications service, allowing subscribers to download local information on where to eat, shop and play in 25 major metropolitan areas nationwide onto their BREW-enabled wireless handsets.The Vindigo service includes full-color maps, ratings and reviews from brand-name...
Cellemetry L.L.C.Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.'s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. According to Geoff Girdler, head of the Numerex wireless communication group, "This powerful tool for...
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...
