GPS company Wherify Wireless Inc. hired Vincent Sheeran as the company's new CEO."We are very pleased to see Vince Sheeran, a veteran of several high-growth technology companies, join the Wherify team," said W. Douglas Hajjar, a member of Wherify's board of directors. "We believe...
Wherify Wireless Inc. said it sold about $4.6 million of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in an effort to create some financial breathing room.The developer of location-based products and services said it will use the net cash proceeds of about $4 million for general...
Sprint Nextel announced that it will sell the Motorola Slvr, Krzr and Razr sometime in "early November." We're trying to figure out exactly why Sprint Nextel issued this press release. Why didn't Sprint Nextel just wait until the phones were actually available before they...
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 RCR to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Wherify Wireless Inc. will retail its Wherifone GPS Locator phones through Toys `R' Us outlets nationwide starting Oct. 1, after a long delay during which the firm twice re-engineered the product. Wherify plans to sell the phone under a mobile virtual network operator business...
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....
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Wherify Wireless Inc. will retail its Wherifone GPS Locator phones through Toys ‘R’ Us outlets nationwide starting Oct. 1, after a long delay during which the firm twice re-engineered the product. Wherify will sell the phone under a mobile virtual network operator...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Chilean wireless operator Entel PCS said it launched a location-based safety service in Chile using products provided by Wherify Wireless Inc. The service, called Ubicom, uses Wherify’s Wherifone G560 GPRS/GPS Locator phones and its Global Location Services Center, which Wherify said would...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-ScanR Inc. launched a service enabling mobile-phone users to take pictures of whiteboards and documents, e-mail them to the company for processing, then direct the results to an e-mail address or fax number in PDF format. With the scanning, copying and faxing...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. said it now plans to launch its Wherifone GPS-capable mobile phone in the United States sometime in the first half of next year, almost a year after the company initially planned to offer the gadget. Wherify's John Cunningham said...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. said it now plans to launch its Wherifone GPS-capable mobile phone in the United States sometime in the first half of next year, almost a year after the company initially planned to offer the gadget.Wherify's John Cunningham said the...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new phone aimed at children. The carrier picked up Firefly Mobile Inc.'s Firefly phone, which Firefly has been selling through retail outlets and its Web site. Cingular said it will sell the phone for $50 with...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new phone aimed at children. The carrier picked up Firefly Mobile Inc.'s Firefly phone, which Firefly has been selling through retail outlets and its Web site. Cingular said it will sell the phone for $50 with...
The wireless industry has an ethical decision to make. Should we market our products and services to kids?The "tween" market generally is defined as children ages 11 to 14, and some recent wireless products and services target children as young as 6 years old.All...
Nearly 80 percent of wireless shoppers said they prefer to use cell-phone company Web sites to compare plans and products compared with visiting retail stores for such comparisons, according to a study conducted by Keynote Systems Inc.The study noted that in terms of mainstream...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, LG is prepping the child-friendly VX1000 with Verizon Wireless...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, LG is prepping the child-friendly VX1000 with Verizon Wireless...
Educational toy maker LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. and wireless communications company Enfora are selling a mobile phone designed specifically for children. The $100 device is aimed at children ages 6 and up and allows parents to limit the telephone numbers that can dial into the...
Carriers and content providers increasingly are targeting younger users in a scramble to push revenue-generating content and applications into one of the few remaining growth market segments. But marketing to teens, "tweens" and even grade-schoolers can be a perilous endeavor. Last week, a group...
A group of consumer and children's advocates sent letters to key members of Congress Tuesday, urging the legislators to look into the marketing of wireless phones to children. Citing recent efforts by Firefly Mobile, Wherify and others-as well as the planned mobile virtual network...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-IQ Biometrix Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. said they closed their merger, making Wherify a wholly owned subsidiary of IQB.As part of the merger, IQB has changed its name to Wherify and has requested a new trading symbol for its stock. Wherify...
LAS VEGAS-Below is a quick rundown of some of the numerous new gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show: c Kodak announced a new digital camera with Wi-Fi capability for e-mailing and viewing pictures. Kodak said the EasyShare-One camera will also have integrated access...
Three wireless companies garnered new funding this week.Propagate Networks Inc., maker of AutoCell embedded cognitive radio software for maximizing wireless local area network performance, announced it has raised $8 million in Series C venture funding.Motorola Inc. participated in the funding, which brought total investments...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc., which develops wireless location products and services, said it will use Siemens' wireless GSM technology in its next-generation assisted global positioning system Locator Phone.The phone is planned for deployment next year in Europe, Asia, Latin America and other GSM-centric...
