Like gold bullion, Treasury bonds and the booze industry, the new mobile application stores that are beginning to surface may actually benefit from Wall Street's implosion.Like many of the rest of us, application developers are gnawing fingernails as they watch the financial meltdown and...
The company is facing a battle getting its Web plug-in on Apple's handsets, but the open nature of Android makes it an attractive platform for Silverlight.
A leading provider of location-awareness services geared toward business customers has joined an alliance started by Research in Motion Ltd.Apisphere Inc. announced today it joined the BlackBerry Independent Software Vendor Alliance Program. With resources and tools available through the alliance, Apisphere is aiming to...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.The mobile ecosystem is expanding. We are quickly moving from an era of proprietary development confined to...
A Redmond, Wash.-based newcomer, MobUI said it raised an unspecified amount in a round of funding led by GlobalNET Mobile Solutions, a Latin American wireless services provider. The startup - which was founded by former Action Engine employees - used part of the funds...
Nuance Communications Inc. announced a deal to provide mobile speech and predictive text capabilities "across a broad range" of devices from Nokia Corp.The world's largest handset maker will license Nuance's technology and partner with the Burlington, Mass.-based firm to offer open protocols for use...
Reports have emerged indicating that Motorola is hiring developers with Java and Android expertise in preparation for launching a major mobile initiative on top of Google's software platform.
Apple has said that developers of applications for the iPhone no longer need to sign the restrictive non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that previously accompanied its software developer kit (SDK). The NDA caused a lot of bad feeling among the developer community for being far too...
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/ Economic Downturn.The thought of pouring money into baby tech firms is likely to induce post-traumatic...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new G1 phone will serve as a kind of one-stop shop for Google Inc.'s mobile offerings, but the device's prospects may hinge on the success of Android Market. The phone will integrate Google Maps (with Street View), Gmail with Contacts, Google's...
The first handset to feature Google's Android operating system - an HTC Corp. model destined for T-Mobile USA Inc. - will debut at a media event in New York next week, on Sept. 23, according to T-Mobile.Google and T-Mobile will provide "details" on the...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Regardless of whether it's on television, a personal computer or a mobile phone, consumers will demand the same experience when it comes to the Internet and entertainment and the different players in the wireless industry are going to have to work...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. once again took advantage of the trade-show spotlight, using CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 to plug an iPhone version of its oneConnect offering and an expansion of its Blueprint development platform.OneConnect, which was introduced at the Mobile World...
The carrier deck is still the most valuable real estate in mobile content, but the future of downloadable wireless goodies may just lie in third-party storefronts. And for now, at least, developers are the key to success.Apple Inc. stole headlines two months ago with...
My teen daughter complains that I treat her like my own private marketing lab. Over the years, when a new cellphone comes in with apps to review, I learned to toss the black slab at her and say, "here, play with this and tell...
Google Inc. unveiled its answer to Apple Inc.'s App Store, outlining a distribution system for applications built on its Android platform.Android Market will serve as an unrestricted storefront where registered developers can offer their wares simply by uploading their applications and posting descriptions. Google...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. It feels like every day we are seeing articles about the "operating system wars" and who...
Google dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs (application program interfaces) from the set of tools for the first version of the mobile phone OS, Android 1.0, according to the Android Developers Blog .
MENLO PARK, California -- Matt Murphy eats at expensive steakhouses, likes to watch his kids play soccer and is a loyal fan of Peet's Coffee & Tea. And if he has his way, mobile phone users will know as much about each other as...
