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In-flight Internet arrives on Delta Air Lines

Following American Airlines and Virgin America, Delta Air Lines will become the latest airline to offer in-flight Internet service to its customers.The airline, which recently merged with Northwest Airlines, will be offering the service through Aircell's Gogo network starting today on select flights, Aircell...

Mobile Firefox coming to Symbian

Code-named Fennec, the browser will use the same technology as the desktop version, including its HTML rendering engine called Gekko.

The Wall Street Journal fly in Google’s net neutrality ointment

There's a bloody brouhaha brewing in Washington, D.C., between Google and the Wall Street Journal.

In-flight Internet firm aims to expand with entertainment

With Aircell's in-flight Internet service off the ground, the company is looking to expand the service to international airlines and have a total of 2,000 aircraft equipped with its Gogo service by the end of next year.The company is also looking to expand its...

Windows Mobile: What Microsoft needs to fix

Microsoft is losing ground in wireless phones to Apple and Google. To keep up, it needs touch displays, mobile cloud computing, and its own app store

Flickr shares upgraded mobile Web site

Flickr is targeting smartphone users with an upgraded mobile site.The popular photo-sharing destination - which claims it has seen a 50% increase in mobile traffic over the last year - "radically overhauled" its wireless Web site, adding video playback capabilities for iPhone and iPod...

‘Sprint 4G’ on tap: CDMA/WiMAX modems to hit store shelves this year: Nation’s No. 3 carrier to be an MVNO of Clearwire

Goodbye Xohm, hello Sprint 4G.Just over a year after inventing a new word for its WiMAX plans, Sprint Nextel Corp. has decided on a name that is easier on the tongue, and eyes, for its next-generation network aspirations. Sprint Nextel will be serving up...

Clearwire goes official with mobile WiMAX, will use ‘Let’s Be Clear’ branding

With a $3.2 billion in investment from its new partners, Clearwire Corp officially closed on its joint venture with Sprint Nextel Corp. to offer WiMAX services under the Clearwire name.Mobile WiMAX services will from now on be branded as "Clear," ultimately replacing Sprint Nextel's...

Wap is dead

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. Try searching the Internet for "WAP is dead" and you will see 328,000 matches. Scroll through...

T-Mobile USA unveils new portal

T-Mobile USA Inc. is replacing its T-Zones with web2go, a portal that includes a Yahoo-powered search offering as well as a new application storefront.Web2go promises improved mobile Internet browsing, a customizable home page and "a simplified shopping and download experience" for both smartphones and...

Brands, agencies attend annual MMF event: Mobile is glue connecting media screens

SAN DEIGO - Adding mobility to marketing campaigns is becoming a no-brainer. Case studies from brands that use a mobile component as part of their overall marketing campaigns show that mobility enhances the overall campaign and brings value to the other media channels. In...

Mobile messaging not impacted by economic downturn

The difficult global economy is not hampering growth of mobile messaging services, according to a new report from ABI Research.The firm said mobile messaging service revenues are expected to grow from $151 million in 2008 to more than $212 billion by 2013."Mobile messaging ARPUs...

Aircell hooks ZTE, Qualcomm to bolster Gogo

Aircell has teamed with ZTE USA Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. to create a networking platform for Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet service.Since August passengers on some transcontinental American Airline flights have been able to surf the Internet using the Aircell service. More airlines are planning...

Yang deposed as CEO at Yahoo: Search is on for new savior

More than a year after taking the helm at Yahoo Inc., Jerry Yang is out as the company's board of directors has initiated a search for a new CEO.Yang has been under scrutiny since the $47.5 billion bid by Microsoft Corp. to take over...

Microsoft unveils new browser for Windows Mobile smartphones

Microsoft Corp. is close to launching a new Windows Mobile browser that the company's development team touts as an experience that will resemble surfing the Internet on a desktop, according to a blog post on the company's Web site.The move comes as a number...

Microsoft aims to synchronise your life with Windows Live

The package of online services including Hotmail and Messenger will integrate with sites such as Flickr, Twitter and Facebook.

Al Gore to speak at CTIA’s April event

Former Vice President and Noble Peace Prize Winner Al Gore will be the Day 3 keynote speaker at the International CTIA Wireless 2009 event, set to take place April 1-3 in Las Vegas.Former Vice President Gore "has a long history of demonstrating leadership in...

Review: Digital frame shows pictures from phones

NEW YORK (AP) -- Digital picture frames were a big item last Christmas. This holiday season, there will be an innovation on store shelves: a frame that can receive and display pictures straight from cell phones, (almost) no matter where they are....

Small startup has big plans for Wi-Fi

Meraki hopes to succeed where big players like Google have failed - getting towns to set up wide-area Internet networks

Microsoft says next Office suite will go on the Web

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The next upgrade of Office business software from Microsoft Corp will include a version that edits word processing documents and spreadsheets inside a Web browser, the software maker said on Tuesday.

Wi-Fi: 1 Billion Served by 2012

According to researcher In-Stat , shipments of consumer electronics devices embedded with Wi-Fi could reach nearly 1 billion by 2012. More than 294 million devices with Wi-Fi shipped last year, says In-Stat.

Ecobee thermostat has a Wi-Fi connection

Here's a way to control the temperature in your house from far, far away. The Ecobee "Smart Thermostat" has all the stuff you'd expect with a standard digital thermostat and adds a pretty nice-looking touchscreen interface and - gasp!

American Airlines to put porn filters on in-flight Wi-Fi service

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will work with Wi-Fi vendor Aircell to put a filter on the Internet when passengers use American's new Wi-Fi service.

Portland to claim Metro-Fi equipment

It appears that moribund municipal Wi-Fi company Metro-Fi will not be able to sell its largest installation, in Portland, Ore.