Wireless Internet

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 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 – …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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, …

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 …

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.

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

The most important weapon in the war against the dumb-pipe scenario may just be the cloud.Cloud-based services – hosted applications “in the sky” and accessible through the Internet, as opposed …

If this keeps up, “Can you hear me now?” may just become, “Have you gotten this text yet?” And network operators are scrambling to make sure the answer is yes.The …

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. I have …

Think Google Inc. has the mobile search space all sewn up? Think again.ChaCha – heard of ’em? – claims to have delivered search results to 1 million users since its …

Google Inc. has taken its Street View service to mobile.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company launched a new version of Google Maps for mobile that includes the same street-level photo images …