Dariusz Paczuski, consumer services director for Microsoft Corp.'s Tellme, described how the company's offering will work directly with Ford Motor Co.'s Sync platform, which runs on Microsoft technology. Tellme is a voice-command service for requests
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The state of New York may have struck out for the time being in building a statewide public-safety communications network, but New York City continues to make progress on a network of its own.State officials have cancelled a $2 billion contract with M/A-COM, claiming...
Sybase Inc. is looking to expand its m-commerce business with the acquisition of Germany's paybox solutions AG for an undisclosed sum.Paybox was founded 10 years ago and has gained traction in markets including Germany and Austria, where it spearheaded an effort to create operator-led,...
By the time final numbers are crunched, President Barack Obama's inauguration likely will have been watched by more people and on more platforms than virtually any other televised event in U.S. history - including the Super Bowl. This year's biggest winner: the web, with...
No one can miss the dark clouds streaming overhead, but analysts say that without the expected growth in smartphone sales, those clouds might blot out the sun altogether. Handset sales, of course, drive chip sales, and most analysts have been revising their forecasts downward...
So there I was in the front section on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, within yelling distance of the man who would forever transform presidential campaigning and fund-raising by leveraging cellphone texting, the Internet and social networking en route to becoming the...
Jon Driscoll, Novatel Wireless Inc.'s VP of global product management, sat down to show us MiFi, a new wireless modem that allows about five people in a 30-foot radius to connect to Wi-Fi working through a 3G connection...
Can you hear me now? The most appropriate answer in the nation's capital on Tuesday appears to be "sometimes." "I had to stand in the same place for 20 minutes just to have a conversation with my mother," said Christian Kingston, an 18-year-old college...
Industry insiders say Barack Obama's inauguration today is likely to spark record-high SMS usage among U.S. mobile consumers. But the event may also serve as a kind of coming-out party for SMS as an interactive communications channel in the United States.VeriSign Inc. saw a...
With just two markets launched, Clearwire Corp.'s mobile WiMAX service is already facing an identity crisis. Unveiled late last year in Baltimore by joint venture partner Sprint Nextel Corp. under the Xohm brand name, the service has since expanded to Portland, Ore., by Clearwire...
Bluetooth technology has largely replaced wired headsets and is now making inroads in new markets, according to a report from IMS Research.The emergence of the A2DP profile, which allows stereo sound to be transmitted over Bluetooth connections, has created several new opportunities for Bluetooth...
Skydeck is targeting road warriors and other high-powered smartphone users with new premium services that build on its free call-tracking offering.The San Mateo, Calif.-based startup introduced features that track missed calls, transcribe received voicemails and deliver text-message information via a Web interface. The new...
Many parents would love to be able to give their teenagers a cell phone that couldn't be used while driving. Now some inventors say they have come up with ways to make that possible, but they appear to be relying on wishful thinking.
Senate Democratic leaders today are scrambling to fast-track passage of a bill that would delay the digital TV transition until June 12, but congressional and industry opposition could make a longer, drawn-out fight more likely.The controversy generated last week by President-elect Barack Obama's request...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Airborne Mobile: iNovia Capital invested $2 million into Airborne Mobile. The company said it will use the funding to...
Few if any CEOs in the high-tech industry are as closely identified with their corporate brand as Steve Jobs is at Apple Inc.Thus the widespread interest in Jobs' health and his statement last week that his gaunt appearance was due to a treatable "hormone...
More than eighteen operators globally have announced LTE deployment plans with most set to launch in the 2011 or 2012 timeframe, according to ABI Research. The analyst firm said that the tough economy "does not seem to have dampened enthusiasm" for the technology.
Why can't the most powerful person in the world keep his BlackBerry? President-elect Barack Obama, who will take the oath of office next week, has repeatedly acknowledged a strong attachment to his Verizon BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, a k a the BarackBerry. But...
An Ohio man used a friend's cell phone to get back his car, cell phone, and cash, all of which were stolen in a car jacking, according to a local TV report .
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Provigent: Lightspeed Venture Partners led a $10 million fifth round of funding into Provigent, which makes System-on-a-Chip solutions for...
The difficult macro economic environment is having a neutral to moderately negative impact on current wireless technology initiatives, according to a recent study commissioned by RCR Wireless News.Nearly half of respondents to the survey indicated the economy is having a moderate negative impact on...
Turin Networks Inc., which specializes in wireless backhaul, carrier Ethernet and converged access products, announced it will merge with Force10 Networks Inc., which builds networks. With the deal, the companies will serve 1,300 customers worldwide. Customers include top-tier service providers and enterprise data centers.Financial...
In about two weeks, the District's roads, Metro cars and bus routes will become so clogged with inauguration-goers that Washingtonians are praying they'll be allowed to telecommute rather than brave the trek into their offices.
