Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. jumped headfirst into the mobile gaming waters Friday, acquiring New Jersey-based technology company Stadeon Inc. and launching a studio to develop games for wireless phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The portal said it will use the Stadeon acquisition...
After years of mostly futile efforts to exploit the largely untapped wireless e-mail market, wireless companies are thinking small. Instead of working to put high-tech devices in the hands of every road warrior and high-level executive, messaging companies are targeting consumers and low-end business...
SHANGHAI, China-Internet game operator Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. caught the attention of the Chinese wireless market after announcing it had taken a 19.5-percent stake in wireless media firm Sina Corp. The $230 million acquisition, which was revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing...
SHANGHAI, China-Internet game operator Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. caught the attention of the Chinese wireless market Tuesday after announcing it had taken a 19.5-percent stake in wireless media firm Sina Corp.The $230 million acquisition, which was revealed in an Securities and Exchange Commission filing...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! has quietly rolled out a service that allows users to send driving directions from computers to mobile phones.After accessing directions through the Yahoo! Maps portal, a wireless subscriber can click on a link and enter a mobile phone number to send a...
Internet search engine Ask Jeeves said it will bring its service to wireless devices later this year, joining an already crowded playing field of mobile-search providers. But whether wireless subscribers will use their phones to access search engines-or how they might do it-is anybody's...
Yahoo! added a feature to its mobile search service that allows users to send business listings from desktop computers to mobile phones.The new offering enables users to send text messages from Yahoo!'s Internet search engine to handsets via a PC. It expands on the...
Internet search provider Ask Jeeves plans to launch a search service for wireless devices later this year, the company confirmed Tuesday. A spokeswoman declined to give specifics of the planned service, but confirmed that Ask Jeeves will join fellow Internet search providers in the...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-More than 3 billion mobile instant messages were sent and received through Danger's Hiptop devices last year, the developer and manufacturer said. Danger's line of Hiptop handsets, which is sold through eight operators in six countries, includes the T-Mobile Sidekick II and...
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.-Interchange Corp. launched a localized text-messaging search service that allows wireless users to find products, services and businesses from their handsets. The provider of local and national paid-search services unveiled SMS Local, which accesses listings by product, service, business name and location...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-More than 3 billion mobile instant messages were sent and received through Danger's Hiptop devices last year, the developer and manufacturer said Wednesday.Danger's line of Hiptop handsets, which is sold through eight operators in six countries, includes the T-Mobile Sidekick II and...
Yahoo! Inc. launched a package of Internet-based wireless applications for Nextel Communications Inc. subscribers, the companies announced Tuesday.With the new offering, Nextel customers can log onto Yahoo! from their handsets and access downloadable games, e-mail accounts, instant messaging, and news and sports updates. The...
Internet portal Yahoo! Inc. acquired startup Wuf Networks for an undisclosed sum, the company said. The acquisition is somewhat shrouded in mystery. Wuf was founded last year and has no products commercially available. Yahoo! offered little in the way of information on its plans...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. signed a multi-year extension of their current agreement to provide co-branded DSL and Dial services and announced plans to extend the alliance to wireless technology. In addition to offering services to personal computers, home televisions and audio...
SBC Communications Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. signed a multi-year extension of their current agreement to provide co-branded DSL and Dial services and announced plans to extend the alliance to wireless technology. In addition to offering services to personal computers, home televisions and audio systems,...
Although wireless device vendor Sierra Wireless Inc. continues to ride a wave of positivity on Wall Street, at least one firm believes the company is in for a quick fall in the not-too-distant future. "We recommend investors sell SWIR (Sierra Wireless) shares because this...
WASHINGTON-While new industry figures show top Republicans casting pro-technology votes more often than their counterparts in Congress, a review of fresh campaign finance data reveals top high-tech firms are hedging their bets on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Without question, the outcome of this...
Yahoo Inc. has followed Google into the mobile-search arena, launching a service that allows wireless users to query its search engine over their handsets.Yahoo Search, which launched Wednesday, enables consumers to access conventional Web results, such as local business listings as well as maps...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! have teamed up to offer a solution suite featuring e-mail, mapping, news and weather-information applications to Verizon subscribers through the Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 service."Verizon Wireless' new offering of Yahoo!'s leading services deliver innovative features and cutting-edge technology...
Depending on your perspective, mobile instant messaging either has taken off like a rocket or is still idling on the launching pad. Like many other applications, IM has been a hot topic in wireless circles for years. And as with many of those other...
America Online Inc. announced that it is launching an industrywide mobile developer program for its instant-messaging services. As flagship members, LG Electronics, Motorola Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America and Siemens AG will work to develop, test and distribute licensed AIM clients for mobile devices. The...
MONTREAL-Oz has secured $27.3 million in investment capital from VantagePoint Venture Partners, the Canadian mobile instant-messaging provider announced. Oz hopes to expand its presence in the European and Asian markets with the new capital and plans to move into other mobile messaging markets. The...
Danger Inc. has made its Hiptop II device available as the T-Mobile Sidekick II at T-Mobile stores.The new version of the Sidekick, which was announced this summer, is 25 percent slimmer than the original, has an integrated camera with flash, enhanced sound quality and...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless users can send and receive Yahoo! instant messages though a new, full-color graphical interface, the companies announced Wednesday."Instant messaging has exploded in the U.S.," said Jim Ryan, vice president of data product management and business marketing for Cingular, "and this gives our...
