YouTube owner Google launched a local version of the video site in Chile, the fifth on the list of Latin American countries that now have a local YouTube address and No. 40 worldwide. The Chile launch follows previous moves in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.
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I may be a bit naïve when it comes to corporate business practices, but I find myself thoroughly confused by the punishing policy of throttling that seems to be rearing its ugly head in the mobile space.
Marvel Digital has released a video of its Mercury tablet, an affordable 7-inch device running Android 2.3.1 (Gingerbread).A YouTube video shows the tablet being put through its paces, with a demo of Angry Birds, an HD YouTube video, some sort of 3D UI home-screen...
Although the world and his dog are crooning about how wonderful Google+ is, we shouldn't forget that the king of that particular hill is still - by a very long way - Facebook. The king of the social networks currently boasts around three quarters of a billion users, and seems to be finally cracking one of the biggest nut of them all - the FTSE 100.
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.This week’s article deals with a hot topic – bandwidth buckets, or, as Craig Moffett from Sanford...
Austin is known as the home of the South-by-Southwest (SXSW) festival, which has become one the premier tech culture events in the world. When you consider that two of the three named components of the festival are “Film” and “Interactive,” then you’d expect to...
With 138 million mobile users in Indonesia, the market presents a huge opportunity to operators and service providers alike. Bakrie telecom, one of the leading CDMA brands in Indonesia, is one of those carriers cashing in on the country’s mobile hype.Bakrie boasts that...
Google may not be the media darling it once was, having lost mindshare to social upstarts such as Facebook and Twitter in recent years, but when it comes to raw traffic the search giant is still top of the pile. Research firm ComScore estimates that last month Google's family of web properties notched up one billion unique visitors.
A new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. ad has tipped up on YouTube for the Galaxy S II dual-core smartphone, with the clear message that single core is for loser nerds, while the cool suave kids go for dual core.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.It was with great fanfare that Cisco Systems Inc. announced on Mar. 19, 2009, the...
Eponymous video streaming website YouTube is today celebrating its sixth birthday, while mobile advertising platform AdMob is marking one year as a Google property. In separate blog posts today both the YouTube and AdMob teams shared some impressive numbers showing how the two services continue to grow.
A video of Nokia Corp.'s upcoming N9 smartphone has found its way onto YouTube. The leaked video shows glimpses of a thin, stylish looking device complete with a nice looking camera, though the few peeks at the screen seem to show Symbian Anna rather...
On college campuses, the YouTube generation is watching videos online, playing their game systems and using Skype to talk to family and friends back home. At the same time, professors are using online videos and other resources as tools to give students the...
If you haven't noticed, the world of mobile computing is going through a massive change. According to CTIA, wireless providers reported handling 2.1 trillion text messages in 2010 for the United States alone. This is up significantly from the 81 billion reported in...
The challenge with mobile applications remains that while every brand wants one, consumers are constantly using new platforms to communicate. Thus, applications are going beyond smart phones and tablets to connected TVs and automobiles, noted Chris Ruff, CEO of UIEvolution.The 10-year-old Kirkland, Wash.-based company...
Nokia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a “definitive agreement” to partner and build devices running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, after first announcing the move on Feb. 11, just before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.In a YouTube video commenting on the signing...
Mobile broadband is critical in a time of disaster according to Norwegian browser maker Opera which claims Japanese usage of its software skyrocketed in the days following the earthquake.
Last month Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes in modern history, as well...
Mobile broadband is critical in a time of disaster according to Norwegian browser maker Opera which claims Japanese usage of its software skyrocketed in the days following the earthquake.
Last month Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes in modern history, as well...
Mobile broadband is critical in a time of disaster according to Norwegian browser maker Opera which claims Japanese usage of its software skyrocketed in the days following the earthquake.Last month Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes in modern history, as well...
As excitement in anticipation of the royal wedding reaches fever pitch, T-Mobile seems to also be finding it hard to restrain itself, releasing an advert showcasing its vision for the special day.
Jews across the globe will be starting the celebration of passover tonight, as they have done for the last couple of thousand years. But why is this year different from other years? Well, it has a really superbly made video telling the entire passover story with a slightly modern mobile twist.
Ever since YouTube's inception in early 2005, the site has been plagued by copyright issues. Manually reviewing every clip uploaded is impossible, with over 35 hours of video submitted each minute. Once YouTube established itself as the de facto standard in online video, the music, television and film industries leant pretty hard on Google Inc. to crack down on the rampant uploading of copyrighted material.
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.Understanding the interplay between the wireline and wireless worlds is important as value shifts occur. You can’t...
BARCELONA, Spain— LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Optimus 3-D mobile phone takes a little getting used to, reports RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak from the show floor during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last month.
Depending on the angle the user is holding the phone...
