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Are we ready for a mobile-first world?
Judging from the number of people poring over their smartphones on the sidewalk, in their cars and in public places, mobile seems to have stolen our...
Google, Facebook launch bidding war for Waze
Google is reportedly bidding for crowd-sourced map app provider Waze, igniting a possible bidding war with Facebook.
Facebook delays Home in Europe, wants a stronger 'First' impression
Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with...
SoftBank gets state approval for Sprint acquisition
SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for US$20...
Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says
Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and...
Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network
Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA...
Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app
Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app.
Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores
Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a U.S. retail distribution company that will offer Verizon's...
Google Drive updates Android UI, adds document scanning
Google's Drive cloud storage service has been retooled for Android users and is now capable of capturing a document by converting a photo of it...
Saving Google Maps destinations for easy navigation
Saving a destination in Google Maps makes it easier to navigate to and also lessens the chance for error when entering or trying to remember an...
Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android
Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive...
Salesforce.com aims its customer service, social monitoring apps at governments
Salesforce.com is hoping to set the standard for how government bodies deliver online services to citizens using mobile devices.
Ericsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks
New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular...
Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer
Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network.
SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted...
Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013
Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses...
Nokia Siemens unveils tools to boost mobile video performance
Mobile network builder Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled tools to optimize video performance on mobile devices on Monday, just in time for the CTIA...
Storms test Red Cross' Tornado app
The Red Cross is using apps to help warn people about potential weather calamities. One of its more popular efforts is its new Tornado app.
Corning taps into optical fiber for better indoor wireless
Bringing wireless indoors, which was once just a matter of antennas carrying a few cellular bands so people could get phone calls, has grown far more...
Lawmakers seek Google Glass privacy plan
Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's...
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