Cellular Networks

Back to the future: BlackBerry founders consider buying the beleaguered company

Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin own 8% of BlackBerry and are weighing a purchase of all or part of the companys shares

T-Mobile launches free international text and data roaming

Free plan offers just 128 Kbps data roaming, but adds 'speed boosts' for a fee

Twitter appears to try out a news delivery service

An experimental account appeared on the site to send news-related direct messages

Mobile ads double in first half of 2013, reaching $3B

Advertisers see the power in small screens

Google expands Maps to include searchable reservations, events

Users now can also choose multiple destinations for one trip

How location tracking will change the way you shop

Technologies that follow you around the store could be a benefit or the latest privacy invasion

AT&T and GE join up on wireless global controls for industrial machines

M2M deal puts wireless modules into GE industrial machines such as jet engines

In a room with no cell service, Verizon works on the future of mobile

A radio-shielded lab is part of an expanded S.F. Innovation Center for helping startups

Digital Distractions Can Turn Deadly

Firefox OS gets performance boost, wider distribution

Phones running Firefox OS will soon also be available in Germany, Brazil and other countries