Could the U.S.’s largest wireless company be thinking about a new partnership with DVD rental company, Redbox? Rumor mills have been running rampant with the news that Verizon could be teaming up with Redbox to launch a video streaming service to battle the likes of Netflix. Redbox’s DVD-renting kiosks have become somewhat like a permanent [...]
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Mozilla, Google Seal Search Deal for Firefox
Mozilla and Google have finally struck a new search deal that would be mutually beneficial for both companies. Mozilla announced on their blog that the “new agreement extends their long term search relationship with Google for at least three additional years.” Mozilla did not reveal any other details of the new contract. The two company’s [...]
RIM Stock Hits 8-Year Low
In a series of unfortunate events for Research in Motion, the latest is the news that RIM’s shares fell 11 percent Friday after the company announced its decision to delay its BlackBerry 10 release. After trading, RIM stocks ended at $13.44, which was down by $1.69. It’s the lowest the company has ever seen in [...]
Google Launches Android 101—Mobile App Training Program
Google has announced that they will be launching a beta program called Android Training. The program will be a collection of classes to help developers make better mobile apps for Google’s mobile operating system, Android. Google has noted that public opinion has placed Android apps below Apple apps on the rung of popularity. The Android [...]
Tango Steps up the Competition, Projects 100 Million Users in 2012
Someone needs to tell Skype to step it up in the VoIP game. Its competitor and mobile communications app, Tango, has grown to more than 30 million active users in less than a year since it first launched. It projects a possible 100 million active users in 2012. Compared to almost 700 million users on [...]
Nokia Brings $50 Lumia 710 Smartphone to U.S. in January
Nokia Corp. is digging in its heels and climbing back to the top on the list of mobile phone manufacturers. The company is coming back with a bang with a new smartphone powered by Microsoft’s latest Windows software. The Lumia 710 is reported to go on sale in the U.S. for $50 after a two-year [...]
Intel Announces Mobile, Wireless Reorganization
Intel Corp. has confirmed that it will be reorganizing several of its business units in order to form a mobile and communications group. The new department will be responsible for the firm’s mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. Intel’s new Atom product is hoped to be integrated with wireless baseband within the next two years, [...]
Google Hangouts go Mobile
The Google+ train has been steadily gaining more steam since its launch earlier this year. This time, Google has announced that their video chatting service, Hangouts, will become available on mobile phones. Unlike different video communication services, Hangouts was one of the first to allow for talking between more than one individual at a time. [...]
Widely Supported Faster Wi-Fi Expected for 2012
The next version of Wi-Fi wireless networking is called 802.11ac, and it can operate around 1.3 gigabits per second, or three to four times the speed of currently available high-speed Wi-Fi, or 802.11n. According to Rahul Patel, vice president in the mobile and wireless group at chip design firm, Broadcom, the new standard has broad [...]
Mobile Technology Used to Nuke Local Businesses
On December 10th, Amazon.com is offering customers a five percent (up to $5) discount on items if they check prices of those items as sold at local businesses. Using the Amazon Price Check app on Android and iPhone, customers receive the 5 percent discount on up to three items scanned in any brick-and-mortar store. Critics [...]
