Archive for February 18th, 2009
Cellphone Chatter At MobileWorld
At the MobileWorld confab in Barcelona this week, more than 55,000 visitors have gathered for three days to check out the newest in mobile gadgets and see what–if anything–might detract from consumer obsession with Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
True to form, among the bigger newsmakers were those that incorporated the theme of green. Samsung caught a lot [...]
Do You Want a New Internet?
The lack of security and privacy online has some technology experts pushing for a do-over on the Internet, according to a Sunday Week in Review article in the New York Times.
“What a new Internet might look like is still widely debated, but one alternative would, in effect, create a ‘gated community’ where users would give [...]
New Google Phone Draws Mixed Reviews
“This is NOT the G2!”
So said HTC Corp. President and Chief Executive Peter Chou at at the launch of the ‘Magic’ – HTC’s second, hotly anticipated iteration of its Android-powered mobile phone.
Chou’s comments at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona underscores how far HTC believes the new phone is a departure from the G1, the [...]
Adobe Sends Mixed Signals About Flash Lite For iPhone
There’s been mixed signals lately about whether Adobe Systems Inc.’s (ADBE) popular Internet-based media player will soon be compatible with Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone.
It seemed the longtime partners just two weeks ago were set to end their 20- month stalemate. At the time, Adobe’s Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen said in a television interview both sides [...]
Microsoft’s Promising New Mobile Store-y
Hoots of derision from some quarters aside, it looks like Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has decided on a new course of action that doesn’t rely on “but we’re Microsoft” as the underlying basis for its strategy.
Microsoft made big news twice in the space of a week. First, it announced that it will open physical retail stores; [...]
Apple is top of mind for execs at MWC
iPhone maker Apple isn’t at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 along with the rest of the mobile phone industry, but the company’s growing success is definitely top of mind for key executives in the mobile market.
The iPhone and Apple’s successful App Store got more than a passing mention on Tuesday during a panel moderated by [...]
Skype Integration On Handsets: Threat Or Opportunity For Mobile VoIP Startups?
Skype is (finally) teaming up with mobile handset maker Nokia to get its VoIP and IM software program pre-installed on some of Nokia’s devices, as announced at the Mobile World Congress and reported by MobileCrunch. The eBay-owned company had 405 million registered users in total at the end of last year, and Nokia is still [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Tech Layoffs Surge to 300,000
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Layoffs in the tech sector are accelerating. It took exactly three weeks for tech layoffs to surge to 300,000, according to our Layoff Tracker. Since late January, when the tracker hit 200,000 layoffs, another 100,000 job eliminations have been announced or completed. In contrast, it took five weeks for layoffs [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Google Sync Uses Microsoft Technology To Take On Apple
Google and Microsoft have teamed up to let Google Calendar and Google Contacts users sync their data with an iPhone, without the need for Apple’s help, via a utility called Google Sync. Google is using Microsoft’s ActiveSync technology to provide–for free–the same over-the-air synchronization that Apple’s MobileMe charges $100-a-year for.
No longer is iTunes necessary as [...]
Once more, with feeling: Microsoft says isn’t making its own phone
Microsoft officials emphasized again this week that the company is not — contrary to evidence and opinion — making its own Microsoft-branded phone.
Financial analysts attending the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona this week asked Andy Lees, Senior Vice President for Mobile Communications, during a Q&A session on February 16 about Microsoft’s phone plans. (I [...]
Vodafone and HTC Team Up on New Google Phone
Five months after T-Mobile introduced the first phone powered by Google’s Android operating system, cellphone giant Vodafone is unveiling the second. Like its predecessor, the new device is made by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC. It is called the HTC Magic and has a touchscreen, but not the slide-out keyboard that the T-Mobile G1 has.
Starting this spring, [...]
Apple Nixes South Park iPhone App
Apple has rejected as “potentially offensive” an iPhone application that would have shown clips from South Park, the irreverent TV cartoon known for its scathing social commentary.
South Park Digital Studios announced in October that it had submitted the application to Apple. The show’s creators had hoped the application, which provides easy access to content from [...]
