News tagged with mobile services

Google uses mobile Web to bypass Apple's app block

(AP) -- Google Inc. is trying to make its Voice application easier to use on the iPhone, whether Apple Inc. likes it or not.

Technology / Software

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Wi-Fi Alliance announces Passpoint program to start in June

(Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

NetZero to launch free wireless broadband service

It's like the '90s never left: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars. Internet IPOs are back. And NetZero is returning with free Internet service -only this time it's wireless.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Telecoms groups fight back against free messaging

Just past the security gate for the world's largest cell phone trade show in Barcelona, executives of big mobile carriers can't avoid walking past a booth they would probably rather not see: It's for "Pinger," ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 9

Connected cars to untangle snarled traffic

A car that dials emergency services itself in case of a crash and warns its driver of traffic snarls ahead: Ford Motor Co.'s chief believes connected autos will pave the road to the future.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US Congress approves wireless spectrum auction

The US Congress approved legislation on Friday that would free up spectrum for next generation wireless networks to meet the surging growth of mobile devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

US regulators pull plug on LightSquared

US telecom regulators have pulled the plug on an ambitious plan to build a high-speed wireless broadband network, citing potential interference with GPS navigation devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 12

Review: Super Bowl online decent, won't replace TV

(AP) -- The television set won't be the only place to watch video of the New York Giants and the New England Patriots this Sunday. For the first time, U.S. football fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Global radio experts float new mobile phone standard

Global radio experts have approved radio standards that are to usher in a new mobile phone operating system to replace third generation or 3G technology, the International Telecommunication Union announced ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices

If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Humbled Netflix CEO still thinking, talking big

(AP) -- To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google's maps go indoors with new mobile feature

Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.

Technology / Software

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

PayPal letting Google phones swap cash

Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toyota to set up social networking service

Toyota is setting up a social networking service with the help of a U.S. Internet company and Microsoft so drivers can interact with their cars in ways similar to Twitter and Facebook.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Mobile Internet device performs unevenly in debut

If you could take broadband Internet with you, where would you take it? To an airport, a coffee shop or - this being Los Angeles - the beach, where you can surf the Net while watching surfers ride the waves?

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 3