Mobile Applications News
Sprint disables Carrier IQ, despite insisting it doesn't snoop
Sprint has disabled Carrier IQ on 26 million devices, according to a report, after legislators questioned the software and customers expressed concern. ...
Piracy pitting Google, Yahoo and others against film and movie industries
As the House votes on one of three pieces of anti-piracy legislation, an open letter to Congress from 83 Internet folks implores it not to 'create an environment of tremendous fear and uncertainty for technological innovation.'...
Android is consumers' choice, but developers stick with Apple
Android smartphones may be outselling iPhones, but developers, for reasons of ease and dollars, are choosing Apple over Google 3 to 1....
Google does it, Apple does it, now Facebook plans to do it
After a false start, which involved a dramatic shake up in the global advertising industry, mobile advertising is now ready for a screen very near you...
Motorola Mobility TV barometer points to 'change' -- is there a storm coming?
The annual survey shows an almost five-fold increase in the number of Americans watching TV on smartphones. ...
Windows Phone bug attacks messaging, reboots phone
Microsoft is working to fix an attack plaguing Windows Phones, discovered by a user. The DOS attack prevents the messaging function from working and makes a device reboot, to no affect. ...
HP WebOS To Be Open Source, Likely Run on HP Tablets
HP, after some soul-searching, announced that it will offer WebOS to the open-source community, making it a start-up of sorts. By 2013, a WebOS tablet from HP is 'likely,' said CEO Meg Whitman....
Mobile devices pushing international remittances to $55 billion in 2016
The same week Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam explained how everyone wins with mobile payments, Juniper pointed to rising mobile phone remittances across "migration corridors." ...
Verizon's McAdam says video key to LTE and smartphone adoption
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam recently offered insight into the SpectrumCo deal, Verizon's LTE rollout, the importance of video and the likelihood of 70% smartphone adoption. ...
RIM BBX name out before it's begun. Welcome, BlackBerry 10!
RIM, facing a trademark dispute, has dropped the "BBX" name and will instead call its next-generation platform BlackBerry 10. ...
AT&T set to smash its own smartphone record
December should be a good month for AT&T, which is on track to pass its current quarterly record of 6.1 million smartphones and will bring LTE to new markets, most notably NYC. ...
Verizon keeps Google Market app off Galaxy Nexus, says report
Verizon plans to offer the Android-running Galaxy Nexus, but sans Google Wallet. Is it making way for Isis?...
Microsoft XBox 360 delivers voice-controlled TV and success from the start
Microsoft is beating Apple to the voice-controlled television, thanks to Kinect and an instant update to the XBox 360, which is already in 57 million homes. ...
FTC asked to investigate Carrier IQ practices
The snowballing Carrier IQ controversy now includes two requests for the FTC to investigate the software and two class action lawsuits in which Carrier IQ, HTC and Samsung are named as defendants. ...
Amazon Kindle Fire causing chaos in Android tablet market, says report
Apple's iPad offered a blueprint for competitors, but the "secret sauce" of Amazon's Fire is inimitable for hardware makers, causing chaos in the Android tablet world, says IHS iSuppli....
Denials, lawsuits next step in Carrier IQ flare-up
The vendor issued its first public statement denying culpability but that didn’t stop what one might assume are the first wave of lawsuits from appearing...
Enterprise size affects desk phone defection, BlackBerry support, says report
A new Broadsoft report found bigger businesses trading in desk phones for mobile phones sooner than expected, and for smaller enterprises to be less likely to support BlackBerry. ...
Verizon gains LTE spectrum, helps Time Warner, Comcast, into carrier space
Verizon will pay $3.6 billion for LTE spectrum and in turn let the cable companies resell its services as MVNOs. ...
PlayBook discounts cost RIM $485 million, outages $50 million
RIM took some of the sting out of its upcoming Q3 earnings announcement, sharing in advance the $485 million hit from PlayBook discounts, among other bad news. ...
Analysis: Is Carrier IQ controversy the perfect storm to destroy operator trust?
Mobile users like to complain about their wireless carriers, but a recent study found that it didn’t stop them from trusting them. Could the Carrier IQ firestorm extinguish all that good will?...
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