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A Facebook phone: Ambitious leap or fatal mistake?8 comments

Mathew Ingram wrote 5 hours ago: At this point, the fact that Facebook (s fb) is struggling with its mobile strategy is not really ne … more →

Tags: Apple, facebook, Mobile, phone, Social Networks, Strategy

Has Google changed its mind about sharing its fiber network?6 comments

Stacey Higginbotham wrote 3 days ago: It looks like Google (s goog) is backing off its commitment to an open fiber to the home network. If … more →

Tags: fiber-to-the-home, Google

Who’s building mobile Websites? Pizzerias and plumbers4 comments

Kevin Fitchard wrote 3 days ago: Mom and pop pizzerias love – and I mean love — the mobile Web. Why? There’s a feature embedded … more →

Tags: borrego, Dennis Mink, Dentists, doctors, DuDa, Duda Mobile, food trucks, Go Mo!, Locksmiths

Mobile payments coming to a loyalty/deals app near you2 comments

Ryan Kim wrote 3 days ago: Groupon (s grpn) is reportedly testing out its own Square rival, a mobile payments system for mercha … more →

Tags: Deals, Groupon, loyalty, Mobile Payments, rewards

Despite name, "phablets" to be big sellers: 208M in 201511 comments

Kevin C. Tofel wrote 4 days ago: If you haven’t yet heard of “phablets,” you might want get familiar with them, bec … more →

Tags: ABI Research, Galaxy Note, Phablets, Samsung, Smartphones, Tablets

Why carriers need to treat developers more like partners1 comment

Kevin Fitchard wrote 4 days ago: “Operators treat partners like vendors.” That quote comes form Google(s goog) director of glob … more →

Tags: Apps, Carriers, Developers, Dublin, dumb pipe, John Lagerling, Management World, Mobile Apps, OTT

Meet the startup that wants to speed up U.S. broadband3 comments

Stacey Higginbotham wrote 4 days ago: Gigabit Squared broke onto the scene on Wednesday, announcing it would spend $200 million to bring g … more →

Tags: allied fiber, Broadband Network, FTTH, gigabit network, Gigabit Networks, Gigabit Squared, Google fiber, Mark Ansboury, sonic.net

Straight Talk: It could let you dump AT&T or T-Mobile33 comments

Kevin C. Tofel wrote 5 days ago: Earlier this month, I took a look at Straight Talk, a TracFone-owned mobile virtual operator that re … more →

Tags: android, AT&T, GSM, IOS, iPhone, microsim, pre-paid, sim, Straight Talk

Google's secret weapon for social: your photos5 comments

Janko Roettgers wrote 5 days ago: Somehow Trey Ratcliff must have missed the memo. Google+ (s GOOG) is supposed to be a ghost town, if … more →

Tags: Bradley Horowitz, google plus, Scott Kelby, trey ratcliff

Viewdini: Could this app be Verizon's first pass at toll-free mobile data?

Kevin Fitchard wrote 6 days ago: Verizon Wireless(s vz)(s vod) revealed a new incarnation of its old V Cast streaming mobile video se … more →

Tags: App Developers, Content Providers, mobile data, subscription video services, toll-free data, V-Cast, Video Streaming, viewdini

Viewdini: Could this app be Verizon's first pass at toll-free mobile data?3 comments

Kevin Fitchard wrote 6 days ago: Verizon Wireless(s vz)(s vod) revealed a new incarnation of its old V Cast streaming mobile video se … more →

Tags: App Developers, Content Providers, mobile data, subscription video services, toll-free data, V-Cast, Video Streaming, viewdini

So Google owns Motorola. What happens now?3 comments

Kevin C. Tofel wrote 6 days ago: After waiting months and finally gaining approval from China on the deal, Google’s $12.5 billi … more →

Tags: android, Dennis Woodside, Google, Larry Page, Motorola, Sanjay Jha, Smartphones, Tablets

How vinyl records & big data make Spotify sound better2 comments

Janko Roettgers wrote 6 days ago: The next time you’re listening to Spotify, you might want to thank the world’s geeky record collecto … more →

Tags: "big data", discogs, Online Music, The Echo Nest

Sidecar turns the simple phone call into a media sharefest

Kevin Fitchard wrote 6 days ago: Yet another app has joined the growing ranks of over-the-top mobile VoIP services, but Sidecar is of … more →

Tags: contact share, Location sharing, Rob Glaser, Rob Williams, Video, Video Share

3 UK firms that sound boring but make some cool mobile tech

Kevin Fitchard wrote 6 days ago: In wireless there is a world of component suppliers and device makers that don’t get much attention. … more →

Tags: Boring, device hardware, Gregg Anderson, Heavy Metal, Jeremy Hendy, Mark Bole, modular data centers, modular devices, nigel tufnel

IOS developers believe larger iPhone won't cause big problems9 comments

Erica Ogg wrote 1 week ago: If those pesky “people familiar with the matter” are to be believed, Apple(s AAPL) will … more →

Tags: Apple, bigger iPhone, IOS, iOS Developers, iPhone, iphone 5, new iphone

Dish: Sure, we’ll build LTE, just give us four years

Kevin Fitchard wrote 1 week ago: Dish Network(s dish) has taken possession of its 4G spectrum and it’s ready to deliver the competiti … more →

Tags: Charlie Ergen, Dish, excuse, license sale, Licenses, regulation, S-Band, satellite spectrum, Wholesale

Urban Airship prepares for its Super Bowl moment

Kevin Fitchard wrote 1 week ago: Urban Airship (see disclosure below) is investing big in its infrastructure, scaling its push messag … more →

Tags: Brent Hieggelke, Erik Onnen, Super Bowl, urban airship

Urban Airship prepares for its Super Bowl moment6 comments

Kevin Fitchard wrote 1 week ago: Urban Airship (see disclosure below) is investing big in its infrastructure, scaling its push messag … more →

Tags: Brent Hieggelke, Erik Onnen, Super Bowl, urban airship


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