August 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Expect more Gmail users to start shedding their land lines soon as “Google Voice” starts to spread among users of the popular e-mail service. Google recently announced the debut of Google Voice, which turns Gmail into a phone.
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Tags: gmail, Google, Google Voice, phone calls
August 16, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The smartphone market is hot and the iPhone’s been sizzling in each new incarnation, with one big caveat: Its exclusive carrier is AT&T. But a new survey shows a brighter lining for that dark cloud.
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Tags: AT&T, consumers, iphone, Morpace, study, Verizon
August 5, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The economy may be limping along, but one sector of the tech industry is booming despite the sluggish markets and stagnating growth: wireless. A new report demonstrates just how much.
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Tags: industry, Plunkett, report, wireless
August 2, 2010 by Sam Narisi
LAS VEGAS — As smartphones become more common, so do viruses that infect them. Take this recent attack that gives criminals an easy way to steal from mobile users.
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Tags: Black Hat, malware, Mikko Hypponen, phone calls, smartphones
July 21, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The financial juggernaut that is Apple continues unabated by minor blips like the iPhone 4 antennae and fears that the iPad’s phenomenal popularity might eat away at Mac sales.
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Tags: Apple, earnings, iPad, iphone, ipod, macs, third quater
July 20, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Apple’s got a couple of strategies for contending with its iPhone antennae debacle: First, give phone owners a free case that’ll almost fix the problem. Second, stage a lock-in for Apple antennae engineers until the problem’s actually fixed.
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Tags: antennae, Apple, bumper, case, cots, engineers, iphone, sleepover, slumber party
July 8, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Your company’s road warriors now have a simple, cheap solution to taking credit card payments in the field using just their mobile phone or PDA. The catch: The service is being offered by AT&T.
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Tags: Apriva, AprivaPay, AprivaPay Professional, AT&T, credit card, mobile phone, payment
July 2, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
A lesson from Economics 101: If a product’s selling successfully, you don’t drop the price. That’s what happened recently on Microsoft’s new Kin phone, and now the company’s decided to drop the device altogether.
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Tags: Kin, Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Mobile
June 28, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The feeding frenzy that starts whenever Apple launches a new product — or just a new version of an old product — is rather stunning and highly lucrative for anyone with Apple interests.
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Tags: Apple, Consumer Reports, iphone, sales
June 24, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Employees who text while driving can have a huge impact on a company’s bottom line. From higher insurance premiums to lawsuits and liability for accidents and injuries, the cost can be staggering.
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Tags: costs, driving, Pew, study, texting
