There are now over 1,900 location apps at the iPhone store, says Skyhook Wireless. It’s about a 25 / 75 split between free and paid apps. Mobile location-based social networking sites are expected to gain momentum with more than 82 million subscriptions expected by 2013, says ABI Research. Om Malik believe the iPhone will play [...]
Virgin Trains has now installed Wi-Fi on all its Pendolino trains, courtesy of T-Mobile. But the Wi-Fi service doesn’t come free (unless you’re a First Class passenger). A 60-minute pass costs £5, although your minutes can be used over a 24-hour period and on any T-Mobile hotspot. You can also by a 24-hour unlimited pass [...]
Samsung today announced the i7500, its first phone to run the Google Android OS. The i7500′s technical specs come close to guaranteeing it will be available from T-Mobile USA later this year since it supports HSDPA on the 900, 1700, and 2100 Mhz bands, and T-Mobile is the only major carrier in the world to [...]
Qualcomm has agreed to pay Broadcom US$891 million over the next four years in a settlement aimed at ending the long-running litigation between the two rival chip-makers. In a joint statement, Qualcomm and Broadcom said that the deal would result in the dismissal of all litigation between the two companies, including all patent infringement claims [...]
Google Flu Trends, a Web service provided by Google.org, has been updating itself with data and news stories about the swine flu pandemic while social-networking tools such as Twitter have been blazing with members’ posts about the possible spread of the disease. The Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, has tips on what you can [...]
Verizon and Apple are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, reports USA Today. Verizon wants in, after some 13.7 million iPhones were sold by AT&T, which signed up 1.6 million iPhone customers during the first quarter of 2009 — 40% of them new to [...]
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