Mobile advertising agency, AdMob says one of the major trends in 2009 has been the growing share of requests from smartphones and increasing usage of Wi-Fi. In November 2009 in the US, smartphones accounted for 48 percent of mobile Web and application requests, up from 31 percent in November 2008. Wi-Fi usage has taken off, [...]
Gizmodo tested cellular data networks in 11 cities coast-to-coast, including Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Maui, New York, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco/Bay Area and Tampa. Two identical stripped-down Acer Timeline laptops ran Windows Vista, and four 3G wireless modems requested from the carriers. they allowed them to make the choice of hardware, [...]
TechCrunch reports that Yelp turned down an offer of half a billion dollars from the search giant. The speculation is that Yelp got another bid or was offered a partnership that made selling the augmented reality company less than necessary. Augmented reality uses your cameraphone, GPS, and compass to show virtual items in the real [...]
Michelle Donegan, European Editor for Unstrung, reviews the Top 10: Mobile Mergers and Acquisitions for 2009. (See Unstrung’s: Telecom M&A Deals Hit $88.3B in H1 and European Carriers Catch M&A Fever.) Harris Stratex Snaps Up Telsima for $12M. The microwave backhaul specialist kicked off the wireless equipment M&A action this year when it snapped up [...]
Ford’s Sync can now be turned into a mobile hotspot. SYNC is an in-car connectivity system. It connects to your Bluetooth-enabled phone. Ford’s Sync allows you to operate MP3 players, Bluetooth-enabled phones and tune the radio or adjust the climate control with voice command. It can read your mail with text-to-speech. Unlike other automakers that [...]
Intel has announced its next-generation Atom platform. Intel’s N450 processor and NM10 Express chipset– previously referred to as “Pine Trail” — will be used in new Netbooks debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and others are expected to either announce new systems before the show or exhibit [...]
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