Martin Cooper is still at it, reports Morley Safer on 60 Minutes last night. The inventor of the cell phone explains how he made the first public cell phone call on the sidewalks of New York, in 1973: “This is a time when there were no cordless phones. And certainly no cell phones. And here’s [...]
The nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, a civil liberties watchdog group, sent a letter to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski last week, requesting an investigation of privacy issues following the company’s recent admission of privacy violations related to its “Street View” product and WiFi data gathering. On May 14 the Irish Data Protection Authority asked Google [...]
In a major blow to WiMax proponents, Yota, one of the world’s top WiMAX operators serving five Russian cities, said Friday that it decided to develop LTE, not WiMAX, reports the Moscow Times. Yota is one the largest WiMAX network in the world, says Wikipedia. As of 2010, Yota had 350,000 subscribers, increasing by 3,000 [...]
Today, Yahoo! and Nokia announced an alliance to share resources for mobile users. Starting in the second half of this year, Yahoo will be the exclusive provider of e-mail services on Nokia phones, while Nokia will exclusively provide maps and navigation for Yahoo. The companies are seeking to regain market share lost to Apple’s iPhone [...]
Intel introduced today low-voltage Core processors for the ultrathin laptops. The new processors, including the Core i3-330UM, Core i5-540UM, Core i7-660UM, and Pentium U5400 are 32 percent smaller than standard processor packages, and use less juice. One-inch-thick Apple MacBook Air and Dell Adamo use Intel processors that draw relatively little power, but are pricey, custom [...]
The Federal Trade Commission has approved Google’s proposed acquisition of AdMob. After reviewing the $750 million deal over the last 6 months, the agency concluded that “it is unlikely to harm competition in the emerging market for mobile advertising networks.” In a statement issued today, the commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the deal, although the [...]
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