Traditional mobile phones have begun the march towards obsolescence as the market slows. Meanwhile the smartphone market continues to boom.
From the monthly archives:
October 2010
Mobile Phones As Remote Controls
Mobile phones are being used for everything these days – if you can think of it, there’s probably “an app for that,” as they say. One area where we’ve seen a lot of innovation lately is in mobile devices being used as remote controls for navigating the TV. From hardware devices that pair with headphone jacks to completely software-based solutions, today’s smartphones and other connected devices …
Post Tech: Verizon Wireless pays FCC $25M for years of false data charges
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that it has reached a record $25 million settlement with Verizon Wireless over the company’s wrongly charging subscribers “mystery” Internet fees over the past several years.
Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile Phones Offer Text Messaging Enthusiasts the LG Octane
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile Phones today announced the LG Octane(TM) will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores tomorrow. Keeping customers up to date with their social networks has never been more convenient with the LG Octane’s iconic form factor with …
Big Tech Breaks Left
Next week’s elections affect more than our country’s fate: they could govern the price of your next laptop Will Facebook Fans Be Loyal to Candidates?
Aro Mobile Wants To Simplify Your Mobile Phone
For many people, their mobile phones often double as a second brain. But efficiently searching through that reservoir of information to quickly locate contacts, upcoming events and addresses is still time-confusing and often frustrating.
Eastday-Green and Internet firms lead hi-tech list
Green-energy and mobile Internet firms have become the fastest growing sectors in the high-tech industry in China and are using their clout to raise money for expansion.
Mobile Phones and Apps: Best of 2010
Call 2010 the year of the smartphone and mobile software. Phones like the Motorola Droid X, the HTC Incredible, and the Apple iPhone 4–and the many creative apps we liked this year–made this the largest category of products in the PCWorld 100.
IBM Tech Uses Hard Drives to Predict Earthquakes
IBM has developed a system to track earthquakes via the sensors in your hard drive, a technology that has existed since 2006.
Parents fail to secure children’s mobile phones
Children are at risk of accessing pronography on the new generation of mobile phones as parents are failing to put in place any controls to stop them, Tanya Byron, the internet safety expert, has warned.
Tech Stocks: Netflix, eBay gains can’t boost techs
Internet leaders on the rise, but most of the tech sector retreats into the red along with the broad market.
Phones for food at Sydney charity bash
The mobile phones of yesteryear provided the hard currency at a lavish fundraising lunch in Sydney.
NCR acquires mobile services firm Mobiqa
NCR Corp., which makes ATMs, checkout scanners and self-serve kiosks, said Tuesday it has acquired Mobiqa, a privately held company whose technology is used to send tickets and boarding passes to mobile phones.
This Morning’s Top Stories in Tech and Social Media
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today.