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Yahoo! Kills BlackBerry App, Other Services
March 4, 2013 9:58 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsAs part of CEO Marissa Mayer's extensive revamp of Yahoo!, the company says it will be streamline its mobile offerings, eliminating apps, including its Blackberry offering. Jay Rossiter, executive vice president of Platforms for Yahoo!, said in a blog post...
Report: “iWatch” Could See Release by End of 2013
March 4, 2013 9:56 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsAt a meeting last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook promised “great stuff” to come and that promised innovation has become increasingly rumored to be a smart watch. Now Bloomberg has lent a little more fuel to the speculative fire by hinting that an “iWatch” could hit the market by the end of 2013.
Samsung's $1B Bill in Apple Case Reduced by $450M
March 4, 2013 9:25 am | by Paul Elias, Associated Press | CommentsThe two biggest — and bitterest — rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors miscalculated nearly half the $1 billion in damages it found Samsung Electronics owed Apple Inc. for patent infringement.
Report: Smartphone Shipments to Overtake Feature Phones in 2013
March 4, 2013 9:12 am | CommentsGlobal shipments of smartphones will exceed feature phone shipments for the first time in 2013, according to an annual report from IDC. OEMs will ship 918.6 million smartphones this year, or 50.1 percent of the total mobile phone shipments worldwide...
Paulson to Vote Against T-Mobile-MetroPCS Merger
March 1, 2013 11:05 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsPaulson & Co., an investment firm owning a 9.9 percent stake in MetroPCS, has said it will vote against the carrier’s proposed merger with T-Mobile. In a letter to the boards of both MetroPCS and Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent company of T-Mobile, Paulson cited high debt, high interest rates and high equity risks for MetroPCS shareholders as the reasons for its decision to vote no.
AT&T Blasts T-Mobile in Full-Page Ads
March 1, 2013 11:01 am | by Andrew Berg | CommentsAT&T lashed out at T-Mobile yesterday by taking out full-page ads in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. The ads appear to be in response to T-Mobile's outspoken new CEO, John Legere who has made it clear that he intends to engage AT&T head...
Groupon Fires CEO, Still Faces Underlying Problems
March 1, 2013 10:09 am | by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer | CommentsNow that Groupon has gotten rid of its quirky founder and CEO, the chief question is whether the company's underlying online deals business is promising enough to reverse its falling stock price, declining revenue growth and waning consumer interest...
First News Briefs for March 1, 2013
March 1, 2013 10:07 am | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsSierra Wireless has introduced a new architecture for embedded wireless communications, which the company says is designed to vastly simplify and accelerate the development and deployment of M2M solutions. The architecture will be available across 2G to 4G technologies in the next generation of AirPrime embedded wireless modules.
Companies Struggle to Popularize Mobile Money
March 1, 2013 10:05 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | CommentsMobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren't warming to it. At the world's largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona this week, the 70,000 attendees are encouraged to use their cellphones —instead their keycards— to get past the turnstiles at the door...
FCC to Investigate New U.S. Phone Unlocking Rules
March 1, 2013 10:03 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsWhile the 112,440 signees of a petition to make unlocking phones legal again await a response from the White House, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has said that he will look into the matter. Speaking with TechCrunch, Genachowski said the ban, recently instituted by the Library of Congress, raises competition and innovation concerns.
MobileSmarts February: Enterprise Eyes the Many Perks of BYOD
March 1, 2013 9:52 am | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsFrom now until the CTIA 2013 conference (May 21-23), CTIA and Wireless Week will be bringing you a bi-weekly newsletter aimed at getting you up to speed on the topics and issues that wireless industry will address this year. From BYOD to Next-Gen networks to apps and the connected home, we'll cover it all.
Google CFO: Will Cling to Cash for Acquisitions
February 28, 2013 4:27 pm | by Associated Press | CommentsGoogle's chief financial officer says the company plans to cling to its steadily growing stash of cash to pay for potential acquisitions and other investments that could boost the Internet search leader's profits. Patrick Pichette explained Google Inc.'s rationale for holding on to its $48 billion in cash in response to a question posed Thursday at a Morgan Stanley technology conference.
Leap Wireless Stuck With iPhone Stockpile
February 28, 2013 10:54 am | by Ben Munson | CommentsLeap Wireless said it may only sell half as many iPhones as promised in its contract with Apple. The Cricket Wireless company told the Wall Street Journal that the slow sales could leave it with as much as $100 million worth of unsold iPhones by the middle of this year when the first year of its contract ends.
First News Briefs for February 28, 2013
February 28, 2013 10:13 am | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsWipro Technologies, the global Information Technology, consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited, and Axeda Corporation, a provider of cloud-based service and software for managing connected products and delivering machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, announced a strategic alliance.
Smart Watches Gain Interest and Popularity
February 28, 2013 9:46 am | by Martha Mendoza, Associated Press | CommentsPALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — On a sunny day at a picnic table in Silicon Valley, Eric Migicovsky glanced down at his wristwatch. He wasn't checking the time, he was checking his email. Glancing up, he grinned. The message was from yet another journalist.
