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Halliburton to drop BlackBerry in favor of Apple's iOS
5 hours ago
According to a report from AppleInsider, oil field services provider Halliburton has decided to drop Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple's iOS for its workforce.
Big Game Hunting for Mobile and Social – at the Big Game
6 hours ago
The Big Game has become the “Super” event for new mobile and social promotions. The challenge for advertisers and brands is to create a virtual social environment within the year’s biggest physical social event. The TV ad escalation for the Superbowl grew out of the need to make the Ads...
Android nabbing more than half of new smartphone buyers
Apple sold the most smartphones in Q4 2011, but Android might win the race as it is attracting more first-time buyers than iOS, according to NPD research.
Google secretly testing pair of connected devices
Could Google be working on the "Project Tungsten" hardware first demonstrated at Google IO last year?
European activists meet with Facebook to discuss privacy concerns
7 hours ago
Facebook meets with student activists in Europe regarding concerns over how it handles users' personal information.
Starbucks' augmented reality app gets all lovey dovey
8 hours ago
Starbucks expands the usefulness--if you can call it that--of its augmented-reality app beyond the holidays to Valentine's Day.
Google set to give a little backbone to Kansas City high-speed Net
It's been two years since Google announced the 1-gigabit-per-second Google Fiber project. Now it's ready to start building it.
Should HTC blow up Sense?
10 hours ago
HTC's iconic user interface has helped it sell a boatload of Android smartphones and tablets. But it's starting to feel stale.
Dish Protests AT&T Rapid LTE Buildout Plan, Affirms Retail Plans
Dish Network wants the FCC to ignore a proposal from AT&T that it be forced to construct its LTE network faster than it had originally planned.
Report: Prepaid iPhone Set to Disrupt Industry
BTIG expects Walmart's exclusive prepaid brand Straight Talk, which is owned by America Movil, to launch a new SIM card that will work in any AT&T or T-Mobile GSM phone.
Sprint 'Underperformance' Hits RadioShack 4Q
Jan 31
FCC OKs Lifeline Reforms
Feb 1
AT&T Execs Get Job Duty Redo
MetroPCS Revives $40 LTE Plan
Feb 3
Ten-Yard Penalty, Failure to Engage Via Mobile
I was about as impressed with attempts to integrate mobile with this year's Super Bowl as I was with the Green Bay Packers’ effort during their NFC divisional playoff loss to the New York Giants.
LightSquared Deserves a Hearing
Feb 2
The government should figure out how the LightSquared saga came to be.
In Other News: Patents
Jan 13
The tech industry may have had its attention focused on gadgets this week due to the annual hullaballoo at the 2012 International CES show in Las Vegas, but at least a few people were thinking about the patented inventions that make those electronics work.
Qualcomm Keynote at CES 2012 Recap
Jan 30
VZW Day One at CES 2012
Quick Look: Huawei Ascend
Jan 23
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