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From the Magazine: Mobile Platform Wars: What Does a Third Ecosystem Look Like
May 15, 2013 12:00 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsSome say there’s only room for one more mobile platform, with Android and iOS helping themselves to the lion’s share of the market for the foreseeable future. If true, the only question is just who will get the crumbs. At present, it takes some effort to imagine a world where Android and iOS...
Device Innovation Is Passé: Why UE Is King in 2013
May 8, 2013 10:48 am | by Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire | Articles | CommentsIt’s getting increasingly difficult for smartphone and tablet makers to “shock and awe” the media and the buying public with groundbreaking, “never before seen” hardware. While each high-profile device launch brings hardware advancements over previous models...
Keynote Mobile News and Portal Index: Delivering Video on Mobile News Sites
May 1, 2013 10:46 am | by Venkatesh Giri, Keynote Mobile Expert | Articles | CommentsWe all know more online users are now accessing news via their smartphones - and not just via the traditional news sites we monitor in our Mobile News and Portal Index, but also via social media. As we’ve seen with recent news events...
Broadcasters Worry About 'Zero TV' homes
April 8, 2013 9:13 am | by Ryan Nakashima, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsSome people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and...
Keynote Mobile News and Portal Index: January - February 2013
February 20, 2013 9:35 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsThis month, the Keynote Mobile News & Portal performance index featured a number of smartphone sites that posted extremely slow response times. With that in mind, we thought we would look at how site infrastructure contributes to the performance of one of these slower sites...
Opera Acquires Skyfire for Video Optimization Tech
February 15, 2013 9:52 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsOpera Software today announced that it has acquired Silicon Valley based Skyfire Labs, which specializes in mobile video optimization and cloud solutions for mobility. Skyfire also produces a mobile browser that allows iOS users to watch Flash-based video content on their devices...
Tips for Speeding up High Traffic Mobile News Sites
December 20, 2012 9:50 am | by WIreless Week Staff | News | CommentsAfter a general slowdown in performance in last month’s report, the Keynote Mobile News and Portal Index showed overall improvements in performance in the past month (November 16-December 15). One standout is USA Today which showed the most significant improvement...
Mozilla Preps Launch of Firefox Mobile OS
July 2, 2012 7:32 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMozilla today confirmed plans to launch a new open mobile OS based on HTML5 and it has the support of some big names in the industry, including Sprint, Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom.
Igniting Mobile Apps for the Enterprise with HTML5
September 5, 2011 1:09 pm | by Jonathan Stark, Mobiquity | Articles | CommentsWhile I don't think HTML5 is the right approach in every case, I have seen it ruled out based on misinformation. So my goal is to clarify what HTML5 is (and isn't) capable of so IT leaders can make an informed decision about the best choice for their projects.
Dolphin Browser Dives onto iPhone
August 30, 2011 8:16 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe Dolphin browser includes a number of features not available in Apple's Safari.
Google Launches Long-Awaited Chromebooks
May 12, 2011 8:20 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsGoogle yesterday dove deep into its Chrome notebook project at its annual Google I/O conference...
Mozilla Officially Launches Firefox 4 for Mobile
March 30, 2011 8:02 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMozilla yesterday officially took the beta wraps off its new Firefox 4 mobile browser for Android and Maemo devices.
Google Talks Android, Honeycomb
February 3, 2011 7:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsGoogle yesterday took time at a developer event to delve a little deeper into a couple of announcements it made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), including a detailed look at the company's tablet-optimized 3.0 version of Android (Honeycomb).
Openwave Tackles Fragmentation Challenges
February 1, 2011 7:05 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsOpenwave Systems yesterday took the wraps off Amplicity, a new browser-based, value-added service solution for developers...
Seybold’s Take - Tablet Wars Are Off and Running
January 16, 2011 1:19 pm | by Andrew Seybold | Articles | CommentsEach year, one category of products becomes the focal point for most of the press because it has the most buzz or it is a new product classification. Last year, for example, it was 3D television. This year, it was clear weeks before the show that this would be the year of the tablet at CES.
Browser Vs. App: Which Is Better?
November 24, 2010 11:24 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsDo consumers really prefer mobile browsers to apps? Two recent surveys, one from Adobe’s Omniture division and one commissioned by Orange in the U.K., found that end-users prefer mobile browsers to apps, at least in a few areas, most of them research based activities (e.g. shopping, finding a map, general search).
Windows Phone 7 Available in U.S. Today
November 8, 2010 7:43 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsToday's the big day for all those Windows Mobile fans in the U.S. Microsoft today announced official availability of three Windows Phone 7 devices on two different carriers.
Skyfire Browser Serves Up Flash, Gets Pulled within Hours
November 4, 2010 8:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWithin five hours of going live, the Skyfire mobile browser for iPhone yesterday became the top grossing app, the third highest paid app overall and the top application in the Utilities category at the iTunes App Store...
Microsoft Posts Record Quarter on Strong Office, OS Sales
October 29, 2010 8:21 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMicrosoft yesterday posted a record 51 percent jump in profits in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2011, on strong sales of Windows 7, Microsoft Office and its XBox Live console.
Review: Windows Phone 7 a New Start for Microsoft
October 21, 2010 7:54 am | by Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer | Articles | CommentsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? When it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is itching to get back in the game.
Report: Mobile Browsers Trump Apps
October 14, 2010 8:16 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsConsumers prefer accessing content on their mobile phones via a mobile browser as opposed to using apps...
Firefox 4 Beta Goes Live for Android, Maemo
October 8, 2010 8:52 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMozilla announced the release of Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo. The latest iteration of the company's mobile browser aims at further integration of the desktop and mobile browsing experience.
Report: Android Is Tops with U.S. Consumers
October 6, 2010 8:56 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAndroid is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months...
The Mobile Web Future: It's Complicated
October 6, 2010 8:53 am | by Brad Smith | News | CommentsThe mobile phone browser already is a central part of the mobile application world but is going to become an even bigger element in the future...
To Reiterate, No Windows 7 at VZW Until 2011
September 17, 2010 8:29 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsReports surfaced yesterday that Verizon Wireless will wait until 2011 to release a Microsoft Windows Phone 7 device...
