March 18, 2010
The race to provide ultrafast broadband is on. In May, Cleveland will become a test bed for a service, spearheaded by Case Western Reserve University, that lets ...
March 17, 2010
Nokia is the global cell-phone leader, with sales of 329 million units in 2009. Yet when it comes to feature-packed smartphones in some markets, including the U.S., ...
March 14, 2010
Michel Kripalani started making e-books when e-books weren't cool. A veteran creator of video games, Kripalani began developing downloadable digital books about a year...
March 9, 2010
Paul Karpowicz has nothing against broadband. But he has no plans to take part in a government effort to bring it to more homes. Karpowicz is president of Meredith ...
March 7, 2010
You may not know it, but your gadgets have a hidden agenda. Think about the electronics you own. No doubt there's a digital music player such as an Apple (AAPL) iPod ...
March 3, 2010
Jared Starkey is going all out for Google broadband. The day after Google (GOOG) said it would provide high-speed Internet access to as many as 500,000 people around ...
March 2, 2010
(This story was corrected to reflect the actual percentage of cases brought before the ITC that are resolved by a settlement) Apple's attempt to block the import of ...
February 25, 2010
Apple is showing its true mobile colors. The company is on the lookout for an engineer who can help get its mobile-phone software onto additional devices. On Feb. 15, ...
February 25, 2010
Scosche, a maker of accessories for consumer electronics, has made a mint selling products that complement Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and its iPod music player. Now, ...
February 25, 2010
Palm may be running short of options. The smartphone maker on Feb. 25 cut a key revenue forecast and said demand for its flagship Pre device isn't meeting ...
February 17, 2010
(This blog has been corrected to show that the proposed plan would reach the majority, not one-third, of the U.S. population) Julius Genachowski, chairman of the ...
February 15, 2010
When it comes to broadband, we Americans are a bit like Maverick and Goose in Top Gun. We feel the need for speed—download speed, that is. We cringe at reports ...
February 15, 2010
Apple's willingness to let competing Web browsers onto the iPhone will soon be put to the test. Norwegian software maker Opera (OPERA:NO) said on Feb. 10 that it has ...
February 12, 2010
(Clarifies in first paragraph that Bach spoke to analysts in January.) Just a few years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) looked like a real contender in the mobile-phone market. ...
February 12, 2010
Mobile World Congress, which kicks off Monday in Barcelona, is the place to be for everyone who's anyone in the mobile-phone ecosystem, and increasingly that includes ...
February 11, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to pay broadcasters to vacate airwaves it could use to alleviate network strain caused by the surging use ...
February 5, 2010
Deutsche Telekom (DT) is said to be considering strategic options for its troubled U.S. unit. The company may find its choices limited amid heightened competition in ...
February 5, 2010
With the introduction of the iPad, Apple's (AAPL) status as a cultural icon reached new heights. Based on an unscientific survey of newspapers archived by The Newseum,...
February 4, 2010
Bar codes are getting hip. For decades, retailers and manufacturers have used these patterns of black dots, lines, and squares to encode pricing and other data onto ...
January 28, 2010
As Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled the tablet-style iPad computer Jan. 27, many of his pronouncements were greeted with cheers. In contrast, his revelation ...
January 26, 2010
Michael Bayle has been fielding a lot of phone calls in the two months since Google bought mobile-ad company AdMob for $750 million. Bayle is a vice-president at ...
January 26, 2010
This story was corrected to show that Dunston Almeida is a telecommunications consultant at Exothen Capital Consulting Competition heated up in the fourth quarter ...
January 21, 2010
Ever since we first tried out Sherpa, a location-based services application, we became fans of Geodelic, the Santa Monica (Calif.)-based company behind it. The app, ...
January 20, 2010
In 2003, when Apple said its iTunes music software would work on PCs using the Windows software of its age-old rival, Microsoft, Apple made up posters that read "Hell ...
January 20, 2010
Don't be fooled by the latest round of price cuts by Verizon Wireless and AT&T. The two biggest U.S. mobile-phone companies said on Jan. 15 they'll cut monthly prices ...