Mobile News – Page 16 of 60

Double Down’s parent IGT sells to Italian lottery operator for $4.7 billion

U.S. slot-maker International Game Technology, which owns Seattle’s Double Down Interactive, has been sold to an Italian lottery operator Gtech… Read More

Apple teams with IBM to push iPad and iPhone further into business world

Apple and IBM are teaming up in an effort to improve the position of iOS devices in the business world.… Read More

Yahoo executive, a former Seattle startup CEO, sued for sexual harassment by employee

Follow-up, Feb. 24, 2016: Yahoo exec and Seattle startup founder Maria Zhang on her vindication against sexual harassment suit Former… Read More

AT&T expands sponsored mobile content program with Syntonic store

Syntonic Wireless, a Bellevue-based startup founded by two former RealNetworks execs, today announced that it will launch its Syntonic Sponsored Content Store… Read More

From behind-the-scenes, HTC’s Chairwoman Cher Wang steps in to aid in company’s turn around

Will HTC’s co-founder and chairwoman Cher Wang be able to turnaround the struggling smartphone company? It’s too early to make that call,… Read More

Could Android apps be the key to growing Windows Phone?

One of the major problems facing Windows Phone is the relative immaturity of its app ecosystem. Microsoft has worked hard… Read More

Isis mobile wallet to change name to avoid confusion with ISIS militant group

Isis, the digital wallet venture started by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T, says it will roll out a new brand — aiming to avoid confusion with… Read More

Three white iPhone 5S handsets displaying iOS 7

iPhone sees small U.S. market share gains, while Android and Windows Phone stay flat

ComScore released its monthly report on the U.S. smartphone market share today, and it comes with some good news for… Read More

Facebook launches Messenger app for iPad, after long wait

Facebook launched an iPad version of its Messenger app today, which means that members of the company’s social network will now… Read More

HTC posts a profit, providing a glimmer of hope after HTC One M8 launch

HTC’s One M8 flagship phone received positive reviews, and it seems like consumers are starting to take notice. The company posted… Read More

Can you hear me now, John Legere? Here are the results of my T-Mobile Test Drive

“When are you going to do your Test Drive, Tricia?” That was the question T-Mobile CEO John Legere laid on me… Read More

Amazon faces potential lawsuit by the FTC over in-app purchases made by children

Amazon is fighting claims by the Federal Trade Commission, which charge that it failed to get parents’ permission for purchases made by children… Read More

T-Mobile employees speak out against CEO’s ‘raping’ remark

Five employees of T-Mobile are objecting publicly to T-Mobile CEO John Legere’s comments last week that AT&T and Verizon are… Read More

Startup Spotlight: appAttach connects mobile manufacturers with app developers

After spending more than two years at Microsoft helping manage deals with computer manufacturers, James DePoy noticed an opportunity. “We saw that… Read More

T-Mobile offers prepaid plans for iPhone users and discounts at Costco

T-Mobile announced today that people can now purchase an iPhone and use it with one of the company’s prepaid phone… Read More

Tech Moves: Cyanogen hires mobile vets; Blucora taps ex-Buy.com exec; Ben Elowitz leaves Wetpaint; and more

—Cyanogen, which is looking to disrupt the mobile operating system market, has named former Amazon and Hulu employee Dave Herman… Read More

Three mobile startup veterans raise $1.5M to provide cookie-like data for mobile apps

PushSpring has raised $1.5 million in capital to help mobile developers know their customers better so they can display more… Read More

Zulily shares soar on analyst report that applauds ‘hyper growth’ strategy

Zulily’s stock jumped 10 percent this morning after an analyst report upgraded the company’s shares to a buy from a neutral rating.… Read More

Sprint adds 4G LTE service in 28 markets, including Seattle

Sprint customers in Seattle will finally be able to have access to 4G LTE service. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier… Read More

Box strikes at Google, Microsoft with new Notes feature on iOS app

Box has taken a swing at Google Docs and Office 365 today by launching Box Notes on its iPhone and… Read More

Report: Sprint lining up $40 billion financing package to make T-Mobile purchase

A Sprint and T-Mobile tie-up is looking even more likely after news this morning from Reuters that Sprint has already… Read More

How a trip to Africa helped Facebook retool its Android app for the developing world

One of Mark Zuckerberg’s goals for Facebook is bringing the “next 5 billion” people onto the social network. But that isn’t… Read More

Google just quietly bought this stealthy Seattle startup led by ex-Clearwire researchers

Sometimes startups attract corporate attention after releasing cutting-edge products, or nailing down key customers. Others get gobbled up before they… Read More

T-Mobile CEO John Legere makes case for wireless merger

Answering questions from reporters Wednesday night in front of an audience of enthusiastic employees and partners, T-Mobile CEO John Legere was careful… Read More

Live from T-Mobile’s Uncarrier 5.0 event

Tune in live to find out what John Legere has up his sleeve next at tonight’s Uncarrier 5.0 event in Seattle.… Read More

Hands-on with Amazon’s Fire Phone: 3D, battery life and other first impressions

GeekWire’s Tricia Duryee and I just emerged from some hands-on time with Amazon’s new Fire Phone, and an interview with Ian… Read More

Cellular service provider Solavei files for bankruptcy

Solavei emerged on the scene two years ago with a high-profile list of investors, celebrity endorsers and an ambitious business… Read More

Missing from the Amazon Fire phone: A special voice or data plan from AT&T

Ahead of Amazon’s big phone unveiling today, reports had suggested that the smartphone could come with a special wireless plan… Read More

Shares of Amazon jump nearly 3% after unveiling of new Fire Phone

Wall Street seems to like the Fire Phone, the Amazon.com smartphone that was announced today at an event in Seattle’s… Read More

Looking to jumpstart mobile app development, BlackBerry partners with Amazon

All eyes are on Amazon.com today and its planned announcement of a new smartphone. But before that much-hyped gadget arrives,… Read More