Mobile News – Page 19 of 60

This startup wants to let airline passengers compete in ‘intra-cabin gaming’

Skycast has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft to develop a next-generation in-flight entertainment system for Windows tablets. Right… Read More

How the Starbucks and Square payments venture ran out of steam

Two years ago, Starbucks promised to change the way people pay for coffee when it invested $25 million into Square,… Read More

Does it matter that HTC’s marketing budget is just 20 percent of Samsung’s?

Smartphone critics often say that HTC builds the best Android phones, and then blame the company’s lean marketing budget for… Read More

Microsoft’s $7.2B Nokia deal approved in China, clearing last big hurdle

Regulators in China have signed off on Microsoft’s $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business, setting the stage… Read More

HTC revenues stuck on hold in first quarter as consumers waited for flagship phone

HTC’s new flagship phone announced late last month has only hurt the company financially, at least so far. The Taiwanese… Read More

Sprint matches T-Mobile’s poaching offer while Legere fights with BlackBerry

Sprint announced today that customers switching to one of the company’s new “Framily” plans can get up to $650 to… Read More

Microsoft launches Windows App Studio to encourage amateur software devs

Building a universal app for Windows and Windows Phone is now a drag and drop process. Today, Microsoft unveiled a… Read More

T-Mobile says goodbye to monthly corporate discounts

T-Mobile CEO John Legere recently announced that the Bellevue-based wireless carrier is simplifying its rate plans even further by replacing a… Read More

HTC will find out if making the best Android phone is enough

HTC finally unveiled its new flagship device — the HTC One M8 — today during an hour-long press conference in… Read More

HTC’s new flagship device leaked in hands-on video (again)

Tomorrow HTC is unveiling its latest flagship phone, which hopefully will help it regain some ground against Apple and Samsung… Read More

Mobile health app maker Mindbloom acquired

Mindbloom, a Seattle maker of mobile apps designed to help people live healthier lives, has been acquired in a… Read More

Apple changes up iPad, iPhone offerings to appeal to budget-conscious consumers

It looks like Apple’s getting a little bit more budget-friendly. The company announced today that the fourth-generation iPad, which was… Read More

App of the Week: Find a vacation rental with Dwellable

It’s getting to be the time of year when going on vacation sounds like a really good idea. Daylight Savings… Read More

Starbucks to let customers skip lines by ordering from smartphones

Ever wish it was possible to skip the line at Starbucks by punching in an order through the company’s smartphone… Read More

This Microsoft vet just scored $4 million to radically change the way you use email on mobile devices

Let’s face it. Managing email on a mobile device kind of sucks. It’s nearly impossible to find archived messages, let… Read More

Sprint chairman wants to fight rivals, promises ‘price war’ if allowed to buy T-Mobile

Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son wants to buy Bellevue-based T-Mobile, in part so he can launch a “massive price war” against… Read More

T-Mobile doubles data for its Simple Choice plan, adds international texting

T-Mobile announced today that starting on March 23, customers who are using the company’s Simple Choice plan will get more… Read More

Three white iPhone 5S handsets displaying iOS 7

Holiday sales boost iPhone’s market share in the U.S., as BlackBerry circles the drain

While Apple famously says that it doesn’t care about the market share of its products, the company’s mobile market share… Read More

T-Mobile execs lambast RootMetrics report that awarded Verizon for best service

T-Mobile executives are crying foul over today’s report from a Seattle-based wireless metrics company that awarded Verizon for the best overall service. RootMetrics,… Read More

T-Mobile sees 15-fold increase for BlackBerry trade-ins after special offer

BlackBerry CEO John Chen started a fight it seems like he couldn’t finish when he attacked T-Mobile for marketing the… Read More

Wireless performance study: Verizon tops the charts, T-Mobile languishes

Planning a cross-country road trip? Verizon’s the best bet for cell phone service. According to new research into wireless network performance… Read More

Mobile mulligan: A retired Ballmer reflects on missed opportunities at Microsoft

Steve Ballmer spoke candidly in his first public appearance since leaving Microsoft, admitting today that he missed entering the smartphone… Read More

Mobile World Congress Commentary: Ad-tech meets carbon neutrality

At the global carnival that is the Mobile World Congress, the city of Barcelona organized the flow of 72,000 fashionable… Read More

Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant, to take on Siri

Virtual assistants are the name of the game in the mobile space these days. Apple has Siri, Google has Google… Read More

Over dinner with Facebook’s Zuckerberg, wireless carriers dish on being a dumb pipe

It’s no surprise that a dinner between Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and wireless execs at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona played… Read More

Boeing’s secret ‘Black’ spy phone will detect tampering, self-destruct if cracked open

Nearly two years after word leaked about Boeing’s plans to build a secure Android phone, the aerospace giant and defense… Read More

Spam blocker: WhitePages caller ID app now alerts users to costly scams

Random calls from telemarketers and automated machines are already annoying enough. But when those phony calls end up costing you… Read More

Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 flagship phone has fingerprint reader, heart rate monitor

Samsung today unveiled the Galaxy S5, its newest flagship smartphone that comes with features like a heart rate monitor and… Read More

HTC: Volunteer your phone to cure cancer while you sleep

HTC says if 1 million of its smartphones owners donated their unused processing power, it would be equal to one… Read More

Nintendo and HTC score a win against patent trolls

Nintendo and HTC have both landed a win against patent trolls, thanks to a decision by the U.S. International Trade… Read More