Mobile News – Page 29 of 60

Report: Visual voicemail and LTE coming to unlocked iPhones on T-Mobile this week

T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones will be receiving a carrier update this Friday, enabling LTE and Visual Voicemail for their… Read More

Sonar: This new service automatically tracks when app stores change their algorithms

Mobile app developers live and die by how easily their apps are discovered in the various app stores from Apple,… Read More

WhitePages Current Caller ID now lets you block calls, texts

The WhitePages Current Caller ID Android app, which displays not only the names of callers but also their location and social… Read More

Podcast

Lineup for the live GeekWire Radio Show: Mike McSherry, The Icarus Kid and more

Each week, Todd Bishop and I get together to talk about all things geek — revisiting the top news stories,… Read More

Former Zumobi CEO dies in New Zealand plane crash

Eric Hertz, the former Zumobi executive and CEO of New Zealand mobile company 2degrees, has passed away after crashing his… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital expanding to Silicon Valley

Updated with details of the new office’s leader. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s investment arm, Vulcan Capital, plans to open a… Read More

Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ LTE coming to AT&T stores for $249 with two-year contract

Amazon’s biggest Kindle is coming to AT&T stores later this week on April 5 and buyers can get $150 off… Read More

MetroPCS to shareholders: Say yes to T-Mobile merger

MetroPCS shareholders are making it quite clear that they think the proposed merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS is for the… Read More

A Siri for advertising: These mobile ads talk back to you

Publishers are struggling to make money on mobile, a challenging scenario given that more folks are now consuming news and… Read More

Here comes Cody, another fitness-oriented app

Based on how much brain power is going into creating health and fitness technologies, you’d be surprised that there’s an… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold meets Slashdot: This should be interesting

Online Q&As with public figures are all the rage these days, but one coming up next week is definitely worth… Read More

Top advisory firm suggests MetroPCS shareholders vote against T-Mobile deal

The blockbuster merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS is encountering some new headwinds after Institutional Shareholder Services on Wednesday recommended that… Read More

Prove to friends that you can do 50 pushups or run a marathon with this mobile app

Need a little extra incentive to get in shape, save money or volunteer your time with a non-profit? Enter Proof,… Read More

Glympse inks another hands-free location sharing deal, this time with BMW

For the second time in three months, Seattle startup Glympse has partnered with a big-name automaker to provide its hands-free location-sharing technology.… Read More

T-Mobile getting iPhone 5 in April: $99 down, $20/month, no contract required

At long last, T-Mobile USA will be getting the iPhone. The Bellevue-based company will start offering the iPhone 5 nationwide… Read More

Weaponless defense: React Mobile app notifies contacts, keeps you safe in emergencies

A weapon, pepper spray or even your fist may not be the best way to keep you safe in times… Read More

T-Mobile’s bet begins: New pricing ends device subsidies

T-Mobile USA this weekend rolled out a new pricing structure that separates the cost of wireless service from the purchase… Read More

New stats: Amazon, Apple have biggest proportion of mobile users

comScore today officially unveiled a new measurement tool called Media Metrix Multi-Platform that combines and compares U.S. desktop, Android and… Read More

Seattle one of nine cities with T-Mobile’s LTE network

Good news for T-Mobile smartphone owners in Seattle. The nation’s fourth-largest carrier is expected to roll out its LTE coverage… Read More

Video: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop tosses TV journalist’s iPhone across the room

Nokia is in a dogfight with Apple and Samsung, trying to regain some ground in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. Is… Read More

Serial entrepreneur David Bluhm returns to Medio

Typically, when founders leave companies, they never return. Or, if they do, they come back as CEO as was the… Read More

T-Mobile-MetroPCS merger clears final regulatory hurdle

All that’s left between the T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger is a shareholder’s vote on April 12. Today, the Committee on… Read More

Z2 chases car racing fans with new iOS game Nitro

Z2 Live has a new name, and a new game. The Seattle mobile gaming company, which earlier this month switched… Read More

Microsoft to developers: Here’s $100 to make a Windows 8 app

Is this really enough to entice developers to consider Microsoft? Looking to jumpstart its Windows 8 app ecosystem for the… Read More

Samsung is developing a SmartWatch to compete with Apple

Watch out, Apple: You’re not the only company developing the next generation watch. In an interview with Bloomberg, Samsung VP… Read More

T-Mobile to roll out LTE coverage, host NYC event later this month

T-Mobile confirmed today that it will begin rolling out its LTE coverage later this month and also announced an event… Read More

Blackberry CEO says Apple is behind the times

Apple is known to many as a pioneer in the field of technological innovation, but Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins thinks… Read More

Samsung Galaxy S4 unveiled, set for April debut

Your life companion is usually a significant other, but Samsung has other ideas. The South Korean company unveiled the… Read More

Samsung Galaxy S4 leaks: Eye tracking, SmartPause, floating touch

Today is the day we’ll finally get to see the Samsung Galaxy S4 when the company’s newest smartphone is unveiled… Read More

Study: 25% of teens surf the web with a mobile device, 37% own smartphones

Spend time with a group of teenagers and at some point, you’ll likely see their attention focused away from each… Read More