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Ex-Microsoft mobile exec Charlie Kindel to advise Buddy Platform

Charlie Kindel, a Seattle angel investor and former general manager of Microsoft’s Windows Phone unit, has joined the advisory board… Read More

How to buy a phone: Watch the AmazonWireless rap video

Buying a new mobile phone can be a serious pain. To sort through the mess, Amazon.com has resorted to short-form… Read More

Video: Meet a few customers who love AT&T’s network

You’ve heard the horror stories of AT&T’s network, with customers complaining about dropped calls and poor connectivity. In fact, a… Read More

Traffic navigation startup Waze nets $30M from Inrix backer KPCB

People must really hate getting stuck in traffic. Waze, a Silicon Valley startup, just landed a whopping $30 million in… Read More

Centri raises $1.6M to help carriers boost performance

More and more smartphones are ending up in the hands of Americans, and with those new devices come added stresses… Read More

Costa Rica getaway sparks Tony Wright’s latest app: TouchBase Calendar

It is a little ironic that Tony Wright’s latest startup project, TouchBase Calendar, was built in the shadow of the… Read More

Cozi raises cash to take family calendar application overseas

Cozi has raised an additional $2.5 million, money that the Seattle startup plans to use to expand internationally and further… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Order SM looks to take a bite where GrubHub has yet to feast

GrubHub earlier this month landed $50 million in venture capital, money that it will use to try to transform the way people… Read More

Hold on to your pants: Microsoft ‘PocketTouch’ enables device input through fabric

Microsoft researchers have come up with a way to make devices sensitive to touch input through fabric — for silencing… Read More

Wireless carriers to provide free alerts to help consumers avoid ‘bill shock’

Oftentimes,wireless customers are hit with a nasty case of sticker shock when they receive their monthly statements. But a new… Read More

Chart: The best (and worst) wireless carriers in Seattle

As we head into the holidays, many Americans are weighing new smartphone purchases. That’s especially the case with the blockbuster… Read More

Apple: iPhone 4S sales surpass 4M units in first weekend

Apple this morning is reporting iPhone 4S sales of more than 4 million units in its first three days of… Read More

Why Microsoft just launched one of the largest advertising campaigns in its history

A Microsoft television ad that debuted Sunday night is the beginning of a new campaign that aims to connect and… Read More

Geek on the Street: Why are you in line for an iPhone 4S?

It might not have the appeal of an iPhone 5, but tomorrow’s launch of Apple’s iPhone 4S has still managed… Read More

BlackBerry systems coming back, but can RIM recover?

Research in Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry mobile phones and messaging service, says this morning that its systems have… Read More

MetalStorm game takes flight on iOS 5, integrates wirelessly with HDTV (Video)

One of the new features of Apple’s iOS 5 mobile operating system is something called AirPlay Mirroring. Essentially, it allows… Read More

Ultrasound on the go? Smartphone-based imaging system released by Mobisante

Ultrasound systems can be bulky and expensive. But a Redmond company by the name of Mobisante is looking to transform… Read More

Spotlight: Startup vet Nadkarni unwraps shopping app Zoomingo

Shirish Nadkarni’s past entrepreneurial pursuits have included mobile email service TeamOn and online language community Livemocha. Now, the Seattle area… Read More

TechNW: Can Windows Phone become a legitimate No. 3?

Microsoft’s Windows Phone has been a recurring theme at the Washington Technology Industry Association’s TechNW conference this morning in Seattle.… Read More

Look out, Skype? T-Mobile launches free web calls to mobile phones, landlines

T-Mobile USA is expanding its “Bobsled” web calling service to let anyone — whether a customer of the company or… Read More

Whose 30% is it? Apple wins financial standoff vs. Facebook

The release of Facebook’s long-awaited iPad app today is being welcomed by many iPad-toting Facebook fans, but behind-the-scenes it also… Read More

Facebook releases iPad app, can we all move on now?

After months of rumors and unfulfilled anticipation, a native Facebook app for iPad was starting to seem less likely than… Read More

Lost and found for the QR code generation? Dynotag helps find lost luggage, pets and more

QR codes are becoming an increasingly popular way to get information on places or products in the real world, including… Read More

Zune HD post mortem and fond memories from inside Microsoft

Microsoft has been sending mixed messages about the future of its standalone Zune music hardware over the past several months,… Read More

Travel photo service Trover arrives on Android

Trover launched its iPhone app to much fanfare three months ago, creating an easy way for travelers to share their… Read More

Microsoft: Android chaos, iPhone 4S bode well for Windows Phone

Microsoft’s top mobile executive, Andy Lees, is talking up the prospects for a Windows Phone comeback in a series of… Read More

The inside story of how a Seattle angel investor discovered Swype

Guest commentary from Bill Bryant: I have been in the software business for more than 20 years now, spanning some… Read More

AppStoreHQ expands to include Windows Phone apps

AppStoreHQ said today that it has added Windows Phone apps to its web-based search and recommendation engine for mobile apps. Microsoft’s… Read More

Clearwire shares tumble 30 percent as Sprint promises aggressive 4G rollout in 2012

Sprint is targeting a big 4G network push next year, with company executives saying today that its high-speed LTE wireless… Read More

RIM buys NewBay for $100M

Well, it must be acquisition day in the mobile arena. Following news that Nuance had purchased Swype, now comes word… Read More