Stories Tagged as
Mobile
The difference between Android and Windows: software patents
by
Steve Henn
Sep 8, 2011
Apple isn't sitting on its hands in the mobile patent wars. It just sued Samsung in Japan.It's sued HTC. It's blocked the Samsung from selling its...
Patents Attack 2: Google's Revenge
by
Steve Henn
Sep 8, 2011
HTC, a Taiwanese manufacturer, makes it money on low cost - high volume production. Kind of similar to Foxxconn, the Chinese company that makes...
4G networks like "handful of magic beans"?
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 4, 2011
A new report from the group Public Knowledge warns consumers that new, faster, 4G wireless service may not be as magical and amazing as it seems....
T-Mobile joins the payment party
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 3, 2011
Yesterday, we wrote about Verizon teaming up with American Express to let customers buy stuff with their phones.
Now, T-Mobile is planning to la...
Making and taking mobile credit payments
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 2, 2011
Buying and selling is getting a whole lot more mobile....
The seemingly-inevitable-end of unlimited data plans draws nearer
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 1, 2011
AT&T will begin throttlingthe top 5 percent of data users on its unlimited data plans in October. The change applies to users who were...
NSA & cell phone tracking
by
Steve Henn
Jul 27, 2011
This guy say you don't need to join a hacker collective before federal agents can follow your trail in cyber space....
For public good, not for profit.
Verizon to pay up to $90 million in refunds to customers
by
John Moe
Oct 4, 2010
There were all these little charges of $1.99 charged to customers over the years because of data exchanges initiated by software built into their...
Obscenely wealthy person slightly less obscenely wealthy than he theoretically could have been
by
John Moe
Oct 1, 2010
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received only half of his potential bonus, a mere $670,000 (insult!) from the Microsoft board of directors after his...
Yikes! Android apps covertly sending user data to advertisers
by
John Moe
Sep 30, 2010
According to a new study by Duke University, Penn State University, and Intel Labs, several popular free Android apps have been sharing personal...