BBM Voice Shakes Up Mobile Experience Over Wi-Fi
BlackBerry Messenger (or BBM for short) is out with a new feature that is poised to improve upon a user’s social experience in a key way. For the times when you want to hear a friend’s laughter instead...
View ArticleVerizon Wireless Flips Switch on More 4G LTE Network Spots
Verizon Wireless subscribers in Wheeling West Virginia and St. Clairsville, Ohio will have something extra to be thankful for next week on Thanksgiving. Verizon Wireless announced Thursday that its 4G...
View ArticleAT&T Flips Switch on 4G LTE In Major New Markets
Capping off a week of 4G LTE network activations across the U.S., AT&T this morning flipped the switch on a number of key new markets. All told, in recent days, AT&T has turned on its 4G LTE...
View ArticleAT&T Lights Up 4G LTE Across Five More States
Christmas came early this week for residents in five major markets across five states. This morning, AT&T customers in the following markets are waking up to 4G LTE cellular network coverage in...
View ArticleCES 2013 Invigorates The Camcorder
In the old days, there used to be these things called camcorders that people would take with them to capture video at family functions, sporting events, and other occasions worth preserving for...
View ArticleApple Announces iPad News from Beijing
On Tuesday (local Beijing time), Apple announced the much-anticipated and long-awaited launch of the cellular-capable iPad mini and iPad 4. Although the Wi-Fi versions of both Apple devices have been...
View ArticleSprint Announces Further Expansion of 4G LTE Network
Sprint’s 4G LTE network is growing at a significant pace in this new year. On Thursday, the nation’s third largest mobile operator announced that 28 additional cities have been added to the 4G fold....
View ArticleSamsung Says Smaller Tablet Really is Coming Soon
Last week, MMW reported that Samsung is planning to challenge tech rival Apple by launching a new tablet fashioned to compete with the iPad mini. The “Galaxy Note 8.0,” which will deliver most of the...
View ArticleWhite House Petition Looks to Overturn Controversial Mobile Policy
In late January, it officially became illegal to unlock a new smartphone without the permission from the wireless carrier that initially locked the device. Last fall, the Register of Copyrights at the...
View ArticleIntuitive App Discovery Coming to Sprint from Quixey
With millions of mobile applications available today across the mobile app stores of the digital world, consumers can use a little help finding apps just right for them. As a result, Quixey – the...
View ArticleInfographic: iOS Takes Flight Over Android… Literally
iOS is soaring high above Android, and that literally is not an exaggeration. This week, in-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo reports that airline passengers use their Apple devices with far greater frequency...
View ArticleApple Acquires Indoor GPS Company for $20 Million
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has closed a deal to acquire WifiSLAM. WifiSLAM is largely focused on building technology that affords users positioning data while indoors. Apple paid...
View ArticleInfographic: Are You Safe on Public WiFi at Coffee Shops?
Every day in America, millions of consumers fill up their cups of coffee while getting their fill of free WiFi at America’s top coffee shops. But is that really a safe move given the rise in identity...
View ArticleiWatch What Happens Next
The 2012 reboot of the sci-fi classic Total Recall illustrated an interesting concept for the future of communication technology. The envisioned future portrayed a time in which people could embed...
View ArticleiWatch what happens next
The remake of Total Recall illustrated an interesting concept for the future of communication technology. People could embed electronic circuitry into their hands and use their palms as smartphones....
View ArticleAT&T Introduces Enhanced Push-to-Talk for Apple’s iPhone
AT&T announced Monday that its Enhanced Push-to-Talk (EPTT) feature is now available to AT&T business customers through a new app available for iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S. According to Monday’s...
View ArticleInfographic: You Still Can’t Hear Me Now?
Incredibly, a majority of cellphone users still experience the dreaded “Can you Hear Me Now?” when trying to talk on their mobile devices indoors. The recent “State of the Cell Phone Signal”...
View ArticleAT&T’s 4G LTE Market Blitz Continues
For the second time in so many weeks, AT&T has enabled its ultra-fast 4G LTE network in several more U.S. cities. The latest activations were confirmed Wednesday by the nation’s second largest...
View ArticleQualcomm Touts New Low-Power Wi-Fi Platform for Consumers
Over the weekend, Qualcomm Incorporated-owned Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. launched a new chip family as part of its portfolio of low-power Wi-Fi solutions. The QCA4002 and QCA4004 networking platforms...
View ArticleWBA Expects Big Growth in Wi-Fi Hotspot Market
On Monday, The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), shared with MMW the published findings of a new report on the Wi-Fi hotspot market compiled by global research company Maravedis-Rethink. According to...
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