Carrier IQ: How To Find It, And How To Deal With It
Chris Velazco, TechCrunch, 12/1/2011 By now, you’ve probably heard all about Carrier IQ, the mobile logging software that an intrepid researcher named Trevor Eckhart found lurking on a number smartphones from multiple manufacturers and carriers. According to Eckhart’s research, Carrier IQ is capable of tracking what apps you’re running to where your phone is to [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, HTC, Nokia, Samsung, Verizon
BoxTone blends mobile device control with enterprise directories, policies
John Cox, Network World, 9/27/2011 Revamped software maps enterprise policies to mobile users BoxTone has released a new version of its mobile device management software, which now works with existing enterprise policy-setting and security tools. This integration lets enterprise IT staff apply those tools to mobile users. Management and security policies set through Microsoft Active [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Verizon
Leading Mobile Device Makers Pledge Support For Carrier-Led NFC Venture Isis
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, 9/27/2011 Isis, the carrier-led joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is today announcing support for its mobile wallet system from the majority of leading device makers, including HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as from NFC hardware provider Device Fidelity. All of the handset makers are now [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Ericsson, HTC, Motorola, NFC, Samsung, T-Mobile, Verizon
AT&T’s 4G LTE network set to go live today
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 9/18/2012 Today is the day that AT&T has said that its 4G LTE network would become operational and available to general consumers in the five test markets previously announced. Residents in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio should be able to take advantage of AT&T’s flavor of LTE today. AT&T is [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HTC, LTE, Verizon
Verizon pairs up with Intuit to bring credit card processing to smartphones, tablets
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 8/25/2011 Verizon Wireless and Intuit have introduced GoPayment, a new service that allows small businesses to accept credit card payments for goods and services with a smartphone or tablet. Similar to the Square program that is already available for the iPhone and iPad, GoPayment utilizes a card reader that plugs into the [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: SMS, Verizon
Verizon’s Innovation Center opens its doors to LTE product development
Joseph Volpe, Engadget, 7/14/2011 Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s an LTE race going on and VZW’s wasting no time sprinting to the lead. Despite rival AT&T’s February launch of a similar R&D space in Texas, Verizon’s cutting its first big red bow on the two years in the making Innovation Center. Located just [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, LTE, Verizon
AT&T to unveil first two 4G LTE products
Roger Cheng, CNET News, 7/12/2011 AT&T is jumping into the actual 4G game with its first two LTE products. The Elevate 4G mobile hot-spot devices is one of the first products that will use AT&T’s upcoming 4G LTE network. (Credit: AT&T) The telecommunications giant plans to show off a laptop card called the USBConnect Momentum [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HSPA, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiMax
PayPal to enable purchases on mobile bills with Zong buy
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 7/7/2011 Charging goods, particularly of the digital variety, to a mobile-phone bill may get more commonplace in the U.S. now that eBay plans to buy Zong, a Silicon Valley company. The deal is worth $240 million, eBay said. Zong will become part of eBay’s PayPal group once the deal goes [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Verizon
Sprint adding bloatware removal ability to its Android devices
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 6/24/2011 News that the HTC EVO 3D had the ability to remove pre-installed apps hit the wires yesterday to much fanfare and appreciation from users and press alike. We reached out to Sprint to get more clarification on the topic and found out that it was in fact intentional, and that we [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, HTC, Sprint, Verizon
Citrix Backs Mobile Cloud Technology Startup
Robin Wauters, TechCrunch, 6/21/2011 Citrix this morning announced an investment in mobile technology company Core Mobile Networks, marking the third funding commitment for the company’s Startup Accelerator, its Silicon Valley-based seed investment initiative which debuted in December 2010. Core Mobile Networks correlates information from enterprise IT systems with content in the cloud, and delivers it [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Cloud, Sprint, Verizon