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Mobile Devices

Verizon’s Mobile-Payments Dream Closer to Reality

Verizon’s Computing as a Service has just passed a compliance audit that is one step toward storage and transmitting of credit card info in a mobile payments system. ...More
August 24, 2010
Posted in News
Apple Seeks Another iPhone Carrier, But Maybe Not Verizon

If Apple partners with both Sprint and T-Mobile, it could reach almost as many subscribers as it would by only teaming with Verizon Wireless. ...More
August 23, 2010
Posted in News
Droid, BlackBerry, Other Devices Highlight Verizon-AT&T Asset Swap

Live in Louisiana or Mississippi and want a Droid or BlackBerry? The closing of the Verizon-AT&T asset swap may having you standing in line for a new smartphone. ...More
August 23, 2010
Posted in News
Bricks, Mortar & Well-Trained Reps Make a Comeback in Customer Management

Who would have thought that a service provider would move back into the retail channel with a gusto? But that's exactly what's happening. ...More
August 23, 2010 By Dan Baker
Posted in Blog, Customer Experience Management, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery
BlackBerry-Maker RIM Finally Eyeing Mobile Ad Purchase – Report

BlackBerry-maker RIM reportedly wants in on the mobile advertising game – months after rivals Google, Apple, and even Opera, made their moves. ...More
August 19, 2010
Posted in News
Foxconn, Following Suicide Crisis, To Hire 400,000 Workers

Putting a spate of worker suicides in the rearview mirror, the manufacturer of Apple products is planning a massive number of new hires. ...More
August 19, 2010
Posted in News
Intel Acquires McAfee in $7.68 Billion Deal

Intel is scooping up security vendor McAfee in a plan to add hardware-enhanced security to its lineup. ...More
August 19, 2010 By Charlene O'Hanlon
Posted in News
Apple Accounts for 55% of Mobile Ad Traffic

Android is gaining fast, delivering carriers triple-digit growth in ads served. ...More
August 18, 2010 By Tara Seals
Posted in News, Revenue Management
Verizon iPhone: Trouble for Motorola, Perhaps Android Too

Despite claims to the contrary from Motorola’s CEO, it seems likely that the specter of a Verizon iPhone looming overhead will cause some stress at the Illinois-based manufacturer. And it could spell trouble for the Android operating system as well. ...More
August 17, 2010
Posted in News
BlackBerry-Maker RIM Gives India Access to E-Mail, SMS

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion on Tuesday agreed to give India’s government access to client e-mails and short messages, averting an Aug. 31 shutdown of the company’s technology in one of the world’s most populous countries. ...More
August 17, 2010
Posted in News