News Clips
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| Progress & Freedom Foundation: Audio: Examining the terms and conditions for use of the spectrum The failure of the "D Block" auction has prompted both the Federal Communications Commission and Congress to examine the terms and conditions for use of the spectrum. Will policy goals concerning public safety communications be re-evaluated? Will conditions on the spectrum be altered to ensure the spectrum is attractive to bidders in a possible re-auction? On Tuesday, April 29th, Mobile Future Advisor Art Contreras discussed these and related issues at a CEO Luncheon event hosted by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Read the Story |
05/02/08 |
| Wall Street Journal: Quelling the Danger Lurking In Junior’s Backpack In the past, some parents worried when their teens holed up in their bedrooms to surf the Web. Now they wonder about their kids' online habits at the mall, in the car or at a track meet. That's because many cellphones now offer Internet access -- making chat rooms and dating sites available from just about anywhere. Cellphones pose yet another parenting dilemma. On one hand, the devices allow adults to maintain contact with their kids, helping to supervise their activities from afar. On the flip side, advanced features on some phones let kids check email, send instant messages, and visit mobile versions of Web sites. And that's where teens can get into trouble. Some cellphone carriers offer services for parents to manage how their children use the Web on their phones. While most only block access to certain Web sites, one third-party provider offers a service that alerts parents when their child makes or receives calls, text messages or photos. Read the Story |
04/23/08 |
| Going Cellular: Mobile Future seeks sanity in the wireless world Whether we like it or not, mobile phones and services are going to be a major part of the world’s future. They allow for a level of connectivity that many never dreamed of. But it’s all in the works now, and the technology is developing rapidly. So how are we going to ensure unfettered innovation and high levels of competition? Ask the guys at Mobile Future. They’re forming a coalition that represents the interests of consumers, technology providers, legislators, and regulators so that we can all enjoy the mobile world together. Read the Story |
04/22/08 |
| The Washington Post: Running L8 But CU Soon. Luv, Mom OMG. Dat u mom? Yes, it is. Parents are horning in on their teenagers' lives through text messaging. Sending shorthand cellphone messages used to be the province of the younger set -- under the dinner table, in the car, at all hours of the night. Read the Story |
04/11/08 |
| Houston Chronicle: Goodwill Industries, Dell join forces to offer computer-recycling program With the grand opening of its new Computer Works store at 12230 Westheimer on March 26, Goodwill Industries of Houston joined with Austin-based Dell Inc. to begin a free citywide computer-recycling program. Read the Story |
04/11/08 |
| Wall Street Journal: Phones Will Soon Tell Where You Are Would you want other people to know, all day long, exactly where you are, right down to the street corner or restaurant? Unsettling as that may sound to some, wireless carriers are betting that many of their customers do, and they're rolling out services to make it possible. Sprint Nextel Corp. has signed up hundreds of thousands of customers for a feature that shows them where their friends are with colored marks on a map viewable on their cellphone screens. Now, Verizon Wireless is gearing up to offer such a service in the next several weeks to its 65 million customers, people familiar with it say. Read the Story |
03/28/08 |
| Reuters News: INTERVIEW-Mobile phone inventor dreams of human embeds When Martin Cooper invented the cell phone 35 years ago, he envisioned a world with people so wedded to wireless connections that they would walk around with devices embedded in their bodies. But while phones have come a long way since the former Motorola researcher made the first-ever wireless call from a busy New York street corner in April 1973, Cooper says the industry has fallen short of his expectations. "Our dream was that someday nobody would talk on a wired telephone. Everybody would talk on a wireless phone," the 79-year-old electronic engineer told Reuters. Read the Story |
03/27/08 |
| Forbes Magazine: Wanted: Clever Cellphone Developers Just a few years ago, carriers had little patience for small-time developers. Most cellphones had few mobile applications. Operators concentrated on delivering calls. How times have changed. As phones morph into multimedia devices with sophisticated messaging, music and video services (and lucrative data revenues), carriers are realizing that small-time developers hold the keys to the industry's future. This means that once haughty corporations are now catering to even tiny developer firms, wooing them with cash prizes and promises of distributing their programs by the millions. Read the Story |
03/11/08 |
| PBS Online NewsHour: Fierce Competition Adds Verve to Growing Smart Phone Market Powerful cell phones with Web and multimedia capabilities - dubbed "smart phones" - are part of a new generation of mobile phones earning a loyal following. Spencer Michels reports on smart phones and how top industry contenders plan to offer the technology. Read the Story |
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