News Clips
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| Washington Post: Your Bank in Your Pocket Property manager Joshua Rosenthal was in a car headed toward Miami Beach when he realized he needed to transfer a tenant's rent money to his company account. No problem. The driver didn't even have to pull off the road. Rosenthal, owner of Besthesda property-management company CAPM, just fiddled with his PDA, and the job was done. Read the Story |
09/15/08 |
| Telephony: CTIA: Location-based services infiltrate all things mobile Location-based services (LBSs) have been a popular focal point in the past few years, but typically the discussions center around the privacy and security concerns inherent in knowing where the consumer is any point in time. At the CTIA IT Entertainment & Wireless show this week, however, it was clear the tides are beginning to change for LBS. Read the Story |
09/12/08 |
| Chicago Tribune: Tossed aside - what a waste Pity that old cell phone languishing in a drawer. It's missing out on a fascinating afterlife. Most discarded phones in the U.S. are simply forgotten amid household clutter. A smaller number of handsets make it to a collection center for recycling or a reselling facility. Read the Story |
09/12/08 |
| Business Week: BlackBerry vs. iPhone: RIM takes it up a notch To offset Apple's push into the BlackBerry smartphone's core market of business users, Research in Motion is unveiling more consumer-oriented features. Makers of the BlackBerry are stepping up efforts to court consumers. On Sept. 11, Research In Motion is unveiling features that make it easier for users to have access to social network MySpace. Read the Story |
09/12/08 |
| Wall Street Journal: Once wimpy, cell phones got game Cell phones may finally be up to the task of crashing cars, zipping bad guys and bowling a decent frame. Led by Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G, which was released in July, phones hitting the market these days include faster processors and the increased memory that mobile-gaming software needs. Read the Story |
09/10/08 |
| Dow Jones : CTIA Wireless Show to focus on open network opportunities The wireless industry will tout the benefits and business opportunities from open networks at this year's CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show when it starts Wednesday. The San Francisco trade show, sister to the main CTIA Wireless event in the spring, focuses more on the programs and content found on cellphones. Read the Story |
09/10/08 |
| USA Today: Apple software update aims to fix iPhone problems Frustrated owners of Apple's iPhone get some relief this weekend: A new software update promises to fix many customer issues. The update - available Friday - will improve battery life and help solve dropped calls and software performance, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at a media event here Tuesday. Read the Story |
09/10/08 |
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Magic for the iPhone: applications or “apps” can turn the phone into just about anything Atlanta food writer and blogger Jennifer Zyman purchased her first Apple iPhone the day it went on sale last year - "I waited in line; I'm a geek," she admits - then upgraded to the sleeker, faster G3 model as soon as it hit stores this summer. She is also as keen on her phone as she is on discovering the newest Midtown restaurant. Read the Story |
09/09/08 |
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Got a tip? you can text message it to Crime Stoppers Nobody talks anymore. They text. And Crime Stoppers anonymous tip lines across the nation realize this. As an attempt to bring in young tipsters, Crime Stoppers have enabled text messages as a way to send tips along with the toll-free phone numbers and Web sites. Read the Story |
09/08/08 |
| Chicago Tribune: TrafficCast taps Motorola exec as CEO Can a cell phone help you out of a traffic jam? A Madison, Wis.-based start-up hopes so, and it has enlisted a former Motorola Inc. executive to help lead its foray into the wireless industry. As digital mapping technology increasingly moves from car dashboards to mobile phones, TrafficCast wants to further improve navigation with real-time traffic information. Read the Story |
09/03/08 |