TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, Aug 31, 2009
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*Review: Meraki Controls WLANs From The Cloud
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*Verizon Tops Call Quality Study
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*FCC Probes Wireless Industry Competition
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*Facebook Updates iPhone App
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*Apple Taking iPhone To China
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Review: Meraki Controls WLANs From The Cloud
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Wireless vendor replaces costly on-premises WLAN controllers with a hosted alternative.
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Apple Snow Leopard Faces Windows 7 Fight
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The latest iteration of Mac OS X is looking like a solid upgrade, but Microsoft's follow up to Vista constitutes a major competitive threat.
IBM 'X-Rays' A Molecule
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The imaging breakthrough could lead to the development of smaller and faster processors and memory devices.
Putting Public Social Networks To Work For Business
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Companies are exploiting public social networking sites for valid business purposes. However, a lack of enterprise-class controls makes management of users akin to herding cats. By adopting strong policies for business use of public social networks, small and midsize businesses can maximize value and safeguard against inappropriate connections between personal and business contacts.
Yahoo Enhances Search, IM, Mail
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With enhancements for Mail, Messenger, and Search, Yahoo continues to develop as a social destination site.
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Silver Lake's Hutchins Touts the Cloud, Social Networking as Mega-Trends
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Private equity veteran predicts slow recovery but urges financial industry to invest in technology and innovation at SunGard City Day event.
BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize communications among sponsors, investment managers and service providers.
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Verizon Tops Call Quality Study
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Increasing demands on mobile networks due to data usage for texting and e-mailing will force wireless providers to adjust in order to maintain users, study says.
FCC Probes Wireless Industry Competition
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With inquiries into spectrum availability and consumer protections, the Federal Communications Commission assumes a bigger role in shaping the framework for mobile networks.
Facebook Updates iPhone App
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Version 3.0 of the social networking app has a retooled user interface and new features.
Apple Taking iPhone To China
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China Unicom will be selling the iPhone in the fourth quarter, but it will lack Wi-Fi in order to comply with government regulations.
Apple, AT&T Sued For Misleading MMS Marketing
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Apple and AT&T promised MMS messaging for the iPhone, but haven't delivered. Despite a disclaimer, a dissatisfied iPhone user believes laws have been broken.
Sirius XM Launches iPhone Dock
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The XM SkyDock uses the iPhone OS 3 hardware control capabilities to turn a motorist's Apple iPhone or iPod Touch into a satellite radio.
Facebook Testing Mobile Payments
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The social network is enabling some users to buy Facebook Credits with their mobile phones instead of a credit card.
Android App Users Not Inclined To Pay
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Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users are more than twice as likely to regularly purchase mobile apps, according to an AdMob survey.
Nokia Intros Linux-Based N900 Phone
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It is still committed to open-source Symbian, Nokia says, but Maemo could be a complementary platform.
Android, RIM Lead Mobile Game Sales
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Handango's "Yardstick" report shows mobile gaming has gained traction on all the major smartphone platforms.
LG, Nortel Test LTE-CDMA Handoff
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LG Electronics and Nortel completed the first active handoff between a CDMA and a Long-Term Evolution network.
Nokia Dials Up Mobile Payments
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Consumers will be able to use their cell phones to send money to other people, pay for products, recharge prepaid SIM cards, and pay utility bills.
Google Taps Mobile Phones For Traffic Data
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The search giant says user privacy is protected because data stays anonymous.
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EQECAT Releases WORLDCATenterprise 3.13
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Improvements to WORLDCATenterprise are based on new science and data, as well as other relevant information about North Atlantic hurricanes, European floods and earthquakes, particularly in the Himalayan Frontal Thrust region and South America, according to the vendor.
Apple Snow Leopard Security Criticized
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Mac users are getting new security features with the arrival of Apple's Mac OS X 10.6, but some security vendors say those enhancements are lightweight.
IBM Patents Facebook Remote Control
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Application envisions a system that would allow users to microblog while watching TV.
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