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FCC takes stand on surprise cell charges
The Federal Communications Commission wants to make sure that mobile users are aware of how much wireless network usage they consume so they can avoid those unexpected end-of-the month charges that so often rear their ugly heads. Read More


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The Google Android Quiz
Google Android is making headway against Apple iPhones and RIM BlackBerries, but how well do you know the open source mobile OS? Read More

Hey, you with the open Wi-Fi: You're an idiot
The Googlemobiles sniffed open WiFi systems and everyone's outraged. Idiots. Read More

Google Gingerbread man's arrival fuels Android update anticipation
The arrival of a giant Gingerbread man statue on Google's Mountain View campus signals that the next version of the Android operating system is probably just around the corner. Read More

Wi-Fi Direct provides P2P wireless sans hot spots
Wi-Fi Direct officially became a concrete technology today with several new laptop components certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Read More

Broadband stimulus brings WiMAX to rural U.S.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded broadband stimulus grants of more than $500 million to 40 companies to deploy WiMAX services in 22 states. Read More


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4G defined: WiMax and LTE don't qualify
If someone is trying to sell you 4G wireless these days, don't believe them. Read More

Security Matchup – iPhone vs. Windows Phone 7
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Sprint to kick off mobile Web app initiative
Sprint Nextel may offer developers information about subscribers' location and browsing behavior -- with an opt-in agreement -- so they can make mobile Web-based applications more relevant and useful to those users. Read More

Forrester: Only a third of firms have a mobile strategy
Only a third of firms have had a mobile business strategy for over a year, and the rest either have no strategy or are only in the early stages of adopting one. Read More

Google Android security improves, but trails iPhone and BlackBerry
Android 2.2 improved security, but the iPhone and BlackBerry are still ahead of Google's smartphone OS. Read More


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Verizon and AT&T Go Head to Head
AT&T recently announced it activated 5.2 million iPhones in the months of June through August, a record for the Apple device, but those numbers may quickly change as AT&T loses its iPhone exclusivity to Verizon early next year. Read More

85% of kids don't have parental controls on their mobile
More than four in five (85 percent) of children don't have parental controls activated on their mobile phones, says the Carphone Warehouse. Read More

FCC: Wireless spectrum shortage coming
Mobile data traffic in the U.S. will be 35 times higher in 2014 than it was in 2009, leading to a massive wireless spectrum shortage if the government fails to make more available, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said in a paper released Thursday. Read More

Adobe going mobile with Flash Builder, Flex, and AIR
Upgrades to the development technologies show that Adobe is trying to increase its reach in the mobile space Read More

Magic Window for iPad
Even when you set your iPad down to work on other things, the tablet can still provide a source of entertainment. Magic Window from Jetson Creative essentially turns your iPad into a picture frame, but with a twist—it shows time-lapse scenes of sunsets and mountains. Unfortunately, while Magic Window provides you with many options, this app doesn't entirely harness the power available to it via the iPad. Read More

Google's Android Market hits 100,000 apps
Android still trails iPhone store's 250,000 appsThe Android Market has apparently just surpassed the 100,000 applications mark. The milestone was announced by the @AndroidDev Twitter account this morning, the official Twitter feed for Android developers, which reported simply "One hundred thousand apps in Android Market."  Read More

Cloud, Phone 7 on tap at Microsoft PDC10
Sessions on Azure, new mobile platform featured at developer conferenceMicrosoft will be opening the doors of its corporate campus in Redmond Oct. 27-29 for its annual Professional Developers Conference at which it will be building momentum for its cloud computing initiatives and the development of applications for its new Windows Phone 7 operating system. Read More



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