Research in Motion (RIM) and Thomson Reuters today announced plans to launch the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a $150 million venture capital fund, to invest in mobile applications and services for the RIM's BlackBerry platform and other mobile platforms. The fund
Sprint and Google are partnering to bring services such as Google Maps for Mobile and YouTube to Sprint customers. As part of the deal, Google will also become Sprint's preferred mobile search provider. "Our partnership with Google is a great
Sprint Nextel Corp., the No. 3 U.S. wireless service provider, said today it had a larger first-quarter deficit as revenue fell, it lost more than a million subscribers and it absorbed charges for severance and other costs. Sprint said its
CN+] Metals tycoon Alisher Usmanov is set to become a major shareholder in MegaFon, Russia's third-largest mobile-phone operator by revenue and subscriber numbers, after he agreed to buy stakes from a fund linked to outgoing Communications Minister Leonid Reiman.
CN+] Research In Motion unveiled a new 3G version of its popular BlackBerry device Monday, following weeks of speculation about how the mobile-phone maker would broaden its product line to compete against a potential onslaught from the iPhone.
Sprint Nextel reported a wider first-quarter loss as its most valuable subscribers - those who sign long-term contracts - continue to defect, but Chief Executive Dan Hesse indicated things were slowly turning around.
This summer Vodafone UK will begin a multi-million pound investment to extend its HSDPA network to a further three million people across six major conurbations; Birmingham, Bristol. Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Reading.
At the Canalys Navigation Forum in Taipei this week there will be a lot of discussion by industry experts about the future of Taiwan’s role in both the global and Asia-Pacific regional markets for satellite navigation solutions.
Italian broadband operator Tiscali said Monday that it has received non-binding offers from "leading industrial operators" and has completed a short-list of potential bidders.
What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? MIT professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones
Apple said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation featuring faster Internet surfing speeds.
Brickfish(TM), the social media advertising platform, and Surfline.com, the online surfing authority, today announced the "Slater Sez" Photo Caption Challenge located at www.surfline.com/slatersez. The campaign invites surf fans to come up with creative captions to describe what pro surfer Kelly
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Editors of the nationally distributed hr: Watches and Luxury Lifestyle magazine recently sighted Iron Man's Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and arch nemesis, Obadiah Stone ( Jeff Bridges) wearing some high-end timepieces. Watch brands have not yet confirmed their timepieces
World Poker Association announces the launch of the first educational event for members at the WPA Inaugural Conference May 28th-May 29th in Las Vegas. The seminar will be led by Mike Caro, "Mad Genius of Poker." WPA Chairman, Wendeen H.
