Mobile News – Page 53 of 60

Oct 7, 2011, 9:38 AM

RIM buys NewBay for $100M

Well, it must be acquisition day in the mobile arena. Following news that Nuance had purchased Swype, now comes word… Read More

Oct 7, 2011, 9:03 AM

Swype CEO on acquisition by Nuance: ‘It is a great outcome’

Swype built a powerful technology that allowed mobile phone users to input text with the swipe of a finger rather… Read More

Oct 6, 2011, 6:22 PM

Nuance to acquire Swype for more than $100 million

Nuance has agreed to purchase Seattle startup Swype for more than $100 million, according to GeekWire sources. The news was… Read More

Oct 6, 2011, 12:55 PM

HTC posts record profit, buoyed by sales of Android devices

HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone giant which maintains North American operations in Bellevue, posted record profit during the third quarter as… Read More

Oct 6, 2011, 10:34 AM

Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola over six patents

Motorola has been sued for patent infringement by Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan… Read More

Oct 6, 2011, 7:45 AM

As 30-year mortgage drops below 4%, Zillow updates iPhone app to include mortgage info

Talk about good timing. Zillow today updated its iPhone app to include access to mortgage calculators and real-time mortgage rates,… Read More

Oct 5, 2011, 4:06 PM

Hey Seattle, here’s why we’re so gosh darn awesome

The Seattle tech community isn’t perfect, and we’ve certainly been willing to point out and highlight some of the deficiencies. But… Read More

Oct 5, 2011, 1:13 PM

Glympse CEO on Apple’s location sharing app: We’re not worried

Bryan Trussel, the founder and CEO of Glympse, the popular mobile location tracking app, is accustomed to watching large tech… Read More

Oct 5, 2011, 10:50 AM

As Apple unveils iPhone 4S, Android continues to surge

Apple released its new iPhone 4S this week, touting an 8 megapixel camera, better battery life and improved speeds. But is… Read More

Oct 4, 2011, 10:51 AM

New from Apple: Sharing location, mailing cards, cutting off the PC

Apple executives are on stage in Cupertino, Calif., right now delivering a long buildup to the expected unveiling of a… Read More

Oct 3, 2011, 7:00 AM

T-Mobile’s discount strategy now includes a $30 plan at Walmart

T-Mobile plans to begin selling a $30 wireless plan at Walmart, one of the latest moves by the Bellevue carrier… Read More

Oct 2, 2011, 9:30 AM

How Amazon’s new tablet signals the start of next generation

Guest Analysis: With the announcement of the Kindle Fire, Amazon has now made the long term tablet business an interesting… Read More

Oct 1, 2011, 10:37 PM

Amazon lockers, the iPhone cool factor and other top stories

Amazon.com made some waves in New York City this week with the release of the Kindle Fire. And while the… Read More

Sep 29, 2011, 12:48 PM

Wetpaint iPhone app feeds celeb-watching guilty pleasures

If you are looking for dirt on the cast of Gossip Girl or simply want to keep up with Kardashians,… Read More

Sep 29, 2011, 8:23 AM

Pendrell forks over $90 million for ContentGuard, gobbling up more than 250 patents

Pendrell Corp., the Kirkland company formerly known as ICO Global, today announced that it is paying $90.1 million in cash… Read More

Sep 28, 2011, 4:38 PM

Tablets, mobile payments and more: A quick view of the future from Mobilize 2011

Guest Post: Summing up a conference with an agenda as broad as GigaOM’s Mobilize 2011 in San Francisco is no… Read More

Sep 27, 2011, 12:19 PM

T-Mobile to customers: The iPhone is great, but Apple won’t let us sell it to you

It sure sounds like T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman wants the iPhone, but don’t look for the wireless operator to… Read More

Sep 27, 2011, 10:55 AM

Apple plans Oct. 4th unveiling of the iPhone 5 even as more Americans buy Android devices

Apple today pretty much confirmed that it plans to announce the iPhone 5 at a press event on October 4th, with… Read More

Sep 27, 2011, 12:02 AM

Inrix to provide traffic data to Google in multi-million dollar deal

Inrix has been on a serious roll lately. And the Kirkland company just scored yet another big deal, winning a… Read More

Sep 26, 2011, 2:46 PM

Charts: A look back at 10 years of VC investing in mobile

It is hard to imagine, but the mobile industry is still relatively young. And nothing spells that out like new… Read More

Sep 23, 2011, 10:31 AM

NFL great Lawyer Milloy is an iPhone app fanatic: And, yes, he’s an Angry Birder too

As a free safety for the New England Patriots, Lawyer Milloy was known for some smashing hits. Now, the Tacoma… Read More

Sep 23, 2011, 8:25 AM

Clearwire CEO: ‘We want to be the Switzerland of mobile broadband’

Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch says that the company is talking to AT&T, Verizon and others about entering into wholesale agreements,… Read More

Sep 22, 2011, 8:29 AM

Verizon CEO: The merger of AT&T and T-Mobile ‘had to occur’

A number of big technology companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Oracle, have come out in support of AT&T’s $39 billion… Read More

Sep 22, 2011, 8:09 AM

Bayou Blast: GameHouse’s ‘most important social game’

GameHouse, the RealNetworks game division, is placing a big bet on social and mobile games. The company says it’s investing… Read More

Sep 22, 2011, 6:00 AM

Microsoft vets launch Buddy to provide the ‘plumbing’ for mobile app development

About three years ago, Jeffrey MacDuff and Dave McLauchlan designed an iPhone application called Buddy which allowed users to locate running, study… Read More

Sep 20, 2011, 10:25 AM

T-Mobile exec: We won’t get the iPhone 5 this year

T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman has confirmed what we’ve been hearing for several weeks: The Bellevue wireless carrier will… Read More

Sep 20, 2011, 8:05 AM

HasOffers to help mobile app developers track installations

HasOffers today is rolling out a new product today called Mobile App Tracking, which like the name suggests allows developers… Read More

Sep 19, 2011, 4:01 PM

Tech Trivia: Guess how many text messages 18-24 year-olds send on a typical day?

I knew the kids were into text messaging. But I was absolutely blown away by a recent study from the Pew… Read More

Sep 19, 2011, 12:54 PM

AT&T talks to rivals about selling assets in effort to save T-Mobile bid

AT&T has approached MetroPCS and LeapWireless about taking over some of its customers and wireless spectrum as part of an… Read More

Sep 19, 2011, 10:51 AM

Exclusive: HTC is on the prowl for a big chunk of office space in Seattle

HTC, the giant Taiwanese smartphone maker, is looking to boost its presence in the Seattle area and has pinpointed the… Read More