At the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled a new version of its Windows Phone smartphone software; and Outlook Social Connector ramps up e-mail collaboration tools.
GoogleBuzz – which takes one part Facebook, one part Twitter, one part YouTube and one part Flickr as part of a social networking platform linked to Gmail – continues to make waves. We show some flaws, report on the blow-up with Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, and offer up a fix.
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced a version of its Enterprise Server aimed at cost-conscious businesses, an overhauled internet browser, and a call for a data economy.
Recent reports that Google is building a gigabit-a-second broadband network serving between 50,000 and 500,000 people hides the fact that, when it comes to the world of telecommunications, these are baby steps.
Motorola has confirmed that it intends to reorganize itself into two independent companies by the first quarter of 2011: the mobile handset business will be combined with the set-top box unit in preparation for a spin off into a publicly traded company.
Vancouver-headquartered Intrinsyc Software International Inc., a developer of Google Android, Research in Motion BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile applications for the smartphone market, is planning on saving 8%, or $800,000, in annual expenses by cutting executive staff.
Market researcher ComScore has Apple Corp closing in on market leaders Motorola and Research In Motion, as mobile texting and social networking gain in popularity.
Chetan Sharma Consulting says that cost reduction strategies and new service revenue models for a “sustainable mobile data future” could bring down operators’ costs by 60%. Now, if we can only pass that on to the end-user.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has congratulated the Canadian wireless industry and the public safety community for having improved 911 services over the last year.
