Month: January 1970

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled the nation’s first comprehensive, geographically targeted emergency notification system for mobile phones on Tuesday, declaring the launch to be a “quantum leap forward in using technology to help keep people safe.” Read the original post by Sam Gustin

The AT&T and T-Mobile show rolled into Washington, D.C., Wednesday for a Senate hearing on Capital Hill and, suffice it to say, there were diverging views of how the proposed $39 billion buyout would affect the national wireless market, as well as consumers and startups. Read the original post by Sam Gustin

Google’s beta testers of its new Chromebooks for schools and businesses sang the praises of the web-centric devices Wednesday. It’s not a song Microsoft will like. Read the original post by Ryan Singel

Electronic point-of-sale mobile payments at retail locations aren’t quite ready for prime time — but they’re getting closer. The latest heavy hitter to enter the fray is Visa, the ubiquitous financial services company, who has announced plans for a digital wallet based on Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology. […] Read the original post by…

A Verizon executive says it’s all but inevitable that the company will eventually offer data plans that family members can share among multiple devices. Read the original post by John C Abell

Google will announce a new mobile payments system on Thursday, according to Bloomberg, adding greater urgency to the all-out arms-race taking place in the point-of-sale digital money space. The announcement will include news of a partnership with Sprint to roll out a mobile-payments system based on Near Field Communication, or […] Read the original post…

Apple has revealed the name of its upcoming online media service: iCloud. But don’t let the cute branding fool you. The company has tried this service before, and the iCloud re-branding signals a do-over on one of Apple’s greatest failures. Read the original post by Brian X. Chen

It’s no secret the Sprint, the nation’s third-largest mobile service provider, opposes AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile. Earlier this month Sprint’s CEO testified before Congress that the deal could do “irreparable harm” to consumers. Now, Sprint has formally registered its objections with the Federal Communications Commission, which is […] Read the original post…

High-tech job growth isn’t confined to the coasts: From Waco, Texas, to Bloomington, Indiana, pockets of ingenuity are everywhere. Read the original post by Adam Davidson