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Twitter Updates Its Status With Location Tool

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:18:48 GMT

Today Twitter unveiled a new feature that allows users to automatically share their location with their Tweets. Users need to opt into the service via their accounts and can turn it off at any time. Twitter has made more ...
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Unreal Engine 3 Scores a Headshot on Palm WebOS

Philip Berne — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:14:04 GMT

On the official Palm Blog today, the company announced that Epic games has demonstrated the Unreal Engine 3, the gaming back end that drives Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War, among other titles. Licensees of the Unreal Engine ...
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Google Shows Mobile Users What's In Stock Nearby

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:28:58 GMT

Today Google introduced a new browser-based search tool that will let users see at a glance whether or not their search query is in stock at local stores. Searches for retail items performed from the browser will deliver local ...
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American Airlines Expands Mobile Boarding Pass Option

Philip Berne — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:40:36 GMT

American Airlines today announced 19 new airports participating in its mobile boarding pass service. The new airports include Houston George Bush, New York La Guardia and Phoenix Sky Harbor, among others. Fliers can use any cell phone or smartphone ...
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T-Mobile Provides Devs with User Location Tools

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:13:12 GMT

T-Mobile today announced that it has joined WaveMarket's Veriplace Cloud Location Platform Initiative. This initiative provides developers of mobile apps and services with the APIs (application programming interface) that they might need to enable their apps with geo-location features. ...
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Video Tour: Sony Ericsson Naite

Philip Berne — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:23:31 GMT

Phone Scoop gets hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Naite, an inexpensive phone that's part of Sony Ericsson's Greenheart initiative. Is the phone a little too green? Check out our video tour.
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Casio Brigade Stomps Over to Verizon

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:33:30 GMT

Today Verizon Wireless launched the Casio G'zOne Brigade, which was first announced in November 2009. This mil-spec rugged device is a sideways clamshell that has both a numeric keypad on the front and a full QWERTY keyboard inside ...
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T-Mobile's Rocket Launches March 14, Plans Tweaked

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:14:25 GMT

Today T-Mobile USA announced that its first HSPA+ laptop dongle, the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, will be available starting March 14 for $100 after rebates with new agreement. T-Mobile also announced new plans for webConnect devices. Customers can ...
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Opera Debuts Mini 5 Beta for Android

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Today Opera Software made a beta version of Opera Mini 5 available for the Android platform. Opera says that the Android version of Opera Mini 5 offers all the same features that other versions do, including tabbed browsing, the ...
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Verizon's First LTE Handset Coming Mid-2011

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:08:51 GMT

In a recent interview, Verizon Wireless' chief technology officer, Tony Malone, indicated that the company will have a Long Term Evolution handset ready for the market by the middle of 2011. That's about six months sooner than Verizon had ...
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Gowalla Scores an App Hat Trick

Philip Berne — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:18:28 GMT

In the last couple of days leading up to the South By Southwest interactive (SXSWi) festival in Austin, TX, the location-based social networking service Gowalla has released new apps for the Google Android and Palm WebOS platform, as well ...
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Twisted Pair's Wave Shoves Push-to-Talk Over IP

Philip Berne — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:04:36 GMT

Blackberry owners and other smartphone users will soon be able to connect to Twisted Pair's Wave radio platform. Twisted Pair today announced Mobile Communicator for Blackberry, which lets Blackberry owners talk using Radio-over-IP (RoIP). The thin client software on ...
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YouTube Offers WinMo and S60 Mobile App Take 2.4

Eric M. Zeman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:49:34 GMT

Today YouTube released a new version of its mobile software for the Windows Mobile and S60 platforms. YouTube mobile 2.4 improves speed performance and also introduces several new features. The new features include search query suggestions, end-user account support, ...
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Apple, RIM, Moto, Others Hit with Smartphone Patent Suit

Eric M. Zeman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:12 GMT

SmartPhone Technologies LLC has filed a lawsuit against Apple, AT&T, Samsung, Sanyo, LG, and Motorola alleging that all the companies are infringing upon SmartPhone Technologies' patents. Apple is bearing the brunt of the lawsuit, and it alone faces six ...
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Windows Phone 7 Series Won't Ignore Adobe Flash

Philip Berne — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:09 GMT

Mike Chambers, principal Product Manager for developer relations for the Flash Platform at Adobe, made a statement on his personal blog concerning Flash on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series OS. Chambers says that "Adobe and Microsoft are working ...
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Amazon Wireless Store Expands T-Mobile Offerings

Eric M. Zeman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:28 GMT

Amazon Wireless today that it has expanded the number of T-Mobile devices it offers from its web site, as well as the number of plans from which customers can choose. Amazon Wireless said that customers can now initiate a ...
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Biking Directions Coming to Mobile Google Maps. Eventually

Eric M. Zeman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:37:17 GMT

Today Google announced a new feature for Google Maps that allows users to route directions for a bicycle. Biking directions offers a lot of ways to get from point A to point B by taking advantage of trails, known ...
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Target Launches Phone-Based Coupon Program

Eric M. Zeman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:19:15 GMT

Target announced a scannable mobile coupon program launching nationwide today at its retail stores. Consumers will have several different ways to opt into the program (PC browser, mobile browser, short code), which will then distribute coupons to mobile phones ...
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Facebook to Become Location-Aware in April

Eric M. Zeman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:10:57 GMT

According to unnamed sources cited by The New York Times, Facebook plans to introduce a new location-sharing feature to is social networking service. The feature will let users share their own location as well as see the location of ...
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Leap Shutters Some Stores, Reduces Headcount

Eric M. Zeman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:32:13 GMT

Leap Wireless recently indicated that it has permanently closed 27 -- about 10% -- of its 269 Cricket Wireless stores. It has also laid off 180 people, trimming its staff level down to 4,200 employees around the country. The ...
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