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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

Tags: Telecommunication, smartphones, security, mobile security, Mobile OSes, mobile, iPhone, iOS, Hack In The Box, Exploits / vulnerabilities, consumer electronics, applications, Apple

Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

Tags: Hack In The Box, iOS, Mobile OSes, mobile, applications, Telecommunication, iPhone, smartphones, consumer electronics, mobile security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, security, Apple

Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 23:37

Tags: Eric Holder, John Barrow, Frank Pallone Jr., WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, networking, Criminal, legal, privacy, security, Regulation, government, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Google, U.S. Department of Justice

Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 20:53

Tags: Eric Holder, John Barrow, Frank Pallone Jr., WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, networking, Criminal, legal, privacy, security, Regulation, government, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Google, U.S. Department of Justice

Qualcomm to sell Indian broadband operation to Bharti Airtel by 2014

Bharti Airtel has invested about US$165 million to acquire a 49 percent stake in Qualcomm's Indian entities that hold broadband wireless licenses, with the Indian mobile operator eventually taking full ownership, the companies said Thursday.

By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 18:18

Tags: mergers and acquisitions, 4g, restructuring, business issues, Carriers, Telecommunication, qualcomm, Bharti Airtel

Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

Tags: Android OS, Android, smartphones, consumer electronics, patent, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Google, Motorola Mobility, Motorola

ZTE's latest LTE test shows how operators can increase bandwidth

ZTE has successfully completed a hand-over test between two different versions of LTE, allowing operators to more effectively use their spectrum in a way that is seamless to the end user, the company said on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 12:47

Tags: 4g, Carriers, Telecommunication, ZTE

Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app

Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.

By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 00:01

Tags: mobile applications, mobile, search engines, internet, browsers, applications, software, Yahoo

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 20:06

Tags: Kevin Kelly, Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication, LGS Innovations

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 17:58

Tags: Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication

Fewer US mobile users are paying a monthly bill

Traditional mobile phone plans are now on the wane in the U.S., but the country's biggest carriers are still bringing in more money and leading the world in revenue, according to a report based on first-quarter results.

By Stephen Lawson | 22 May, 2012 07:38

Tags: Verizon Wireless, Telecommunication, sprint nextel, mobile, Chetan Sharma, Carriers, at&t

Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance

Mobile operators that want help keeping their subscribers happy can get it through a new managed service from Alcatel-Lucent, the company said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 May, 2012 02:35

Tags: Telecommunication, Carriers, broadband, alcatel-lucent, 4g, 3g

T-Mobile debuts four data pricing tiers

T-Mobile USA will debut four new "No Annual Contract" data service plans on Sunday.

By Matt Hamblen | 18 May, 2012 05:44

Tags: wireless internet, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Communications, T-Mobile USA, Mobile and Wireless, mobile, IT industry, at&t

10 top reasons for integrating Wi-Fi radios in small cellular cells

With the growing demand for mobile data, cellular service operators are increasingly turning to small cells -- picocells, microcells, metrocells and femtocells -- to deal with the capacity crunch in dense urban areas and to add coverage in areas with low or zero cellular signal levels, such as indoors and in remote rural locations.

By Ajay Kumar Gupta, team lead at Wesley Clover Communications Solutions | 16 May, 2012 00:47

Tags: WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, Wi-Fi on-load, Wi-Fi handover, Wi-Fi backhaul, wi-fi, small cells, picocells, networking, microcells, metrocells, femtocells, Ericsson, data offload, alcatel-lucent

SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon's cloud

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 15 May, 2012 07:44

Tags: system management, software, sapphire, sap, mobile, internet, cloud computing, Amazon Web Services

New coalition opposes Verizon and cable spectrum deals

A proposed sale of mobile spectrum from a group of cable providers to Verizon Wireless, along with accompanying marketing and research agreements, will lead to higher prices for broadband and mobile customers, a coalition of groups opposing the deal said Monday.

By Grant Gross | 15 May, 2012 06:25

Tags: Verizon Wireless, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, T-Mobile USA, Time Warner Cable, Telecommunication, sprint nextel, Sena Fitzmaurice, Rural Telecommunications Group, Regulation, RCA, Public Knowledge, mobile, legal, Kathleen Ham, Harold Feld, government, Glen Echo Group, comcast, Bright House Networks, antitrust, Alliance for Broadband Competition, 4g, 3g

LightSquared declares bankruptcy after GPS worries sank its mobile dream

LightSquared, the startup that planned a nationwide wholesale mobile network only to be shot down by regulators because of GPS interference concerns, is declaring bankruptcy.

By Stephen Lawson | 15 May, 2012 04:53

Tags: restructuring, mobile, LightSquared, business issues

Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on sale Sunday for $400

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is set to go on sale at retailers nationwide Sunday for $399.99, furthering the variety of tablet sizes from the vendor.

By Matt Hamblen | 12 May, 2012 06:11

Tags: twitter, Office Depot, Mobile OSes, Mobile and Wireless, mobile, IDC, hardware systems, hardware, Best Buy

AT&T reportedly in talks to buy Leap Wireless

AT&T has recently been in talks to buy Leap Wireless, a carrier operating in 35 states with 6 million customers, according to three unnamed sources cited in a report from Reuters.

By Matt Hamblen | 12 May, 2012 02:41

Tags: wireless internet, Mobile and Wireless, mobile, mergers and acquisitions, Leap Wireless, business issues, at&t

Review: AppMobi XDK brings more style than substance to iPhone, Android development

Despite the gold-rush atmosphere around mobile application development, you won't find many newbie-friendly tools aligned to help nonprogrammers mine for application riches. Even if the target platforms often seem like toys, most of the development kits are still developer-minded and code-centric, and they can present formidable hurdles to the uninitiated.

By James R. Borck | 11 May, 2012 20:15

Tags: web development, tablets, software, smartphones, mobile technology, Mobile Development, javascript, iPhone, iPad, html5, hardware systems, Gap, Development Environments, consumer electronics, application development, Android

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