FCC Begins Review of AT&T-Mobile Deal, Reiterates Motives

Maria Deutscher | April 15th

AT&T’s planned acquisition of competitor T-Mobile for a whopping $39 billion stirred a lot of buzz lately, and as the story is beginning unfold, it's also raising some eyebrows in Washington. And

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Flipboard Flips Oprah Effect – Raises $50M

Kristina Farrah | April 14th

Talk show sensation Oprah Winfrey is going to be a part of world’s first social magazine solely for the iPad , Flipboard. This marks the first time that Flipboard is allocating a section on the...»

U.K. government says ‘no thanks’ to free data analytics services

Jeff Kelly | April 14th

It’s hard to believe that a cash-strapped government would refuse free data analytics services that could potentially help it save significant taxpayer money and improve its credibility with the public. But that’s just what the British government has...»

Check-Ins Are Hot, But Privacy Issues Cool Things Down

Maria Deutscher | April 14th

Location-based services are dubbed by some to be the next stage in evolution for mobile and social networking, but some fresh research indicates these claims are not backed by user interest. Web marketing agency

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Iron Mountain Shutters Two Services: Impact on Cloud?

Doug Chandler | April 14th

This week the news trickled out that Iron Mountain, the big records management company, is apparently planning to close two of its cloud-based services, Virtual File Storage and Archive Services Platform. The company reportedly...»

Is Ad-Supported Music A Lost Dream? Spotify Limits Free Streams

Madalena David | April 14th

When Spotify entered the market it offered the classic music streaming services as any other player in the domain without charging listeners, gaining tremendous popularity on the European continent. Last year, the company decided to...»

Easter Serves a Treat for Online Retailers, but What’s Next?

Maria Deutscher | April 14th

Easter is predicated to generate $14.6 billion in retail sales, and a online retailers account for a very big chunk of that revenue. More and more people are shopping g online, but apparently,

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Android Market Outshines iOS, But Still Needs Work

Kristina Farrah | April 14th

Based on data from a network of 3.9 billion monthly mobile advertising impressions to over 220 million consumers, Inmobi today announced the result of its Mobile Insights Report: Global Edition March 2011. Figures reveal that...»

The World Bank Bets on Apps: Winners in Big Data Development

Cherr Aira | April 14th

More than 10,000 votes were casted. 100 young developers. Raw ideas. One winner—and it came from the Land Down Under. The World Bank’s “Apps for Development” competition concluded today, the victors celebrating with a...»

Microsoft Gives Augmented Reality a Booster Shot with Windows Phone OS and Kinect Updates

Kyt Dotson | April 14th

Executives from Microsoft Corp. at MIX11, the 2011 Microsoft developers conference in Las Vegas, took their keynote and multiple panels to speak about augmented reality developments in their devices. Specifically, I’m interested in covering innovations...»