The mobile industry saw some important consolidation unfold in the second quarter as the lesser tier-one carriers made some strong alliances: Sprint agreed to be acquired by Japan’s SoftBank and began… Read more »
Google’s acquisition of Waze is especially bad news for Apple, which continues to struggle to iron out the wrinkles in its own Maps offering followed an error-plagued launch nearly a year… Read more »
The mobile platform wars heated up in a big way as 2012 came to a close: Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8, Apple continued to roll out its iPhone 5 around the… Read more »
Apple may still acquire Waze, whose crowdsource-enhanced mapping app is tremendously popular among Android and iOS users. But the quickest way for Apple to address its mapping problems would be through… Read more »
Look for a new generation of mobile-centric data centers to arise over the next three years, with chips, servers, and power architectures customized for mobile workloads. Read more »
Waze has introduced ads to its popular mobile navigation app, enabling retailers and others to deliver pitches alongside users’ routes. The move underscores the vast potential of location-based ads, but it… Read more »
Location-based shopping services (LBS) have made many headlines recently, and studies have shown that users actually like receiving ads and offers well-targeted to their interests. Couple that with an influx of… Read more »
Mobilize is the GigaOM Network’s one-day event examining the future of the mobile industry. In this wrap-up, mobile curator Colin Gibbs takes a look at some of the major themes and… Read more »
Google is bringing its considerable heft to the hot traffic applications space, collecting speed and location information from mobile users and reporting its analysis of that data in real time through… Read more »