This week Qualcomm unveiled its next generation LTE modem, which boasts another big theoretical boost in download speeds. But Qualcomm made special note of a feature that has long been ignored… Read more »
On June 30, the Nextel iDEN service goes offline, sticking Sprint with a heck of a lot of network scrap. Sprint, however, isn’t just throwing it all in a dumpster behind… Read more »
The second quarter of 2011 was a fast-paced one for the connected consumer segment, with every sector of the digital media landscape — music, e-books, online video and gaming — experiencing significant events… Read more »
You’re not likely to have missed the hype surrounding Spotify’s U.S. launch today. It finally signed the last of the big four record labels yesterday. Today Spotify starts selling its premium… Read more »
From the early days of file sharing to the success of Myspace and, more recently, to the explosion of music playlist and recommendation sites and apps, music has proven itself to… Read more »
NFC will arrive in handsets in a big way in the coming months, but other components of a viable “mobile wallet” scenario aren’t in place yet. Here are some possibilities for… Read more »
The hype surrounding mobile music continues despite the lack of evidence that the space will ever generate much in the way of revenues. But carriers still have a chance to use… Read more »
Our phones will soon become a means of connecting the analog to the digital world of the web, and the way your wireless headset communicates with your phone, or the way… Read more »
It’s freaky Friday, so let’s talk about the idea that wireless smart meters cause brain tumors and massive headaches — if not in the heads of protesters and their elected representatives… Read more »
The smart grid-smart home nexus needs standards for communications and interoperability to emerge before appliance makers, consumer electronics manufacturers and IT players can start rolling out energy-smart household gear en masse… Read more »