Austin’s M87 is trying to turn smartphones into extensions of the mobile network, sending mobile connections hopping from device to device before hitting the tower. Qualcomm has taken notice. Read more »
Braintree may be part of the eBay/PayPal(s ebay) empire now, but it’s not abandoning its focus on becoming the payments provider for emerging startups. Braintree, in fact, is trying to add… Read more »
After buying up several of its competitors, GrubHub has announced its intentions to take its online digital food delivery and takeout operation public. Read more »
Steve Altman built Qualcomm’s mammoth mobile technology licensing operation. Now he’s helping little-known startup MagnaCom convince the telecom industry to rethink one of underlying technologies of communications networks. Read more »
The biggest bogeyman of any cellular network is interference, but Perlman’s new startup Artemis Networks claims to make interference work for a network, not against it. Read more »
M87 has developed software that allows smartphones to hop across each other’s radios to get the best connection to the network. M87 founders gave Gigaom an exclusive look at how the… Read more »
Though there are millions of truck drivers with smartphones, most of them live in a pen, paper and fax machine world when it comes to managing their driving records. KeepTruckin aims… Read more »
After making news with several high-profile hires from Netflix’s(s nflx) ranks, mobile payments startup Clinkle appears to have concluded it’s a bit talent heavy. According to Fortune, Clinkle is laying off… Read more »
Coin isn’t trying to replace the physical wallet with a digital one. Instead it’s trying to reduce all of the credit, debit, gift and loyalty cards that clutter up our wallets… Read more »
Caribbean mobile carrier Digicel’s strategic investment may provide a good indication of where Flint plans to take its mobile payments service next. Read more »