We love when mobile technology is used for good and today we bring you the story of such an example. In Kenya, government launched a toll-free SMS service to monitor hate speech during campaigns ahead of the next months’ constitutional referendum. The service launch comes after five people have been killed in twin blasts at…
Intel inches closer to Infineon acquisition
Back in May we talked about rumors that Intel will acquire German chipmaker Infineon as part of its plans to conquer the mobile market. It seems things are moving forward in that direction, or at least brokers at the Frankfurt stock exchange believe so, causing Infineon’s shares to jump as much as 0.13 EUR (to…
Foursquare now counts 2 million users
Foursquare keeps growing like crazy. Just when they received some fresh money from Andreessen Horowitz and others, the popular location-based social network announced that it has crossed the 2 million users mark. That’s all while adding around 100,000 new users per week — three months ago the company reached the first million users milestone. In…
American Eagle giving out free smartphones with jeans
I don’t know about you, but when I think about American Eagle Outfitters, I immediately think about high-end smartphones. Well, not really, but the company is trying to get some of that smartphone halo around its brand by giving away devices like the HTC Aria, LG Ally or BlackBerry for free when you try on…
eMobile: We have the fastest network in Japan!
While the majority of world is still moving to HSPA, Japanese operator eMobile has soft-launched the latest HSPA+ based mobile network that provides theoretical peak download speeds of 42 Mb/s. In other words, it’s the fastest mobile network in the Land of the rising Sun, and eMobile spares no words to emphasize this, very important…
41% of French hate their 3G networks
French research house, UFC-Que Choisir, surveyed French 3G subscribers only to discover that 41% of them are dissatisfied with their service. As a matter of fact, 21% of the surveyed subscribers say they more often get EDGE or GPRS services instead of 3G. And when 3G service is available, 60% of respondents say the network…
Pay for recharging of electric cars with mobile in Sweden
High tech Swedes are on the roll. Like it’s not enough they are among the first countries to get an LTE network, now we’re hearing that electric car owners will be able to pay for recharging with their mobile phone! In order to do so, you’ll have to download a special mobile app, developed by…
London to get WiFi coverage in the Tube?
In addition to supporting an above the ground city-wide WiFi network for the 2012 Olympics, the Mayor of London (Boris Johnson) has also asked for proposals for a WiFi network in the Tube, the city’s metro system. In a statement to a public debate, he said any financially viable option would be considered. The mayor…
India’s Rcom to acquire Digicable to create Asia’s largest “triple-play” operator
This isn’t what we could call a “pure” mobile news, but it’s definitely related as the end result is creation of Asia’s largest “triple-play” (digital TV, broadband and voice telephony) operator. Reliance Communications (Rcom), which is India’s second-largest mobile operator, is acquiring the country’s biggest cable TV provider Digicable. Rcom’s idea is to merge its…
Qualcomm: Majors OEMs will make Gobi-based products!
Qualcomm is all proud to announce that five of the leading OEMs have agreed to make Gobi-based products. As you may know from our earlier post, the Gobi technology will power-up modems to connect on both 3g and 4G (LTE) networks. The companies that are on “Gobi board” include Huawei, Novatel, Option, Sierra Wireless and…