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The Verizon and Skype partnership is bearing more fruit as the VoIP calling service is coming to variety of 3G BREW phones on Big Red. Skype is already available on devices like the Motorola Droid but it is now coming to devices like the LG enV Touch, Chocolate Touch and the Samsung Reality. With the…
You’ll soon be able to keep track of Ari, Turtle, E and the rest of the gang on the go because HBO said it will be bringing its content to mobile devices and the Apple iPad soon. According to sources close to The Wrap, HBO plans to take that “home” out of “Home Box Office”…
Vimeo wants to make it easier to watch online video on your Apple iPhone, iPad and Android phones and the video-sharing site has introduced a hybrid Flash/HTML5 player which will detect what device you’re on and give you the appropriate format. The company has been working on the new version for at least five months…
There was a bunch of news this week that could have long-reaching consequences and no story was bigger than the Google and Verizon putting forth a joint policy statement regarding net neutrality. This was also a big week for Android with the release of some high-profile devices but Google also faces a huge lawsuit over…
Facebook is reportedly readying a location-based service that will enable users to check-in to places and venues. Will this service aim to crush competitors like Foursquare and Gowalla? Well, it’s complicated. Multiple services told CNET that the Facebook check-in service would launch in the coming weeks and it will enable users to broadcast their location…
The Clearwire iSpot 4G was a super-cool mobile hotspot that could use unlimited WiMax for only $25 a month but there was a couple of huge caveats: it was 4G-only, so you could only use it in a few markets and it only worked with Apple iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. Well, one…
AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega had some kind words for rival Verizon’s joint proposal with Google regarding net neutrality. According to the Wall Street Journal: “It’s a positive sign that shows that those two companies can agree on something as different as net neutrality,” de la Vega, head of AT&T’s consumer and mobile…
It looks like the European Union is joining the Federal Trade Commission in investigating if Apple’s exclusion of Adobe Flash technology on its iOS products unlawfully harms competition. The governmental agencies are looking into the issue because Adobe complained that the lack of Flash on the devices’ web browsers and Apple banning it as a…
Google and Verizon held a press conference today to address concerns that it is conspiring to undermine net neutrality. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said the companies are committed to an open Internet for wireline broadband and for wireless broadband to have similar openness with a few caveats. The companies issued…
It appears that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating is taking a close look at if Apple abused its power when it banned Adobe Flash and other tools for creating iPhone apps. Adobe didn’t like the move, so it complained to the government that excluding Flash on the Apple iPhone and iPad could hurt its…