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A new report from the Pew Research Center shows that the mobile Web is increasingly becoming mainstream. The survey found that 59% of Americans accessed the Internet through a wireless connection. This also includes laptops over WiFi but the most interesting figure I found out of here is that about 40% of adults use the…
Google has revamped its YouTube Mobile site and it features a good dose of HTML5. Google said the new version of YouTube Mobile could be faster and offer better video quality than the native app version on devices like the Apple iPhone. This is possible because Apple does the heavy lifting on the iPhone app…
The Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive by Sierra Wireless has definitely been versatile as we’ve seen it offered with different names and labels. Clear has taken the device for its own mobile hotspot plans, and it now looks like Time Warner Cable is doing the same. The cable and Internet provider is offering the same device from…
The European Union may enact policy that could force Apple to let web technologies like Flash on its iOS devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. You just know Steve Jobs is gnashing his teeth over this. The Digital Agenda tackles multiple issues but one particular change may have a major impact on Apple…
It wasn’t that long ago where T-Mobile didn’t even have a 3G network but the fourth-largest carrier in the United States is now crowing about how its HSPA+ network can deliver “4G-like speed.” A leaked slide now suggests the company could thoroughly outpace rivals’ 4G networks, as T-Mobile may be aiming to deliver 42 Mbps…
By now, you know that Microsoft has given up on its ill-fated Kin phones to focus on Windows Phone 7. I think this is the absolute right move for the company and that the Kin phones were targeting a non-existent market but these social-network centric phones weren’t all bad. In my review of the Kin…
There’s a lot of talk about the demise of Adobe’s Flash because of the growing presence of HTML5, particularly as Apple refuses to let the defacto web standard on its iOS devices, but the video-serving giant YouTube said it may be too soon to be digging Flash’s grave. In a blog post Tuesday, YouTube said…
Best Buy is stepping up its mobile game and it will offer mobile data with no contracts under its own branding. Sprint Nextel will be providing the underlying wireless service and Best Buy will be reselling it, essentially making it a mobile virtual network operator. Early reports indicate it will offer 250 MB per month…
The Federal Communications Commission is setting up a task force that could free up to 90 MHz of spectrum for mobile broadband providers. This is just the latest move by the FCC in its push for mobile broadband. The task force will focus on the mobile satellite service bands and this could open up more…
Slowly, but surely, Mac-friendly hardware is becoming more ubiquitous and Clear’s new 3G/4G modems and routers are proof of that. The 4G+ USB data stick is made by Sierra Wireless, as many of the data cards and sticks on the market are, and is the first of its kind to support Mac. When WiMax is…