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Samsung is teaming-up with Qualcomm and ARM to launch the secure video HD service utilizing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon StudioAccess and ARM’s TrustZone technologies. As a result, folks with select Samsung devices will be able to watch “brilliant HD videos” directly on their mobile device through Samsung Media Hub. The scheme starts with the Galaxy Note, which…
Morpho and INSIDE Secure have team-up to launch a first product that has the potential to bring NFC functionality to the mass market, reaching even those users who don’t have the latest smartphones. The new “SIMply NFC-Revolution” product incorporates INSIDE’s core NFC chip technology with SIM technology from Morpho and the end result is an…
Samsung and Toyota are teaming up to create Samsung Car Mode Application, an in-car solution that connects Samsung smartphones to Toyota’s In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system. As a result of this collaboration, an array of Samsung’s mobile technologies will be integrated into Toyota’s IVI to add enhanced connectivity, multimedia capabilities and internet services. In addition, the…
In an effort to bring mobile payments to the mass market, Visa has partnered with Vodafone to put Visa payWave on NFC-enabled smartphones. As a result, shoppers will be able to pay for goods and services by waving or tapping their phones. Due to launch this spring across Vodafone markets, Visa payWave will make the…
After launching its mobile app store, Mozilla is taking another step forward to grow its mobile operations. They’ve teamed-up with Spanish Telefónica to create a phone architecture that relies entirely on web technologies, with the entire device capabilities developed using HTML5 and executed via the Firefox web browser. As part of this scheme, the two…
Isis Mobile — which as you may know is a joint venture created by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless — announced that Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard agreed to enable their credit, debit and prepaid cards to be placed into the Isis Mobile Wallet. Starting from middle of the year, consumers will be…
Boost Mobile is continuing its partnership with Mexico’s Club Deportivo Guadalajara (CD Guadalajara), the world-renowned soccer team known as Chivas, as the official wireless sponsor of its U.S. tour games. The partnership was secured by Soccer United Marketing, CD Guadalajara’s commercial agent in the United States. Under the deal, Boost will continue to have onsite…
Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation are teaming-up to provide more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with free mobile access to Wikipedia. The goal of the partnership is to “make knowledge more easily available to Orange mobile customers,” while getting some press love along the way. And since it’s…
The basic check-in service is not good enough for Foursquare – the company needs to expand to actually start making some serious money. As part of their newly rolled Explore feature, they’ve teamed-up with SinglePlatform to deliver pricing menus for more than 250,000 local businesses across 13,000 markets in the U.S. Whether it’s a spa,…
The European Commission says it has set a deadline of Feb. 13, 2012 to decide whether or not to give its blessing for the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google. Google recently brought forth new documents — which are now under review by the EU — in support of the move, which will cost more…