Arconas and Powermat are teaming-up to bring wireless charging capability to airports worldwide. The two companies are a match made in heaven – Arconas is a leader in providing public seating in more than 130 airports around the globe, while Powermat is a pioneer in the wireless power. Here’s a snippet from the press release:…
Qualcomm, Duracell team-up on wireless charging
Qualcomm and Duracell signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to explore the possibility of working together to develop an industry alliance that “supports and promotes flexible coupling-based wireless power solutions to the consumer electronics industry.” The idea is that the two companies could pave the way for broad OEM and consumer adoption of a…
GM to Install Powermat Wireless Charging in Cars
The Chevrolet Volt, which we’ve seen with a reasonably impressive smartphone app for managing the car’s charging schedule, will have one more phone-friendly addition: a wireless charging mat built right into the vehicle. As a part of the agreement, GM is squeezing $5 million of investment capital into Powermat, which will not only enable phones…
Glu Mobile partners with NVIDIA: Tegra 2 games are coming!
Super-fast web browsing and full HD video support are cool features to have on your smartphone or tablet, but nothing demands more power than games. That said, we’re glad to report that Glu Mobile is teaming-up with NVIDIA to bring “unparalleled gaming experiences to Android-powered tablets and mobile devices.” The mobile games publisher already have…
Skype Buys Qik, Paid $100 Million?
Rumour has it video chat app developer Skype has acquired competing Qik for something to the tune of $100 million. Apparently an announcement at CES is forthcoming, though we haven’t heard anything yet. Skype recently added video calling to their iPhone app, but Qik had actually beat them to the punch in the summer. Qik…
RIM to Buy Gist Contact Management Next?
Rumour has it that Research In Motion is going to continue their shopping spree (see The Astonishing Tribe, QNX, Viigo, Torch Mobile, Chalk Media, and Dash Navigation) by snatching up a contact management app developer called Gist. Supposedly the deal is all but sealed, but even if it happens, it might be too small of…
Telmap teams-up with Ordnance Survey to beef-up its UK points-of-interest database
Telmap announced that it has partnered with Ordnance Survey to integrate their Points of Interest product into Telmap’s location-based services and provide richer POI information in Great Britain. Ordnance Survey’s POI database covers England, Scotland and Wales and includes around 4 million different geographic data points, collecting data from over 170 suppliers, all of which…
Boingo extends and expands WiFi roaming deal with T-Mobile USA
Boingo Wireless, the global WiFi networks, announced a renewed and extended bilateral roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA for subscriber access to WiFi hotspots, covering both laptops and WiFi enabled mobile devices. Under the new agreement, T-Mobile Hotspot and postpaid mobile broadband subscribers will be able to access at no additional charge 53 Boingo airport locations…
RIM Acquires The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) to Spice up BlackBerry UI
RIM has acquired well-known Swedish design firm The Astonishing Tribe. TAT has done a lot of mobile work in the past, including some live wallpapers for Android, some far-out concepts, worked on Symbian, and a lot of other really cool stuff. TAT also collaborated with Synaptics and a bunch of others on the Fuse concept…
NTT DoCoMo to offer free Evernote Premium service to its Android customers in Japan
Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo is teaming-up with Evernote to bring the popular note-taking service to its customers. Best of all, DoCoMo’s users will get the Premium version of the service, which otherwise costs $50 a year, for free! As part of the deal, the carrier will pre-install Evernote app on every Android smartphone…