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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company PowerPhone Inc. a patent called “Integrated Call Handler and E-Mail Systems and Methods” that allows users to send SMS text messages to 911. The company will use this patent to allow users to send text and video messages to 911 if in need of…
GetJar, which touts itself as the “world’s largest cross-platform mobile applications store” and “world’s largest independent application store,” announced a new client – Virgin Mobile India. The Richard Branson’s group-owned MVNO will provide its users with access to GetJar’s extensive catalog of more than 70,000 mobile games and apps, ranging from games, education, social networking,…
Placecast is teaming-up with Location Labs to extend the reach of its ShopAlerts service to over 180 million potential consumers in the U.S. If you remember from our previous article, ShopAlerts is/are location-triggered mobile text messages sent from brands to consumers who have opted in to the service. Here’s how it works (from the press…
China Mobile is joining forces with China’s government-owned official state news agency, Xinhua, to work on a mobile search joint-venture. According to Reuters, the two companies have signed a framework agreement to establish a search engine company. China Mobile confirmed the alliance, but noted it was an agreement between Xinhua and the operator’s state-run parent.…
Visa Europe and Turkey’s bank Akbank are launching a memory card-based mobile payment system, using which consumers will be able to pay with their phones at any Visa point around the world. The pilot program aims to demonstrate how (or whether) the memory card slot can be used in mobile payments solutions to enable contactless…
Paying for applications and other items on your Android handset could soon become a lot easier. PayPal is rumored to be in talks with Google as the two arrange a system of payments for applications. This is good news for developers as it gives them a new method of payment, and perhaps Android users may…
Warning: This article regarding Texas Instruments and the ARM Eagle processor design is going to be a little technical and it’s not going to impact you as a consumer for at least a year. You can be forgiven for not making it to the bottom or even closing your browser right now. Texas Instruments has…
Cricket Communications has signed a five-year wholesale agreement (MVNO) with Sprint, which will allow the company [Cricket] to offer its products and services over Sprint’s 3G network throughout the U.S. Exact financial details of the deal have not been disclosed but we are definitely eager to see whether this semi-MVNO model can work for Cricket.…
The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), an alliance of companies committed to building an open applications platform which was announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain has been officially formed as a corporate entity. Moreover, it [WAC] has joined forces with the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) to “accelerate the commercial launch of WAC-enabled…
Access, which just released the Graffiti handwriting recognition software for the Android mobile operating system made by Google, has joined the Open Handset Alliance in a move that should help the little, green robot do well in Japan. Access has found success with multiple software products for Japanese carriers and its inclusion in the Open…