Fitness software developer Gym Technik has just struck up a partnership with Withings (who make a Wi-Fi-enabled weight scale) to allow you to track your weight progress on a BlackBerry application. What happens is, once you step onto the scale, you get an e-mail with the results, and then you can launch the BlackBerry app from…
Big broadcasters create national mobile TV service
NBC, Fox and 10 other major broadcasters are teaming up to create a joint venture that will bring nationwide television service to mobile devices. This is a pretty major push for mobile TV in the United States because the companies will use existing spectrum to deliver programming across the nation and it will include live…
Continental and Nokia team-up to connect your mobile phone with an in-vehicle display
Continental and Nokia are joining forces to enable drivers to connect, display and control mobile phone applications via an in-vehicle dashboard display. The name of the game (technology) is Terminal Mode and the goal is to improve the usability of services such as telephony, navigation, social networking and music in an automotive environment “while keeping…
QNX Bought By RIM – New Embedded Software for BlackBerry on the Way?
Following up on their acquisition of Viigo, RIM has picked up an Ottawa developer named QNX, who used to be owned by Harman, of Harman/Kardon audio fame. QNX’s work specializes in embedded technology, but ranges wildly from there, including automotive, health industry, aeronautics, and lots more. With all that variability, it’s hard to tell exactly…
Gemalto, Texas Instruments team-up on secure mobile financial services
During the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas, Gemalto and Texas Instruments announced collaboration to enable Gemalto Mobile Financial Services on TI’s OMAP platform and M-Shield security technology for mobile devices. As a result, the two companies unveiled a new solution that integrates security platform for conducting mobile financial transactions. Here’s how it works (from the…
Qualcomm’s BREW platform to come with embedded Opera browsers
Opera Software and Qualcomm announced that they will be pre-integrating the Opera Mobile 10 and Opera Mini 5 browsers with Brew Mobile Platform (Brew MP) under Qualcomm’s 3Pre program. This is a huge win for Opera as they will see its browser(s) pre-installed on a number of handsets. And considering Brew is now a free…
Research In Motion Acquires Viigo
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has officially acquired app developer Viigo, who we’ve looked at more than once. Viigo has been an immensely popular application that began as an RSS reader, and branched off into a variety of categories, such as weather, stocks, shopping, movies, sports, and all kinds of serialized information. In short, Viigo could often get…
Gemalto joins Open Handset Alliance; Brings its security expertise to the Android platform
The digital security company Gemalto is joining the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) to bring its expertise along with accompanying secure elements (UICC, SIM, etc.) to the Android platform. According to the official release, this combined effort of industry leaders will “provide operators with a unique set of tools to customize and bring new services and…
Yahoo! to provide Telefonica’s Spanish mobile portal with search results, ads
Yahoo! scored a big contract in Europe, as it has signed an agreement with Telefónica España — Spain’s largest operator network — to power the mobile Internet search experience and sponsored search advertising on Telefónica’s emocion portal. The new deal builds on top of the earlier partnership deal Yahoo had with O2 Germany that was…
China Mobile asks Apple to make iPhone variant for its home-grown 3G network
China Mobile has yet to bring the Apple iPhone under its wing, but that doesn’t mean it’s not trying. Following years of butting heads with Apple over revenue-sharing negotiations, China Mobile is apparently crawling back to Steve Jobs in hopes that the iPhone Godfather will give the wireless network an iPhone variant that’s compatible with…