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Alcatel and ZTE won’t be the only companies making a Firefox-based phone for so long. From a press release talking about co-operation between Sony Mobile and Telefónica, we learn that the Japanese company will join the trend and release its own device that runs Firefox mobile OS. The official word goes like this: the two…
Facebook is teaming-up with 18 mobile operators in 14 countries to provide its users with free or discounted data access to Facebook messaging. The benefits will be available to folks running Messenger for Android, Messenger for iOS or Facebook for Every Phone, which is now optimized for chat. Carriers committed to special pricing for Facebook…
Two mobile giants, Telefonica and Sprint, have formed a mobile advertising alliance to provide a platform for brands to target the two operators’ 370 million mobile subscribers around the world. The deal is conducted between Telefonica Digital and Sprint’s Pinsight Media+, the companies’ digital / mobile ad arms. The pair say they will “explore efficient…
MetaWatch, which is one of the most promising smart watch projects to date, is teaming up with mobile phone industrial designer Frank Nuovo and his company Design Studio Nuovo (DSN) to make these watches not only functional, but also cool to wear for everyone. The result is expected to be announced later in the year…
Opera Mini users can now easily get and pay for Binbit’s mobile entertainment services thanks to the integration of Binbit’s products and services into the Opera Payment Exchange (OPX). OPX’s goal is to make mobile payments a secure and easy experience for the more than 208 million Opera Mini users around the world. As a…
In an effort to appeal to frequent travelers to the UK, AT&T has teamed up with The Cloud to provide its data users with a free 1GB per month when visiting Britain. There’s a total of 16,000 hotspots to choose from, making sure you’ll get your Internet fix pretty much everywhere (where there’s enough people…
Popular accessory maker Belkin announced a multi-year licensing partnership with The LEGO Group to create fun accessories for mobile devices. Starting in spring 2013, the company will launch a variety of smartphone cases incorporating LEGO bricks for a unique “buildable” case experience. The upcoming cases are promised to fit LEGO fans of all ages, and…
Microsoft, Qualcomm and some other chipset suppliers are apparently working together on a reference design for cheap handsets. The move is designed to slash the prices of Windows Phone 8 devices and create a compelling solution for tier-two OEMs which could offer these products in the emerging markets, helping the Redmond giant expand its global…
T-Mobile is now the Official Wireless Sponsor of MLB, the two companies announced at CES. As part of the multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership, the Magenta network will work with MLB and its digital media and technology company, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), to “enhance America’s National Pastime on and off the field with game-changing wireless capabilities.”…
We’ve already told you that Audi will be using NVIDIA’s mobile chipsets in its cars. That has started happening with the car company announcing that the new Tegra-powered infotainment system will be rolled out globally in select Audi vehicles this year. The Audi MIB modular infotainment system introduces a new computing module, MMX, based on…