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Nuance and ZTE announced a multi-year collaboration where Nuance’s voice capabilities will be integrated as part of a new portfolio of ZTE Android devices worldwide. The result will be a “diverse set of mobile applications and devices” that foster a more natural, human interaction between people and their ZTE phones with support for more than…
Qualcomm Technologies announced an Internet of Everything (IoE) development platform, which is based on the company’s QSC6270-Turbo chipset and supports Oracle’s Java ME Embedded 3.2. Utilizing Qualcomm’s Gobi modem solution for 3G, it enables developers to “accelerate development efficiency and decrease time-to-market for a wide range of applications and devices to connect to the AT&T…
ARM, the company that designs chips found in most of today’s phones and tablets, is teaming-up with Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient to create a new entity called Trustonic that will deal with mobile security. ARM owns 40% of Trustonic’s shares, while two other companies each own 30% of Trustonic. If you haven’t heard about…
Orange and China Mobile have signed a memorandum of understanding with the goal to accelerate the commercialization of NFC-based services by integrating standardized technical protocols into their respective service offerings. The two companies will work together to ensure the large-scale adoption of SIM-based NFC services and the availability of compatible devices in a open and…
LG Electronics has joined Linaro, the not-for-profit engineering organization developing open source software for the ARM architecture. As part of the deal, the Korean giant will contribute resources to work together with the resources from existing Linaro members. This shared team of over 100 engineers is directed by a Technical Steering Committee (TSC), which is…
The four UK mobile networks — including Everything Everywhere, O2, Vodafone and 3 UK — agreed to jointly roll-out direct operator billing to make it easier for subscribers to pay for apps and other online goods. The deal has it that the companies will share a billing platform provided by MACH, which will act as…
A group of leading merchants in the U.S. has formed Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a new company that will offer consumers a “versatile mobile-commerce experience,” combining the convenience of paying at the register with customizable offers. MCX’s mobile application is in development as we speak with initial focus on offering merchants a mobile-commerce solution capable…
NTT Docomo, NEC, Fujitsu and its chip-making division Fujitsu Semiconductor are teaming-up to form a joint venture to focus on the development and sales of semiconductor products with built-in modem functions. In other words, they want to compete with the likes of Qualcomm and Nvidia (after it acquired Icera). The technologies individually held by the…
In case you didn’t know, mobile app market needs an additional acceleration. Or at least that’s what GSMA and the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) think so they announced an agreement to integrate the major programmes and initiatives driven by WAC into the GSMA. Further to this agreement, Apigee, a leading provider of API products and…
Genius Brands International is teaming-up with Nokia to launch mobile apps for Lumia Windows Phone devices. Under the deal, a number of Baby Genius Ready, Play, Learn educational apps will be unveiled in the future, starting with Rexi the Dinosaur and Bubbles the Bear, which will hit the Marketplace later this summer. The applications will…