By ArticleSnatch on November 28, 2007
Verizon reversed itself today by announcing the company will open its network to wireless devices, software, and applications not offered by the company. This comes just two months after the company sued the federal government to block openness requirements for the winner of the 700 MHz band of wireless spectrum. A change of heart? Maybe. [...]
| Tagged AT&T, Berlin, CDMA, Dan Frommer, Federal Communications Commission, federal government, google, GSM systems, Open Handset Alliance, public relations ploy, USD, Verizon, wireless carriers, wireless devices, wireless history, wireless industry, wireless spectrum |
By ArticleSnatch on November 26, 2007
"Even the iPhone’s browser can disappoint. It has a version of the Apple Safari browser that doesn’t support Flash, a programming language widely used on Web sites, so users are limited in what they can see on the Web. And, you pay a lot to experience the pain of surfing the mobile Web. Lewis Ward, [...]
| Tagged aol, AT&T, BART tunnel, cellular telephone, International Data Corporation, internet access, internet browsing experience, internet useage, Lewis Ward, mobile web, mobile Web experience, North Beach, So Close, The New York Times, United States, USD, web browsing, web page loads, web surfability, West Oakland BART station, Wi-Fi |
By ArticleSnatch on November 20, 2007
Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web: From the SEW Blog: AdSense Video Units To Launch In UK, Ireland and CanadaPublishers will be able to show videos from YouTube content partners [...]
| Tagged AT&T, Australia, Canada, Eric Engleman, google, Ingenio, instant messaging, Ireland, paid and organic search results, Pay Per Call technology, search ads, Search Engine, search functionality, search marketing news, search marketing team, The Financial Times, Toby Coppel, United Kingdom, United States, web site content, yahoo, youtube |
By ArticleSnatch on November 20, 2007
AT&T announced plans to acquire Ingenio whose Pay Per Call technology they intend to integrate with YellowPages.com, according to the company press release. “AT&T plans to integrate Ingenio’s Pay Per Call solutions into its directory service and local search advertising portfolio, including the YELLOWPAGES.COM Network, AT&T Real Yellow Pages and 1-800-Yellow Pages. Ingenio’s Pay Per [...]
| Tagged 1-800-Yellow, advertising platform, AT&T, Ingenio, local search, Mark Britto, online information sources, Pay Per Call technology |
By ArticleSnatch on November 20, 2007
Vodafone sought an injunction in Germany that would prevent Apple’s partner, T-Mobile, from selling the iPhone while tied exclusively to T-Mobile’s service.While AT&T locked up the rights to sell Apple’s iPhone and tie it to AT&T’s network, T-Mobile may have some problems making the same sweet deal in Germany. Vodafone requested a temporary injunction against [...]
| Tagged AT&T, Bloomberg, Germany, Hamburg, locked device, software development kit, United States, Vodafone |
By ArticleSnatch on November 17, 2007
The Writers Guild of America strike has been an interesting debacle to watch, complete with a host of issues the public might not have thought of before. The inevitable convergence of the Internet and TV is one of them; the continued homogenization of American culture is another. Fortunately, the revolution is being blogged about. What [...]
| Tagged ABC, America, AT&T, CBS, cellular telephone, David Utter, DSL, Hong Kong, Internet sales, Internet service providers, Japan, Michael Tabb, NBC, neutral network, Norway, Search Engine, Stephen Falk, telecommunications, USD, Verizon, Viacom, Writers Guild of America, youtube |
By ArticleSnatch on November 14, 2007
European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes isn’t quite ready to rubber-stamp Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick.Back in October, Kroes said competition, not privacy, would be the focus of the Commission’s review of Google’s $3.1 billion purchase of ad network DoubleClick. Many thought this indicated a swift review followed by approval of the deal would be the result. [...]
| Tagged ad network, AT&T, Bloomberg, Brussels, DoubleClick, Europe, European Commission, European Competition, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, google, Microsoft, Neelie Kroes, online advertising markets, Search Engine, Toby Coppel, United States, USD, yahoo, Yahoo Europe |
By ArticleSnatch on November 6, 2007
Google today unveiled a new mobile operating system, user interface, and applications platform dubbed Android. It’s being developed by Google and about 30 members of the “Open Handset Alliance,” a group comprised of mobile technology providers, carriers, and other mobile industry players. Some of the participants include Google, Broadcom, eBay, Intel, LG, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, [...]
| Tagged Andy Rubin, AT&T, Broadcom, ebay, google, Intel, mobile technology providers, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Open Handset Alliance, operating system, Qualcomm, Samsung, Telefonica, Verizon, Vodafone |
By ArticleSnatch on November 6, 2007
Anyone who was still holding out for an antigravity/invisibility/teleportation device in the form of a forthcoming Gphone is in for a disappointment; Google has (re)confirmed that it will not be producing such a product. But Google did discuss some other mobile plans that it feels are quite important.“Today’s announcement is more ambitious than any single [...]
| Tagged antigravity/invisibility/teleportation device, AT&T, Eric Schmidt, google, Motorola, Open Handset Alliance |
By ArticleSnatch on November 3, 2007
AT&T announced today a new international plan for iPhone users. A new $60 Data Global Plan will provide iPhone users 50 MB of data per month to search online, check email and access other information in 29 countries, including Canada, China, Mexico and areas in Europe and Asia. The plan cannot be purchased separately and [...]
| Tagged Asia, AT&T, Canada, China, Europe, Manitoba, Mexico, USD, wireless options |
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