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“The Social Network,” a fascinating, caustic movie about Mark Zuckerberg and his “friends” who launched Facebook, continues raising social networking privacy issues. When I first saw the movie, I wat…

Smartphone Device for $600? My new Sprint Samsung Epic 3G/4G Galaxy S smartphone device arrived yesterday. Couldn’t get around to activating the phone until 10 p.m. A hour later, my blogger’s eyes we…

  Have you been feeling a bit overwhelmed recently with a feature-rich mobile smartphone? You’re not alone.  As media consumption on mobile devices increases, you derive less pleasure.  It’s an econo…

Affiliate marketers are getting hot under the collar about mobile marketing profits. And I’m becoming concerned about Internet marketers affiliates moving into  “mobile marketing without proper train…

Small business SMS marketing is alive and well in Michigan. Linda Daichendt is busy, very busy, but she loves every moment. As CEO and Managing Consultant of Michigan-based Strategic Growth Concepts,…

Sonic music is thriving at Stanford. Ge Wang, an assistant professor at Stanford University and CTO at Smule, lives and breathes sonic music. When I recently interviewed him about his first experienc…

You’ve just purchased a shiny new smartphone and started downloading mobile apps. You download cool apps. Smartphone mobile security is the last thing on your mind. Soon your phone’s screen fills wit…

I’m a smartphone customer just like you. This past week, I returned my T-Mobile Vibrant after testing it for a week. Beautiful display. Great voice quality and speakerphone. Lots of Android apps–more…

Wireless monitoring. It has an ominous ring to it. If you’ve been following the Blackberry mobile privacy battle between RIM, the United Arab Emirates, India and other nations, you might think wirele…

The United Arab Emirates has decided that BlackBerry smartphones are dangerous to national security. Other countries, like India, don’t like RIM’s email, instant messaging and web browsing security e…

Phone users today demand high-quality mobile streaming video on their phones and other wireless devices. And MobiTV, a privately held technology company, is rising to the challenge. The Emeryville, C…

In 2002, Carol Realini, who retired from the corporate world, didn’t know mobile payments would be her next business. While visiting an African village on a philanthropic mission. She sauntered into …

News Release June 27, 2012 Edison, New Jersey For Immediate Release Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Apple The estate of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, motion pict…

Wireless carriers, as they build-out their 3G and 4G broadband networks continue to struggle with ensuring strong cell phone reception for voice and data. And it’s not only iPhone and other smartphon…

Walt Mossberg wrote a techy article about mobile broadband and T-Mobile’s stellar wireless network. Then he got into his “I’ve been testing” mood. Walt’s a great guy but too often gets caught up in h…

Recently carriers have argued for staggered mobile phone data plans. Carriers say that smartphone users, who consume large amounts of data, should pay more and typical mobile phone users should pay l…

Cell phone plans  were  first introduced in the 1980’s. Mobile carriers believed that customers should pay based on minutes used. As cell phones became more prevalent in the United States, mobile car…

(Updated March 7, 2023) For anyone born before online and mobile broadband, the dictionary was a thick, heavy book a kid lugged to school for reference. Adults kept a dictionary on a bookshelf. The p…

If the mobile Internet is similar to the regular Web, chances are you’ll never finish reading this post. According to Nielsen, the average American looks at a web page on average for 56 seconds.  Oth…

Have you noticed that mobile wireless accessibility isdropping? As I wrote in a post called “Mobility, Portability and Accessibility in a Wireless Age,” mobile and wireless devices are becoming large…