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AT&T, Verizon Unveil Mobile Payment Venture

AT&T, Verizon Unveil Mobile Payment Venture

Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile formed a joint venture to allow their customers to pay for goods and services with their cellphones. Google's CEO said the next version of Android would allow phones to work as digital wallets.

 

HTC launching online app store?

HTC may launch an online app store that will sell both applications and e-Books according to a recent rumor.

 

Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens

Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens

Teens who text 120 times a day or more — and there seems to be a lot of them — are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research.

 

Nokia reabsorbs Symbian software

Nokia takes back control of the Symbian operating system, 18 months after it set up a non-profit organisation to oversee its development.

 

Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile

Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile

With all the talk focused on Android, iPhone, and lately Windows Phone 7, I’m glad the guys at Opera haven’t forgetten about the group of us who are still using Windows Mobile 6.5 (or earlier versions). Opera released a native version of Opera Mini 5 Beta for Windows Mobile earlier this year, and being a beta release, it was buggy. Sometime in September, they finally got a chance fix those bugs and improve the page rendering.

 

5 ways your cell phone can save you

5 ways your cell phone can save you

When Leigh Fazzina had a bike accident, she used Twitter to get help. Here are five things you can do right now to program your cell phone to save you.

 

Android vs. iPhone: Another round, another knockout

Android vs. iPhone: Another round, another knockout

When it comes to tech rivalries, everyone loves a good smackdown -- but the race for smartphone dominance is starting to feel like a blowout sporting event where there's almost no point in watching.

 

Wireless Carriers Sow '4G' Confusion

Wireless Carriers Sow '4G' Confusion

T-Mobile and Sprint are at odds over what counts as 4G. And the one organization that sets an official definition says none of them deliver speeds that qualify.

 

PayPal Races To Fix IPhone App Security Flaw

Internet-payment provider PayPal said its iPhone application contained a security flaw that could allow a hacker to access users' accounts and has rushed out an update to correct the problem.

 

Facebook, with 200M mobile users, will not make phone

Facebook, with 200M mobile users, will not make phone

Co-founder shares info about 'Deals,' other mobile apps, improvements for social networking site.

 

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