Featured Report: Microsoft finally cracks down on deceptive Windows Store 'crap apps'

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Nokia to bring HERE mapping platform to Android via partnership with Samsung

Aug,29,2014

by: Phil Goldstein

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) said it will bring its HERE mapping platform to devices that run Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android software starting with Samsung Electronics' Galaxy smartphones. The deal represents a major win for Nokia since the company sold its devices business to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in April.

According to Nokia, thanks to a licensing deal with Samsung, a HERE beta for Android will be made available for free in October when Samsung rolls out its Gear S smart watch, which runs on the Tizen platform but also supports HERE. That should strengthen the link between the wearable device and Samsung's smartphones, which can be paired together via Bluetooth. Read more

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Microsoft finally cracks down on deceptive Windows Store 'crap apps'

Aug,28,2014

by: Mark Hachman

So-called deceptive “crap apps” have always plagued the Windows Store. But now, Microsoft appears to be finally ready to do something about them.

In a blog post late Wednesday, Microsoft said that it had removed 1,500 deceptively named apps as part of a policy shift to crack down on developers “trying to game the system with misleading titles or descriptions,” the company said.

A year ago, Microsoft publicly said that the Windows Store has more than 100,000 apps, and it’s unlikely that that number has climbed higher than 200,000 apps by now. But as far back as Oct. 2012—before Windows 8 even launched—analysts were pointing out that the fate of the Windows 8 app store didn’t need a large number of apps to be successful. It needed quality, and that’s not what Microsoft delivered. Instead, consumers are faced with numerous clone apps and paid “alternatives” to freeware, both outcomes that give those users a bad taste in their mouths.  Read More

Wireless Week

AT&T Rolls Out New Secure Cloud for Government Clients

Sept,02,2014

by: Ben Munson

AT&T today announced a new secure cloud storage offer for Federal Government agencies. Synaptic Storage as a Service for Government is a multi-tenant, community solution.

The carrier has built in the same features and policies as its commercial cloud storage service but it’s added other functions to beef up security.

The STaaS storage towers are physically separated from other towers in the data center, government customer data won’t co-exist with commercial data, government customers get a separate cloud portal, and all their users are assigned RSA hard token for 2-Factor Authentication.   Read More

Mobile Marketing

Apple Updates Mobile App Ad-serving Guidelines

Sept,01,2014
by: Tim Maytom

Apple has released new, stricter guidelines for developers submitting apps to the iTunes store designed to serve ads.

Under the new rules, Apple will reject mobile apps that don’t use Advertising Identifiers, specifically the IDFA, a unique ID for each iOS device that is the only way to offer targetd ads across the network. Apps may also be rejected if they use the IDFA but do not display ads properly or have a built-in advertising, or indicate they don’t use the IDFA when they do.

With more and more developers using deep linking to help people discover relevant content within their apps, identifying content-related ads in apps has become increasingly important. Apple has expanded its iAd advertising network into 16 countries and regions, moving into Russia and Switzerland most recently.  Read More

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Featured Report:Looks are everything in wearable tech

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The Tizen smartphone flopped -- and open source is to blame

July,29,2014

by: Galen Gruman

You know the saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Now that Samsung has "indefinitely" delayed the launch of its first Tizen smartphone, can anyone believe any more open source mobile promises?

Open source mobile efforts have a history of failure: Moblin, Maemo, MeeGo, and Tizen are all examples that have been shepherded into oblivion by the Linux Foundation and an assembly of vendors. Canonical's Ubuntu Touch, Mozilla's Firefox OS, and Jolla's Sailfish (derived from MeeGo) all seem to be following similar trajectories to nowhere. Read More

Fierce Wireless

BlackBerry exec indicates more enterprise-focused devices are in the pipeline

July,29,2014

by: Phil Goldstein

BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) is aiming its forthcoming Passport smartphone squarely at the enterprise market, but has plans for enterprise-focused devices beyond that.

At an event in New York City that focused on enterprise security, BlackBerry executives touted the Passport, which will be released in September. The gadget has a 4.5-inch square HD screen and a physical keyboard. However, it's not the only enterprise-focused phone BlackBerry is planning, thought he company did not provide many details on its future product roadmap.  Read More

Tech Republic U.S.

Looks are everything in wearable tech

July,29,2014

by: Teena Hammond 

One of the first panel questions related to size. Does an oversized wearable appeal as much to the consumer as a more moderately sized one?

"It's about the application that matters. Sometimes it's if the wearable is meant for a construction worker, size might not be an issue, but if it's for a hardcore athletic sportsman and sportswoman, then definitely size matters," said Mikko Malmivaara, sales and marketing manager for Clothing Plus Ltd., which makes sensors for wearable tech clothing.

It's not just the size of the device, but how it fits against the body, said Amy Puliafito, spokesperson for Misfit Wearables, which produces the popular Misfit Shine fitness device. "In everything we did with Shine we were trying to eliminate a lot of friction points people have with their activity trackers," she said.  Read More

Fierce Developer

Vision Mobile: One-quarter of developers make nothing from apps

July,25,2014

by: Shane Schick

A disappointing 24 percent of developers will make absolutely nothing from the apps and mobile games they create, according to Vision Mobile. The firm's Developer Economics Report Q3 2014 is based on survey responses from more than 10,000 developers in 137 countries. 

• 50 percent of iOS developers and 64 percent of Android developers are below what Vision Mobile calls the "app poverty line" of $500 per app per month. 
• Besides the 24 percent who make nothing from apps, Vision Mobile said a further 23 percent make less than $100 per app per month. 
• The overall app economy includes its own "one percent." In this case, 1.6 percent of developers have apps earning more than $500k per month
• Games dominate app store revenues, but 57 percent of those games make less than $500 per month.
• Vision Mobile found that the more games a developer has shipped, the more likely they are to be financially successful. However, 70 percent of game developers have shipped less than four titles. Read More

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Featured Report: FCC Fines Sprint $7.5 Million in Do Not Call Case

FCC Fines Sprint $7.5 Million in Do Not Call Case Wireless Week May,20,2014 by:Staff WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Communications Commission says Sprint will pay $7.5 million in the largest Do Not Call settlement to date for making unwanted telemarketing calls and sending texts to consumers. The FCC said Monday that Sprint will also put a two-year plan in place to make sure it complies with commission requirements designed to prevent people from receiving unwanted marketing calls. The settlement follows an earlier one in 2011 in which Sprint paid $400,000 due to similar complaints. Read More

Samsung garners 71 pct of world smartwatch market in Q1   Yohnap News Agency May,19,2014 by:Staff SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's tech giant, Samsung Electronics Co., took 71 percent of the global market for smartwatches in the first quarter of 2014, data showed Monday. Samsung shipped 500,000 units of smartwatches over the first three months of this year, according to tech industry watcher Strategy Analytics. It was an increase from Samsung's market share of 52.4 percent in 2013, when it sold 1 million units around the globe. Read More

Mobile Operators Should Be Enterprising with VoLTE Strategy Wireless Week May,07,2014 By:Michael Tessler, President and CEO, Broadsoft For years, Voice over LTE (VoLTE) settled into a “one step forward, two steps back” rhythm that slowed mobile operator deployments. The potential benefits of VoLTE (more cost effective operationally, superior voice quality, enablement of advanced communications services, etc.) were rarely questioned, but guaranteeing end-to-end service quality and reliability proved elusive and undermined the confidence of operators that VoLTE could hold its own as a mainstream consumer and enterprise-grade technology. Read More

Small Business Owners,  Do you want your business to POP! In today's business climate mobility is coming the best way to reach your customers But most mobile apps for business require you to create many different versions of the same app to work with the array of mobile OS's. That can cost you money and time to get that app into the hands of your customers.But what if I showed you how you can get a mobile app for your business that will not only work on all mobile devices, but also work on tablets and PC at no additional cost.Then let me introduce you to WhosPoppin mobile apps.   The WhosPoppin mobile app is different from most other apps because it's developed once and can run on any mobile device,tablet or PC. That in itself would make WhosPoppin one of the best mobile app for your business, but let look closer at the WhosPopin mobile app. most mobile apps will create a mobile version of your business website and allow your customers to visit your page but that's about it. But when WhosPopin develops your app you get links to all social media sites like, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube and Pinterest.   WhosPopin also links your email,and phone to the apps. Best of all WhosPoppin allow your visitor to buy directly from your website and post it to their social media sites and the Youtube features lets you stream your video message directly to your customers. Now here the kicker WhosPoppin does this with making jump from app to app like other mobile app developers. Means your customers spend less time look for the right icon and more time doing the things you want them to do online buying from your website. So does WhosPoppin sounds like the mobile solution your are looking for for your business? Do you want to know more? visit our demo site at http://www.wirehead.whospoppin.com

Featured Report: Will customers become winners or losers in the wireless carrier wars?

Will customers become winners or losers in the wireless carrier wars? RCR Wireless May,05,2014 By:Bobby Penn Although the wars between the wireless network carriers have been waging for some time, the fourth wave of monetization where digital services will drive the next trillion dollars in revenue, has lately become much more intense. In this "warzone," the biggest challenge for carriers has been to reduce overall customer churn and drive average revenue per user. Read More

Motorola Solutions Touts New MPact Indoor Mobile Marketing Platform   Wireless Week May,06,2014 by:Andrew Berg Motorola Solutions today expanded on its retail offerings with the launch of Mpact, a new unified indoor locationing platform. Aimed at mobile marketing in bricks-and-mortar stores, the platform utlizes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Smart technology to engage with shoppers by offering them coupons and assistance. Read More

Google Wallet Is Coming To Glass Tech Crunch May,06,2014 by:Frederic Lardinois Google Wallet is coming to Glass soon. According to a source close to the company, Google is currently testing a way for Glass users to send money to their friends through Wallet by simply using their voices to ask Glass to "send money." The company is testing this service internally right now, but chances are it will launch to all Glass users in the near future. Read More

Small Business Owners,  Do you want your business to POP! In today's business climate mobility is coming the best way to reach your customers But most mobile apps for business require you to create many different versions of the same app to work with the array of mobile OS's. That can cost you money and time to get that app into the hands of your customers.But what if I showed you how you can get a mobile app for your business that will not only work on all mobile devices, but also work on tablets and PC at no additional cost.Then let me introduce you to WhosPoppin mobile apps.   The WhosPoppin mobile app is different from most other apps because it's developed once and can run on any mobile device,tablet or PC. That in itself would make WhosPoppin one of the best mobile app for your business, but let look closer at the WhosPopin mobile app. most mobile apps will create a mobile version of your business website and allow your customers to visit your page but that's about it. But when WhosPopin develops your app you get links to all social media sites like, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube and Pinterest.   WhosPopin also links your email,and phone to the apps. Best of all WhosPoppin allow your visitor to buy directly from your website and post it to their social media sites and the Youtube features lets you stream your video message directly to your customers. Now here the kicker WhosPoppin does this with making jump from app to app like other mobile app developers. Means your customers spend less time look for the right icon and more time doing the things you want them to do online buying from your website. So does WhosPoppin sounds like the mobile solution your are looking for for your business? Do you want to know more? visit our demo site at http://www.wirehead.whospoppin.com

Featured Report: AT&T, IBM Partner on New IOC, M2M Solutions

AT&T, IBM Partner on New IOC, M2M Solutions Wireless Week Feb,18,2014 By:Andrew Berg AT&T and IBM today announced a partnership that aims to develop solutions that help support the "Internet of Things." (IOC) According to a press release, the two companies will combine their analytic platforms, cloud, and security technologies to gain more insights on data collected from machines in a variety of industries. Read More

Japanese firm Rakuten splashes $900M for OTT service Viber   Fierce Wireless Feb,14,2014 by:Phil Goldstein Japanese retailer and e-commerce company Rakuten, which owns Kobo e-readers and online retailer Play.com, is acquiring Viber Media and its popular Viber over-the-top messaging service for $900 million.In a statement, Rakuten said that it "aims to be the global No. 1 Internet services company, and in addition to our existing e-Commerce and Internet finance services, this acquisition will allow the company to build on several digital contents services, and advance into new markets." Read More

Reality Check: Why carriers must be responsible for mobile efficiency RCR Wireless Feb,18,2014 by:Philip Mustain Several years ago, when smartphones were beginning to gain popularity, major carriers like AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and Sprint were actively promoting unlimited data plans to entice business and consumer customers. These days however, they've changed their tune. Lowell McAdam, the CEO of Verizon Communicatons, sees the unlimited data plan as unsustainable under rising customer demand; saying: "Eventually, unlimited has to go away." Read More

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