Mobile World Congress 2014: Winners And Losers – InformationWeek
InformationWeekCheck out the most (and least) impressive gadgets and developments from the year’s biggest mobile confab. Mobile World Congress: 5…
Apple software to drive smart Ferrari – CNBC.com
CNBC.comFirst the mobile phone, now the car. Having revolutionised personal communication Apple now wants to change the way we drive.…
Oscars 2014: Play bingo and more games while watching the Academy Awards – The Post-Standard
Oscars 2014: Play bingo and more games while watching the Academy AwardsThe Post-StandardAnd our friends at The Star-Ledger have shared…
Rodeo Parade takes over downtown Houston today – abc13.com
abc13.comif you can’t make it to downtown Houston, we’ve got you covered. You can tune in at 10am on ABC13.…
Academy Awards Will Stream Live Online – RollingStone.com
RollingStone.comAttention, Oscars obsessives on-the-go: This Sunday’s broadcast of the 86th Academy Awards will be available to stream live online and…
CTV to Live Stream Academy Awards – Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterTORONTO — Canadians will be able to watch the Academy Awards online for the first time ever on Sunday,…
California court rules it is okay for drivers to check mobile maps – PCWorld
PCWorldAn appeals court in California ruled that it is legal for a person to hold his phone to look at…
Court: No-phones traffic law does not apply to apps – BBC News
BBC NewsA California law that bans drivers from talking on mobile phones without a hands-free device does not bar them…
Man arrested in triple stabbing in Lynnwood – The Seattle Times (blog)
The Seattle Times (blog)UPDATE 10:55 a.m. | A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the stabbings at the…
Justin Bieber, ‘Fraping’ and 50 things we hate about modern life – The Independent
The IndependentThen there’s his army of acerbic Twitter trolls (23) – the Beliebers – each one no doubt the possessor…
A Mobile Streaming Guide To The 2014 Academy Awards – AppAdvice
A Mobile Streaming Guide To The 2014 Academy AwardsAppAdviceThe 86th Annual Academy Awards arrive on Sunday, March 2 from the…
Google announces dev conferences for Project Ara modular phone kit – Register
RegisterGoogle says it is planning a series of three developer conferences this year in support of Project Ara, the modular…
IBM seeks mobile apps for Watson – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco ChronicleIBM Corp. is encouraging software developers to build applications on its artificial-intelligence system Watson, looking to data analytics…
Verizon, T-Mobile endorse smartphone ‘kill switch’ effort – PCWorld
PCWorldExecutives with three U.S. mobile carriers have voiced support for an effort in the U.S. Congress to encourage mobile carriers…
IBM’s Rometty makes developers an offer: the Watson mobile app challenge – PCWorld
PCWorldIBM CEO Ginni Rometty took to the Mobile World Congress stage Wednesday to announce a global competition to encourage developers…
The hottest gadgets at world’s biggest mobile tech show – CNN
CNN(CNN) — Mobile World Congress returned to form this year, with Samsung, Sony, and Huawei all choosing to launch flagship…
Apple Starts iBeacon Certification Under ‘Made for iPhone’ Program – The Mac Observer
The Mac ObserveriBeacon Apple has begun certifying devices for the “iBeacon” mark under its MFi (“Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad”) licensing program.…
Nokia Asha 230 is Nokia’s cheapest yet (hands-on) – CNET
CNETBARCELONA, Spain — Of the new Nokia phones announced at Mobile World Congress, the Nokia Asha 230 is the only…
Entrepreneur’s Social-Media Site Is Tailor-Made for Myanmar – Forbes
ForbesWith a background in mobile gaming and social networking, Nguyen is helping to fuel an internet revolution, just as the…
Was WhatsApp really worth the $19 billion price? – VatorNews
VatorNewsFacebook’s purchase of mobile messaging app WhatsApp earlier this week, for a jaw-dropping total of $19 billion, is a big…
Microsoft Targets Global Internet Growth With Cheaper Phones – Bloomberg
BloombergMicrosoft Corp. (MSFT) is accelerating its push into mobile software, adding new hardware manufacturers and joining forces with chipmaker Qualcomm…
A Right Move After All? Whatsapp Purchase To Expand Facebook’s Consumer … – Al-Bawaba
Al-BawabaA right move after all? Whatsapp purchase to expand Facebook’s consumer base in the Middle East. A right move after…
WhatsApp Back up After Going Down – Guardian Liberty Voice
Guardian Liberty VoiceWhatsApp The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp is back up after having gone down for three hours on…
Apple, Samsung fail to reach settlement in US patent infringement case – Business Standard
Business StandardApple and Samsung have reportedly failed to agree on a US patent dispute settlement and will be facing each…
Apple Issues Patch for Security Risk in iOS7 – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalApple released a software update for iOS 7, its mobile operating system, to patch a potential security risk…
High price for WhatsApp ups ante among big spenders in tech industry – Online Athens
Online AthensSAN FRANCISCO | The $19 billion that Facebook Inc. is paying for a smartphone application, one of the biggest…
Update your iThings NOW: Apple splats scary SSL snooping bug in iOS – Register
RegisterUpdated2 Apple has updated its mobile operating system iOS to patch a bug that blows apart the integrity of encrypted…
Facebook deal for $19b app no shock to tech execs – Boston Globe
Boston GlobeFacebook’s $19 billion acquisition of the mobile messaging startup WhatsApp was widely labeled a stunner, but the news seemed…
Apple Buys App-Testing Company Burstly as Acquisitions Increase – Businessweek
BusinessweekApple Inc. (AAPL:US), speeding up the pace of acquisitions, bought Burstly Inc., a software company that helps developers create smartphone…
WhatsApp Free Texting Seen Siphoning $33 Billion From Carriers – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle(See EXT6 for more on the acquisition.) Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc.’s $19 billion purchase of mobile-messaging…
In Asia, WhatsApp posts mixed message for Facebook – Reuters
ReutersSingapore Feb 21 (Reuters) – WhatsApp may be hugely popular but its forays into Asia, the world’s biggest mobile market,…
Fresh Off Super Bowl Launch, Raleigh’s Yillio Preps for Golf’s US Open – ExitEvent
ExitEventThe Raleigh mobile app startup that made a splash with its Super Bowl launch last month announces today its second…