Customers of Bloomberg LP's real-time market data who have long been receiving feeds on their BlackBerrys can now receive them on their Windows Mobile-based devices, thanks to a recently completed development effort.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/20/2008
During his keynote address at Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) Monday, CEO Steve Jobs debuted the company's new iPhone 3G, an update to the popular mobile phone and computing device set for delivery July 11. Developers also took the stage during the keynote to show off new technologies arriving for the platform.
The flood of social-networking technologies rushing into the enterprise is forcing IT to become still more flexible.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2008
Amit Mital, general manager of Microsoft's Live Mesh group, had a message for developers attending the Web 2.0 Expo underway this week: Think open platform.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/24/2008
Microsoft unveiled three additions to its mobile product lines at the CTIA Wireless 2008 event today, with much of the emphasis being placed on enabling custom mobile solutions for the enterprise.
Timed with the 2008 Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week, Microsoft made announcements pushing its interests further into the consumer and global mobile market.
The software tools war is getting more interesting as Microsoft-Google square off with Volta vs. GWT and Adobe seeks to preserve its dominance in dynamic app development technology.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/03/2008
Data security becomes an even bigger concern when users go mobile. Here are some ways to keep your mobile data safe.
- By Joern Wettern
- 01/01/2008
Zumobi, until last month known as ZenZui, seeks to address key shortcoming of mobile browsers -- that they are slow and hard to navigate.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/14/2007
In a major shift by a large wireless network provider, Verizon Wireless will open its network next year to applications and devices not provided by the carrier.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/27/2007
Google and IBM are providing resources to universities focusing on Internet-scale application studies.
German engineering company Siemens AG said Friday it will work with Microsoft Corp. to develop communication, information, entertainment and navigation products for vehicles.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/07/2007
Readers weigh in on Linux and Windows Mobile.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 09/01/2007
Readers appreciate the features of Windows Mobile 5.0, but getting it to work consistently on most devices is difficult.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 07/01/2007
Mobile personal devices are very convenient, but often quite dangerous.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 07/01/2007
BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful -- and now, a threat to French state secrets. That, at least, is the fear of French government defense experts, who have advised against their use by officials in France's corridors of power, reportedly to avoid snooping by U.S. intelligence agencies.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/21/2007
T-Mobile USA on Tuesday will launch the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft's latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/22/2007
According to security professionals, it's possible for users of Microsoft's new RDP 6.0 client to bypass server-side security settings and successfully establish connections—even when their sessions haven't been authenticated.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/21/2007
The next generation of wireless Internet products certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance is expected to hit shelves this summer, even though a final standard for the technology isn't due for another year, the industry group says.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/16/2007
Research in Motion this week announced it is developing a Visual Studio plug-in for developing apps for BlackBerry devices, a move that follows its late-April announcement of software that will provide Windows Mobile 6-based phones with a "virtual" BlackBerry experience.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 05/08/2007