Mobile

Facebook Home goes after mobile market with 'ferocity' Computerworld That's a big advance into mobile for a company that just last spring listed mobility among its "risk factors" in an amended filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The company admitted that the quickening shift from traditional desktop ... See all stories on this topic »

T-Mobile Slows Defections, Pushes Merger Wall Street Journal T-Mobile USA reported it slowed subscriber defections in the first quarter, a positive development as the company's bid to merge with MetroPCS Communications Inc. has been thrown into doubt. The carrier has lost lucrative contract customers to bigger ... See all stories on this topic »

China Mobile, Vodafone Bid for Myanmar License Wall Street Journal SINGAPORE—The world's two biggest mobile operators, China Mobile Ltd. and Vodafone Group PLC, have joined forces to bid for a mobile telecommunications license in Myanmar. But competition is stiff with more than a dozen companies, including a fund ... See all stories on this topic »

Hurrahs and Harrumphs for T-Mobile New York Times (blog) In my Times column on Thursday, I cheered T-Mobile's bold decision to abandon the standard United States cellphone business model. There will be no more two-year contracts, no more idiotic 15-second voice mail instruction recordings, no more games with ... See all stories on this topic »

North Korea has hidden two mobile missiles on coast: reports Globe and Mail North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S. Pacific bases, South Korean media reported on Friday. The report could not be... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

For mobile phones, life begins at 40 GMA News "It was on 3 April 1973 that Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a call in New York on a Motorola DynaTAC – dubbed a 'brick' due to its size and weight – which was widely regarded globally as the first public mobile phone call," The Guardian said. See all stories on this topic »

TripAdvisor Can Tap Big Mobile Growth With Samsung's Help Forbes TripAdvisor has been investing heavily in its mobile platform to leverage increasing opportunities in the mobile space. It announced the launch of its mobile website in March 2010 and has since added apps for the iPhone, Android, Nokia, Palm ... See all stories on this topic »

Wayne Library launches mobile app NorthJersey.com Sharp adds that the app has other features such as BookCheck, which allows patrons the opportunity to check out books and magazines without waiting on line. BookLook Mobile also lets you scan the barcode that appears on the back of all books referred ... See all stories on this topic »

T-Mobile Accepting Pre-Orders for $99 iPhone 5 PC Magazine The popular Apple smartphone won't be available in T-Mobile stores until April 12, but customers can pre-order it on the carrier's website now. The base 16GB variant in either black or white will set you back $99.99 down, plus $20 per month for 24 months. See all stories on this topic »