Mobile Software

Facebook unveils new Home mobile software MarketWatch MENLO PARK (MarketWatch) -- Facebook Inc. (US:fb) unveiled a new mobile software product called Facebook Home for mobile devices on Thursday. The software is designed to work with devices running the Android operating system from Google ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook's New Mobile Software Raises Privacy Questions MediaPost Communications Facebook's new mobile software, Facebook Home, is already raising the hackles of privacy activists, who say the company's poor record is cause for concern. “From a privacy perspective, Facebook is an unstable platform for a communication service,” ... See all stories on this topic »

News bites: Facebook unveils mobile software package The Hill (blog) Facebook unveiled a package of mobile software on Thursday that is designed to encourage users to be more active on the social network, according to The New York Times. The Associated Press says Facebook is moving into Google's turf with its Home ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook unveils Android software suite Channel News Asia MENLO PARK, California: Facebook on Thursday unveiled a software suite which stakes out a "home" on Android smartphones as it steps up its challenge to Apple and Google in the boomingmobile market. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the new ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook Reveals New Software for Android Smartphones Fox Business Facebook Inc. (FB) unveiled a new smartphone application Thursday that greets users with itsmobile software each time they check their handsets, the social network's latest effort to grab a bigger share of the mobile market. The software runs atop ... See all stories on this topic »

Recap: Facebook's mobile phone event MarketWatch (blog) Facebook Inc. /quotes/zigman/9962609 /quotes/nls/fb FB showed off its new Home mobile software at an event at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters on Thursday. The software creates a new home screen for Android-based smartphones. HTC announced a ... See all stories on this topic »

MobStac unveils software to manage mobile sites, apps Hindu Business Line MobStac has launched a new software programming interface that helps developers build and manage mobile Web sites and apps. The Bangalore-based company funded by Accel Partners provides a publishing platform on the Internet for Web sites that can ... See all stories on this topic »

African Opportunities At Mobile Commerce Executive Forum AllAfrica.com MicroStrategy South Africa, a worldwide provider of business intelligence and mobile software, will co-host the Mobile Commerce Executive Forum on 11 April 2013 at The Forum in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Mark Bannerman, director at MicroStrategy South ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook Software Puts It Front and Center on Android Phones New York Times (blog) On Thursday, Facebook unveiled its latest, most ambitious effort to crack the challenge: a package of mobile software called Facebook Home that is designed to draw more users and nudge them to be more active on the social network. The new suite of ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook makes a major foray into mobile Washington Post “By creating a deeper integration with mobile software, Facebook is looking to compete at the same level as a starting point for consumer behavior — which is increasingly where the big tech titans do battle,” said Clark Frederickson, vice president at ... See all stories on this topic »

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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 »