Articles tagged with: Microsoft and Verizon

Microsoft Announces New Mobile Advertising Partners

microsoft announced that several major European mobile publishers and network operators have chosen microsoft as their mobile advertising partner. The announcement builds on the acquisition of ScreenTonic and the roll out of advertising opportunities on microsoft's owned and operated mobile services.  more

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Project Uses Cell Phones as Computers in the Classroom

Educational software for cell phones, a suite of tools developed at the University of Michigan, is being used to turn smart phones into personal computers for students in two Texas classrooms.  more

Related Tags: ict, verizon-wireless, texas, personal, smart, text-message, mp3, school, mobile-learning, students,


In Global Telecoms, Emerging-Market Players Take Pole Positions

Telecom companies from emerging markets navigated the rough economic waters far better than their peers in developed markets, and they are starting to expand outside their home turf, according to Oliver Wyman's 2009 Communications, Media, and Technology State of the Industry Report.  more

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Microsoft Wins Mobile Search Deal with Verizon

Verizon Wireless has signed a deal with microsoft to provide portal, local and Internet search as well as mobile advertising services to customers on its devices. The five-year agreement will go into effect in the first half of 2009 when microsoft Live Search is targeted to be available on new Verizon Wireless feature phones and smartphones.  more

Related Tags: google, smartphone, smartphones, verizon-wireless, mobile-advertising, mobile-search, nielsen, display, mobile-web,


Motorola Reported to be Working on a "Google Phone"

It has been reported that Motorola is ramping up development of mobile phones based on the Google backed Android Operating System. The company is understood to have 50 staff working on Android phones and is ramping up its team to 350 people.  more

Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, smartphone, motorola, qualcomm, smartphones, wind, gartner, symbian, mobile-linux, operating-system, windows, linux, os, fingerprints


Mobile Operators Confused About "Open Mobile" Movement

A study of the movement to Open Mobile concludes that carriers are confused about the potential economics of open networks and believe their own myths about having their businesses become "commoditized" and being turned into "dumb pipes."  more

Related Tags: android, google, verizon-wireless, rim, mobile-internet, oss, open-source, nokia,, apps, true,


Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market.  more

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