Mobile Apps and Content

September 3, 2010

Baidu unveils app store

Filed under: App Store,Baidu,China,Daily News,Mobile Apps and Content,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 6:09 am

Chinese search engine Baidu has unveiled a web-based app store, the Box Computing Open Platform.

The platform will carry games, videos, e-books and other applications, accessible directly through the Baidu site using any web browser, WSJ.com said.&nb

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Wireless charging tech gets first standard

Filed under: ConvenientPower,Daily News,Energizer,Mobile Apps and Content,Nokia,Qi,WPC,Wireless charging,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

Wireless inductive charging technology is set to surge with the release of the first industry standard for wireless chargers for mobile phones and other gadgets.

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) announced the Qi 1.0 spec, an open standard finalized in July that covers low-power charging up to 5

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THE WRAP: Web TV war breaks out, Singapore’s NBN

Filed under: Apple,Blackberry,Daily News,Dell,Equinix,Fixed Access,Google,HP,India,Mobile Apps and Content,NBN,Operator Services,RIM,Singapore,Skype,Sony Ericsson,The Wrap,Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:08 am

This week internet titans prepped for the web TV wars, as Singapore’s next-gen fiber network cranked into life.

Apple slashed the price of its Apple TV hard-drive and announced 99-cent downloads for TV shows.

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Sony takes on Apple with video, music services

Filed under: Apple,Daily News,Entertainment,Europe,IPTV and Video on Demand,Internet TV,Mobile Apps and Content,Music Unlimited,Online entertainment,Operator Services,Sony,VoD,cloud computing,iTunes,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 6:07 am

Sony is making a play for a slice of the online entertainment market with new TV and music offerings designed to trump the best that Apple has to offer.

The consumer electronics giant promised its new video on demand service would deliver “hundreds of box office hits” from big-name studios, and said its

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FASTTAKES: DoT, HP, Telkom, BT, Vimpelcom, AlcaLu

Filed under: 3Par,Alcatel-Lucent,Daily News,Dell,Earnings,Fixed Access,HP,Mobile Apps and Content,Operator Services,Telkom,VimpelCom,Wireless Access — fmmonteverde @ 6:00 am

India’s DoT has begun allocating 3G spectrum to the seven winners of May’s 3G auctions. It requires operators to cover at least 90% of metro circles, and 50% of most of the other circles.

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September 2, 2010

Apple, Amazon join web TV war

Filed under: Amazon,Apple,Daily News,Entertainment,IPTV and Video on Demand,Internet TV,Mobile Apps and Content,Public,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 8:32 am

Apple has upped the stakes in the web loungeroom battle by slashing the price of its TV device and announcing 99-cent downloads for shows.

Hours after Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s new pitch Wednesday, online retailer

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Sony Ericsson Elm is rated greenest phone

Filed under: Daily News,Elm,Green ICT,Green IT,Mobile Apps and Content,Public,Sony Ericsson,UK,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 7:07 am

The Sony Ericsson Elm phone has been named the most sustainable handset in the UK by mobile operator O2.

The cellco awarded the Elm 4.3 out of 5 for its green credentials, using a methodology developed in partner

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AlcaLu gets x-platform firm OpenPlug

Filed under: Alcatel-Lucent,Android,Daily News,Linux,Merger and acquisition,Mobile Apps and Content,OpenPlug,Public,Symbian,Windows Mobile,iOS,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 7:06 am

Alcatel Lucent has bought cross-platform mobile software firm OpenPlug – its second addition to its app development capabilities in three months.

OpenPlug allows developers to write an application once and then convert it into native software for Apple’s iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile or Linux.

AlcaLu said it

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BRICI market web users to double by 2015

Filed under: BCG,BRICI,Brazil,China,Daily News,Fixed Access,Fixed Broadband,India,Indonesia,Mobile Apps and Content,PC,Public,Research Notes,Russia,Wireless Access,mobile phones,smartphones,wireless broadband — fmmonteverde @ 7:04 am

Web users in BRICI countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia – will almost double in the next five years, as PC and smartphone penetration grows, analysts say.

The number of subscribers accessing the web in the five markets will grow from 610 million in 2009 to 1.2 billion in 2015, Boston Consulting Group predicts, as PC penetration doubles

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Gartner warns of lower PC, chip sales

Filed under: Business and managed services,Daily News,Forecast,Gartner,Intel,Mobile Apps and Content,Operator Services,PC,Public,Research Notes,mobile phones — fmmonteverde @ 7:03 am

In another sign of slowing global demand, Gartner has cut its global PC outlook and warns of likely lower chip sales.

The research firm trimmed its PC outlook by two percentage points for the second half on lower consumer demand in the US and Western Europe, and

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