Report: Google mulling role in possible Yahoo bid

“Google is exploring the possibility of helping to finance a possible deal by others to acquire Internet search company Yahoo, according to a reputation published reputation by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday.”

Nokia and Microsoft add latest stage business mobility capabilities to Symbian Belle smartphones

Nokia announced forthcoming updates to its Symbian Belle operating system that turn the latest range of smartphones into a mobile office for any business. The free updates, called Microsoft® Apps, deliver a suite of Microsoft productivity applications to compatible Nokia smartphones to add to the comprehensive security and manageability features already contained in Symbian Belle. Requiring no additional infrastructure, these apps help add immediate business advantage to the first Symbian Belle devices as well as delivering

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AT&T-Verizon-T Mobile Sets $100M for Google Fight

“Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc. (T) and T- Mobile USA plan to invest more than $100 million in their joint venture that lets consumers pay for goods with mobile phones, citizenry with knowledge of the project said.”

Clearwire

“Clearwire Corp. (CLWR)’s interim Chief Executive Officer John Stanton, on the occupation less than two months, has replaced circus tent executives and nixed a potential asset cut-rate sale as he reforms the money-losing wireless broadband supplier.”

House Presses Apple, Google, Others on Location-Tracking Practices

“A House committee that oversees privacy issues sent letters to six developers of mobile operating systems on Monday—including Apple Inc. and Google Inc.—seeking more selective information about whether they are tracking users’ locations, as the scrutiny expands to the broader manufacture.”

Google Is Said to Test Mobile-Payment System With VeriFone

“Google Inc. plans to beginning testing a mobile-payment service at stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, lease shoppers use their phones to band up purchases, three citizenry familiar with the undertaking said.”

T-Mobile USA Seeks Sales Growth, Mulls Partnerships

” “T-Mobile is now ready to twist the business around,” Philipp Humm, the unit’s foreman executive military officer, said in a presentation to investors in New York today. The unit’s sales volition be increased by offering customers the “best” information architectural plan and the “best” fourth-multiplication net, he said. “

Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Going to Japanese Islands

The famous Samsung Galaxy S is exercise set to be launched by the NTT DoCoMo in Japanese Islands this calendar month, according to the troupe press liberation today. The Galaxy S will be launched with Android 2.2 and installed with NTT DoCoMo software system for its e-volume and i-mode chain armour services. Other than the Galaxy S, the new Galaxy Tab Android pill volition be also launched in Japanese Islands. NTT DoCoMo is expected to start

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T-Mobile Says 4G Can Wait, Clearwire WiMax Is

“Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile USA said it doesn’t motivation to haste into acquiring a quartern-generation mobile net, and it prefers engineering known as long-terminus evolution, or LTE, over Clearwire Corp.’s WiMax.”

C. H. Best Buy Mobile

C. H. Best Buy Mobile announces at its Holiday Preview event in New House of York that it is gift consumers another reason to be thankful for Fridays in October: Free Phone Fridays. Beginning Fri, October. 1 and running every Friday in October, Best Buy Mobile will feature four free mobile phones (one from each flattop) in all Best Buy and C. H. Best Buy Mobile River specialisation stores, as fountainhead as online at BestBuy.com/Mobile River.

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