Symbian^4 OS joins app competition

New look emulates iPhone and Android: Link to article.

Retailers employ apps to expand sales

On-the-spot product information, coupons, and accessories in the palm of consumers hand. Barriers to hours and inventory fall: Link to article.

AP and newspapers join to monetize content

"Gateway" to sidestep search engines and headline aggregators. Will consumers pay for personalized delivery available unpackaged elsewhere?: Link to article.

Smartphones drive recovery, growth of mobile market

Gartner predicts 11 to 13% expansion of deployment. Worldwide penetration at 4.6 billion devices: Link to article.

Cellular towers plug into fiber optic networks

High-capacity connections beginning to relieve network congestion: Link to article.

Mobile broadband moves front and center

FCC plan to seek reclamation of significant bandwith: Link to article

FCC study indicates significant pressure for upgrade: Link to article

E-books shift Barnes & Noble to e-commerce paradigm

Bricks and mortar bookseller leverages e-reader, Nook, and online books sales to take aim at Amazon and Apple: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/450714-Riggio_Barnes_Noble_to_Become_E_Commerce_Retailer.php?nid=2286&source=title&rid=17232937

Windows 7 for mobile to support multi-tasking

System resources the only limit for concurrent apps: http://mobilitytoday.com/news/009696/Leaked_Documents_Windows_Phone_7_Series_Multitasking

Walmart joins Internet-to-TV film delivery competition

World's largest retailer acquires start-up that dovetails with console sales: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/technology/23video.html?hpw

Chip makers gird for mobile wars

Lower-power, higher-performance silicon on the horizon: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/technology/22chip.html?hpw

Firefox to debut on mobile this fall

Big step toward a portable desktop-class browser: http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/02/17/firefox-mobile-for-android-launching-late-this-year/#comment-470361

Microsoft Windows 7 for mobile gets positive spin

Total remake puts the empire back in the ballgame: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/windows-phone-7-series-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadgetmobile+%28Engadget+Mobile%29

Skype fights for access on mobile platforms

Carriers and regulators struggle with business model: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/18voip.html?hpw

Google's Buzz fixes security concerns

Now, it's greatest drawback is its complexity: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/personaltech/18pogue.html?hpw

Wireless broadband a questionmark

Large providers unsure of revenue model for super-fast service: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/technology/16lte.html?hpw

30 TV stations now broadcasting to mobile

Networks aim to regain lost audiences: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/business/media/15mobile.html?hpw

Microsoft reboots mobile OS

Fresh start follows on heels of Nokia and Intel joint OS venture announcement at Barcelona meet: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/technology/16phone.html?hp

Nokia and Intel team up for new open-source OS

Software to run on all platforms, including mobile and laptaps: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/intel-and-nokia-team-up-on-mobile-software/?hp

Google's new social networking software, Buzz, off to rocky start

Privacy concerns by users force changes: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/technology/internet/15google.html?hpw

Apple's influence dominates Barcelona mobile fair

App leader now world's third largest manufacturer of smartphones: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/technology/companies/15apple.html?hpw

E-book price increases accompany publishers victory

Prices up as much as $5.00 over Amazon baseline of $9.99, irking readers: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/technology/11reader.html?emc=eta1

Iran cuts off Internet and social networking sites

Protesters use of Twitter thwarted: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/world/middleeast/11tehran.html?emc=eta1

Google pushes broadband intiative

Internet giant to create mega-speed network as demonstration for state-of-the-art computing. Open Internet at stake: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/technology/companies/11google.html?emc=eta1

Plan follows on the heels of Nexus One, the company's "demonstration" mobile device. Are these hardware ventures a strategy to improve the value and performance of Google's cloud?

Gmail to get social networking features

Is it proprietary or will it use rival Facebook and Twitter links? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/technology/companies/09social.html?emc=eta1

Microsoft and Nat'l Science Foundation offer scientists cloud computing

Grants from the foundation and contributions from software giant provide computing systems capable of storing and analyzing vast amounts of data.: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/05cloud.html?emc=eta1