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Japan's Top 3 Mobile Carriers Agree To Support Global NFC Standard TechCrunch Japan, one of the most advanced mobile nations in the world, doesn't want to be a “cell phone Galapagos” anymore, at least when it comes to payments over NFC. Paying with cell phones is already ubiquitous in Japan, but now the country's top three... See all stories on this topic »

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Mobile Tour Hits New Orleans' Movie Hot Spots Fox News | AP AP Dec 15, 2011:A clip from a movie is shown as part of New Orleans Movie Tours, which launched this summer. It takes passengers aboard a van equipped with movie screens and a sound system to locations where famous movie scenes were filmed. ... See all stories on this topic »

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Akamai Acquires Mobile, Cloud Traffic Optimizer Cotendo
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic, the companies said on Thursday. Akamai is paying about US$268 million in cash, according to a joint ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile, Ala., mayor finds intruder in garage, holds him at gunpoint until ...
Washington Post
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile police say a man has been charged with burglary after Mayor Sam Jones found him in his garage and held him at gunpoint until officers arrived. Jones' spokeswoman Barbara Drummond says the mayor went to a grocery store Tuesday ...
See all stories on this topic »Livewire Mobile Releases Android Apps for Mobile Operators
MarketWatch (press release)
Designed to enable smartphone and tablet users with on-device access to content services integrated with their mobile carrier, the music and games store apps are curated by LivewireMobile's own staff of regional content experts and powered by a ...
See all stories on this topic »T-Mobile Mulls Uncertain Future, Despite $4 Billion Consolation
Forbes
T-Mobile is expected to earn a $4 billion consolation prize for losing out on its expected merger with AT&T, but the carrier's future remains up in the air. AT&T earlier this year agreed to pay T-Mobile $3 billion in cash and another $1 billion worth ...
See all stories on this topic »KPN to Sell Simyo Virtual Mobile Operation in France to Bouygues Telecom
Bloomberg
Bouygues Telecom (EN) agreed to take over Royal KPN NV (KPN)'s Simyo mobile-phone brand in France, securing customers already using its network as competition grows in the country's wireless industry. The sale of KPN France, which operates Simyo as a ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile Advertising and Marketing - 5th Edition
Sacramento Bee
22, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ --Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: There are close to 6 billion active mobile subscriptions across the globe, which can be compared with about 2 billion Internet users. ...
See all stories on this topic »AT&T's retreat from T-Mobile deal is a chance to make wireless future brighter
Washington Post
As you may know, the cellphone carrier in March put plans into motion to acquire its competitor T-Mobile to the tune of $39 billion. The merger would have made AT&T the largest carrier in America, and it would have also arguably created a duopoly where ...
See all stories on this topic »Really Mobile Quarterbacks: Super Bowl XLVI to Be Streamed
DailyFinance
Verizon's (VZ) NFL Mobile app will also have access to the most important game of the pro football season. There's been plenty written about smartphones and tablets as "good enough" computers, eating away at desktop and laptop sales in recent quarters. ...
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