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  • AT&T offers businesses a smartphone credit-card payment service

    AT&T on Wednesday announced a service for small- and medium-size businesses that want to use smartphones to accept credit and debit card transactions from customers. The service is based on technology from payment device manufacturer Apriva of Scottsdale, Ariz.

    Written by Matt Hamblen08 July 10 06:14
  • BlackBerry copies iOS 4 feature in server upgrade

    Research in Motion released BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) 5.02 today, an update that, in an unusual turnabout, copies a mobile management capability from the iPhone's iOS: the ability to manage corporate data separately from personal data. That allows, for example, IT to block access to corporate email and contacts from a device if a user leaves the company or loses the BlackBerry, while leaving the user's personal data intact. Apple introduced a similar capability in its iOS 4.0 in early June.

    Written by Galen Gruman08 July 10 04:16
  • AT&T blames iPhone 4 slowdown on Alcatel bug

    Heavy demand for upload capacity from the iPhone 4 has exposed a flaw in the software for Alcatel-Lucent's 3G network equipment, temporarily forcing lower upstream speeds for some AT&T subscribers.

    Written by Stephen Lawson08 July 10 05:26
  • Apple pulls iPhone apps after rival devs claim fraud

    Apple today pulled a large number of apps created by a Vietnamese iPhone developer after claims by competitors that he had pushed his software to the top of the best seller list by purchasing them with stolen credit cards.

    Written by Gregg Keizer07 July 10 06:15
  • Nokia sells off wireless modem business

    Nokia is selling off its wireless modem business to Renesas Electronics, a move that could help the mobile giant better focus on phone competition and get rid of a business that may have been struggling.

    Written by Nancy Gohring07 July 10 04:09
  • Microsoft sharpening Razor view engine for ASP.Net

    Microsoft is developing a "view engine" for its ASP.Net Web development platform, optimized around HTML generation via a code-focused templating approach, a Microsoft official said in a blog post.

    Written by Paul Krill07 July 10 06:57
  • Adobe Flex to gain mobile app capabilities

    Adobe, with the planned "Hero" version of its open source Flex framework for building Web applications, will feature mobile application-building capabilities, the company said this week.

    Written by Paul Krill03 July 10 01:46
  • Motorola details breakup plans

    Motorola this week gave more details of its planned reorganization, saying it will spin off its mobile devices and home products business into a new entity called Motorola Mobility.

    Written by Stephen Lawson03 July 10 05:16
  • AT&T reaches settlement of old billing claims

    AT&T and lawyers representing class-action plaintiffs have reached a proposed settlement of lawsuits over billing by AT&T Wireless before 2004.

    Written by Stephen Lawson03 July 10 07:34
  • Apple blames faulty formula for iPhone 4 problems

    In response to mounting reports that the iPhone 4 offers sub-par call reception, Apple today admitted that an algorithm used in its new smartphone is flawed and promised to update its iOS 4 in the next few weeks.

    Written by Gregg Keizer03 July 10 02:59
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