CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Ent. Day 2 Roundup

While Southern California was still burning, the news from Day 2 of CTIA included more announcements and SMS help for SoCal:The announcement by Dustin Moskovitz, founder of Facebook and Mike Lazaridis, founder of RIM, during a keynote address at CTIA...

SoCal Fires Mainly Good News for Qualcomm

The massive fires in Southern California have made the name Qualcomm ubiquitous in news stories.  The evacuees at Qualcomm Stadium were pleased with the food, amenities and services, shinning a positive light on the San Diego wireless technology innovator. There...

Qualcomm Gobi Chip Dips into Many Carriers

Qualcomm announced a new computer chip that can provide wireless access over EV-DO(Sprint, Verizon) or HSPA (AT&T) technologies. Notebooks featuring the multi-mode Gobi solution can take advantage of the high-speed mobile Internet services offered by leading network operators in virtually...

CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Ent. Day 1 Roundup

Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was a keynote speaker and announced a new server smartphone software from Microsoft there were lots of other news stories at CTIA. Tom Kraznit at CNET posted a blog entry about how a panel talked...

Wireless Video 100x Faster than Wi-Fi from IBM & MediaTek

IBM and MediaTek announced that they will combine their expertise in millimeter wave (mmWave) radio technology ( the highest frequency portion of the radio spectrum where massive amounts of information can be sent quickly) and digital chipsets to create revolutionary...