Happy Droid Day!
After weeks of speculation, followed by a real announcement, followed by more waiting, Motorola and Verizon have finally released the Droid, the supposed iPhone-killer which is the first device using version 2.0 of Google’s Android operating system.
The reviews have been positive so far, with gadget… Continue Reading
Voxeo acquires Motorola’s voice-based browser technology
Voxeo, a communications company that lets you retrieve your bank balance via voice commands, is announcing today it has acquired the voice-based browser business from Motorola.
Orlando, Fla.-based Voxeo has acquired Motorola’s OEM VoiceXML browser business as well as exclusive rights to Motorola’s VoxGateway VoiceXML browser…. Continue Reading
Motorola unveils CLIQ smartphone, social MOTOBLUR service based on Android
Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha is giving attendees a look at Moto’s upcoming Android-based smartphone onstage at GigaOM’s Mobilize 2009 conference this morning in San Francisco.
He’s showing off MOTOBLUR (all caps, sigh), a phone service based on Google’s Android mobile operating system that will be out… Continue Reading
Roundup: Ad market reset, Windows 7 pricing, Pogue’s voicemail crusade continues
Online advertising stops its nose-dive — Second-quarter global ad revenues, at $7.864 billion, were down 3.4 percent from a year ago. But admit it: After the past year, a 3.4 percent drop almost feels like growth. Is this a “reset” of base level from which the… Continue Reading
Motorola snags former Samsung head of mobile marketing
William Ogle, former chief marketing officer for Pizza Hut, and recently chief marketing officer for Samsung Telecommunications America, has been appointed chief marketing officer for Motorola’s Mobile Devices business. Ogle will report to Sanjay Jha, Motorola’s co-chief executive officer and CEO of Mobile Devices.
In the… Continue Reading
WiMax chip provider Beceem raises $20M
Beceem Communications, one of the top providers of WiMax chipsets, announced that it’s brought in $20 million in a fifth round of funding to scale its manufacturing operations.
The round was led by Motorola and included Global Catalyst Partners, Khosla Ventures, KTB Ventures, Walden International, Intel… Continue Reading
Car battery maker A123 scores $15M more from GE
A123 Systems, maker of lithium-ion batteries — primarily for hybrid and electric cars — has nabbed another $15 million in funding from General Electric, marking the seventh time the conglomerate has invested in the capital-rich startup. This brings the total of A123’s recent round of… Continue Reading
Truce: Google and Microsoft join forces for an open white space spectrum
Google and Microsoft are perhaps the Internet’s two most fierce rivals. But that doesn’t mean they can’t work together from time to time. That’s what they’re doing to make it possible for consumers to take advantage of the TV white space spectrum, according to the… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google sees results in Washington, sex offenders out of MySpace, Motorola’s big loss and more
Here’s the latest action:
Google is making friends in Washington — After Microsoft and AT&T’s lobbying power killed its Yahoo search deal, Google has proven to be the quick study in politics and now seems to have friends in high places…the highest places, the White House. The… Continue Reading
Dell choosing between Windows Mobile and Android for its phone — is there really a choice?
It seems that the number of computer makers entering the smartphone market is growing daily now. Just one day after it was revealed that Acer would unveil a smartphone at next month’s Mobile World Conference, Dell is apparently thinking about doing the same thing. At… Continue Reading
Obama’s choice for the post of chief technology officer narrowing?
The tech industry has been closely watching the Obama administration’s search for a chief technology officer and it looks like the short list includes two tech veterans of Indian descent, according to BusinessWeek.
Padmasree Warrior, the CTO of networking giant Cisco, and Vivek Kundra, the CTO… Continue Reading
The iPhone outsells that thing I’m using as a paperweight (the RAZR)
About four years ago Motorola’s RAZR was the sexiest phone out there. I remember waiting with bated breath for the CDMA (a wireless technology) version, so I could use it with my Verizon account. Times have changed.
Now, of course, the RAZR seems like a relic… Continue Reading
Motorola says no Android phones until the 2009 holiday season
Motorola has become the sick man of the Open Handset Alliance, the industry consortium backing the Google-created Android operating system. The third largest handset manufacturer in the world, Motorola saw sales shrink more than 30 percent from a year ago, according to its third-quarter report… Continue Reading
Motorola’s social networking phone coming sometime next year
Motorola is indeed planning to offer a phone that uses the Google’s Android operating system and closely integrates with social networks, BusinessWeek has confirmed. News of the device leaked out last week, when bloggers discovered a Motorola job board posting looking for a senior user… Continue Reading
Motorola maybe working on Android phone for social networking
Mobile handset maker Motorola is working on a phone intended specifically for social networking, based in Google’s Android operating system, the AndroidGuys blog is reporting.
All we know about the social networking angle is a Motorola job posting looking for a user interface team leader who… Continue Reading
Kineto Wireless raises $15.5M for mobile base station technology
Kineto Wireless Inc., developer of software that lets mobile phones work on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks, brought in $15.5 million in fourth-round funding to advance the technology of wireless base stations — known as femtocells — which would expand home broadband coverage.
The new 3G… Continue Reading
The white stuff: Google’s “white space” race continues
Google is launching a new web site called Free the Airwaves, to publicly encourage the Federal Communications Commission to deregulate “white space,” or tiny fractions of available bandwidths between broadcast TV channels in the 50 MHz to 700 MHz spectrum band range.
New hardware devices and… Continue Reading
C. Lester Hogan, a pioneer of Silicon Valley, dies at 88
C. Lester Hogan has died at the age of 88 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, the New York Times reported. He was a pioneer of Silicon Valley, leading the fledgling chip operations of Motorola and Fairchild Semiconductor that ushered in the modern age of technology.
Hogan… Continue Reading
Get ready for wireless HD video…maybe
I complain quite often about needing too many set top boxes to make the ultimate living room entertainment center. Really though, it’s not the boxes themselves that drive me crazy as much as its their wires. While wireless power may still be a ways off,… Continue Reading
Roundup: Yahoo gains key shareholder in proxy fight, Motorola sues former employee for giving secrets to Apple and more
Here’s the latest action:
Yahoo may live to die another day — Legg Mason Capital Management, which controls 4.4 percent of Yahoo’s outstanding stock shares, is backing Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and the current board of directors at the company’s upcoming shareholder meeting. This is a… Continue Reading