According to a 139-page 10K form filed today, Apple is acquiring a 230-employee mobile security company called “AuthenTec” for $356 million. Apple’s $8 per-share offer is at a pre… The company owns 200 patents covering fingerprint sensors and sensor packaging, software, and end use. AuthenTec makes a variety of security tools, including a number of fingerprint scanners like the [...]
QNX’s Watson-connected Porsche 911, hands-on (video)
April 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards Remember that QNX-loaded Porsche 911 we sat down with (in?) at CES? Well, it’s back and it learned a few new tricks en route to New Amsterdam York City. The car-friendly software company got its hooks into AT&T’s Watson Speech API and used it to power a new voice-command system [...]
Sprint admits to installing Carrier IQ on devices
December 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
If you haven’t been paying attention, a service called Carrier IQ has cause a bit of a stir lately. The premise is pretty simple. Manufacturers or carriers install the software on your phone. The software then monitors pretty much everything you do, and then reports back to the installing party. Clearly this causes some issues [...]
:: Google wallet concept video shows future of mobile payments ::
September 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Via Scoop.it – Information Economy We are moving towards an era where mobile payments and using your phone to make physical payments will become the norm and this video from Google that… Show original
Carriers set to chip in $100M in Isis to take on Google
August 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are reportedly poised to invest $100 million in their joint mobile payment venture called Isis, a near field communication-based contactless payment system that will do battle in the increasingly competitive mobile payments market. According to Bloomberg, the carriers are still determining exactly how much to invest based [...]
Top 6 Must-Have Travel Apps
August 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Via Scoop.it – Travelled Summer vacation is around the corner and as many of you will most likely start packing soon, we thought this list of travel apps can come in handy. Show original
T-Mobile says G-Slate is 200% faster than iPad 2, 300% faster than XOOM
July 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards A new page on T-Mobile USA‘s website makes some fairly bold claims about the carrier’s premier Honeycomb tablet, the LG G-Slate. In comparing the sleek device to its steepest competition at AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile says the G-Slate is “more than two times faster than the Apple iPad 2 on [...]
Apple iPhone 5 Reportedly in the Hands of Beta Testers
July 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards The iPhone 5 is supposedly in the hands of AT&T beta testers and they were, it seems, handed the device on July 6th. Rumors are gathering cream on what the new generation iPhone will pack under the hood. It’s supposed to carry a dual-core processor with iOS 5, larger screen, thinner [...]
How Will The VoIP Telephone Usage Work?
June 11, 2011 by
You could have heard about VOIP, but you have no concept what it is. Is this simply one other phone carrier that has come alongside since the breakup of AT&T a few years ago? Effectively, that’s a part of it, however that is one other step additional along as this method instantly relies on the [...]
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