Hurricane Sandy

Why Some AT&T Customers Aren’t Getting Those Wireless Alerts About Nemo

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 8 at 11:01 am PT

AT&T supports the new alerts on its older network, but not yet for devices running on its faster LTE system.

East Coast Blizzard Another Test for FCC’s New Cellphone Alert System

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 7 at 1:59 pm PT

A relatively new alert system means that those in the path of an approaching blizzard are getting messages sent directly to their cellphones.

Dive Into Mobile Ready to Take Back Manhattan on April 15 and 16

Ina Fried in Dive Into Mobile on November 27, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Hurricane Sandy forced a change in plans, but we’ve rescheduled our mobile conference for April 15 and 16.

The Apps That Weathered the Storm — Finance, Maps and News

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 12, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Music apps saw also a significant increase in use during Hurricane Sandy, while sports apps understandably took a backseat.

All It Took Was a Hurricane to Make Utility Company Mobile Sites Popular

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 6, 2012 at 5:30 am PT

Several key utilities saw mobile traffic 160 times that of normal, while airline and transit sites also saw a big boost in Web visits from mobile devices.