68 posts and columns on mobile phones
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Phone Firms Sell Data on Customers
Big phone companies have begun to sell the vast troves of data they gather about their subscribers’ locations, travels and Web-browsing habits.Financial Crimes Topped State-Sponsored Hacking Incidents in 2012
Hacking for profit, not politics, still dominates.Amid PC Sales Slide, All Eyes on Intel’s Quarterly Results
Bad, worse or ….?What LG Will Do With webOS
First TVs. Then refrigerators and signage.Voices
Qualcomm Aims at New Mobile-Chip Segment, Roiling Rivals
Qualcomm is already the biggest player in chips for mobile phones, with annual revenues topping $19 billion. Now it is invading another major chunk of the market, spooking investors in several other companies.Voices
Global Mobile Phone Sales Fell in 2012
Global mobile phone sales declined by 1.7 percent in 2012, hit by tough economic conditions, shifting consumer preferences and intense market competition, industry research firm Gartner said Wednesday.Voices
Banks Make Smartphone Connection
Americans are growing increasingly comfortable using their mobile phones to conduct basic financial transactions, sending banks racing to offer new technology that will cut down on costly customer-service calls and branch visits.Voices
Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies
The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven’t proved they are eligible to receive them.Voices








