6 posts and columns on noise

Man, Smartphones Just Don’t Shut Up

in Mobile on April 26 at 9:50 am PT

It’s not just that modern smartphones are gobbling up tons of data. Another part of their challenge to wireless networks is that they are constantly pinging the network.
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Real Estate Site Trulia Acquires Movity

in News on December 20, 2010 at 9:53 pm PT

San Francisco real estate site Trulia said it has acquired Movity, a buzzy stealth start-up that surfaces and aggregates geodata for home buyers and renters, such as noise, crime and pricing, from a variety of sources. Trulia declined to provide financial details of the transaction, but said the move was to provide better information for its users. Movity was founded this year with $1.3 million in funding.

Nokia, Silicon Valley Giant?

in Mobile on December 17, 2010 at 5:20 am PT

When one thinks of Silicon Valley tech companies, Nokia is hardly a name that comes to mind. But the company has amassed a decent presence in the Valley, with about 500 people working on everything from research to inking deals with Web giants to building the features that the company hopes will someday soon return it to the forefront of the smartphone market.

RIM Needs More Fart Apps, Not Fewer

in News on September 30, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

There are some 10,000 apps in Research in Motion’s BlackBerry App World, and while that’s a pittance compared with the 250,000 in Apple’s iTunes App Store and 70,000 in Google’s Android Market, RIM is in no big rush to raise the number, particularly if it means bolstering it with a bunch of throwaway apps that are going to drag its staid enterprise brethren into the gutter. Or the toilet.

Google Buzz Makes Gmail Less Socially Awkward

in Mobile on February 9, 2010 at 10:27 am PT

Can a microblogging twist on Gmail raise Google’s profile in social networking? We’ll soon find out. At an event at company headquarters today, Google announced Google Buzz, a new Twitter-style status update system for the email service that will allow users to share their everyday mundanities and inanities and follow those of selected contacts.

Cellphone Headsets With Less Bulk, Background Noise

in Personal Technology on May 15, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Two of the most important wireless earpiece makers are bringing out new models that attempt to make their products more attractive and functional. Both work well, despite some drawbacks.
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