The Federal Communications Commission signaled this week that it will look into major U.S. wireless carriers in an attempt to increase competition, innovation, and consumer protection in the market. “Wireless mobility has become central to the economic, civic, and social lives of over 270 million Americans,” an FCC press release stated. “We are now in [...]

Following weeks of speculation and false reports, Apple and China Unicom have finally hurdled the Great Wall for a three-year deal to sell the iPhone. Multiple reports have confirmed the agreement on behalf of both China Unicom and Apple. According to The Wall Street Journal, the carrier will offer two versions of the iPhone in [...]

Even though Nokia’s Symbian mobile operating system commands the lion’s share of the worldwide smartphone market, the world’s largest handset maker is looking to Linux to take on the iPhone. Sources have told Reuters that Nokia is positioned to announce its first Maemo-based phone next week at an event in Stuttgart, Germany. Originally designed for [...]

Ed Colligan, the former chief executive of Palm, reportedly rejected an offer years ago from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to agree to not hire each others’ employees. The information comes from a U.S. Justice Department investigation that obtained communications between the two CEOs, according to Bloomberg. After rejecting the offer, Colligan reportedly told Jobs that [...]

According to Fortune, Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, is the fastest growing tech company in the world. There isn’t much information on the rankings, but they are apparently determined various criteria including profits, turnover and investment return over three years. Though we already knew that RIM made a whole bunch of cash, Fortune [...]

For a company known to masterfully drum up free press and unparalleled buzz, Apple’s recent struggles in the App Store public relations game have been uncharacteristic. But company executive Phil Schiller appears to have set out to change the tide. A flurry of e-mails sent out by Schiller in recent weeks gathered a great deal [...]

A new report predicts that demand for NAND flash memory in cell phones will more than triple by 2013, with a majority of that need being driven by Apple and its iPhone. In all, sales of solid state memory in phones are predicted to have a nearly sixfold increase in the span from 2008 to [...]

Apple’s retail stores continued their year-over-year revenue slide last quarter, but a new report predicts that the brick-and-mortar locations could show growth again before the end of 2009, thanks, in part, to Windows switchers (and the iPhone 3GS of course). In a new investment analysis from Needham & Co., Apple’s retail outlets are described as [...]

While it surveys exclusive contracts like the relationship between AT&T and Apple, the Federal Communications Commission will also look into concerns that customers in rural areas can’t access limited products like the iPhone. The U.S. government regulatory agency will investigate smaller markets where major wireless carriers like AT&T and Sprint, which carry the iPhone and [...]

Those of you who love adventure games and have played them for awhile will recall the classic Secret of Monkey Island. Now you can relive this classic once again with the recent release of the game for the iPhone. LucasArts recently released a Special Edition of their classic adventure game Secret of Monkey Island for [...]