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The application testing and review process that is used to approve BREW applications for distribution to customers is well known for its rigorous requirements. Operators know that an application that Read more...

By Lynnette Luna When the Federal Communications Commission mandated enhanced-911 capabilities 2001, the mobile industry had its eye on monetizing the requirement by offering mass-market navigation Read more...

By Brian Dolan In five short years mobile location-based services are expected to generate $13.3 billion in annual worldwide revenue, according to a recent report from ABI Research. Last year the Read more...

Change is BREWing I've been writing about BREW since 2002 when Verizon Wireless announced that it was using Qualcomm Internet Services technology to power its "Get It Now" content download service. Read more...

Analyzing the Android apps By now you've no doubt read over the list of winners for Read more...

Not to be outdone, rival device giant Research In Motion announced it will launch its own annual developer conference, scheduled to take place in Santa Clara, Calif. the week of October 20, 2008. The Read more...

Google announced that its Android Developer Challenge generated 1,788 entries from over 70 countries, chief among them the U.S., Germany, Japan, China, India, Canada, France and the U.K. The Read more...

Geo-location service provider GyPSii announced that handset giant Nokia will add the Symbian version of the GyPSii application to its N95 and 6110 Navigator mobile devices. According to GyPSii, the Read more...

Mobile technology and services provider Tira Wireless announced the completion of a Series D financing round totaling $5 million and led by existing investors Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Read more...

Mobile location-based services (LBS) are starting to gain traction with consumers and operators. BREW offers its Locate Solution to operators that want to offer location-based applications to the

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