ABI announced the results of study that shows Wi-Fi-enabled phones are doubling in sales every two years. The analyst firm also reports that it believes the number of Wi-Fi handsets may more than double between 2009 and 2011 with over 200 million expected to ship in 2011. The firm expects 144 million to Wi-Fi handsets to ship this year, says PHONE Magazine. Read More
Business Catalyst, the company that makes the e-commerce software suite GoodBarry, says on its Web site that it has been bought out by Adobe, reports eWEEK. There’s no word on a purchase price, and Adobe has not announced such an acquisition. The Web site, however, now bears the notice, “Business Catalyst is an Adobe group company.” Read More
Sprint Nextel made good on its June announcement that it would offer the BlackBerry Tour on its network before the end of the summer. The 3G smartphone can be had for $199.99 with new service agreement or upgrade, says SlipperyBrick.com. Read More
As it pushes to meet its WiMax rollout goals, Clearwire Chief Executive William Morrow has named two execs to the management team, reports TechFlash. Read More
It’s no wonder everybody wants to have an app store. Mobile advertising outfit AdMob reports Apple sells $200 million worth of iPhone applications each month — that’s $2.4 billion a year. Read More
Any idiot can take a simple task and make it complicated, but it’s the rare person that can simplify a complicated one. Read More
Microsoft’s top lobbyist in Washington, D.C., convenes weekly meetings with outside consultants and hired public-relations people to devise strategies to undermine Google, according to the AOL site DailyFinance. These meetings have become known inside the beltway as “screw Google” meetings. Read More
Now that virtual machine software is rapidly evolving into becoming a platform, the next logical question seems to be: What kind of platform do we want it to be? Read More
You’ve gotta love the name of the site liliputing, especially in noting that 1 in 5 notebooks sold in the second quarter was a netbook. Read More
Is your business subject to HITECH Act data breach notification requirements? Do you know? If you are or you think you might be, you may want to check out a Web conference the Health Care Compliance Association is offering next month. If these data breach requirements will become your new reality as of Sept. 24, it may be worth the cost. Read More