mobile
Hot: Nokia to Acquire Social-Activity Service Provider Plazes
Nokia has purchased Plazes, a social networking provider based in Berlin. From the release:
Nokia and Plazes today announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, [...]
Latest iPhone 2.0 beta reveals 3G chipset
Hidden away in the latest test firmware for iPhone developers is the mention of the chipset that will power third-generation cellular Internet access in Apple’s next generation of the device.
Discovered by the creators of the popular ZiPhone jailbreak and unlocking utility, a small, nondescript entry in the new firmware used to identify the phone’s chipset [...]
TripIt To Launch New Mobile Site
Mark Hendrickson wrote at TechCrunch (4/7), “TripIt, the service that creates master travel itineraries out of your confirmation emails, has become even more traveler-friendly with a new mobile site.” He continued, “Users can access the site at m.tripit.com with their handheld devices. We’ve been told it works best with Blackberrys, iPhones, and Treos.” The new [...]
