VoiceCash, an enabler of mobile payment solutions, has made some noise this week with a couple of press releases formally launching its prepaid MasterCard twin card for the German market and announcing a new office and regional CEO in Dubai…. Read More ›
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Google’s Turn-by-Turn GPS has “Voice Guidance”
The “beta” version of Google Maps Navigation app gives instant legitimacy to voice-activated GPS, offered free of charge on Android phones.
More Features, Less Filling: Google Voice “Light” Debuts
Today Google takes a page out of the wireless carrier playbook by using a combination of call forwarding to voice mail in conjunction with SMS to offer a “light” version of Google voice. The result, as dramatized in this video, is something akin to visual voicemail on the iPhone combined with the voicemail-to-text feature of the full-featured Google Voice service.
Google Invites You to “Invite a Friend” to Google Voice
Google counters AT&T’s claims of non-inclusiveness, by stepping up viral efforts to make its call management and voice processing service more popular.
AT&T Takes Stock of Mobile Speech, Invests in Vlingo
Right on cue with the issuance of our Mobile Speech Report, AT&T and Vlingo have forged a licensing agreement and strategic alliance whereby AT&T is acquiring a “minority stake” in Vlingo (without making the terms public). Renewed interest by AT&T’s… Read More ›
Tata-DOCOMO Debuts “Per Character” SMS Pricing
Under the brand “Diet-SMS”, Tata-DOCOMO will start billing “by-the-character”, rather than on a per message basis.
Motoblur: Motorola’s First Android Offering
GigaOm’s Mobilize 2009 Conference was the site of a major product announcement as Dr. Sanjay Jha, the chief executive officer of Motorola’s Mobile Devices business unit, took the opportunity to show off Motoblur, on a smartphone running the Android operating system
Open Mobile Summit 2009
Internet2Go, a unit of Opus Research specializing in the mobile Internet, is proud to sponsor and speak at the upcoming Open Mobile Summit, being held November 4-5 in San Francisco. I2G program director Greg Sterling will be leading an executive… Read More ›
Cox and Qualcomm: More Than Meets the Eye
The third largest cable TV system operator, Cox Communications, announced that it has formally chosen Qualcomm’s BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) as its distribution mechanism for mobile content.
Kirusa’s “Voice SMS” Adds Another Carrier
Kirusa, a long-time provider of hosted automated voice services has gained a wireless carrier customer as the Ugandan subsidiary of MTN launched a new “Voice SMS” using Kirusa’s platform.