BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said, adding that governments have legitimate security concerns that should not be ignored. Click here for more.
Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts. Click here for more.
The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale. Click here for more.
The Wireless Power Consortium has launched its Qi 1.0 standard which will enable device manufacturers to bring interoperable wireless inductive charging devices to market. Click here for more.
Location-based advertising is still in its infancy, but according to a new study from ABI Research, businesses are primed to spend $1.8 billion on it in 2015 as part of their overall mobile marketing budgets. Click here for more.
