Topic - Sameer Mithal

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General news, Media, Communications, Internet

Forgot to Program TiVo? Phone Home!

TiVo inches closer to a collision course with cable operators and Sling Media. TiVo's path? Today mobile DVR control, tomorrow mobile TV.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Hell Week for Telecom

Monumental losses, layoffs, employee buyouts, and lowered forecasts marked a difficult week for telecom, but startups could be the biggest casualties to come.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Nokia Unwraps $32 Phone

Phone maker says it will use volume and the growing power of the mobile web to build on opportunities in emerging markets. But don't forget the razzle-dazzle, analyst says.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

AdMob Reloads With $15.7M

Analysts' market forecasts have varied wildly, but mobile ad specialist AdMob says there is a real mobile ad market generating money and results.
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General news, Media, Communications

TiVo, RIM Extend TV Remote to BlackBerry

TiVo jumps ahead of cable operators by pushing TV remote to the phone, and says there is much more to come from its RIM deal.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Google, Verizon Connect on Mobile Search

Old combatants bury the hatchet as slowing revenue growth in voice and rivaly with Yahoo drives them together on the mobile web.
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Media, Communications, Internet

IBM Tunes Mobile Web for Business

Computing giant takes on Google, Apple, Nokia, Microsoft, and RIM as it defines the mobile web as a place to do business.
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Media, Communications

AT&T Floats into Cloud Computing

Carrier is first to market a comprehensive Internet-based hosting service. But can a big phone company handle the intensity of rapid-response customer service problems?
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Security, Media, Communications, Finance

Citi, SK Telecom Bank on Mobile

Financial services giant and South Korean mobile leader pump $16 million into mobile banking startup hoping to crack the sluggish but lucrative U.S. market. But first they will tackle Hong Kong.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Microsoft Grabs MobiComp for Backups

Redmond software beast plans to use the pending purchase to boost its Windows Mobile operating system.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Yahoo Mines Mobile Gold in Asia

Despite its distractions, the search pioneer signs seven mobile carriers in Asia to give it a footprint in one of the world’s fastest growing mobile markets.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

deCarta Finds $6M for Location-Based Services

San Jose software company grabs funding for location-based services.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Yahoo, Jajah Make Phone Hookup

Deal is a coup for Jajah and an opportunity for Yahoo to outsource a service that is outside its technical comfort zone.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet

Google Embellishes iPhone Apps

Is the search king sending a message on the benefits of mobile openess just days before what could be a historic spectrum auction?
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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Startup is Dark Horse in Spectrum Auction

Frontline Wireless faces long odds, but the VC consortium ultimately could have the most lasting impact on the wireless business.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Verizon Wireless "Opens" Its Network

The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier bends to pressure from Google and others, but still seems to be ahead of the field in the open network business.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Vodafone, Nokia Team on Services

Market saturation and falling handset prices are forcing phone makers into services. But can they really compete with carriers?
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Media, Communications, Finance

Comcast-Verizon TV Smackdown Heats Up

What started out as a turf scuffle between cable and phone operators moving into each other's business is turning into a bare-knuckle brawl for customers.