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The keynote program at RCA’s 20th Annual Convention, the premier event for the competitive mobile ecosystem, kicks off with a competitive carrier CEO roundtable featuring Hu Meena, president and CEO of C Spire Wireless; Michael Prior, president and CEO of Atlantic Tele-Network; Eric Prusch, president and CEO of Clearwire; Linda Martin, EVP and COO of Immix Wireless; and Patrick Riordan, president [...]

At the 2012 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market show in Salt Lake City, Zippo unveiled six innovative products designed to enhance the great American pastime of camping. Engineered and built with durability, performance and reliability in mind, these products address many shortcomings found in traditional outdoor gear. Setting a new premium standard in the marketplace, the six new [...]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp unveiled a revamped, Facebook-friendly version of its free, online email service on Tuesday in an attempt to reverse market share losses to Google Inc’s fast-growing Gmail. Original post by Soulskill

VentureBeat has a scoop on the Wikipad, the new tablet being developed by a company of the same name that also doubles as a video game controller. According to the report, the gaming tablet will have a 10.1-inch display with a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 1.4GHz [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is postponing the launch of the Nexus Q, the Internet giant’s first self-designed and marketed consumer electronics device, in a smudge on its budding hardware credentials. Original post by Soulskill

FreedomPop has developed a new “4G case” that’s designed specifically for people who own an Apple (AAPL) iPod touch but who don’t feel like paying for an iPhone or signing a two-year service agreement with a mobile carrier. Per CNET, the new FreedomPop iPod touch 4G Sleeve plugs into the iPod touch’s docking port and provides access to [...]

SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd told jurors that its products are not copycats of Apple Inc’s iPhone but rather an example of legitimate American-style competition from the South Korean company. Original post by Soulskill

Attention smartphone users tired of expensive plans and data caps: there is an alternative. Engadget reports that Republic Wireless has now reopened its beta program that offers users unlimited voice and data services for just $19 per month. How does Republic get away with charging so little? Well, the company has developed a technology called Hybrid [...]

Microsoft (MSFT) doesn’t enjoy beating up nerds, it just wants their lunch money. At least, that’s the message Microsoft was apparently trying to send to Motorola on Tuesday when two of its lawyers posted a message on the company’s official blog asking the Google (GOOG) owned device manufacturer ever-so-nicely to come up with an appropriate [...]

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday announced that Verizon Wireless (VZ) will no longer be blocking tethering apps from mobile app stores. The nation’s largest carrier was being investigated for violating the FCC’s “C Block rules,” which allow customers to freely use the devices and applications of their choosing. “Today’s action demonstrates that compliance with [...]