Judy Mottl

The Authors Guild, a writers advocacy group, is advising its members to ask Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to disable its Kindle 2 “Read-to-Me” feature in light of murky copyright issues with text-to-voice recording of e-books. The guild contends the feature constitutes creation of a new literature format that would fall under copyright rules now protecting e-book […]

Social networking player Facebook is reportedly talking with smartphone maker Nokia about integrating site access into the handset maker’s mobile device operating system. Such integration would let users interact with Facebook friends without having to log-in at Facebook and let users bypass the work of downloading software now needed for mobile device access. According to […]

Research in Motion (RIM) is moving to retain its already dominant hold on the enterprise mobility market, readying a new version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server that promises to reduce IT costs and labor. RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) plans the new BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 (BES) to ship during second quarter with a host of new […]

When the Android-based G1 smartphone debuted six months ago, it was heralded as the biggest smartphone game changer since Apple’s iPhone arrival in June 2007, thanks to the newcomer’s open source platform and its powerful backer — Google. And while the Android has lagged in third-party application development since the G1’s launch, it may be […]

Now we know why Verizon Wireless, which is the exclusive carrier of the BlackBerry Storm, is running a BlackBerry BOGO campaign. This morning Research in Motion announced that fourth quarter earnings will be lower than expected, despite the fact that customer subscriptions exceeded predictions — about 20 percent higher than 2.9 million initially predicted back […]

Amazon’s new Kindle2 ‘read-to-me’ feature that turns text to voice is under review by an author’s advocacy group in relation to potential copyright issues. The Authors Guild told InternetNews.com this week that the technology could constitute creation of a new literature format that may or may not fall under copyright rules now protecting e-book and […]

Yes, I’m a BOGO person. I love those buy one, get one free deals. Especially when the products offered are useful and present a chance at substantial savings. That’s why Verizon Wireless’s new BlackBerry BOGO campaign is interesting to me. Launched on February 6, and running through March 31, it’s the first time the wireless […]

Canadian security vendor Certicom is expected to accept Research in Motion’s US$106.5 million takeover offer today, ending a bidding war between the BlackBerry maker and security player VeriSign. The battle prompted RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) last week to top its initial, unsolicited offer, originally made in December — a hostile takeover that Certicom initially resisted and […]

Apparently, Wi-Fi didn’t get the memo about the economy being in recession. New statistics released in January by the Wi-Fi Alliance said chipset sales grew 26 percent in 2008. That’s only half of what it tallied in 2007 before the slowdown in the economy hit, but it shows that Wi-Fi networking remains robust. “The trend today […]

Spectators examine Amazon’s new Kindle. Photo: Judy Mottl NEW YORK — Amazon debuted a thinner, lighter and more rounded version of its Kindle e-book reader this morning, baking in new features designed to address complaints with product’s first incarnation while adding a slew of enhancements. Among the new features include greater storage and battery life, a sharper […]

MobileRead, an e-reading forum site is offering up what it calls the first [official ](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38108) photos of Amazon’s new Kindle set to debut Monday at a press event in New York. The photos show a leaner, rounder design, with a joystick replacing the scroll wheel for navigation all at a price point of $359, the […]

Motorola is banking on Android, the promising open source mobile platform, to help steer its floundering mobile device division into a positive revenue stream by 2010. Sanjay Jha, Co-CEO and mobile device leader at Motorola, told investors this week that his 2009-2010 smartphone road map features a variety of Android devices. He touted Android’s development […]