Michelle Megna

Google has tweaked its call-management app to allow callers to keep their existing mobile phone numbers. Prior to the change, users had to select a new phone number to use with Google Voice. Now, users can keep their mobile number, with the trade-off that they won’t get all the features that come with a unique […]

The Walt Disney Company is expected next month to unveil a new technology called Keychest, designed to allow users to buy permanent, on-demand access to its content across multiple platforms. Keychest would rely on cloud computing, used for Web-based apps such as Google Docs, which stores files on remote servers that can be accessed from […]

Move over, soccer mom. The phenomenal success of Apple’s handset is ushering in a new coveted demographic: iPhone mom. Mobile ad firm Greystripe today issued a report highlighting the usage patterns of iPhone-owning mothers that are highly engaged in downloading apps and shopping activities. In large part, Greystripe found that “iPhone moms” download apps for […]

Palm Pixi. Click to enlarge. Source: Palm Sprint today unveiled pricing and sale dates for the Palm Pixi, revealing that the smartphone goes on sale Nov. 15 for $99.99 after rebates. In addition to Sprint (NYSE: S) stores, the Pixi, the smaller sibling to the Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) Pre, will be sold at Best Buy, RadioShack and […]

Verizon Communication’s (NYSE: VZ) third-quarter profit plunged 29 percent while revenues rose 10 percent as Big Red managed to narrowly beat Wall Street estimates. Verizon profit dove to $2.89 billion, or $0.41 per share, from $3.2 billion, or $0.59 per share, in the same period last year. Revenue, however, spiked a bit over 10 percent […]

Research In Motion’s Bold 9700 debuted this week and though some industry watchers tout it as the best BlackBerry to date, others are questioning if the new handheld and imminent Storm2 are enough to keep RIM in the running in the smartphone sector. The Bold 9700 is coming within weeks of both AT&T and T-Mobile […]

SPRXmobile’s Layar technology, an example of an augmented reality applicationSource: SPRXmobile Augmented reality — the overlay of computer graphics on a real-time display of the world — is already being discussed as the next big trend in smartphone apps. Now a new research report finds that the impact they’ll have on mobile ad revenues could […]

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) soundly beat Wall Street estimates with a 28 percent jump in sales and earnings that spiked an impressive 68 percent to nearly $200 million. It’s a performance that, unlike rival eBay’s recent report, wowed on a number of fronts. Third-quarter net income surged 68 percent to $199 million, or $0.45 per share, […]

Facebook is going to start selling music at its online gift shop as part of a revamped design and ramped up inventory roll out. The social networking site started testing the sale of physical goods a few months ago, including such items as flowers and gift baskets, at the Facebook Gift Shop, which is primarily […]

Nokia filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple today, claming that the iPhone maker illegally encroached on 10 of its patents for wireless technology. The suit, filed today in Federal District Court in Delaware, alleges that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) infringed Nokia (NYSE: NOK) patents for GSM, UMTS or 3G WCDMA, and wireless LAN standards. “The […]

AT&T’s (NYSE: T) third-quarter income may have plateaued while revenues sagged slightly, but the nation’s No. 2 mobile carrier juiced up a whopping 3 million iPhones and posted huge gains across the board in wireless services. The company’s net income remained largely flat at $3.28 billion, compared with $3.29 billion a year earlier. But earnings […]

While it’s been painful at times, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) continues to press ahead in its efforts at a turnaround based on transitioning from an auction site to online liquidator. It’s at last seeing some indications of success, though the pain may not be ending anytime soon: The e-commerce giant posted third-quarter revenue slightly higher than […]