Michelle Megna

Google has launched a mobile version of its new movie search service for the iPhone, Palm Pre and Pixi and Android-powered smartphones. The new mobile movie listings page now allows users to view trailers on their handsets, as well as get ratings, movie posters, upcoming show times and a list of the nearest theaters. “We […]

The difference of a few seconds in performance usually only matters to Olympic swimmers and sprinters, but retailers hoping to capitalize on the holiday shopping blitz should be included in that group, according to recent research. Gomez, the Web performance unit of Compuware, just issued a benchmark study comparing and ranking the mobile Web site […]

Motorola’s Droid continues to propel the Android mobile operating system forward in the stat arena, with the latest data crediting the handset with nearly a quarter of all Android traffic. AdMob, a mobile ad firm that serves display and text ads on about 15,000 mobile Web sites and applications, releases monthly trend reports based on […]

A new incident of malware attacking jailbroken iPhones is the most malicious yet, targeting mobile banking and capable of hijacking the device for use in a botnet and stealing personal data, according to several security firms. So far, the iPhone (and iPod Touch) worm is isolated to jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands, though it’s much […]

Google’s mobile team today unveiled an upgraded version of Google News for the Apple iPhone, Palm’s Pre and Pixi and for smartphones running its own Android operating system. The optimized news for mobile offers “the same richness and personalization on your phone as Google News provides on desktop,” with a homepage that displays more stories, […]

Cisco today introduced a free iPhone app for those who want customized Internet security data on-the-go. The app, designed for security professionals, allows users to personalize alerts to show only those threats that could impact their network. Cisco SIO to Go also provides real-time data on malware signatures, offers action points for addressing threats and […]

The smartphone price war is in high gear as carriers and vendors roll out a series of major price cuts as the holiday shopping rush approaches. Most recently, T-Mobile came out with news of what it says is the first U.S. prepaid BlackBerry — the Curve 8520, as part of a new plan called T-Mobile […]

Score: Verizon Wireless up by one. A federal judge just rejected AT&T’s (NYSE: T) request to have Verizon Wireless yank ads comparing the two carriers’ 3G coverage, which means the rivals are likely to face off at a preliminary court hearing on Dec. 16. AT&T had requested a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would require […]

Public Wi-Fi hotspots spell trouble for smartphone data protection, according to a mobile security firm that successfully hacked several high-end handsets through unprotected wireless networks. A team of security experts from SMobile Systems recently issued a research paper outlining the steps they took to successfully breach data on four popular smartphones using “man-in-the-middle” (MITM) attacks. […]

With Apple’s App store offering more than 100,000 iPhone apps and competitors such as the Android Marketplace clamoring to catch up, it’s no surprise mobile apps are hot — but for developers, the question is: Which ones? Research firm Gartner today released its list of the top 10 consumer smartphone apps for 2012, based on […]

Verizon is not backing down in the face of a lawsuit filed by rival AT&T requesting that it pull ads comparing the coverage areas of the two firms’ 3G networks, which AT&T said are misleading. AT&T (NYSE: T), the nation’s second largest wireless company and sole domestic carrier of the wildly popular iPhone, earlier this […]

The Verizon Droid by Motorola. Click to enlarge. Source: Motorola The Droid, the smartphone released Nov. 6 through a partnership between Motorola, Google and Verizon Wireless, has significantly outpaced other Android handsets in first-week sales, according to one analytics firm — which said the feat makes the Droid the first viable iPhone challenger. Mobile app analytics firm […]