Continuing its effort to get by with a little help from its friends, Nokia released a new version of its Qt user interface framework and Qt Creator, an integrated development environment (IDE). The new software is offered under the Lesser GPL for the first time, as well as the main GPL and two comme...

Businessweek reports that a coalition of special-interest groups, otherwise known as consumer advocates, is hard at work to persuade the federal government to outlaw the exclusive deals that lock a specifc mobile phone to a single carrier's cellular network. Such deals mean, for example, that buyers...

An analysis by Pinch Media has found after being downloaded, iPhone applications are rarely used. Paid applications fare somewhat better, but also suffer a steep and swift decline in how long and how often they're used. One Pinch recommendation for iPhone developers: charge for your software. That's...

Earlier this week, yours truly enjoyed a free online Hulu.com movie titled: Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project . In the movie, even a one-legged dog missing an ear and going by the name of "Lucky" would be considered fair game for being the butt of a joke by famous insult comic - Don Rickles . That...

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Somewhere over the rainbow in a land far away, wireless phones will actually be wireless. We’re not just talking about cellular voice and data here of course, we’re talking about handsets that can communicate, move data, sync and be charged all without the need for a single external wire...

Could this be The End of Civilization as We Know It? AppleInsider interviewed an iPhone software developer who spent 20 minutes creating an application he calls "shit" and then saw it soar, or perhaps float, to the App Stor's Top 10 list. While there, Sound Grenade has been earning its author about ...

wwwade, photography, Web Wade Roush wrote: For average consumers, the big complaint about digital photography has always been that it’s too hard to extract the pictures you’ve taken from your camera or phone so you can show them to the rest of the world. But the truth is there are so man...

Mobile, wireless, Boston Wade Roush wrote: Though we in Boston can’t claim to host a major handset maker like Nokia or Motorola or a major wireless carrier like Verizon or AT&T, the New England area is nonetheless one of the world capitals of the mobile business. As Xconomy’s lead in...

Mobile, Software, startups Wade Roush wrote: There’s a reason why the excitement in the mobile application development world has shifted to new platforms such as the Apple iPhone and Google’s Android operating system. It’s because it’s relatively easy to write and disseminate...