The first is granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, number 7,343,408, includes 41 separate claims for remotely managing and securing mobile device data and software over a wireless ...
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The Wi-Fi Alliance wants to make voice a part of Wi-Fi networks, and has introduced a program to certify products, it announced on Monday.
The five-year agreement also gives Tele Atlas access to edits for its maps from Google's community of users, whose suggested changes can help the company further increase the quality and richness of Tele Atlas maps. Tele Atlas CEO Bill Henry said the deal was important because it would give Tele Atlas "access to input from a significant online community of map users, whose feedback can help us keep our maps fresh and accurate."
Pause For Thought
From Google's perspective, the new licensing agreement will provide the search-engine giant with guaranteed access to Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content in more than 200 countries around the world. And it will no longer have to rely on getting data from digital mapmaker Navteq, which is in the process of being acquired by rival Nokia.
Nokia's recent relaunch of the Symbian mobile operating system as a free open-source rival to Google Android must have given the search-engine giant pause for thought, noted IDC Mobility Research Director Shiv Bakhshi. "It makes perfect sense for Google to sign on with a competing source, because it doesn't want its future to be circumscribed by a competitor," Bakhshi said.
By repositioning Symbian, Nokia will also be able compete for free, Bakhshi noted. "So it is a fight in a marketplace where Android no longer has any price advantage."
Mapping data is without doubt a major part of Google's plans for Android, Bakhshi noted. Following the launch of Google's first Android Developer Challenge last May, Android team member Eric Chu noted...
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The high school senior can text without looking, sending messages on her red Samsung "slider" while it's behind her back, in her purse or under her desk at school, where cell phones are banned.
So why not do it while driving?
Well, now the law. A state rule that takes effect Tuesday prohibits 16- and 17-year-olds from using any device to talk or text while driving, except in an emergency.
A companion law allows adults to continue chatting away, but says they must use a hands-free device while driving.
And that's just not fair, Tyler said.
"I've seen a lot of adult drivers that are way more irresponsible than my friends with licenses," said the 17-year-old, who is studying for her license. "People over 28 don't know how to use their phones very well."
Most teenagers rarely talk on their cell phones, she said, preferring text and instant messaging instead.
Texting is not specifically prohibited in the law for those 18 and older, but law enforcement officials say it's generally covered under statutes aimed at distracted drivers.
California's crackdown is part of a nationwide movement to get drivers' attention focused on the road rather than their conversations and their gadgets.
Lawmakers in 33 states have introduced 127 bills related to driver distraction this year alone, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
"Ten years ago, there were very few people with cell phones," said Matt Sundeen, the organization's transportation expert. "That's obviously changed."
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Utah are among the states with laws requiring hands-free use of cell phones. A Washington state law takes effect at the same time as California's.
Some cities also have passed restrictions, including Chicago and Santa Fe, N.M., as has the District of Columbia.
In California, more than 4,000 people...
"Until now, legal digital music has suffered from severe limitations on where consumers could buy it and how they could use it," said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks. "Music Without Limits fixes those problems and will make digital music easier and more valuable for consumers."
Rhapsody's Twist on DRM-Free
The Rhapsody MP3 catalog will include more than five million songs from all four major music labels -- Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI -- plus independent labels. The Rhapsody MP3 Store is offering digital albums, most for $9.99, and tracks for 99 cents.
Rhapsody stocked the store with DRM-free MP3 music from its inventory, as well as its partners, including iLike, Yahoo, MTV Networks, and Verizon Wireless. Rhapsody's MP3 Store lets consumers listen to full-length songs instead of 30-second samples. Purchased tracks and albums can be downloaded into Rhapsody, RealPlayer or iTunes.
Beginning in the weeks ahead, consumers will be able to enjoy full-song playback (up to 25 songs per month per person) whether they are on Yahoo Music or MTV.com, CMT.com or VH1.com, and they will have the ability to go from playing a song on those sites to purchasing a DRM-free version of the music. This is a scalable model to monetize the potential for music consumption across social networks. Artists and labels will be paid royalties each time their music is played.
On the mobile front, Rhapsody will also push much of...
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On June 26, Garmin, which is based in Olathe, Kan., announced it had inked a global deal with Amsterdam-based GyPSii, a geo-location and mobile social-networking provider. GyPSii's software, which includes a friend-finder as well as functions for geographic searching, directions, and mapping, will be bundled into future navigation devices made by Garmin.
GyPSii, founded by former Netscape executive Dan Harple, offers what analysts say is a unique blend -- something like a combination of Facebook and TripAdvisor, with some other location-based services thrown in. Other Web 2.0 services, such as those on offer from Nokia's Ovi, Buzzd and Loop'd, provide some of these elements, but none offers them all, says Ian Chard, an analyst at tech consultancy Jupiter Research.
Handsets Get the Mapping Bug
Garmin isn't saying yet which of its future devices will use GyPSii. But analysts expect the company to bundle the software in the Nuvifone, its first planned consumer phone, which will contain a navigation system. Somewhat similar in appearance to Apple's iPhone, the Nuvifone, which has a large screen, is expected to ship in the third or fourth quarter of this year.
Sales of personal navigation devices have surged in recent years as consumers use mapping technology and GPS signals to find their way around. But cell-phone makers such as Nokia, which purchased mapping technology vendor Navteq, are now incorporating navigation technology into handsets, putting pressure on the likes of Garmin to respond.
Location-Aware Services
Canalys, a tech consultancy in...
Civil rights groups have said that certain ethnic groups have been selectively profiled in the searches by Border Patrol agents and customs officials, who have the authority to inspect all luggage and cargo brought into the country without obtaining warrants or having probable cause.
Companies whose employees travel overseas have also criticized the inspections, saying that the search of electronic devices could hurt their businesses.
The U.S. government says the searches are necessary for national security and for legal action against people who bring illegal material into the country.
"If you asked most Americans whether the government has the right to look through their luggage for contraband when they are returning from an overseas trip, they would tell you, 'Yes, the government has that right,'" Senator Russ Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, said Wednesday at the hearing of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
"But," Feingold continued, "if you asked them whether the government has a right to open their laptops, read their documents and e-mails, look at their photographs and examine the Web sites they have visited, all without any suspicion of wrongdoing, I think those same Americans would say that the government absolutely has no right to do that."
In April, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the Customs and Border Protection agency could conduct searches without reasonable suspicion.
In her testimony, Farhana Khera, the president and executive director of Muslim Advocates, said Muslim Americans traveling abroad had often had electronic storage devices seized without apparent cause. She said several had also been questioned about their political views.
Susan Gurley, executive director of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, said...
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