By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 12 Aug, 2009
As smartphones become more popular, they're going to get some unwanted attention from criminals, Google's head of Android security said Wednesday. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 12 Aug, 2009
Safaricom, Kenya's biggest mobile-phone company, has partnered with China's ZTE Corp. to deliver the first solar-powered mobile phone in the region. read more »
It's official: Microsoft will move Office to Nokia's Symbian platform along with unspecified other "business communications, collaboration, and device management software." read more »
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England is warning that Facebook, texting and e-mails are destroying relationships and may even lead teens to commit suicide. read more »
Google has announced their intention to make future versions of their Android mobile operating system more enterprise-friendly and fight harder to gain market share from competitors like the RIM (Research in Motion) Blackberry. Android has a long way to go to be an enterprise-class mobile platform, and Google isn't even heading in the right direction. read more »
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service\Stockholm Bureau 4 Aug, 2009
Mobile phone outfit INQ Mobile has launched two low-cost smartphones that feature tight integration with social-networking site Twitter, it said on Tuesday. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 31 Jul, 2009
Africa's leading mobile-phone companies -- MTN and Safaricom -- have teamed up with phone manufacturer Nokia and Digital Mobile TV (DMTV) to provide television content through mobile phones. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 29 Jul, 2009
After several months of battling criminals who have been using untraceable mobile-phone numbers, the Kenyan government has given a six-month ultimatum to mobile service operators to streamline registration of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards. read more »
Exclusive handset deals are helping AT&T sign-up more new customers than Verizon, but exclusive probably isn't forever, admits AT&T's CEO. Post-exclusivity, AT&T's future doesn't look nearly as bright as its past. Verizon's lead looks solid. read more »
Palm has released a webOS update for the Pre smartphone that features expanded support for Exchange Active Sync policies, a change aimed at enterprise users. read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
