Archive for July, 2009

Microsoft, Yahoo! announce search deal

Microsoft and Yahoo! have just announced a major search deal. Under the agreement, Yahoo! will use Microsoft’s Bing search engine, while Yahoo! will become the worldwide exclusive relationship sales force for both companies’ premium search advertisers. Read the full press release below for more details:

Palm webOS SDK now public

Palm Pre users may soon expect additions to the App Catalog now that the webOS software development kit (SDK) has been publicly released. Anyone with a valid email address ay now download the Palm Mojo SDK at http://developer.palm.com.

Palm Pre carriers in Europe announced

Palm has announced the European carriers that will exclusively offer Palm Pre in time for the Christmas season. The widely anticipated webOS smartphone be available initially in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany on the O2 network, and in Spain on the Movistar network, according to a Palm press release. Palm’s official blog also carried [...]

TXTPower: Lower rates, ban text spam

To solve “vanishing load”, the NTC must exercise its powers to immediately lower rates for cellphone calls, text messaging and other mobile phone services. The NTC must also crack down on telcos and content providers that abuse their licenses by sending millions of spam messages,” said TXTPower president Anthony Ian Cruz.