T-Mobile will likely start carrying the iPhone next year after its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, said it has reached a new deal with Apple. T-Mobile USA had been the lone iPhone-less carrier among the four national wireless companies in the U.S. Although it has been possible to use iPhones on T-Mobile networks, customers had to [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: June 11,2012
Tags: Apple, Facebook, Google, iMessage, iOS 6, iPad, iPhone, ITunes, Korean, MacBook Pro, Mandarin Chinese, Microsoft Corp., Mountain Lion, San Francisco, Scott Forstall, Siri, Spanish, Windows
SAN FRANCISCO — Fresh off a disappointing initial public offering, Facebook is getting a big boost from Apple, which is building the social network deep into its iPhone and iPad software. With the next version of Apple Inc.’s software, users will be able to update their Facebook status by talking to their phones. Users will [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: May 20,2012
Tags: Apple, Flickr, FriendsForFlickr, iPad Touch, iPhone, mobile applications, telecommunications
A surprise was waiting for Charley Hutchison when he got home from school on April 30. It was the reward for hours of work that might have landed the 12-year-old a spot in mobile technology history. Hutchison had spent several months working to develop an app for Apple that combined the mobile photo sharing app [...] [...]
by john.stodder Published: May 13,2012
Tags: Apple, iPad, Steve Jobs, technology
Apple created and marketed the iPad mobile tablet as a media player for the family, and it is that. But its versatility, coupled with the imaginations of its users, has launched mini-revolutions within some business sectors, as entrepreneurs discover the iPad is a readymade platform for cloud computing. An illustration: App-makers and entrepreneurs are taking [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: December 25,2011
Tags: Apple, AT&T, C Spire CEO Hu Meena, C Spire Wireless, cease fire, Cellular South, corporate makeover, iPhone, iPhone 4S, MBJ’s Top 5 stories of the year, Metro PCS, personalized wireless, Rural Cellular Association, telecommunications, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless
It was a double-barrel of news with a kick that stunned the U.S. telecommunications industry. Cellular South, the Ridgeland-based company billed as the nation’s largest private wireless provider, announced in September that it was undergoing a massive corporate makeover. The end result was C Spire Wireless. Analysts saw the name change as signs that the [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: December 11,2011
Tags: Apple, Bill Rayburn, Bomgar Box, Chris Cope, CYBERSPACE, David Moore, David Palmer, Fred Haise, Gary Butler, Gerard Gibert, Hartley Peavey, Hu Meena, iPhone, Jill Beneke, Jim Barksdale, Joe Stratinger, Joel Bomgar, John Palmer, Kelli Booth, Matthew Graves, Mayo Flynt, MBJ, Nuno Goncalves Ferreira, Sage Gerard, science, Stephen Johnston, tech 21, technology, telecom, THE Business, Tom Hinds
Mississippi’s tech scene is on the rise, thanks to flashy successes like Hu Meena’s blockbuster deal with Apple to get the iPhone for C Spire and Joel Bomgar, whose Bomgar Box is taking the world by storm. From Starkville to Ocean Springs, and everywhere in between, here are some of Mississippi’s leaders in the Tech [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: October 23,2011
Tags: Apple, C Spire, CellularSouth, iPhone 4S
The market fallout from C Spire’s iPhone deal and how that will affect its competitors, large and small, remains to be seen. Stocks for Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile closed at a… >>>SEE FULL STORY<<< [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 21,2011
Tags: agriculture, Apple, Apple iPhone 4S, banking, Banking & Finance, C Spire, Cat Island, Cellular South, Downtown Jackson, economic development, finance, immigration, iPhone, iPhone 4S, JACKSON, MBJ, Mississippi Business Journal, pumpkins, tourism, voter I.D.
In this week’s MBJ — THE NATIONAL TELECOM TAKE ON C SPIRE: Stephen McDill asks national telecom experts what they think of the new marriage between Apple Inc. and Ridgeland-based C Spire. You might be surprised at what they told the Mississippi Business Journal. Also in this week’s paper: >> VOTER ID: Will the National [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: October 16,2011
Tags: Apple, Danglar Slovakia, Mac, MBJ column, Stephen McDill, Steve Jobs
Where were you when Steve Jobs died? I was browsing iTunes when I got a text on my iPhone delivering the sad news. Now I am writing this post on my Power Mac G4. The pundits are comparing the late founder and CEO of Apple Computer to Thomas Edison. Jobs’ friend and longtime colleague Steve [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 5,2011
Tags: Abdulfattah Jandali, Alan Deutschman, Ames Research Center, Apple, Apple I, Apple II, Bill Gates, Buddhism, California, Clara Jobs, Creative Strategies, George Lucas, Hewlett-Packard, Homebrew Computer Club, Internet, iPhone, iPod, ITunes, John Sculley, Larry Ellison', Lisa, Los Altos California, Mac, Microsoft Corp., Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mona Simpson, Napster, NASA, New Age philosophy, Next, Oracle Corp., Paul Jobs, PBS, PC, Pepsi, Pixar, Portland Oregon, Reed College, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sillicon Valley, Stanford, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, Syria, Tim Cook, Time magazine, Triumph of the Nerds, Walt Disney Co., Windows, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
CUPERTINO, Calif. — In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It’s as if he’s on his first date with an entire generation of consumers. And, in a way, he is. It is Jan. 24, 1984, and a young [...] [...]
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