
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 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 [...] [...]

Apple Inc. has confirmed its rumored iPhone 4S partnership with Mississippi-based telecom C Spire Wireless. The privately held, Ridgeland wireless carrier announced that it is now accepting Internet and store order… >>>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 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 [...] [...]

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
NAME: Steven Paul Jobs BORN: Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco DIED: Wednesday at 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in 1972 and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. FAMILY: Wife, Laurene Powell; their three children, Reed Paul, Erin Sienna [...] [...]
Company says iPhone sales in state are up since last 3G expansion AT&T expanded its 3G market in Mississippi in the late fall of 2009 and early winter of 2010, and areas of the state will continue to see expansion in coverage this year, company officials said. In an area that spans north of Clarksdale, [...] [...]

Technocrats, Apple aficionados, and the rest of Silicon greekdom continue to bask in the glow of the latest toy to come out of the Steve Jobs universe. The 9-by-7 inch, 1.5 pound, multi-touch screen “iPad” was unveiled in San Francisco on Wednesday to a boisterous crowd of technology journalists. While millions worldwide tuned in for [...] [...]