Archive for February, 2009

Mobile phones aim to be a ‘doctor in your pocket’ »

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Not content with offering calls, texts and Internet access, the mobile phone industry is convinced it can help save lives and offer health services to millions worldwide.
The idea of a phone serving as a “doctor in your pocket” has gained traction at the industry’s biggest trade show, the Mobile World Congress, [...]

iPhone features everywhere in rivals’ new phones »

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Copying a few pages from the playbook of Apple Inc’s iPhone strategy, which brings many of the powers of the Internet to mobile phones, is no way to beat the computer interloper at its game.
But that’s exactly what many of the world’s biggest handsets makers are trying to do with new copycat [...]

Hollywood struggles to find wealth on the Web »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings.
Even as talent agencies like William Morris and television networks such as NBC push for more celebrities on websites and better [...]