mobile in pictures

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  IN PICTURES: BlackBerry launches its BB10
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  In Pictures: Google's new Nexus 4

• Telstra restructure a correct step: Paul Budde

  By Nermin Bajric | 23 May, 2013 12:26

  While Telstra’s restructure, announced yesterday, has attracted negative attention, the telco’s willingness to embrace the transformation is a major step in the right direction, according to independent industry analyst, Paul Budde.

• Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency

  By Jay Alabaster | 23 May, 2013 10:15

  Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a small mobile app agency, as part of its broader push to give its new cloud-enabled software offerings a more social flavor.

• Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets to go on sale in 170 countries on June 13

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 May, 2013 10:05

  Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries.

• Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month

  By John Ribeiro | 23 May, 2013 05:10

  Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a month after its global launch.

• Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 May, 2013 04:48

  Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.

• Rapid-growing mobile payments market is driving a financial fraud marketplace

  By Jack Loo | 22 May, 2013 21:35

  The global mobile payments market is predicted to exceed $US1.3 trillion in the coming years, presenting opportunities for cyber crime gangs to exploit, according to a whitepaper published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

• Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app

  By Stephen Lawson | 22 May, 2013 20:53

  Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app.

• Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores

  By Stephen Lawson | 22 May, 2013 20:50

  Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a USretail distribution company that will offer Verizon's devices in stores and online destinations designed to appeal to Latino consumers.

• How Blackstone is finding BYOD success with BYOA(pple)

  By Joan Goodchild | 04 March, 2013 17:16

  Bill Murphy, CTO and managing director at Blackstone, a global investment and advisory firm, knew he wanted to find a way to allow employees to use their own devices for work. The demand was there, and he was increasingly hearing about how adding in BYOD would help productivity.

• Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013

  By Sharon Gaudin | 21 May, 2013 10:15

  Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year.

• Storms test Red Cross' Tornado app

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 21 May, 2013 00:51

  The Red Cross is using apps to help warn people about potential weather calamities. One of its more popular efforts is its new Tornado app.

• How Google's I/O moves measure up to what Apple offers

  By Lex Friedman | 17 May, 2013 18:04

  Google had a lot to say during Wednesday's Google I/O keynote--so would you, if you had three-and-a-half hours to fill. And while new features in voice-powered search functionality, Google Maps, and other pronouncements from the search giant were certainly eye-catching, just how much of what was said at this week's developer conference should make iOS device owners sit up and take notice?

• Google woos developers as software becomes more important

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 May, 2013 15:43

  Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements.

• Google has 'lapped Siri' with sci-fi-like search

  By Sharon Gaudin | 16 May, 2013 10:06

  Google laid out its plan for the future of search at Google I/O, talking about a search engine for mobile and desktop that not only answers your questions but has a conversation with you and offers information before you even ask for it.

• Mobile management morphs

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 15 May, 2013 20:40

  Customers are pushing the limits of the software -- asking it to manage and do many more things than it was originally created to do -- and vendors are happy to oblige.

• Nokia reboots Windows Phone push in the US but success will still be hard-won

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2013 17:02

  Nokia's is rebooting its U.S. Windows Phone push with the arrival of the low-cost Lumia 521 on T-Mobile and Lumia 928 for Verizon Wireless, but increasing sales to meaningful volumes in the very competitive U.S. market will not be easy.

• Google Wallet chief's resignation another bad sign for NFC

  By Matt Hamblen | 10 May, 2013 14:34

  The chief of the Google Wallet operation has resigned to pursue new opportunities, another sign of continuing troubles in convincing U.S. smartphone users to adopt mobile wallets using NFC technology.