Wayne Rash

U.S. Senator Al Franken€™s letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the U.S. Justice Department requests for GPS location data from phone companies appears to be based on a flawed understanding of the law. In a letter sent to the Attorney General May 10, Senator Franken suggested that law-enforcement agencies€™ gathering of location data […]

In the world of mobile communications, the world is divided into two basic places: the United States and everywhere else. While I hate to think of this as an Us versus Them situation, that’s actually what it is. The reason ultimately boils down to relatively little competition in the way phones are sold in the […]

The reports this week that the hacker group Anonymous somehow managed to extract nearly60,000 user names and passwords from Twitter and subsequently post them online are raising more questions than there are answers available. Clearly, someone or some group got a list of names and passwords that are purported to be from Twitter. This list […]

ORLANDO, Fla.€”Mixed in with the drama and hoopla that typically surrounds BlackBerry World, a steely determination was clearly apparent at the heart of Research In Motion. RIM may have beenhaving parties and the usual giveaways for the faithful at BlackBerry World here, but its purpose was deadly serious: reverse BlackBerry€™s decline in the United States […]

ORLANDO, Fla.€”Imagine if you will a BlackBerry with no physical keyboard, but with an improved keyboard none the less. Or imagine a BlackBerry that has a suspicious resemblance to Windows Phone 7 software, but doesn€™t run Windows. Then consider a BlackBerry that multitasks and, while it€™s at it, remembers your typing style and word usage. […]

The Samsung Galaxy Note Is Larger for a Reason The Samsung Galaxy Note from AT&T looks like any other Android smartphone, until you realize that it’s a lot larger. Galaxy Note’s Customizable Screen The opening screen of the Galaxy Note is just like the opening screen of most other Android devices, and you can customize […]

The Galaxy Note isn€™t exactly a smartphone, although you can make phone calls on it, and it€™s not exactly a tablet, either. It€™s an enterprise-friendly device that€™s designed for meetings and other demands for note-taking, along with normal smartphone and tablet functions. But it works fine just as a phone, too. I first saw the […]

Once you€™re allowed in, Google€™s new cloud storage service, usually called GDrive, is nice for people who need to find a place to store files so that they can access them on another device or share them with others. You get 5GB of storage for free, and you can buy more. Google Drive is closely […]

Verizon Wireless may have some trouble closing the complex spectrum deal it has been trying to get through the Federal Communications Commission since last year. The deal involves an agreement by Verizon Wireless to buy unused AWS spectrum from cable companies, including Cox Communications and Comcast. In return, Verizon Wireless is proposing to offer its […]

Imagine for a minute that you’re about to buy a Kindle ebook from Amazon. Yes, I know that it’s not much of a stretch, since there’s a high likelihood that you have actually done this or purchased some other personal electronic product online. Or perhaps you’ve downloaded some music from iTunes or a movie from […]

Verizon Wireless is planning to auction off its 700MHz A and B licenses, the mobile communications companyannounced on April 18. The company currently operates its Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data service on 700MHz block C spectrum. According to Philip Junker, executive director of business development for Verizon Wireless, the sale of the 700MHz spectrum will take […]

Rather than buying into the hype surrounding the Federal Communications Commission’s investigation of how Google conducted its controversial Street View survey, let’s start with a few facts. I know that many of you, especially those who think of themselves as privacy advocates, are going to hate what I have to say. But the truth is […]