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The announcement builds on momentum Sprint began developing in this space years ago, Joe Mandacina, VP of corporate communications, told the E-Commerce Times. Sprint was the first wireless carrier to introduce 4G on the WiMAX network in 2008, he noted, and "because of that h...

"The video may have shown that the camera functionality wasn't ready as the marketing video was being shot," he told the E-Commerce Times. "That raises the question of whether the device is ready or not. The bigger thing to highlight is that Nokia announced strong products but didn't announce availability or pricing."

"Certainly Apple being in the market would hurt Pandora on Apple devices, and given how widely used iTunes is could provide additional problems," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times There are additional factors to consider, though...

That revenue is increasingly important for Internet companies that want to remain relevant in a market where smartphones and tablets are becoming a greater part of daily Web use, Anna Bager, vice president and general manager at IAB, told the E-Commerce Times "Both tablet and ...

"This is what is known as a full-court press," Christopher M. Collins, an attorney with Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, told the E-Commerce Times. "Apple, at the moment, has the advantage and wants to press forward to score as many points as possible." ...

"Kickstarter is bringing new ideas to the market that may never have gotten off the ground," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Usually, nine out of 10 new ideas are doomed for failure, and that's not due to a lack of ideas or creativity, but due to a lack of execution. The biggest challenge is funding, end of story, period. So Kickstarter is fast-tracking that process, but there is still going to be a high rate of failure there, even if they reach their funding."

Someone who is highly technical and has written an application for a jailbroken iPhone realizes that contact leaks occur and has taken the right steps to prevent that, he told the E-Commerce Times. The majority of users, though, do tend to be ignorant about what some of the apps can do on a cellphone.

It doesn't matter which article caused the latest drop in Facebook's stock, if any one could be singled out for such a dubious distinction, Trip Chowdhry, managing director of equity research for Global Equities Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "The fact is, it doesn't ta...

"The GSA Email as a Service BPA is an important next step for enabling government agencies to take advantage of cloud's affordability, flexibility and efficiency. GSA continues to lead from the front in order to ensure innovative technologies are easier to access and faster to ramp up," James Pyon, CGI vice president and cloud offering executive, told the E-Commerce Times.

"Other music services are entrenched. Nokia is a newcomer to this space," Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "So while this is an important step in the Nokia journey, it is just one step -- unless it takes off and blows away competitors." Despite the challenges, the reasons for...

On the other hand, avoiding the courtroom through a negotiated truce undeniably makes sense, Peter S. Vogel, a partner with Gardere Wynne Sewell, told the E-Commerce Times. Why go through a protracted legal battle that could have surprising turns if a settled offer gets you at least some of what you want? ...

"We built Roost to help busy owners and operators be effective," Alex Chang, VerticalResponse's VP of social platforms, told the E-Commerce Times. "[They can take] 20 minutes on a Sunday night and start a great social media campaign." Using Roost, a business can create a cam...

"I would say this is a great step forward for Twitter in terms of its monetization," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Now advertisers can focus on delivering more contextually relevant information to users." Users will appreciate the targeting, he said -- provided it is truly ...

"The FedRAMP process is worth investigating for many vendors. It helps them understand what's required and how the government can help them plug into the federal cloud procurement process," Shawn McCarthy, research director at IDC Government Insights, told the E-Commerce Times.

"The three who settled apparently decided that the payout --$69 million spread across 50 states -- was less onerous than pursuing a legalcase that could result in higher legal costs and penalties, as well asmonopoly sanctions," he told the E-Commerce Times "Those are the liter...

The upshot is that consumers' engagement patterns are changing, and in some surprising ways, James Green, CEO of Magnetic, told the E-Commerce Times "Instead of driving consumers directly to brick-and-mortar stores, television has become a catalyst for driving consumers online...

"Google+ offers enhanced privacy controls and productivity tools via Hangouts and screen-sharing capabilities that all businesses can benefit from," Josh Crandall, principal analyst at Netpop Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "The service should be considered a social network for increased productivity rather than simply a social network."

"This is more about Time Warner trying to make further inroads into serving business customers, as opposed to their traditional residential customer base," Philip Napoli, a professor and area chair at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business, told the E-Commerce Times ...

"He has been watching the company he founded struggling and has been spending more and more time at the office over the last year and a half, as it became apparent Best Buy was in trouble," Brehm told the E-Commerce Times "I don't think he has liked some of the moves they have...

"While the sale is certainly a loss for the Times, IAC may on toanother arrow for its quiver." Crandall told the E-Commerce Times."About and Ask are symbiotic properties that consumers willincreasingly turn to for answers to their questions." ...