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Best Buy to Offer Mobile Broadband Data Plans via Sprint

New York - Electronics and media retail store chain Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) plans to begin offering a mobile broadband data plan to customers, providing Sprint...

Hulu Debuts $10-per-Month Hulu Plus Subscription Service

Los Angeles - Hulu, the video portal joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE:  NWS), NBC Universal (NYSE:  GE) and Disney (NYSE:  DIS), on Tuesday launched...

Verizon Slashes Prices on Microsoft Kin Smartphones

Los Angeles - Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has slashed the price of Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) new Kin smartphones, with the Kin One discounted from $49 to $29, while...

Aspiro Sells Mobile Entertainment Unit to Lobus Mobil

Stockholm, Sweden - Aspiro, a European provider of video and music streaming services, announced on Tuesday that it has sold its mobile entertainment business in Norway,...

Report: iPhone 4's Components Cost About $187.51

Los Angeles - The components that make up Apple's (NASD: AAPL) 16GB iPhone 4 cost about $187.51, according to estimates derived from a physical teardown of the...

mSpot Launches Cloud-based Music Service

Palo Alto, Calif. - Digital entertainment distributor mSpot on Monday announced the public launch of its cloud-based music service, which lets users access their music collections...

White House Auctions to Double Available Wireless Spectrum

Washington - President Obama on Monday committed the government to auctioning off an additional 500 megahertz of federal and commercial spectrum, citing a "spectrum crunch" as...

Appeals Court Upholds 24-Cent Ringtone Royalty for Songwriters

Washington - A federal appeals court last week upheld the Copyright Royalty Board's rate of 24 cents for songwriters on mobile phone ringtones, Law.com reported. The Recording...

Apple: 1.7 Million iPhone 4s Sold During Launch Weekend

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD:  AAPL) announced on Monday that it sold over 1.7 million iPhone 4 units between last Thursday, when the device first went...

Geodelic Lands $7 Million for Location-based Mobile Apps

Santa Monica, Calif. - Geodelic, a developer of location-based mobile applications, has raised $7 million in its second round of financing, led by MK Capital, TechCrunch...