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T-Mobile is making TaraBytes unhappy. Because the messaging bundle that offered unlimited domestic texting and pictures has mysteriously disappeared from her rate plan. So it was off to call up the not-quite-enthusiastic customer service team and...is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a...?* The happy colors and cute tubular fonts and the “MyFaves” attitude of the brand? Well, let’s just ...

Opera Software on Wednesday released the Opera Widgets SDK in beta, which will let developers deploy Web applications on any device. The Opera Widgets SDK features an emulator, libraries, documentation and Opera Dragonfly for debugging. It’s based on open standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), whose mission it is to create an Internet that can be treated ...

AT&T Inc. soon will complete its 3G network upgrade to HSPA, the first operator in the United States to do so. The announcement comes as AT&T, conveniently, plans the June release of the AT&T-exclusive 3G Apple iPhone, the very sort of arrangement the Rural Cellular Association (RCA) is decrying. The RCA, which represents dozens of small and rural wireless providers, ...

Getting with the gestalt, hotspot aggregator iPass Inc. has widened its focus beyond providing Wi-Fi for laptops to include handheld devices. Specifically, Wi-Fi-enabled Windows Mobile 6 devices will now have access to the iPass treatment. Support for BlackBerries, the iPhone and the iPod Touch is planned for later this year. “The popularity of consumer-driven handheld devices changes the paradigm for ...

Social networking is addictive. It’s not just viral, which implies an almost predatory inevitability of “infection.” No, I think addiction is more like it. I know from experience. Facebook didn’t bite me, I bit into—and liked—Facebook. Oh yes. Liked it entirely too much. And I don’t know if you have any friends who Twitter, but they seem to go from ...