HTC just inked a deal with Dashwire, a Seattle-based company founded in 2006 that develops a cloud-based platform for mobile and web applications. Fred Liu, president of engineering and operations for HTC, noted briefly in a statement about how Dashwire will fit into the HTC Corporation: Cloud services are key to delivering the promise of …

Qualcomm just scratched past Wall Street expectations, but the wireless technology developer still posted solid earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2011. Qualcomm reported third-quarter earnings of $1 billion, or 61 cents a share, in a statement released today. Non-GAAP earnings were 73 cents a share on a revenue of $3.62 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 71 …

Google has revamped its Android Market app for smartphones with a new look as well as some more products for purchase. The Android Developers Blog points out that this new interface could work better for both customers and developers. The new user interface is intended to be more engaging as it showcases top apps and games while providing a quicker …

Visa is continuing to gain ground in the mobile payments market with the acquisition of Fundamo, a service that is already prevalent in at least 40 developing markets. Basically, the merger brings together Fundamo’s mobile financial services platform, for customers with little to no access to a bank account, with Visa’s global payments network, VisaNet. The gain for Fundamo users …