Google today launched a new set of capabilities to its mobile payment service that it hopes will draw in more early adopters. Customers can use their Google Wallet-armed smartphones to redeem coupons and earn rewards points, something it calls the SingleTap experience. The new feature marks the first major enhancement since the summer launch of …

commentary Research in Motion, is that really all you’ve got? After a critical outage that left some BlackBerry users without e-mail for as many as three days, RIM is offering customers $100 worth of premium apps for free. Enterprise customers also get a month’s worth of technical support. The problem is, the BlackBerry faithful stick with you for primarily one …

Apple didn’t infringe on four of HTC’s patents, according to an initial ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission’s administrative law judge. The administrative law judge ruling, which is essentially a recommendation to the ITC’s judges, found “no violation” by Apple, Reuters reported. A final ruling by the ITC is expected in February. The ruling is just one component of …

T-Mobile USA today launched several pay-per-day plans for customers who think a monthly plan is too much of a commitment. There is a $1-a-day plan, which comes with unlimited text messages and a charge of 10 cents a minute for phone calls, a $2 plan for unlimited talk, text messages, and data at 2G speeds, and a $3 plan for …

SAN DIEGO–If you still can’t use your own iPhone or Android smartphone for work, things may be changing. At least, that’s the intention of a lot of companies who gathered here this week for the CTIA Enterprise & Applications conference. One of the bigger themes of this year’s show was getting businesses to jump on the “bring your own device” …

SAN DIEGO–While the mobile-payment players acknowledge that partnerships are necessary for long-term viability, many are gearing up for some chaotic times. The idea of a digital wallet and the opportunities that come from moving payments onto the smartphone were major themes at the CTIA Enterprise & Application show. American Express executive Dan Schulman used his keynote address to call for …

SAN DIEGO–It could cost the the GPS industry as much as $400 million for gear to protect its precision devices from interference caused by LightSquared’s planned wireless network, although the company believes the figure will be ultimately be lower. LightSquared Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben told CNET on Wednesday that there are roughly 500,000 commercial precision GPS devices in the …

SAN DIEGO–How often do you actually talk on your cell phone? The answer, for a lot of people, is much less than they used to. With apps that power text messages and instant messaging, social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and Internet-based phone services freely available, there are a lot of alternatives to making a traditional phone call. At …

SAN DIEGO–No single company can catapult mobile payments into mainstream use, said American Express executive Dan Schulman, who called for more partnerships between the financial and wireless worlds. “All of us need to play together,” Schulman said today during his keynote address at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications show. “All of us have strengths and capabilities we bring to the …

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse speaks to his leadership team at an investor meeting last week. Roger Cheng/CNET Sprint Nextel plans to shed more light on the financial impact of selling the Apple iPhone during its next quarterly report. The company had always planned to provide more guidance regarding the iPhone, Chief Executive Dan Hesse told CNET during an event at …