Blaze Mobile said today it had been awarded a patent for its mobile wallet and a sticker that lets consumers to wave their phones in front of a checkout reader to pay for goods. A Blaze Mobile NFC sticker. Blaze Mobile Blaze was one of the early proponents of mobile payments, which has taken hold …

Apple saw growing developer support in the second quarter, taking the momentum away from Google’s Android platform. That’s according to a new study from start-up Flurry, which provides developers with application data and a recommendation-based advertising platform. The company compared data from its clients and found that a growing share of new projects were started for Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, …

Verizon Wireless said that its 4G LTE smartphones aren’t likely to run on AT&T’s upcoming 4G LTE network, PC Magazine reports today. While the two carriers will be using the same underlying technology, called Long-Term Evolution, both will be using different frequencies of spectrum, the radio airwaves necessary for transmitting cellular signals. Verizon Wireless representative Brenda Raney confirmed to PC …

Spotify has its first groupie in Motorola Mobility. Spotify On the heels of Spotify’s official U.S. launch, Motorola said today it was the exclusive mobile device and tablet launch partner for the much-anticipated–and delayed–music streaming service. Motorola said it plans to offer its customers “coveted early access” to the service, and will launch a number of marketing campaigns in the …

The war of words over usage-based pricing on Internet service continues to heat up. AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts AT&T AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts fired off a response to an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) by Netflix General Counsel David Hyman criticizing the need to charge consumers a different price based on the amount of …

Motorola Mobility isn’t quite in the clear yet. Motorola Droid Bionic as seen at CES. The phone was delayed because of problems with the 4G connectivity. Josh Miller/CNET That’s the opinion of RBC Capital analyst Mark Sue, who says there are still a lot of issues surrounding the manufacturer of handsets and television set-top boxes. His biggest complaints: a slow …

PayPal on Wednesday showed off the ability to transfer money and pay by tapping two phones together as it looks to secure its role in the burgeoning mobile-payments area. PayPal’s senior director of mobile operations, Laura Chambers, demonstrated the tap-and-pay move at the MobileBeat conference in San Francisco by placing together two Nexus S smartphones (see video below). The phones …

Virgin Mobile, the prepaid arm of Sprint Nextel, said today that it is moving away from a fully unlimited data plan and will begin to slow the connection speed of its more excessive bandwidth-hogging customers in October. This fall, exceed 2.5 gigabytes of data in a month and Virgin Mobile will throttle your connection speed. Virgin Mobile Virgin said that …

T-Mobile USA said today that it has extended its faster wireless network to an additional 56 markets as it looks to keep pace in the speed game even with the looming takeover by AT&T. T-Mobile The network, which T-Mobile last year rebranded as 4G, covers 152 markets and reaches 170 million people, which the company said exceeded its previous goal …

Verizon Wireless will hit the century mark with its 4G LTE next week, covering 100 markets with its speedy next-generation network. Verizon Wireless executives touting the newly launched 4G LTE network at the Consumer Electronics Show. Verizon Wireless Tulsa, Okla., will be the 100th market covered by Verizon’s new network, which will officially be announced on July 21. The carrier …