BlackBerry Messenger has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, but when it isn’t being used as a “looting facilitator” it makes headlines for being a hugely successful mobile IM service. Samsung is taking it on with ChatON, a similar service that isn’t restricted to a single platform. And it’s free too. Samsung says ChatON works across …

Since late March of this year, AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile has dominated the U.S. wireless industry. Customers, outside interest groups, and government officials were quick to choose sides, but once AT&T filed its initial papers with the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice in April, the deal was put in the hands of federal …

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in federal court today that could end the $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA. The Justice Department said in its filing that the proposed $39 billion transaction would substantially lessen competition in the wireless market, resulting in higher prices, poorer quality services, fewer choices, and fewer innovative products. The agency …