2008-07-15: The XML Query Working Group has published the First Public Working Drafts of XQuery 1.1 and XQuery 1.1 Use Cases. The former describes a query language called XQuery, which is designed to be broadly applicable across many types of
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) yesterday, Tuesday, 15 July 2008, released its Global Code of Conduct, designed to provide guidelines that all mobile marketers should consider and build their mobile marketing initiatives around.
Imagine this: It's a busy day at Heavensgate. Celestial traffic control is in full swing. Visitors from Earth are being directed to the only two possible destinations - a glorious place called Heaven and the other not-so-nice neighborhood that is
A CONVOLUTED two-part deal for Telkom to shed its 50% stake in Vodacom and sell everything else it owns to a black empowerment group is taking a while to negotiate, prompting Telkom to buy itself more time.
Angolan mobile phone company "Movicel" Tuesday here launched a new internet service dubbed "Cupido", aimed at improving connection between users of its network, through messages sent to the number 19988, informed the director of the marketing department, Cláudia Gazar.
Celtel Nigeria, has tendered an unreserved apology to its teeming subscribers for service disruptions last Saturday, attributing the incident to fire outbreak.
The Volta Region branch of the Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service (GRATIS), which was established in 1987 by the government, with support from the European Union and the Canadian International Development Agency, is aimed at equipping the youth with
by Mack Collier If you use Twitter, then you might have heard of a new microblogging site called Plurk. Both services are alike in that they are both microblogging sites, inthe same way that a Jeep and Ferrari are alike
by Jennifer Laycock I scan a few hundred feeds and read dozens of articles a day so you don't have to. From more insight into Google's algorithm to the value of links to a reminder of how well Twitter works
A Google employee working on the Android mobile phone operating system made a gaffe that has some developers saying they've had enough and plan to focus their efforts on the iPhone, instead of Android.
Three powerful U.S. congressmen have questioned a Kansas Internet service provider's apparent decision to test a controversial behavioral advertising service that tracks users' Web activities, without notifying its customers of the test.
The members of the Femto Forum have agreed on a standard for management of femtocells, yet another step toward a commercial roll-out of the small base stations for wireless home broadband.
A technical glitch has prompted the Pentagon's missile defense unit to scale back plans for a Friday test of a system designed to shoot down missiles heading for the U.S. mainland.