Sony upgrades Mylo
Sony's Mylo, a wireless messaging gadget, is being updated to address some of its shortcomings, states The Associated Press.
Sony launched the original Mylo in September 2006. It combined a small colour screen with a full-alphabet keyboard and allowed users to connect to WiFi hotspots to use messaging programs from Yahoo and eBay's Skype. There was also a rudimentary Web browser.
But the device did not support the most popular messaging programme in the US, AOL Instant Messenger, and its Web browser couldn't play Flash movies, making YouTube inaccessible. Sony is addressing both those problems in the Mylo COM-2, which goes on sale this month. It is also increasing the screen resolution to 800x480 pixels and building in a camera.
Purdue buys 2SMS
Purdue University has purchased a text messaging service to provide emergency notification, reports Inside Indiana Business.
The service is one layer of the university's notification process to alert students and staff to emergency situations.
"We hope that by the end of the semester we will have a longer-term agreement in place. Meanwhile, we are assessing the results of testing conducted... to see what kind of system would work best for our location and how we might be able to improve it," said Carol Shelby, senior director of Environmental Health and Public Safety.
j2, Copia partner
j2 Global Communications, a provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communication services, has licensed its digital fax patents to Copia International, a provider of communications solutions software, says FOX News.
Under the terms of the patent licence agreement, Copia receives a non-exclusive, worldwide licence to j2 Global's digital fax patent portfolio in exchange for an upfront payment, plus ongoing quarterly royalty payments.
Other terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the transaction is not anticipated to be material to j2.
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