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Published 10/31/2008 by mperez@techweb.com (Marin Perez) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs

It's Friday again, and this week was filled with Motorola backing Android while Sprint dissed it . Qik came to the BlackBerry, Verizon Wireless had a good quarter , and we learned that Twitter could be a tool for terrorists . As always, there were a few stories that flew under the radar, and I'm here to help shed some light on them. (link)

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