The Wi-Fi Alliance, you know - the guys which certifies your WiFi equipped PCs and smartphones with the WiFi certified logo, today announced an initiative to transform the user experience in hotspots. Service providers and device manufacturers in the organization have formalized a set of industry market requirements that will lay the foundation for a new Wi-Fi Certified testing program that addresses authentication and provision of service for public WiFi networks. It's aiming to ensure that end users can easily access hotspot networks from various providers by envisioning an automated, cellular-like experience for WiFi users around the world.

Opera Software today announced the the launch of the new Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 browsers. Both browsers are featuring improved scrolling, panning and zooming as well as pinch-to-zoom (on devices where supported). Furthermore, when found something interesting on the web, the new versions feature a share button and therefore items can easily posted, tweeted or just shout out loud on Facebook, vKontakte or My Opera. Also, Opera Mobile is now optimized for tablets, to bring a smooth new browsing experience to tablet PCs.

Yesterday evening, German Deutsche Telekom and U.S. AT&T announce that AT&T will buy T-Mobile USA, an affiliate of Deutsche Telekom, for US$ 39 billion. This has been agreed by the boards of the two companies yesterday. Deutsche Telekom will receive US$ 25 billion in cash and US$ 14 billionin shares of AT&T. AT&T has the right to increase the portion of the purchase price paid in cash by up to US$ 4.2 billion with a corresponding reduction in the stock component. With an interest in AT&T of up to 8 % Deutsche Telekom will become the biggest minority shareholder and is to receive one seat on AT&T's Board of Directors.

This week, eleven companies across several industries have announced the launch of the "Car Connectivity Consortium" to drive global innovation for in-vehicle connectivity, including the "Terminal Mode" standard. Founding members include vehicle manufacturers Daimler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai Motor Company, Toyota, and Volkswagen; system suppliers Alpine and Panasonic; and consumer electronics makers LG Electronics, Nokia and Samsung. With the Terminal Mode standard, the connection of high-performing mobile devices to vehicle-based systems opens up a host of new opportunities for business and a world of innovative applications for consumers.

Bing, Microsoft's very own and on Windows Phone 7 devices preinstalled search and decision engine, is teaming with Rovio, the folks behind the cultural phenomenon, Angry Birds, to put a new twist on the birds vs. pigs saga. Starting today, you can watch as the pigs scheme creative ways to get their hooves on the treasured eggs via a 4-part animated video series sponsored by Bing. And amazing enough, while Angry Birds is yet not available for Windows Phone 7 smartphones, the pigs are using Windows Phone 7 smartphones - as it's clearly notable. The first two of four videos are now available with the next two videos to be released soon after at Bing's YouTube channel.