Google Chrome Announcement: Netbook Likely. What About Tablets?
Update: Read our report about the event, in which Google (NSDQ: GOOG) launched a Chrome app store, here. Original post: At a time when every… Read more »
Nokia’s N8, Windows Phone 7 In Europe: Slow Burners or Burned Out?
Not a great stat if you’re a Windows or Nokia (NYSE: NOK) fan in the Old World and are hoping for some momentum behind your favorite platfor… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Angry Birds; HTC Antennas; France 4G; Motorola/Apple Patents
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– Angry Birds: Developers Rovio are expecting to make $1 million per month in advertising from the free, ad-supported Android version of th… Read more »
AdaptiveBlue Raises $6 Million For Media “Check-In”, Led By Time Warner
AdaptiveBlue, the developer behind the entertainment “check-in” app GetGlue, has raised $6 million in a round of funding led by Time Warner… Read more »
Google Widens Its Lead In Mobile Ads; Bulk Of Money Is Online, Not In Apps
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced in Q3 that it was on track to make $1 billion in mobile advertising this year; now figures just out from IDC r… Read more »
Consolidation In WAP Mobile Content: AMV Buys K2
Some consolidation afoot in the maturing but still active area of WAP-based mobile content: American Mobile Ventures has acquired K2 Media f… Read more »
Three, Orange, T-Mobile Launch iPad Sales In UK: Same Price, Different Data
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Three, Orange and T-Mobile officially launched their subsidised iPad sales in the UK today. Three appears to be offering the best deal of al… Read more »
Clearwire: $1.1 Billion Debt Offering, Possibly With More Funding To Come
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One day after Verizon announced details of its LTE network, its WiMax competitor Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) cleared up a little of the funding c… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Qualcomm FLO TV Numbers; Shazam; Gowalla
– FLO TV: Qualcomm’s mobile TV service, it turns out, only had around 1 million sign-ups since launching in March, 2007, according to CEO P… Read more »
Foursquare TV Show In The Works
You know you’ve made it as a technology service when Hollywood comes calling in hopes of developing a TV show. But this new deal between Fou… Read more »
Zynga Doubles Down On Mobile With Newtoy Buy
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Zynga is doubling down on mobile games, buying mobile game developer Newtoy, which is best known for the hit iOS game Words With Friends. Du… Read more »
RIM Buys The Astonishing Tribe, Gets Serious About Touchscreens
A sign that BlackBerry maker RIM is looking for a step change in its device strategy: today it announced that it purchased Swedish-based use… Read more »
Upsetting The Apple Cart: Is iPhone Really Losing Ground?
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) still has a pretty firm grip on the mobile zeitgeist, but we’re seeing signs that it may be getting a little weaker, cour… Read more »
Flipboard Tries To Deliver Magazine Promise With New Looks For Media, Ads
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Flipboard launched in July to rave reviews and intense interest in an iPad app that made Twitter and Facebook look downright glossy. But unt… Read more »
Slide Deck: Hard Stats On Monetising Online News
Media advisory firm Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates’ CEO Mark Oliver presented these fascinating survey results, detailing the challenge of char… Read more »
Our Tweets From 12.01.2010
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BBC Plans Subscription-Only U.S. iPlayer On iPad
This is huge. The BBC will launch the long-awaited global version of its iPlayer TV catch-up service on a subscription-only basis, and initi… Read more »
FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal: The Mobile Takeaway
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski today laid out the FCC’s position on net neutrality ahead of a vote later this… Read more »
Verizon: LTE Live On Sunday In 38 Markets “And We’re Not Stopping Here”
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Verizon Wireless today laid out more details about its speedy new LTE network: it will go live this Sunday, December 5, in 38 markets, with… Read more »
Local Will Be Prime Driver Of Rise In Mobile Ad Spending
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Analysts are feeling ever-more confident in the growth of mobile advertising. The latest comes from BIA/Kelsey, which is predicting that the… Read more »
Industry Moves: Nimbuzz; HTC; Sony Ericsson
– Nimbuzz: Arthur Van De Poll is the new COO at Nimbuzz, which develops mobile apps that give users “free” calls, chat and messaging. He wa… Read more »
BlackBerry Users Now Consume More Mobile Data Than iPhone And Android Users
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Here’s some interesting stats that once again show mobile still to be very much an open game, there for the taking: turns out that in the mo… Read more »
Boku Inks Deals With Carriers In France, Korea For Mobile Payments
The rise of app stores and the growth of the open mobile web have largely cut mobile operators out of the mobile content game. The smart one… Read more »
Jumptap In Japan: Partners With Dentsu And Picks Up Seven-Figure Investment
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Independent ad network Jumptap may not have the ownership of an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) or Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to drive its businesses, but the r… Read more »
FCC Endorses Using Broadcast Spectrum For Mobile
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Another small advance in the question of what will happen with unused spectrum currently owned by broadcasters: today the FCC voted unanimou… Read more »
Gaming: In-App Purchases To Overtake Download Revenues On Sales Of $11bn
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It’s no secret that gaming is one of the most popular, and money-spinning, forms of mobile content in the market, whether they are casual ga… Read more »
Next Issue Media’s Digital Newsstand Is Ready To Start Charging
It looks like Next Issue Media, the newspaper and magazine publishing JV, is finally ready to open its digital newsstand for business. The c… Read more »
MySpace Launches New Mobile Website, App
News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) giveth, and News Corp. taketh away. On the same day that we learn about one division, Fox Mobile, downsizing staff, w… Read more »
First Look: Branson’s Virgin iPad Project Frustrates With Complexity
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The future of publishing, if Virgin’s new iPad-only magazine is anything to go by, is messy – Project is a decent-enough male lifestyle titl… Read more »
Fox Mobile Lays Off 15 Percent Of Staff In Germany, Other Markets
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Earlier this year, News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). confirmed it wanted to sell Fox Mobile. Now it appears that in the meantime, it’s cutting costs an… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Clearwire/Sprint; Vodafone LTE; CSL
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– Clearwire/Sprint: The 4G race is on, and with Verizon gearing up to launch LTE next month, the two operators have added five more cities… Read more »
The Biggest iPad Subsidy Of All: Softbank Gives It Away – What’s Behind It?
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One more operator is offering a reduced price for the iPad if you take it on a two-year contract: Softbank in Japan is preparing to launch a… Read more »
Microsoft’s Supreme Court Case May Have Huge Benefits For Patent Defendants
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Many tech companies routinely get sued for patent infringement-that list includes companies like Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Facebook, Apple (NSDQ:… Read more »
Video: Virgin’s iPad Mag ‘Project’ Gets Animated, Coming Tuesday
Word reaches us that Virgin’s virgin iPad-only magazine is Christened “Project” and is due to hit the tablet’s iTunes Store at this link wit… Read more »
Smartphones: What’s More Important, Loyalty Or Users?
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Another analyst house is adding its weight to the Android juggernaut: IDC says that the Google-backed platform is set to become the dominant… Read more »
Symbian Prepares To Shut Down Its Websites
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A footnote to the news that Symbian has been taken under Nokia’s control: come December 17, all of the websites run by the Symbian Foundatio… Read more »
Internet Apps And Native Apps: Why Neither Is Going Away
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People love a good story, no matter what form of content it is they’re consuming.
Journalists, especially those who cover the technology in… Read more »
Windows Phone 7: What To Make Of The Bargain Offers?
Among the raft of Black Friday offers for mobiles, a few choice bargains for new Windows Phone 7 devices in what looks like an aggressive mo… Read more »
Thanksgiving Digest: Black Friday; Angry Birds; Opera; LTE; HTC
– Black Friday sales: Lots of mobile deals and apps aplenty to help shoppers find the best bargains. NPD’s early results indicate that the… Read more »
Subsidies: Vodafone And Three Throw Their iPads Into The Ring? O2 Opts Out
In lead-up to holiday shopping mania in the UK – which informally commences at the beginning of December (but has been trickling through sin… Read more »
