Telefonica: Profit Up, Spain Disappoints, And Mobile Data Still Tiny
Developing markets continue to be a driving force at Telefonica (NYSE: TEF). The Spanish incumbent, which gets more than 40 percent of its r… Read more »
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Mobile Content Bits: FiOS; Breaking News; Mr Bean; Yahoo/Android
– FiOS: Verizon has enabled its IPTV service so that customers can now download video to their smartphones, tablets and other wireless devi… Read more »
Apple’s iAd Is Turning Japanese With Dentsu
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been fielding some criticism over its tight control of its iAd advertising network up to now at home. Now we’ll get t… Read more »
AT&T Signs Up For GetJar’s App Store, iPhone Not Included
Is this a sign of AT&T (NYSE: T) preparing for the day it loses its exclusive hold on the iPhone in the U.S.? The operator has become the la… Read more »
O2 Undercuts Big Box Retailers On Kinect To Lure Mobile Upgrades
As price competition continues to put pressure on mobile operators, O2 has come up with a new customer retention strategy: give them a game… Read more »
UK TV Viewers Allowed To Vote In Shows Via Mobile App
Pretty soon, British TV talent contests like The X Factor could be taking viewer votes by mobile applications.
Right now, UK broadcasters c… Read more »
Nokia’s Market Share Declines Again. The Big Winners? The Little Guys
Recently, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has been trying to position itself as a company taking better control of its destiny — from making major manage… Read more »
Digital Home: Nielsen’s Stats On Tablets, 3D TV And Online Viewing
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Just how connected and technologically advanced of an audience are we? Sure, DVRs are becoming more and more commonplace and it may be intui… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Disney; Google/Microsoft; Bon Jovi Social Games
– Disney released four Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) apps today. First, a new update to the ad-supported Radio Disney app lets listeners request songs… Read more »
Plastic Logic Gets Second Chance With Russian Funds To Make Business Reader
E-reader maker Plastic Logic may finally have benched its long-awaited, first-generation monochrome Que tablet this August after 18 months o… Read more »
AVG Technologies To Acquire DroidSecurity For $4.1 Million
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An acquisition that capitalises on the increasing attention on smartphone security: AVG Technologies, a security software company based in A… Read more »
Ofcom Sets Out White Spaces Rules While Skype Offers Free WiFi
The UK’s congested wireless networks may soon be getting an extra traffic lane: today, Ofcom took one further step along the route to puttin… Read more »
IPhone Users Spend More Money, But Give Operators Less Arpu
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It may not be too much of a stretch to suspect iPhone users are some of the highest spending folks in the market. But compared to those usin… Read more »
Vodafone Raises Profit Outlook And Sells Off Softbank Stake
Back to basics for Vodafone, as the carrier continues apace with its sell-off of non-controlled assets. Today it has agreed to sell off a $5… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Samsung Continuum; Taptu; Opera Mobile; Evernote
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– Samsung Continuum: The latest in Samsung’s Galaxy series of Android devices features a quirky little tweak to the touchscreen form factor… Read more »
Battle For The Digital Home: Our Coverage In Links
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We’ve just wrapped up our entertainment-focused conference, Battle for the Digital Home, a full-day event where we debated the issues surrou… Read more »
Digital Home: Sling Co-Founder Krikorian on Android And Innovation
Selling his company in 2007, when the U.S. stock market was at an all-time high, has put Sling Media co-founder Blake Krikorian in a pretty… Read more »
Nokia Takes Control Of Symbian; Foundation Stepping Back
After a year in which the gap between Nokia’s hardware and The Symbian Foundation’s OS has been horrible noticeable, the foundation is essen… Read more »
Is HTC Next Up For An App Store?
It started as a diminutive ODM – the first to build an operator-branded mobile device, using the Windows OS, with nary a mention of its own… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Windows 7 Phones; Docomo LTE; Carphone’s ’99p Mobile’
– Windows Phone 7: Devices built on Microsoft’s latest mobile platform finally go on sale in the U.S. First models out the door, as listed… Read more »
Watch Live Stream Of Today’s Battle For The Digital Home Conference
Not too long ago, the fight for control was all about the living room and it was between cable, satellite and telcos with a tech effort here… Read more »
Reports: Tablets Steal The Show In The US; But Europe Should Delay LTE
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What’s the real story on mobile data growth? It depends on who you listen to, and where you live. Verizon Wireless is forking out at least $… Read more »
Five Mobile Trends I’ll Be Watching
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It’s been three years since I started working at mocoNews. In that time — I turned my living room into an office, which I sentimentally cal… Read more »
Industry Moves: Unsocial; Upstream; Glu Mobile
– Unsocial: Bruce Brown is now CEO of both Apptango and Unsocial and Tom Mooreland is now EVP. Brown, who had been serving as an advisor to… Read more »
Clearwire Cuts 600 Staffers As Capital Remains Elusive; Delays Smartphones
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Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) said in its third quarter results that it is taking a number of steps to reduce costs before its cash runs out in mid… Read more »
Google Instant On Mobile Retrieves Searches With Each Keystroke
When Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced the availability of “Instant” searches for the desktop, it was clear how much better it would be for the… Read more »
Survey: Publishers Bet On Sponsorships Over Banners For Mobile Ad Revenue
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Publishers are looking to a variety of revenue streams to support their expanding mobile efforts, but the expectations that sponsorships bei… Read more »
Okay, So Slacker’s Actually Converting Free Listeners. But How?
Fight the fight against free, and you’ll probably end up broke. Pandora is experiencing stellar adoption rates, yet its premium conversions… Read more »
UK Gov. Taps Galaxy Tab With Pre-Olympics Widget
Samsung and VisitBritain expect 2012 Olympics tourists will be walking around London toting Galaxy Tabs.
They have partnered to ship a Visi… Read more »
Guardian Flips iPhone App To Subscription Model, Except In U.S.
We had expected The Guardian to move its popular iPhone app, which has a one-off £2.39 ($3.99) download price, to a recurring payment.
Now… Read more »
Qualcomm Outlook Excites Despite Millions In Upcoming FLO TV Charges
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As part of Qualcomm’s fourth-quarter earnings today it reconfirmed that it will exit the current FLO TV business as it currently stands, and… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Opera Mini; 4INFO Ad Network; Big VC Fund; mig33 Games
– Opera Mini on T-Mobile: T-Mobile USA will be making Opera Software’s Mini browser available for download on eight feature phones. The bro… Read more »
Times Tests iPad Disaggregation With One-Off Eureka Edition
The Times and Sunday Times had always intended to launch more niche pay-for digital products than just their eponymous websites and iPad app… Read more »
Facebook Launches A Local Deals Platform
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There was no rumored announcement of some sort of “Facebook phone” but Facebook did use a mobile-centric event at its headquarters today to… Read more »
Google Ads Coming To The AdMob Network As Integration Begins
It’s been about six months since Google (NSDQ: GOOG) completed its $750 million acquisition of AdMob, and today, the two companies are annou… Read more »
T-Mobile’s New Ad Pokes Fun Of AT&T; Claims “America’s Largest 4G Network”
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AT&T (NYSE: T) continues to use the tagline “America’s fastest network,” but that’s currently being challenged by every other major wireless… Read more »
Apple Loses Early Round Against Nokia Regarding Patent Allegations
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A trial has started for one of the many patent infringement lawsuits pending in the smartphone industry. The initial loser appears to be App… Read more »
Urban Airship Raises $5.4 Million To Build App Services
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Urban Airship, a Portland-based startup that provides services, like notifications and in-app purchases to third party application makers, h… Read more »
Glu’s Revenues Fall As It Gears Up To Launch New Game Titles
Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) reported today that Q3 revenues fell again in the third quarter, and will likely continue to slide in the fourth qua… Read more »
