Will Groupon's Deal With Deutsche Telekom Be A Winning Template For Growth?
Today we know a bit more about how Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) plans to extend its business opportunities in the years ahead: mobile services will… Read more »
Guardian Starts Charging 280,000 iPad Readers From Friday; How Will It Go?
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Starting Friday, The Guardian, a stalwart of free content, will find out just how many people will pay to read its news on tablets. Read more »
@ CES: Microsoft Mails In Last Keynote Appearance, Wasting Everyone's Time
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) used its hallmark spot on the CES 2012 schedule to prove just how pointless it is to put on a million-dollar keynote… Read more »
@ CES: Nokia Determined To Battle In America With Lumia 900
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop was long on the military metaphors during his company’s press conference at CES 2012, speaking of the nee… Read more »
T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Inks Multiscreen Deal With MobiTV
MobiTV, one of the more established mobile TV companies in the market today with deals in place with several major U.S. mobile operators, to… Read more »
@CES: Samsung Hat-Tips Kinect On Smart TV Gesture Controls, Content Bonanza
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Samsung, on a high after releasing some strong mobile numbers last week, today became the latest consumer electronics brand to hang its name… Read more »
New Patent Suits Target Starbucks, Expedia Mobile Payments
In a possible sign of trouble for the booming mobile payment industry, a semiconductor firm filed patent lawsuits against Starbucks (NSDQ: S… Read more »
@ CES: AT&T Hopes To Court Mobile Developers With HTML5-Friendly Push
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Could this finally be the year that HTML5 development takes off? AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to give those thinking about plunging ahead with a mob… Read more »
@ CES: Meet The Ultrabook: Intel To Make Sure You See An Ad In 2012
Intel (NSDQ: INTC) is determined to help shape the future of computing one way or another, and promised to put serious dollars behind the Ul… Read more »
Univision Launches 'Noticias' Spanish-Language News App For iPhone, Android
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Hispanics, according to Nielsen, have the second-highest penetration of smartphone usage among U.S. ethnic groups, and today brings news of… Read more »
Apple Gets Hit With $1.9 Million Copyright Lawsuit By Chinese Writers
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is putting a big bet on China, where its products and services have proven hugely popular, but that could also leave it e… Read more »
@ CES: One Laptop Per Child Group Launching $100 Android Tablet
Nick Neogroponte’s dream of bringing low-cost laptops to children around the world is ready for its mobile version. The XO-3 is launching at… Read more »
What To Expect At CES: Tablets, TVs, And Transition
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The biggest spectacle in the tech industry kicks off Sunday evening, when an estimated 150,000 people will flood into Las Vegas not to place… Read more »
Report: Sony's Hirai Promoted To President, Stringer Still Chairman And CEO
In a move that further sets up Kazuo Hirai as the heir apparent at Sony (NYSE: SNE), the company has promoted him to president, taking that… Read more »
Mobile Ads Join The IPO Boom As Millennial Looks For Public Investment
Mobile ad company Millennial Media is going to try its hand in the public markets, filing papers Thursday for a $75 million initial public o… Read more »
Updated: Exclusive: AP Branches Out, Adds Pulse To Its Digital Mix
Over the years, the Associated Press has made a profile for itself by syndicating its news across thousands of newspapers both in the U.S. a… Read more »
Deloitte Buys In To Mobile Apps, Pays $40-50M For Apple's Friend Ubermind
Management consultancy Deloitte today became the latest company to buy into the app marketplace with the news that it has bought the Seattle… Read more »
Jumptap: Apple Has Highest Click-Through Rates Among Mobile Ad Platforms
The latest monthly figures from independent mobile ad network Jumptap reveal that Android has continued to solidify its lead as the most dom… Read more »
Sky Sports News Relaunches iPad App, With Fee For Non-Pay TV Subs
When the News Corporation-controlled UK satellite broadcaster Sky launched a free iPad app for its Sky Sports News channel in September 2010… Read more »
Report: Apple Snags Adobe, Yahoo Vet Teresi To Lead iAd Group
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has reportedly hired a new leader for its iAd effort, in hopes of getting its home-grown solution for in-app advertising… Read more »
Wal-Mart's Mobile Team Thinking Big With App Development Firm Small Society
Wal-Mart’s digital labs arm has snapped up a small but influential mobile software-development team, adding Small Society to its group of te… Read more »
Google Strikes A Blow For Android Consistency By Requiring Stock Theme
In explaining how mobile developers can use Android 4.0′s Holo theme, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) acknowledged two of the most persistent complaints… Read more »
USA Today Becomes Latest Publisher To Embrace Kindle Fire With Custom App
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire continues to draw interest from publishing companies, including ones who have already embraced Android tablets. This ti… Read more »
I'll Drink To That: Tequila Mobile Picks Up $1.7 Million, 6 Million Gamers
More money for European tech startups: Wroclaw, Poland based mobile games publisher Tequila Mobile has announced a $1.7 round of funding, as… Read more »
Happy App Year: Downloads Pass 1 Billion/Week, U.S. Way Ahead Of The Rest
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The smartphone and tablet buying rush over the holidays spilled over into a corresponding deluge of app downloads, with the total weekly num… Read more »
Amazon Dances Around Kindle Sales Numbers (Again), But Kindle Fire Was Hot
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Amazon’s desire to tell the world how well its redesigned Kindle devices are selling keeps bumping up against its inability to deal in real… Read more »
Linear TV Consumption Is Growing, But Is Ad Spend?
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When you consider the internet, on-demand services, games consoles, mobiles, apps and [fill in your personal favorite here], we have more wa… Read more »
Record-Breaking Christmas For iOS, Android And Mobile Shopping
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Christmas day 2011 was a record-breaking day for Android and iOS device activations, says a new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry: Ac… Read more »
Game On: HD Streaming Site FilmOn Debuts NCAA Basketball, Football Channels
FilmOn, the premium-content internet streaming site that met controversy earlier this year over lawsuits involving CBS (NYSE: CBS), CNET, an… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: A New Era For Apple
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This is the first in a series of posts over the next week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the secto… Read more »
Why Running A Mobile OS By Committee Can Be Very Hard
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Attempting to build consensus among Android vendors is a tricky undertaking in late 2011. As a result, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and its partners… Read more »
News Corp. To Give Sunday Times The Free Treatment For Christmas This Year
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Last year, News International made The Times and The Sun newspapers free on Christmas and used the opportunity to promote their respective i… Read more »
Why Are Free Games More Popular On iPhones Than On Android Devices?
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Some research out from Xyologic today on app store download trends in 2011 indicates that while games have remained a popular category acros… Read more »
Updated: More Than One Reason Why RIM's BlackBerry 10 Phones Are Late?
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What’s the real reason behind the delay of the BlackBerry 10 handsets, which has Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) in a lot of trouble heading… Read more »
For Users Outside The U.S., Facebook Is Getting A Little More Private
Facebook is no stranger to accusations about how it treats users’ privacy — something that has come under increased public scrutiny in the… Read more »
Forget The Mobile Reference Designs, Intel, And Ship A Product
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Much has been made of Microsoft’s failure to shift its dominant presence in the PC market to the mobile market, but at least the company has… Read more »
Distimo: Apple's App Store Still Beats Android On Revenues; Freemium Rules
Android’s Market and the App Store from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may be getting ever-closer to being level in the number of apps on offer, but whe… Read more »
Both Sides Claim Victory In Microsoft-Motorola Patent Dispute At ITC
The aftermath of a modern patent ruling looks more and more like the spin room following a presidential debate, a place where everyone belie… Read more »
Updated: Microsoft, Nokia, Amazon All Mulled Bids On RIM
What the hell would Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) have done with Research in Motion? (NSDQ: RIMM) A report Tuesday indicated that Amazon considered ma… Read more »
Nuance, Vlingo Stop Idle Chitchat And Team Up To Challenge Apple's Siri
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Nuance has acquired Vlingo in a combination of two of the most prominent independent speech companies left, as mobile companies continue to… Read more »
