Motorola Lost $285 Million In 2011 Selling Phones
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Having already warned investors that its fourth quarter was going to be rough, Motorola (NYSE: MMI) didn’t disappoint when the actual number… Read more »
Distimo: When It’s Time For A Mobile App Sale, Choose Your Price Wisely
In an insanely crowded mobile apps marketplace, pricing is one of the ways to stand out from the competition: for better or worse. Distimo s… Read more »
AT&T: The iPhone Was Good, But Not Good Enough To Hold Off A Q4 Loss
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A set of quarterly results today from AT&T (NYSE: T) that underscored some of the aftershocks the carrier is feeling in the wake of its fail… Read more »
1 Out Of Every 12 Magazine Ad Pages Now Contains An Action Code
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Mobile action codes — including 2D barcodes, QR codes, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Tags and watermarks — became much more prevalent in the top… Read more »
Motorola Adds iPhone 4S, iCloud, To List Of Products It Says Hit Patents
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The smartphone patent wars may never end. Motorola (NYSE: MMI) fired a round Wednesday with a new lawsuit against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), declar… Read more »
At $99, Nokia And AT&T Hoping To Spark Interest In Lumia 900
Nokia’s determination to carve out a niche in the U.S. smartphone market looks like it will start with an awfully enticing offer. According… Read more »
HP Releases First Piece Of WebOS Under Open-Source License
HP (NYSE: HPQ) has formally set WebOS on its open-source path, releasing a key piece of the operating system technology under an open-source… Read more »
Media Buyers: Plenty Of Ads Still Unsold For First Streamed Super Bowl
The ultimate “big game” will get its first live video presentation on personal computers, tablets and mobile phones when NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) a… Read more »
Why Apple Just Pulled Off The Company’s First True Post-PC Quarter
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We should no longer be confused about the notion of the “post-PC era:” Apple’s shocking iOS device sales numbers for its first fiscal quarte… Read more »
2012 Mobile Ad Spend Revised Up To $2.6 Billion, Google Fueling The Machine
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A big endorsement today for mobile advertising from eMarketer: their analysts today said they were revising up their forecasts for U.S. mobi… Read more »
Update 2: Privacy Alert: O2 Fixes Hole That Shared Users’ Phone Numbers
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Update: Mobile operator O2 says that as of 2pm Wednesday, it has fixed the part of its mobile web browsing service that was reporting mobile… Read more »
Kantar: Apple Back On Top As Bestselling Smartphone In The U.S.
Considering the staggering results reported by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) last night, this should come as little surprise: the company’s iPhone is b… Read more »
Nokia Clears The Decks Of Its Burning Platform Ahead Of Results Tomorrow
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One day before Nokia is due to announce its next set of quarterly results, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made three announcements: a milestone reach… Read more »
Updated: Still Apple’s World: 37 Million iPhones, 15 Million iPads
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One quarter after Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) mildly surprised everyone with a rare earnings miss, it’s clear Tuesday that the company’s amazing run… Read more »
Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa
Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read more »
Verizon Moved 4.2 Million iPhones In Q4 But Costs Higher Than Expected
In the first quarter that Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) was on board with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for an iPhone launch event, the company sold 4.2… Read more »
David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies
In a surprise move, The Weather Channel Companies is swapping out CEOs. David Kenny is replacing Mike Kelly as CEO effective immediately; th… Read more »
Sony Ericsson’s Loss Is Apple’s Gain: iPhone Maker Hires Latin America Head
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), as it winds up as a troubled joint venture to become fully part of Sony, is spinning out some talent… Read more »
Bestsellers: Android’s Paid Market Is Alive, But Skews To Techie Tweaks
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Media operators go on grumbling about their prospects for payment on the world’s most-used smartphone platform.
But a glance at Android’s a… Read more »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
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Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
Orange To Provide Wikipedia Free In Middle East And Africa
Orange has struck a deal with Wikipedia to make its digital encyclopaedia available free of data charges to millions of mobile phone users a… Read more »
Analysts: Nokia Shipped Around 1.3 Million Lumias In Two Months
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have shipped more than 1 million of its Lumia Windows Phone devices in the two months since they went on sale in Europ… Read more »
Pew Internet: U.S. Tablet, E-Reader Ownership Doubled Over Holiday Season
‘Twas the season for tablets and e-readers, according to a new survey released Monday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The num… Read more »
Denial Is Not A Turnaround Strategy: Why RIM’s New CEO Needs To Get Real
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If you took the statements of new Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins this morning at face value, you might walk away thinkin… Read more »
Updated: Rutberg: Mobile Accounted For Over 40% Of All Tech VC In 2011
Some revealing numbers out from the analysts at Rutberg & Co. that point to how big mobile is in terms of tech investments today, and how co… Read more »
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services
Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more »
Nokia Lumia’s TV Deal Broke UK Advertising Rules
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One of the biggest components in Nokia’s expensive campaign for its latest flagship handset broke UK media rules by mixing its sponsorships… Read more »
Endgame: RIM’s Balsillie, Lazaridis To Step Down From CEO Roles
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Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has finally decided to get serious about its predicament: co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepp… Read more »
How A Stolen Wallet Made Me A Mobile-Payments Enthusiast
Losing your phone is never fun. But losing your wallet is much worse, and that’s one argument where those trying to roll the mobile-payments… Read more »
WSJ Poaches Narisetti From Washington Post
The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is head… Read more »
Social Media Gets Stickier: Twitter/Summify; Facebook/Apps, Video Too?
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This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them l… Read more »
Microsoft On Target In Fourth Quarter But Windows Sales Still Sliding
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Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings came in about where Wall Street had expected, but the decline of its Windows business continued during a… Read more »
Updated: Google Miss Sends Stock Down 9 Percent On Cost-Per-Click Questions
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) missed analyst expectations for earnings per share during the fourth quarter, sending its stock plunging in after-hours… Read more »
Update: Motricity Restructures: Closes Asia Ops, Will Focus On Mobile Ads
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More woe for beleagured mobile services company Motricity: the company today announced that it is restructuring operations, pulling back fro… Read more »
Bellwether: Q4 UK Ad Spend Up Slightly On Online Growth
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In a climate where economic forecasts continue to remain cloudy, ad spend in the UK went up marginally in Q4 2011, with increased spend on i… Read more »
AT&T Raises Fees On Smartphone Data, But Adds More Data To Monthly Plans
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The price of a monthly wireless data is going up at AT&T (NYSE: T), but the company is also throwing its customers a bone by increasing the… Read more »
Updated: Zynga Confirms Recent Purchases Of Four Mobile Gaming Companies
Now that it’s a public company, Zynga can start throwing more cash around. The online gaming company has recently acquired four small mobile… Read more »
Motorola Starts Android 4.0 Rollout To Xoom, But 3G Owners Must Wait
Android tablet makers have been coy about their plans for Android 4.0, the first version of the software to unify the smartphone and tablet… Read more »
Update: Wikipedia Is Dark, But Mobile Site/Apps Stay Bright In SOPA Protest
A small loophole for Wikipedia’s SOPA and PIPA protest, in which the English-language version of the site has gone dark for 24 hours: the mo… Read more »
Updated: RIM Said To Court Samsung's Bid After Pushing Others Away
It’s hard to see Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) making it through 2012 without some sort of massive change, but could that really involve a… Read more »
