Iconmobile Acquires Interactive-Marketing Agency Billy Fez
Iconmobile, a design and technology agency for the mobile industry, has acquired Seattle-based interactive-marketing agency Billy Fez Produc… Read more »
Nokia Maintains Grip On Euro Mobile Market
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Europeans bought 11.2 percent more mobile phones in Q209 than they did a year ago — a total of 14 million — and 64 percent of them were ma… Read more »
Nokia Keeps Global Smartphone Lead, But Apple's Gaining Fast
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Global smartphone shipments grew by 13.4 percent in Q209 compared to the same period last year as consumers refuse to let the recession get… Read more »
RIM Is Fastest-Growing U.S.-Listed Company, Fortune Says
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The iPhone may have all the buzz, but BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is growing at a much faster clip. In fact, RIM’s growth rates are… Read more »
Research: Most People Still Not Interested In Mobile Music
U.S. mobile music consumption has doubled in the last year, but still only 10 percent of American adults listen to music on their mobile pho… Read more »
Paid Apps Coming To Palm Pre This Fall
Palm (NSDQ: PALM) has been slow to roll-out more applications in the Pre’s App Catalog, and now it’s announcing a very relaxed schedule for… Read more »
Cellphones Must Be Even More Indispensable Before Advertising Makes Real Sense
This year is not the year that mobile advertising will hit a tipping point, and truth be told, that point may still be several more years aw… Read more »
One Opinion On How Motorola Could Succeed At Building Android Phones
A number of discontented iPhone fans have switched to other devices recently, choosing instead to use the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre and Google (… Read more »
Carriers Worldwide Are Feeling The Pressure From Discounting The iPhone
We already knew that AT&T’s margins have been hurting because of the iPhone, but as it turns out heavy iPhone subsidies by operators around… Read more »
Study: Smartphone Users Get An 'F' When It Comes To Security
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Most people wouldn’t think about surfing the web on their desktop or laptop without some form of anti-virus protection, but what about on th… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Samsung Gets Apps; Brightkite In 3D; AT&T Campaign; Good For Army
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– Samsung apps for touchscreen phones: Samsung has released a developer kit, so that widgets can be easily made for Samsung’s touchscreen p… Read more »
NPR Mobile Strategy Mixes Text With Live And On-Demand Audio
National Public Radio is already a leader in podcasting. But a free NPR News iPhone app that launched Saturday night opens up a new dimensio… Read more »
Where Is Wireless Innovation Occurring If Not At The Carrier?
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The decision by France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) to close one of its research labs just outside of Boston has led me to wonder: who are the big in… Read more »
Sky News Will Charge For iPhone App Outside UK, Ireland
Sky News’ iPhone app may be a free download in the UK and Ireland, but the news channel now plans to make it available in other countries at… Read more »
Ericsson Doesn't Believe WiMax Will Be The 4G Standard
We’ve heard Nokia call WiMax the “Betamax” of wireless technology, and now Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) is jumping on the bandwagon with its own ne… Read more »
How One Company Survived the MVNO Implosion
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Remember Visage Mobile? The San Francisco-based company was one of the unlucky few that got caught up in the MVNO heyday. Founded in 2001, V… Read more »
$1.5 Million In Checks Deposited Via iPhone App In First Three Days
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USAA, a bank which caters to the military, said that $1.5 million in checks have already been deposited via an iPhone app, which launched ju… Read more »
Industry Moves: Handmark Hires VP Of Games To Ramp Up Development
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Handmark, a mobile application developer, has hired Jason Ford as its VP of Games. In the newly created position, Ford will be responsible f… Read more »
Z2Live Raises $3 Million To Offer Game Developers Multiplayer Features
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A Seattle-based company that launched earlier this year with the goal of targeting the iPhone has picked a new name and focus and has raised… Read more »
Virgin Mobile USA Sues Ultramercial Over Failing To Hand Over Mobile Advertising Revenues
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Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) has sued Ultramercial over its Sugar Mama service, which allowed users to earn free voice minutes by watching c… Read more »
Microsoft, Nokia Become Unlikely Pair In The Fight To Stay Competitive In The Smartphone Market
Microsoft and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced today that they are investigating new areas of collaboration and will kick off the alliance by bri… Read more »
Report: App Stores Will Generate 6.67 Billion Downloads By 2014
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The increasing availability of free applications will drive the number of U.S. downloads to reach 6.67 billion in 2014 from all applications… Read more »
Xora and Gearworks Merge And Raise Funds To Take On Location-Based Services
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Xora and Gearworks have merged to create a larger company that specializes in location-based business applications, such as payroll and time… Read more »
Microsoft Partners With Nokia To Bring Office To The Phone
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) gave its plans to make Office widely accessible via mobile phone a big boost Wednesday, announcing that Nokia (NYSE:… Read more »
UK 3G Femtocell Maker Ubiquisys Gets $11 Million Funding
Swindon-based maker of 3G femtocells — 3G signal generators designed to improve mobile access via the internet — has won $11 million (£6.… Read more »
Advertising Round-Up: Sky Digital Media; O2 Sales Head Quits; Express Advertorial Warnings
– Sky Digital Media: It carries out online sales duties for 133 sports websites but BSkyB’s digital sales division is to stop representing… Read more »
Microsoft, Nokia Set To Announce Alliance; Likely Over Web-Based Office
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) have scheduled a teleconference for Wednesday to announce an alliance — and the betting is tha… Read more »
LiMo Foundation Adds Partners, Handsets
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LiMo Foundation, the organization that supports open source software for mobile phones, has added two new members and nine new handsets, acc… Read more »
Nokia Quadruples Ovi Mail Users In About Three Months
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) released some statistics today, suggesting that its email service called Ovi Mail is quickly becoming a must-have form of… Read more »
BBC Hovers On iPhone Apps Due To Apple Terms
While Apple’s iPhone App Store has clocked up a billion downloads and revolutionised the delivery of mobile services in its first year, one… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Broadband Survey; German P2P Plan; weComm-Livestation; BBCWW's Court Case;
– Broadband VOD survey: More than half of people wouldn’t be tempted to watch more online video if they had faster broadband, according to… Read more »
MobiTV Founder Starting New Stealth Company, Called Stealth Tail (Yes!)
Dr. Phillip Alvelda, the founder of MobiTV, who stepped down as CEO in 2007, is now starting his own stealth mobile company, stealthily call… Read more »
The Real List Of The Largest Mobile Ad Networks — Sort Of
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Last week, we reported a list of the six largest mobile advertising networks — with the caveat that the data may not be correct. Well, inde… Read more »
Want To Deposit A Check? Just Use Your iPhone
Is the next trend in mobile banking to deposit checks via phone? USAA Bank, a financial institution which caters to the military, is updatin… Read more »
AdMob Delays Decision To Shut Off iPhone Ad Aggregators
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AdMob has reversed its decision — at least temporarily — to cut off aggregators, which help iPhone application developers fill more ad inv… Read more »
U.S. Wireless Market Splinters Into The Haves And The Have-Nots
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Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T) continue to pull away from the pack in the U.S., with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and T-Mobile US… Read more »
Android Apps Cost Just As Much As iPhone Apps, Sometimes More
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In a side-by-side comparison, a report found that consumers are paying roughly the same amount for applications on both the iPhone App Store… Read more »
Acer Plans App Store For Smartphone Push
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As Acer enters the smartphone market, the computer maker is prepping an accompanying app store to better compete with the likes of Apple (NS… Read more »
Apple Ramps Up PR Campaign In Defense Of Its App Store’s Policies
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Sticks and stones may break Apple’s bones, but Ninjawords will never hurt them. In what appears to be a change in policy, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)… Read more »
Earnings: WMG Faces The Music On Falling Ringtone Sales
Ringtone sales, once a promising spot for music labels, have been falling, as research from SNL Kagan showed just how poorly the space was f… Read more »
