GetJar Fights Back With App Stats, New Logo
Responding to Apple’s announcement it served 1.5 billion iPhone app downloads in its first year, multi-platform mobile app store GetJar has… Read more »
Nuance Communications Buys Voice-To-Text Startup Jott Networks
Continuing on with its recent buying spree, Nuance Communications has purchased Jott Networks, a startup known for its mobile voice-to-text… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Romplr iTunes App; Loc-Aid In Canada; Quattro Stats; Two BlackBerry Apps
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– From Zippo Lighter to Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em: Moderati, which created the popular Zippo Lighter app on the iPhone, is launching a new app ca… Read more »
T-Mobile UK Dismisses iPhone 3G Reports As ‘Merely Speculation’
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The Register stirred up a host of interest
Monday when it reported that T-Mobile is negotiating with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to carry iPhone 3G… Read more »
FT’s iPhone App Targets Bloomberg With 10 Free Articles Per Month
As expected, since it told us in January, The Financial Times has unveiled its iPhone app on Apple’s mobile store. Whilst the app is free, i… Read more »
Nexage Raises $4 Million From BlackBerry Fund, Others For Mobile Ad Platform
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Nexage has raised $4 million in a first round of capital to build a mobile advertising platform, which promises to fix one of the biggest st… Read more »
IAB Publishes A Step-By-Step Guide To Buying A Mobile Ad
photo: Quattro Wireless Via Mobile Buyer's Guide
A 23-page guidebook on mobile advertising was published today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau with the goal of “demystifying” the medi… Read more »
UPDATE: Ericsson Denies Investment In South Korea; May Still Open Research Center
UDPATE: Yesterday, the Korean government issued an official statement, saying that Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) plans to invest 2 trillion Korean w… Read more »
QuickPlay Media Adds $12 Million Fourth Round
Mobile video and content provider QuickPlay Media has raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding. GMP Securities led the investment, wi… Read more »
Confirmed: O2 Restores Twitter UK SMS Service
On March 2, we were first to report that O2 was the first UK network to strike a deal to reinstate free inbound SMS service in the country.… Read more »
Report: 1 Out Of Every 3 Phones To Have Motion Sensors Next Year
One-third of all mobile phones in the global market will incorporate accelerometers next year, according to a new report from iSuppli. That’… Read more »
Orange Drops DRM From Its Music Store
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Another nail in the coffin for copy locks – Orange is switching off DRM across the two million tracks in its Orange Music Store.
The move w… Read more »
Broadcasters Hope To Re-Program How People Watch TV On Mobile Devices
photo: Open Mobile Video Coalition
Broadcasters may be close to completing a two-year process for a technical standard for transmitting video to mobile devices, however, alrea… Read more »
Mobile Retail Ad Firm Modiv Media Raises $1.2 Million
Mobile retail advertising company Modiv Media has raised $1.2 million of a $2 million second round of funding, the company has confirmed. Pr… Read more »
How Game Makers Are Coping With The Introduction Of The iPhone 3GS
One of the (many) groundbreaking features about the iPhone has been its singular hardware design — which has made it easy for mobile game d… Read more »
EC Wants Faster Digital TV Switchover, Resolution To Telco Roadblock
European media commissioner Viviane Reding has set out her vision for a “Digital Europe”, with four key points including a plea to resolve t… Read more »
Forrester: Interactive To Grow To 21 Percent Of All Ad Spend By 2014
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And now for a not-so-negative online advertising forecast: Forrester Research is pegging the U.S. interactive ad market to reach $55 billion… Read more »
Qik Nabs $5.5 Million In Funding For Mobile Video Streaming
Mobile video streaming service Qik has raised just under $5.5 million in funding, according to an SEC filing, which the company has confirme… Read more »
Glu Mobile’s CEO Suddenly Announces Resignation
Mobile game-maker Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) has announced the resignation of its President and CEO Greg Ballard. While the announcement comes… Read more »
Mobile Data Plans Most Vulnerable To Consumer Cost-Cutting
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Carriers like AT&T (NYSE: T) are already concerned about subscribers cutting back on data plans to save money — and new stats from Strategy… Read more »
Garmin And TomTom Get Lost As Smartphones Begin To Offer More GPS Features
photo: Apple
Add maps and directions to the list growing list of features that a smartphone can do, just as well, if not better than a standalone device.… Read more »
O2 CEO Ronan Dunne Predicts UK Market Consolidation Boost
The mobile industry in the UK would benefit from shrinking down to just three or four companies, according to CEO of Telefonica-owned O2 Ron… Read more »
Industry Moves: Skyfire Appoints New CEO; Jeffrey Glueck Replaces Co-Founder
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Mountain View, Calif.-based Skyfire, which makes a high-end browser for mobile phones that plays videos, said today that Jeffrey Glueck has… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Al-Jazeera Live; Audioboo Gets Spinvox; Aepona Buys Valista; iPhone Cricket App
– Al-Jazeera: Doha-based Arabic TV news al Jazeera has launched its first iPhone app costing $2.99, which is made in partnership with VOD c… Read more »
MobiApp Raises $700,000 For Location-Aware Mobile Social Network
Tel Aviv-based mobile startup MobiApp has raised between $700,000 and $800,000 in a round of funding from Maayan Venture Capital. The Office… Read more »
New Term Coined For Those Who Can’t Put The Phone Down: ‘Smartphoniacs’
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Smartphoniacs are described as people who take their phone to the restroom; send messages when driving and at all hours of the day and night… Read more »
Mobile Social Backup Service Mobyko Selling To IMI Mobile
Hyderabad, India-based mobile content distributor IMI Mobile is buying Mobytec, the operator of mobile backup and content sharing service Mo… Read more »
Earnings: HTC’s Profit Falls In Second Quarter Ahead Of New Smartphone Releases
photo: Orange UK
HTC is gearing up for a busy second half when it will launch Microsoft’s latest phones, and roll out its next generation of Google (NSDQ: GO… Read more »
Confirmed: Telefónica Bags Exclusive Pre In Some European Countries
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It’s been rumoured since March, and now it’s official. Telefónica has got the exclusive on the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre, “initially” in Spain… Read more »
TV Networks Stake Their Claim To The Mobile Gaming Market
It’s not just indie companies like ngmoco or Zynga trying to grab a slice of the mobile gaming market — TV networks like *Disney*, *ESPN* a… Read more »
DoCoMo Buys Stake in Mobile Video Firm PacketVideo For $45.5 Million
PacketVideo, the San Diego-based mobile video and software company that has been around since 1998, has sold about 35 percent stake in the c… Read more »
Microsoft Brings Bing To Mobile Through Verizon Wireless Partnership And More
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Over the past few weeks, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has kicked off a no-holds barred campaign to promote Bing, its new search engine. While most… Read more »
Spinvox May Need More Finance In Line With Planned Growth
UK mobile voice-to-SMS provider Spinvox recently won business with Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) in Latin America. It’s easily its biggest carrier… Read more »
Visa Inks $13 Million Deal With Monitise For Mobile Payments
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London-based Monitise, a mobile banking company, said it has signed a five-year deal with Visa worth $13 million. As part of the deal, Visa… Read more »
Group Sues AT&T Over Ringtones Heard In Public
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Already ringtones are more expensive than a full-length song — and pay a higher royalty to the artist than a normal track — but the music… Read more »
Stealth Mobile Analytics Startup Ground Truth Raises $2.62 Million
Secretive mobile analytics startup Ground Truth, which recently hired former Qpass president Sterling Wilson as its CEO, has raised $2.62 mi… Read more »
Reports: Bidding Interest Steps Up For Deutsche Telekom’s UK T-Mobile Network
The crowded UK mobile market could be about to get a bit smaller, according to several reports that say a handful of networks are interested… Read more »
Report: O2 Wins UK Palm Pre Exclusive
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Telefonica-owned O2 has won the exclusive UK distribution rights for the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre smartphone, according to a report from Guardi… Read more »
What’s It Cost To Be A Top iPhone App? $1,875 A Day
If you plan to use advertising to promote your iPhone app, don’t expect to break the top 100 without paying a pretty penny.
To do so, it w… Read more »
Mobile Is A Bright Spot For M&A So Far This Year
photo: The Jordan, Edmiston Group
While the larger M&A market has all but dried up in the first half of 2009, “companies that have something, anything, to do with mobile,” ar… Read more »
