Orange France’s Google News Rival “24/24 Actu” In Search Of A Sustainable Business Model
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By Patrick Smith
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Book Publishers Put Faith In Mobile Apps, Partnerships
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EconSM Video: Angel Investor Ron Conway On What Makes A Great Entrepreneur
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Industry Moves: Virgin Media CFO: Isobar-Aegis Media; BBC Newsroom
By Patrick Smith
– Virgin Media: Citing family health reasons, Virgin Media’s chief financial officer Jerry Elliot will step down from the company on May 31… Read more »
Earnings: Vodafone Net Profit Plunges; Emerging Markets, Verizon Offset European Declines
By Dianne See Morrison
Vodafone’s latest full-year earnings are a tale of two markets. The British telecoms giant was saved by its emerging markets units, in part… Read more »
People.com Releases Pay-To-Download App; One Of Several Attempts To Tap Alt Revenue Sources
By David Kaplan
Major news sites are falling all over each other to release their own iPhone apps lately. Many hope to get some incremental ad revenue now,… Read more »
Mobile Marketing And Tech Firm 2ergo Acquires Australia’s Wapfly
By Dianne See Morrison
UK-based mobile marketing and technology provider 2ergo has acquired Australian-based mobile marketing firm Wapfly in order to expand its bu… Read more »
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Industry Moves: Viacom Director, Virgin Marketer, Telefonica
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Ad-Funded Mobile Service Blyk Sees Future With Carriers, Not Alone
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Mobile App Platform Developer Streamezzo Wins
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Broadband Content Bits: ITN Source Does Music; CNBC Mobile; BSkyB Ads; Zoopla Widget
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Nokia Finally Gets A Carrier For Comes With Music
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Searchology: Google To Synch Desktop, Mobile Searches
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Mobile Ad Firm Velti Buying Ad Infuse To Strengthen U.S. Position
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Vodafone Unveils New App Store; Will Share Location-Based Data
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Thomson Reuters Launches BlackBerry, iPhone Apps; First Big Step In $1 Billion Multimedia Investment
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Angel Investor Ron Conway, Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy To Be Featured In EconSM Interviews
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Mobile Content Bits: 7Digital’s Blackberry App; Spinvox On iPhone; Virgin Media-Bebo
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Vodafone To End Exclusive Mobile Ad Sales Pact With Yahoo
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Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is ending its two-year exclusive mobile ad sales agreement with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) when the deal expires in June in or… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Playstation 3 VOD; Perform’s e-Player; T-Mobile Paramount
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– Playstation-VidZone: Sony (NYSE: SNE) Computer Entertainment Europe is launching a free, ad-supported music video service for UK Playstat… Read more »
Earnings: T-Mobile UK Writedown Drags Down Deutsche Telekom; Appoints New MD Richard Moat
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The Sun’s ‘Obscene’ Page 3 Girls Get iPhone Newspaper App Banned By Apple
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Update: Mobile Content Giant Zed To Purchase UK’s Player X
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Report: Deutsche Telekom To Ditch T-Mobile UK?
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