Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Angry Birds flies towards one billion downloads

You can’t talk about mobile gaming without talking about Angry Birds, which is why Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle of Rovio Mobile joined RCR Wireless on an exclusive panel this afternoon in the news desk at the Alcatel-Lucent suite at SXSW.

Developer session: BlogHer

Buying Tech and Using Tech to Buy: What Women Really Want

SouthbySouthwest attracts wireless companies, developers and fun

AUSTIN, Texas—SouthbySouthwest, that quirky music show that is morphing into an important play for companies in the wireless space, is back with a vengeance...

Shadow Cities Demo

Live demo from Ville Vesterinen - Grey Areas (Shadow Cities)

IBM Corp. gives a preview of company events at SXSW

AUSTIN, Texas-This is the first year IBM Corp. has involvement at Austin’s South by Southwest (SXSW) and the company felt the need...

Google navigates toward location-based strategy at SXSW

AUSTIN, Texas-Marissa Mayer, VP of consumer products at Google, gave a keynote on Google Maps at South by Southwest (SXSW) on the first day...

Bits ‘n Bytes day one at SXSW

Today’s highlights ran the gamut from payment apps to digital wallets, location-based services, and social gaming, to mobile apps for social good.

Facebook “like” for donations to Japan

Mobile electronics accessory and design firm AViiQ has started a solidarity campaign for Japan with donations to the American Red Cross for every user that likes its Facebook page.

Farmville: it’s not just for geeks anymore

“This is a mass market thing - if you have 60 million people playing the game, it’s not just geeks anymore,” said Brian Reynolds, founder of Zynga in a keynote at SXSW today. The gaming company responsible for Facebook games like Farmville and Mafia Wars has turned playing video games into a social phenomena – not a private pastime but rather, a hobby to be shared and celebrated.

Will tech save or distract our children in school?

America’s students are bored, unengaged and dropping out at alarming rates – but technology may be able to save the day. At least according to the panelists on a Samsung sponsored SXSW panel on Friday entitled: Asleep in the Classroom: A Wake Up Call from Tomorrow.

Opera aims to expand mobile reach in China

PC World | March 11, 2011 | Michael Kan Opera Software has announced a deal to embed its Internet browser on mobile phones sold in China,...

India asks Etisalat, Idea to respond to regulator

Reuters | March 10, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy * Notices sent to Etisalat DB for two zones and Idea for one (Adds Etisalat statement) NEW DELHI, March 10...

Smartphone sales to top 100 mn in Asia-Pacific: analyst

Sydney Morning Herald | March 10, 2011 Sales of smartphones such as Apple's iPhone4 are set to top 100 million units for the first time...

3G Internet speed in MRT tunnels by end July 2011

The Straits Times | March 11, 2011 | Chua Hian Hou BY JULY, people with smartphones and other mobile devices can get online and surf the...

Leap against board shakeup

Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) looks to be distancing itself from plans by Pentwater Capital Management L.L.C. to nominate three directors for election to...

Bits & Bytes: Skorpios with Nokia Siemens; Clarity announcement; and more

Skorpios Technologies, an innovator in composite silicon photonic technology, announced it has entered into a strategic development agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks, expanding the...

Will Stanton push for three-way with Clearwire, Sprint and T-Mobile?

With John Stanton at the helm, will a possible business deal between Clearwire Corp. (CLWR),  T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)...

Worst of the Week: Come sail away

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Mobile networks fail under strain of historic earthquake and tsunami

Much of the Pacific Rim is on high alert this morning, following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off the coast of Japan. Within hours, a...

Maldivian operator deploys Openwave traffic management solution

A wireless operator in Maldives is deploying three of Openwave Systems Inc.’s (OPWV) traffic management solutions. Privately held Wataniya Telecom Maldives plans to deploy...

Google checks in to FourSquare’s market with Latitude deals

Remember SXSW 2010, when check-in services such as FourSquare, Gowalla and BrightKite were hitting the big time? Austin was awash with people walking into closed doors as they stared intensely at their handsets, making sure they registered that all-important Starbucks check-in.

Angry Birds go green, Rovio collects greenbacks

Rovio is certainly feeling the luck of the Irish this week as the Angry Birds maker picked up a cool $42 million in new venture funding on the same week it released 15 new levels in honor of Saint Patrick's day.

Appconomy launches the company's first mobile app

AUSTIN, Texas-Appconomy, a local startup app developer, unveiled the company’s first app, barely preceding the start of South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 11....

Appconomy launches the company’s first mobile app

AUSTIN, Texas-Appconomy, a local startup app developer, unveiled the company’s first app, barely preceding the start of South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 11....
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