April 2011

America Movil | April 15, 2011 | Press Release Mexico City, Mexico, April 15, 2011 — América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“AMX”) (BMV: AMX; NYSE: AMX; Nasdaq: AMOV; LATIBEX: XAMXL), announced …

Bloomberg | April 14, 2011 | Manuel Baigorri Telefonica SA (TEF) may cut its workforce in Spain by about 20 percent within the next three years as the country’s former phone monopoly …

Economic Times | April 18, 2011 NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti airtel today said it has partnered with photo service firm Zoomin.com to allow its broadband customers to store unlimited number …

Reuters | April 18, 2011 | Joseph Radford (Reuters) – Troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.T) said on Monday it is mulling the sale of stock holdings and real estate, but …

Texas Instruments Inc. has blamed the Japanese earthquake for its disappointing financial results, which came in below analyst estimates. The chipmaker disclosed first-quarter revenue of $3.39 billion, down from $3.525 …

Smart Communications | April 16, 2011 | Press Release [April 16, 2011/ Manila] – Cellular leader Smart Communications has introduced to the country what company officials describe as the world’s …

Globe | April 16, 2011 | Press Release In a Philippine first, Globe announces a major expansion of its current 4G footprint by becoming the first carrier in the Philippines …

New Zealand Commerce Commission | April 19, 2011 | Press Release The High Court in Auckland has imposed a $12 million penalty against Telecom for breaching section 36 of the …

Google Maps is one of the few things that is universally loved by internet users. Find a person who doesn’t like Google Maps and I can guarantee you they’re either insane, a moron, or both. That said, the ubiquitous cartography service isn’t without its little quirks.

Digby, a homegrown Austin company and developer of mobile commerce software announced yesterday that it had raised $8 million in a recent round of Series C funding in the wake …

The death of mobile “check-in” services is often hotly debated in industry circles; but while Facebook Places may have flopped and services like Foursquare/Gowalla et all look to expand their …

2011 marks my 7th year of developing content in the Wild West that is the mobile device ecosystem. The experience has sometimes been like building sand castles – where tides of disruptive technologies come along and wipe out what you’ve worked so hard to build.

A few months ago it was reported that social media software conglomerate UberMedia were in talks to buy UK-based Tweetdeck for $30 million. This would be a significant move by the group, as it would mean the combined reach of all their clients would be over a third of all Twitter users.