Monthly Archives: June, 2011

ZolkC brings heritage sites to life through mobile

While antiquity is something many museums strive to preserve, there’s no reason to do so when it comes to guiding equipment, according to Irish startup ZolkC.

GlobalFoundries culls top tier management, ex-Motorola man placed in charge

GlobalFoundries has fired its top tier management this morning, effective immediately, replacing the CEO, COO and chairman of the board with appointees of the...

Medio Systems hits stride, traffic grows tenfold in a year

Medio Systems Inc., which launched a customer retention platform last month, has since surpassed 2.5 million daily unique users. Data captured from that...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Rajant looks to take mobile networks mobile

PHILADELPHIA – Despite the name, mobile networks are in fact heavily reliant on stationary objects that require significant infrastructure to make them go. This...

General Motors embarks on ‘something different’ for infotainment

WARREN, Mich. — Like many of its competitors, General Motors Co. (GM) has adopted infotainment and telematics as one of its technical pillars....

Smartphones gain steam in Spain

The draw of smartphones is beginning to hit hard in Spain where a recent survey by Nielsen found nearly 40% of the country's mobile...

LightSquared granted extension for GPS report

LightSquared received a 16-day extension from the Federal Communications Commission on its plans to file a report into potential interference issues its proposed terrestrial...

UndercoverTourist.com launches BlackBerry app to round out app trio

UndercoverTourist.com, an Austin-based provider of online discounts for travel to Orlando, Fla.-based destinations such as Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando, SeaWorld, Richard Petty Driving...

Macheen raises $10M in latest round of funding

Macheen Inc., an Austin-based mobile broadband service provider for retailers and device makers, announced that the company raised $10 million to put into product...

Facebook hires former Oracle, Clinton spokesman as VP of global communications

Amidst months of rumors, Facebook Inc. decided to hire former Oracle Corp. (ORCL) chief spokesman Joe Lockhart as VP of global communications. Lockhart is also...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Carrier consolidation shifts investment strategy, VC panel says

PHILADELPHIA – Timing, scale and the long-term sustainability of a business and business model are key factors to betting right in the mobile broadband...

LulzSec gets serious – Senate and CIA websites hacked

What began with the hacking of Sony Corp.'s Playstation Network back in April has now snowballed into a full-on hackers open season, as a whole raft of websites have fallen to the group calling themselves LulzSec. The collective have now turned their hive-mind on the government, with high-profile hacks of both the Senate and CIA sites in less than 24 hours.

Fairchild Semiconductor sounds out the mobile audio space

A clear trend for improved audio appears to be emerging in the mobile space, with a plethora of companies from chip makers to speaker...

Cavium Networks signs Samsung as a customer

Samsung Electronics has chosen Cavium Networks’ (NASDAQ: CAVM) Octeon processors for its 3G/4G systems, according to the firm. Samsung has increasingly been dipping its toes...

Cellular baseband market revenue reaches $3.5 billion; Qualcomm, Intel leading

Cellular baseband market revenue reached $3.5 billion during the first quarter of 2011, with Qualcomm Inc. and Intel Corp. leading the way, according to...

Essar to exit telecom business in Africa

Economic Times | June 15, 2011 | Deepali Gupta MUMBAI: After exiting telecom businesses in India, the Essar Group is following suit in Africa. The...

Telstra sees sense in Sensis ad merger

The Australian | June 15, 2011 | Simon Canning CONTINUING pressure on margins has forced Telstra to merge its online advertising sales business, Sensis Digital...

Google applies for map license in China as deadline looms

Computer World | June 14, 2011 | Michael Kan IDG News Service - Google has applied for a license needed to continue operating its online maps...

CBI initiates move to freeze DB Realty assets

Times of India | June 15, 2011 NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday initiated the process of laying its hands on...

Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) Launch: eBay, Google, Nokia, Skype and Yahoo! form a new Internet policy group

AIC | June 14, 2011 | Press Release Hong Kong, 14 June 2011 -- The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), a new industry association founded by eBay,...

comScore Releases First Public Report on Web Usage in Peru, Expanding Coverage of Latin American Market

Google, Microsoft and Facebook Rank as Most-Visited Internet Properties in Peru Portal Sites Account for One-Third of Internet Users’ Time Online Lima, Peru, June 15, 2011...

TrueMove files a report with the crime suppression division against DTAC

TrueMove | June 14, 2011 | Press Release TRUEMOVE FILES A REPORT WITH THE CRIME SUPPRESSION DIVISION TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DTAC, WHICH HAS A...

Funambol answers Apple's iCloud with cross platform MediaHub

While Apple’s iPad might be fogging up everyone’s view, a smaller silicon valley firm by the name of Funambol has unveiled its own cloud-based...

Funambol answers Apple’s iCloud with cross platform MediaHub

While Apple’s iPad might be fogging up everyone’s view, a smaller silicon valley firm by the name of Funambol has unveiled its own cloud-based...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Rapid advances in mobile space cry out for clarity

PHILADELPHIA – Few could argue that the mobile industry is a complicated beast that seems to be getting more complicated by the day. With...
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