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 Openwave’s Integra, Media Optimizer and Web Optimizer solutions.The operator is part of Wataniya Telecom, which offers commercial service in Kuwait,...
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. The app is named “Grouped{in}” and is designed to organize an individual’s work and personal life.
The Austin-based company claims that...
Fox News | March 8, 2011
Mexico City – The typical Mexican Twitter user is a woman living in this capital, according to a survey carried out by marketing firm Mente Digital.
Women represent 52 percent of Mexicans with Twitter accounts and they post 2.5 times more...
Foursquare has rolled out a significant update to its mobile apps for iPhone and Android users as it continues to surge in growth. The newest feature in the update is the "explore" tab where users get suggestions based on a more holistic take on...
AUSTIN-Mike Tyson, former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, will visit the SXSW Interactive Festival from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 13 at the ScreenBurn Arcade located on level one, exhibit hall two in the Austin Convention...
Quepasa | March 8, 2011 | Press Release
Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex: QPSA), creator and operator of Quepasa.com, the popular online social networkand game platform for the Latino community, has closed its acquisition of XtFt Games S/S Ltda, the owner ofsubstantially all the assets of...
Forbes | March 7, 2011 | Agustino Fontevecchia
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who is soon to be re-deployed as chairman after founder Larry Page takes the reins in April, gave an interview over the weekend from Buenos Aires where he gave clues as to the search-giant’s new...
BroadSoft Inc. (BSFT) is aiming to bring mobile video calling to the business community, giving operators an opportunity to sell enhanced services and businesses an opportunity to increase productivity, said Broadsoft VP Leslie Ferry. Broadsoft's 350 employees operate in 21 countries and have...
It isn't easy to define "The Daily." Publisher Greg Clayman relishes this fact for a few reasons.It looks pretty like a magazine, but it's not a magazine. It's not a newspaper or website, and yet it is."It's really something new," he said at yesterday's...
Business News Americas | March 2, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Chilean telco Movistar expects to launch in the next year a series of new applications around the areas of education, e-health and mobile banking, senior executives from the operator told BNamericas.
The notion that mobile operators have...
The Phnom Penh Post | March 1, 2011 | Jeremy Mullins
Mobitel is in talks with Union Commercial Bank to process its customers’ mobile phone money transactions in order to meet legal requirements from the National Bank of Cambodia.
Mobitel controversially launched its Cellcard Cash money transfer...
SCANBUY LAUNCHES MEXICO OFFICE AS MOBILE BARCODES GAIN TRACTION AROUND THE WORLD
Millions of Users Already Have Application on Telcel Camera Phones
New York, NY and Mexico City, MEXICO – Mar. 1, 2011 -- Scanbuy, Inc. (www.scanbuy.com), the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, today announced...
AUSTIN-Samsung Electronics will host a series of free, interactive, full-day bada platform code camps in Austin, Texas; Atlanta; Boston; Denver and Vancouver, B.C., Canada, to cover the basics of the open platform and how to deploy applications into the bada app store for use...
Google Inc. may finally be nearing its Microsoft Corp. moment — at least in terms of government interest and intrusion.Other deals for acquired companies have run up against regulatory hurdles in the past, but this time around it could be Google's ongoing pursuit of...
F-Secure | February 24, 2011 | Press Release
Helsinki, Finland – February 23, 2011: F-Secure and Telefonica have entered into a long term regional partnership to offer Telefonica’s wireless and mobile broadband customers unparalleled internet protection and storage related services. Telefonica has almost 145 million*...
Appia | February 24, 2011 | Press Release
New execs will focus on delivering white-label app stores around the world
Durham, NC (Vocus/PRWEB) February 24, 2011
Appia, the world’s largest open app marketplace, today announces that it has launched its global expansion plans with the hiring of...
BARCELONA, Spain—Aylus Networks Inc. used the Mobile World Congress show to unveil its video calling platform, which allows wireless operators and over-the-top content providers to offer video calling, as well as premium video-calling services.“Today, more and more smart phones and other mobile devices come...
Focus Taiwan | February 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Wu
Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) HTC Corp., the world's fifth-largest smartphone maker, plans to build an open platform for mobile video content on its smartphones and tablet PCs to create new value and strengthen ties with its...
Under its new division formed for the healthcare vertical, AT&T Inc. is expanding its platform and launching two new pilots around patient care specifically aimed at improving security and compliance with medical processes. AT&T ForHealth is expanding its cloud-based Healthcare Community Online portal to...
Verizon Wireless is partnering with Zipit Wireless to launch a new two-way paging system for healthcare professionals. Zipit Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution operates in a cloud-based environment while utilizing Verizon Wireless' 3G network and Wi-Fi networks when available.The goal and reach of the new...
Money continues to be thrown at the nascent mobile payments space without hesitation. The latest recipient of that interest and funding from venture capitalists is Boston-based Paydiant, which closed $7.6 million in its first round of funding.The company plans to get off the ground...
PLANO, Texas— Dell Services recently announced a line of six new services and solutions that are designed to aid enterprise customers achieve benefits of mobile collaboration, computing and communications-enhanced business processes. The new “enterprise mobility services” comprise a portfolio of enterprise scale end-to-end solutions...
