SEATTLE — While demand for mobile ads is growing, supply is exploding, Millenial Media CEO Paul Palmieri said here at Mobile Future Forward on Wednesday.In many ways, it's both a blessing and a curse.“Mobile is more in a growth phase than the online world...
SEATTLE — If you ask the head of mobile at Facebook Inc., he'll tell you we still have a long way to go before social media really spreads its wings in the mobile environment.“We haven't yet even begun to see the true potential of...
The Mobile Marketing Association said it is repositioning itself as the market sector begins to mature, with a heavier focus on brands and agencies. Specifically, the trade group said it will focus on five new building blocks after extensive meetings with members to become...
ChaCha Search Inc. scored a major studio win today under a new deal with NBC Universal Digital Studio. The company, which takes a unique approach to mobile search, has landed a role as the answers service provider for the studio's recently launched original series...
Mobile content revenues are expected to more than triple from 2009 to 2014, according to a new report from eMarketer called "Mobile Content: Games, Music and Video Take to the Cloud."Building upon a compound annual growth rate of nearly 20%, revenues from mobile content...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Mobile marketing is a fantastic tool for value exchange and consumer engagement; however, if there’s one...
Glu Mobile Inc. (GLUU) has closed a $13.5 million round of private-equity investment. The publicly traded company secured financing from new and existing stockholders including Greenway Capital, Cannell Capital, Cypress Capital, Granite Global Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Scale Venture Partners and Stephens Investment Management.“Today...
Without admitting wrongdoing, seven mobile-content companies have settled a series of class-action lawsuits in a circuit court in Chicago.Flycell Inc., Glomobi, Mobilefunster Inc., Thumbplay Inc., WebAMG Holdings, Glispa L.L.C. and Motricity Inc. were accused of charging wireless subscribers for content without clear authorization. As...
Demand for specific mobile technology skills has been steadily climbing as businesses look for developers who can write for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry applications, according to job information released earlier this month from Elance, an online jobsite that connects businesses with freelancers.Job categories...
Netflix Inc.(NFLX) has finally released an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows subscribers to stream TV episodes and movies on their device.After sitting on the sidelines rather noticeably for years, the company made its first major mobile step with an app...
While technology and its stakeholders are often blamed for holding back on the roll out of new major platforms like mobile payments, unmitigated problems around security can and should cause equal pause, according to Consumers Union.In a call to action of sorts, the nonprofit...
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) has launched BlackBerry App World 2.0 three weeks after it opened the latest version up for beta testing.The BlackBerry maker is hoping to reinvigorate its app appeal with the updated storefront, but there still some key features that are...
For a current market leader, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) finds itself behind its competitors in the smart phone space far too often.It only recently caught up with practically every other smart phone maker on the planet and released a modern browser of the...
The music video site Vevo has released an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch and is working on apps for the iPad, Android-powered devices and other mobile operating systems.The app, which is sponsored AT&T Inc. (T), extend's the premium music video service to...
Grooveshark's app for the iPhone has been pulled from Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) App Store after just eight days.The company worked for more than a year to finally win Apple's approval to get its music streaming app approved, but a legal complaint filed by Universal...
Nokia Corp. (NOK) is making plans to reset and rename its all-you-can-eat music service after less than two lackluster years on the scene.While ambitious, the unlimited music service that was bundled into the price of select Nokia devices has never lived up to its...
The people that work at Apple Inc. (AAPL) have been known to create news by simply arriving or leaving the company. Late last week that news came in the form of Benjamin Vigier.Apple has hired the near field communication expert on the heels of...
At least one major brand has dropped plans to work with Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iAd mobile advertising service due to Apple's unmatched control over the creative process, according to The Wall Street Journal.Since Apple launched the service on July 1 with 17 launch partners,...
At least one major brand has dropped plans to work with Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iAd mobile advertising service due to Apple's unmatched control over the creative process, according to The Wall Street Journal.Since Apple launched the service on July 1 with 17 launch partners,...
News Corp. (NWSA) is gearing up to invest $30 million to $40 million in a new national news organization with a heavy focus on mobile, The Los Angeles Times reports.The new venture will draw content from a dedicated editorial staff, but also could pull...
Google Inc. (GOOG) rolled out a new feature that links the Chrome browser with devices running on the Android operating system.The Chrome to Phone extension, which Google announced today at a news conference and in an accompanying blog post, is simply a button that...
It's been nearly a decade since Sony Corp. (SNE) and LM Ericsson (ERIC) formed a joint venture to combine their strengths in the mobile device market, but Sony has so far left its gaming background off the table.Apparently that's about to change.Sony Ericsson Mobile...
As dedicated gaming device sales decline, video game makers are looking to smart phones for future growth.According to a new report from research firm iSuppli Corp., the video game industry is coalescing around mobile like never before. Whereas top game publishers have built or...
With so much talk these days about uninhibited mobile data growth and the impact it's having on wireless carrier networks, you'd think there was no money in mobile broadband. Think again.Revenues from mobile data in the United States jumped 6% in the second quarter...
