SMS-based search company 4INFO launched an ad-serving offering that places marketing pitches in text messages.AdHaven, as the service is dubbed, is designed to enable mobile operators, content publishers and SMS aggregators to deliver text ads from anywhere in the world. The offering includes ad...
Leap Wireless International Inc. is bringing music to the masses, or at least those wireless consumers packing its Cricket devices.Despite the languid adoption of full-track mobile music download services, the no-contract carrier jumped into the mobile music field today with its Cricket Mobile Music...
Text messaging remains the most profitable value-added data service, according to a new study from research firm In-Stat.The company said short message service (SMS) and multimedia message service (MMS) technologies provide a potentially endless revenue stream for operators because they are inexpensive, ubiquitous, reliable...
Microsoft Corp. is the latest company to jump on the cloud-computing craze with a free new service for Windows Mobile users.The software giant unveiled My Phone, a Web-based service that synchs contacts, appointments, messages and multimedia content between the Internet and mobile phones. The...
Is Nokia about to launch an application store for its Symbian platform at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona? That's the rumor buzzing about the Internet this morning.
Google Inc. launched a mobile version of its book search offering, enabling users with devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and T-Mobile USA Inc.'s G1 to access more than 1.5 million works.The online giant said it formats the titles by extracting text from the...
Betting that a touchscreen interface and high-resolution camera phone will lead to more photo-sharing - and accompanying data revenue - T-Mobile USA Inc. said today it would soon launch Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s Memoir.The carrier has not provided pricing or a launch date for...
VeriSign Inc. continued to streamline its business by jettisoning part of its European mobile messaging division.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company had established a mobile foothold in Europe with the 2006 acquisition of Austria's 3united Mobile Solutions AG for $65.5 million. But VeriSign said it...
Mobile application retailer Handmark announced a deal to acquire FreeRange Communications, a Portland, Ore.-based mobile technology firm, for an undisclosed amount.FreeRange offers a publishing platform designed to help media companies and content owners to create branded, downloadable smartphone applications. The company also offers mobile...
The land rush is on for the new .tel domain. The question is, why?The U.K.-based firm Telnic is hoping to create a "phone book for the Internet" with the new top-level domain, providing a place where companies can join a global directory and allow...
Smartphones are no longer the exclusive domain of high-powered executives and road warriors. But what that means for the mobile e-mail space - which seems perennially on the verge of reaching a tipping point - has yet to be determined.Handset manufacturers and application developers...
Shares of RealNetworks Inc. nosed downward after the company said it will be in line with quarterly revenue expectations but swallow nearly $250 million in charges.The Seattle-based firm said next week's earnings report will include $151 million to $153 million in fourth-quarter revenue, in...
Bebo launched a program designed to help operators, handset manufacturers and mobile application developers to reach its 50 million registered users.The social networking site - which was acquired by AOL last year for $850 million - unveiled Bebo Open Mobile, a suite of tools...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
Mobile betting is expected to continue to perform strongly next year, despite global economic concerns, according to a study from Juniper Research.The market is expected to reach $3.6 billion in 2009, more than double 2008 levels, while other segments like mobile TV and mobile...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.With the advent of the new Boost national $50 Monthly Unlimited plan, many consumers and...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
London's Handmade Mobile Ltd. is bringing its Flirtomatic service to the United States.
The mobile and online social networking community, which claims more than 1.3 million registered users, launched in the United Kingdom three years ago and recently deployed service in Germany. The company has...
Forum Nokia unveiled 11 finalists in a developer contest designed to spur the development of environmentally friendly applications.Nokia Corp.'s developer community said its "Calling All Innovators" site generated submissions from nearly 1,000 developers vying for one of three $25,000 first-place prizes. Submissions included a...
Fiscal first-quarter revenue for Qualcomm Inc. reached $2.52 billion, up 3% year-on-year - the high-end of the company's prior guidance - and net income reached $341 million, down 56% from the year-ago quarter. One reason for the fall in income: losses in the chipmaker's...
There's a new player on the wide-open mobile search playground. And it's bigger than you think.Kgb, a New York-based firm with roots in fixed-line directory assistance, launched service earlier this month with a premium service that uses human "special agents" - a wry nod...
"Super Bowl XLIII uses 21st century technology to insure (sic) that fans have a positive experience on February 1, 2009," the press release from InStadiumSolutions (ISS) exclaimed. "Fans will be able to text issues right from their cell phone directly to the security command...
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.From an outsider's point of view, it's easy to say mobile applications should be a slam dunk...
An Android application that claims to optimize use of the memory on HTC's G1 phones has drawn the ire of some G1 users who allege it wipes users' data and spams their contacts. The application, called MemoryUp from eMobiStudio, has now disappeared from the...
