Venture-capital investments in the mobile sector are soaring, led by media and applications, commerce and payments and healthcare, according to a new report from Rutberg & Co.VC investment in mobile is at the largest level ($3 billion in the first half of the year)...
Mobile marketing platform company Upstream says it will be opening new offices in Redwood City, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley.The firm, whose MCS marketing technology platform boasts over one billion interactions every year to more than 500 million consumers in 40 countries...
Mobile marketing platform company Upstream says it will be opening new offices in Redwood City, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley.
The firm, whose MCS marketing technology platform boasts over one billion interactions every year to more than 500 million consumers in 40 countries...
Upstream, mobile marketing technology and solutions provider, has brought in former Microsoft Partner and General Manager, Simon Negus, as Chief Operating Officer. Negus joins Upstream from Microsoft UK where he served as a Microsoft Partner and UK Board member. Read more.Vibes, a mobile marketing...
iTnews | July 19, 2011
The City of Melbourne is deploying a pay-by-phone trial for on-street metered parking spaces.
By October, drivers in the inner-city suburb of Carlton will be able to use an iPhone application or website to pay for parking.
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France Telecom - Orange | July 19, 2011 | Press Release
Orange is inviting web-users to keep up with its news in real time on its new Orange timeline platform, which goes live today at: http://timeline.orange.com.
Orange is the first large group to aggregate all of...
BBC News | July 12, 2011
A Scottish law firm has launched an iPhone app which will help employers calculate compensation claims.
Read the full article here via BBC News
BBC News | July 12, 2011
A Scottish law firm has launched an iPhone app which will help employers calculate compensation claims.
Read the full article here via BBC News
Ericsson | July 14, 2011 | Press Release
Today, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) Money Services launches its first global ‘corridor’ for cross-border international remittance in partnership with Globe Telecom and Smart Communications Inc (Smart) enabling mobile phone users in the Philippines to send and receive money to...
Ericsson | July 13, 2011 | Press Release
Reflecting the evolving nature of the industry, the eighth annual award from the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), the global community for mobile content and commerce, honored companies with leading innovations for customer contact and interaction.
Ericsson and Velti...
The Economist | July 6, 2011
Which Europeans are the most enthusiastic, and the most fearful, social networkers
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France Telecom - Orange | July 12, 2011 | Press Release
With social networks and multi-screen functions now part of everyday life, you no longer want to wait until the following day before you can talk about and comment on the TV shows you watch....
Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Isabel Reynolds
Japanese mobile social gaming firm DeNA will seek to expand by buying more game developers, its new chief executive, Isao Moriyasu, said in an interview on Monday.
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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 barcodes have gone from niche engagement tool to center-stage digital marketing vehicle, breathing life into traditional...
Cable.co.uk | July 11, 2011
The network operator will offer an Orange portal on Smart TVs sold across Europe.
Orange has signed a Europe-wide partnership agreement with Samsung that will see the network operator deliver content for the manufacturer's Smart TVs.
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It turns out there could be more to Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) boast last week about the 15 billionth app download via the App Store. If the latest prediction from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster proves to be correct, Apple's massive catalog and user base...
The mobile local ad market got more crowded and competitive today with AT&T Interactive announcing that in-app ads will be coming to its own network soon. Billed as yet another extension of the AT&T Inc. (T) subsidiary's local Yellow Pages business, the company is...
As the mobile platform war turns, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), Motorola Inc. (MOT) and Palm (HPQ) all lost smartphone market share in the United States over the last three months while Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (<a href=http://stocks.rcrnews.com/rcrwireless./quote?Symbol=AAPL) made gains.The BlackBerry maker...
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 2D barcodes are rapidly becoming a mainstay of major brand marketing campaigns worldwide. But, if you’re...
Nokia Corp. (NOK) continues to shed business interests as it shifts its strategy on many fronts. The latest to go is the company’s operator-branded messaging business, which gave carriers in North America the opportunity to sell white label email and instant messaging services to...
Red Bend Software, Mobile Software Management (MSM), announced that BYD Electronic Company Limited of China, manufacturer of mobile handset components and modules, has licensed Red Bend's vRapid Mobile
San Francisco-based Zynga Inc., which creates online games for mobile devices and sites such as Facebook, plans to file an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expected to be as early as today, reports CNBC.Some of Zynga's most...
