NFC is going to change how we behave and significantly enhance mobile marketing according to Mohammed Khan President and Founder of Vivotech, an NFC software and systems firm with 70% market share.Speaking in Singapore at the GSMA mobile money summit, Khan said it was...
Penn Olson | June 27, 2011 | Willis Wee
Mobile advertising expenditure is rocketing around the world, but nowhere like it is in China. Citing eMarketer, Chinese Internet research firm iResearchproduced a graph showing rising mobile spending in China. By 2015, the figure will hit a whopping $1.4...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
For many years the undisputed king of the blogging hill has been Wordpress. The platform is produced by software company Automattic, who also make comments system IntenseDebate and spam filter Akismet, and is available in one of two flavours.
Nearly four years after Nokia Corp. (NOK) paid $8.1 billion to acquire Navteq Corp., the struggling Finnish company is repositioning the business under the arm of “location & commerce.” The new division, to be headed by EVP Michael Halbherr starting July 1, will integrate...
Video generates anywhere from 40% to 60% of mobile data traffic on wireless networks today, according to a fresh mobile analytics report from Bytemobile Inc. Considering that, it’s no wonder mobile videos are stalling between 5% and 40% of the time depending on network...
PaidContent: UK | June 17, 2011 |Â Ingrid Lunden
Attention mobile operators: here’s a cautionary tale for you about what happens when you try to wedge yourself into the app ecosystem created by the likes of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), but fail to engage developers.
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NEW YORK — Live from the Mobile Marketing Forum, RCR Wireless News presents a wrap of the week's news and highlights some key trends coming out of the event. Please check out the video for a full recap of the event and the week's...
NEW YORK — Mobile devices are projected to drive more online traffic than desktops and laptops within the next 18 months, according to current projections.With that in mind, several industry executives here at the Mobile Marketing Forum weighed in on the growing importance of...
Medio Systems Inc., which launched a customer retention platform last month, has since surpassed 2.5 million daily unique users. Data captured from that use is generating more than 200 million analytic log events per day and more than 250 million personalized page views...
Computer World | June 14, 2011 | Michael Kan
IDG News Service -Â Google has applied for a license needed to continue operating its online maps in China as the deadline for obtaining government approval approaches.
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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 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its first public study of Internet...
Pandora Media Inc. (P) debuted on the New York Stock Exchange today at a per-stock price of $20.32 before immediately jumping to a peak of $24.25. Pandora has gained incredible user adoption thanks to its push on smartphones. Company stock was originally set for...
ComScore Inc. (SCOR), a company specializing in business analytics, released a study that claims that the number of mobile display advertisements have more than doubled in the past two years.
The Reston, Va.-based research firm claims that mobile content and publishing accounted for half of...
Txt2Get is launching its do-it-yourself mobile marketing platform in the United States. Already in Australia and New Zealand, Txt2Get's platform connects advertisers with customers, potential customers and social media followers. The company is targeting its web-based text and quick response code campaigns at brand...
Twitter is a wonderful thing, and if you’re following the right people, you can pick up the tastiest morsels on the web. With today being a bit of an Apple fest, we thought you might enjoy a bite of the following.....
Allot Communications has a platform inspection data (Deep Packet Inspection) to monitor the quality of data services and offer the best user experience when accessing their favorite services.
RCR Wireless News will be attending this week's Uplinq Conference in sunny San Diego. The two-day event is expected to give Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) an opportunity to announce its latest plans for its services offering and continue to blend the technology trends that are...
3D mobile technology is about to get a very big boost on Monday, as chip maker Texas Instruments (TI) confirmed it would be partnering with MasterImage 3D on a development board which could be used to build glasses free apps, UIs and content for mobile devices.
Hindustan Times | May 26, 2011
Global Internet search engine Google on Thursday announced plans to offer street view of Indian cities on its maps platform. "We are launching the street view project from Bangalore as it is the IT capital of India where IT-savvy...
Following a 300% jump in traffic from tablets in the last six months, Google Inc.'s (GOOG) AdMob has launched a series of new ad formats tailor made for larger mobile devices. The HTML5-based ad formats are built for high-definition screens and will use features...
Millennial Media, the largest independent mobile ad network, didn't look far for its next acquisition target in Washington, D.C.-based Condaptive. The company, which focuses on audience formation and development via data analysis, will now join the ranks of Baltimore-based Millennial Media. Terms of the...
Wall Street Journal
WSJ's Amol Sharma reports from New Delhi on Google taking issue with India's Internet regulations. Google claims the strict rules could hamper its profitability in a booming Internet market.
