NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
A Focus on Context, Ubiquity, Privacy and Security Takes Center Stage at Inaugural MEF Americas Event
Held earlier this month, MEF Americas 2010: Mobile Content & Commerce connected over 200 North and Latin American influencers from the...
The global mobile application market is set to surpass $35 billion in 2014, according to a new report from IDC. Mobile application developers have built more than 300,000 apps in barely more than the last three years, the firm added.The overall number for downloaded...
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is putting the final details on its FLO TV shutdown.Leading up to the shutdown of the service on March 27, 2011, the company has opened up a rebate program that will effectively reimburse some of the company's direct-to-consumer customers for their...
Guinness — the mere mention of the stuff should make your mouth water. You either love it fervently, hate it or at least think you hate it.The Irish stout is steeped in history, dating back to 1759 when it got its start at the...
Mobile advertising firm Out There Media has revealed that its permission-based advertising programs with Maxis and Globe Telecom in Asia have garnered 2.5m consumer opt-ins within a couple of months of roll-out.
In October 2010, brands including HSBC, McDonald’s and Unilever committed...
Television is as American as apple pie. Translating that love for moving pictures to the mobile screen has been a prolonged challenge. Usage is finally up in some areas, but it's not all cheers for mobile video just yet.The number of people watching mobile...
Executives at Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) were never eager to offer up subscriber count numbers for FLO TV. Until now, sort of.At an event in Silicon Valley earlier this week, CEO Paul Jacobs said the company only managed to sign up about 1 million customers...
Don't throw in the towel on BlackBerry just yet. BlackBerry users ate up more mobile data than iPhone users last month, according to StatCounter.Research In Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) BlackBerry OS grabbed 34.3% of all mobile data traffic in the United States last month. Apple...
New Corp. is reportedly laying off staff almost three months after it first confirmed plans to sell its mobile business all together. Fox Mobile is cutting around 75 employees, of 15% of its staff in Germany, and making cuts in other markets as well,...
Just like more developed countries, mobile operators in India are looking towards data services to offset falling voice revenues, according to a recent report from Juniper.The report noted that operator billed data revenues in India will increase from $4 billion in 2010 to $10...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jeffrey Hayzlett had a commanding presence here on stage at the Mobile Marketing Forum, living up to his so-called “CMO celebrity” status with a mix of humor and forcefulness.Looking back on his time as the chief marketing officer at Eastman...
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) has held talks with AT&T Mobility (T) about a possible sale of its spectrum holdings for FLO TV, according to Bloomberg.There are few details beyond that, although the unnamed sources confirmed that Verizon Wireless (VZ) and T-Mobile USA Inc. have not...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Looking south over the Los Angeles landscape from a balcony adjoining his top-floor suite, Jamie Foxx says he has some big plans for mobile.It’s hard not to take him at his word, especially considering the crowd of mobile marketing leaders...
Apple Inc. has already grabbed at least 20% of the mobile ad market in the United States with its iAd platform and now it appears ready to launch the service in Europe.Apple has been met with less enthusiasm for the service in Europe and...
In at least 10 states this election cycle, organizations supporting Republican campaigns used text messaging to try to reduce Democratic turnout, says progressive political consulting firm, Revolution Messaging, calling on state attorneys general to investigate “the improper use of mobile technology by Republicans in...
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.October was a busy month for mergers and acquisitions in the mobile games sector. Ngmoco...
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,...
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,...
It used to be that messaging, which gained popularity as simple texting or Short Message Service (SMS), was just for teens—a way for them to interact in real-time via their own shorthand tech-speak. Enter: Multimedia Message Service (MMS), enabling wireless consumers to incorporate images...
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) reported $865 million in net income on $2.95 billion in revenues during its quarter ending Sept. 26. In the year-over-year column, revenues are up 10% and net income is up 8%.Overall, 111 million CDMA-based units were shipped during the quarter,...
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised a new fund of $650 million to invest in the smart phone market among others.The firm, which burned through its kick-off fund of $300 million in 16 months instead of the typical two- to three-year cycle, was...
With exactly two weeks to go until the Mobile Marketing Forum kicks off in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jamie Foxx has been lined up as the keynote speaker.Foxx will talk about strategies and business opportunities for mobile entertainment, the Mobile Marketing Association said in its...
AppMakr, a company that streamlines the app development process and makes it easy to create custom native apps for iOS devices, has raised $1 million from a group of 11 angel investors and groups.Thousands of apps built with AppMakr have been released on the...
In yet another sign that Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) is years behind its biggest competitors in the consumer arena, the BlackBerry maker has finally turned its App World into an online storefront.BlackBerry users can now purchase and download apps on a PC and...
