AIC | June 14, 2011 | Press Release Hong Kong, 14 June 2011 — The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), a new industry association founded by eBay, Google, Nokia, Skype and Yahoo! …
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comScore Releases First Public Report on Web Usage in Peru, Expanding Coverage of Latin American Market
by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra CuyaGoogle, 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: …
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Capital Markets: Google bets on Admeld; Qualcomm acquires Rapid Bridge; and more
by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra CuyaQualcomm announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Rapid Bridge LLC, a San Diego-based inventor of advanced techniques for the design and development of semiconductor …
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Reuters | June 13, 2011 | Miyoung Kim (Reuters) – South Korea plans to install or upgrade 300,000 mobile payment checkouts at major retailers and transport services this year in its latest …
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This morning Google Inc. hosted an “inside search” event to lift the lid on some more improvements the firm is making to its ubiquitous engine. There were additions on both desktop and mobile clients, all aimed at making the search experience more accessible, usable and above all speedy.
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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.June is a …
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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. …
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Verizon Wireless (VZ) is pursuing another track in the mobile payments race, announcing today plans to work with Payfone Inc. to build a new payments system for customers to use …
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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 …
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HotHardware | June 10, 2011 | Ray Willington What’s needed to really get people hooked on contactless payments? Lots and lots of industry support. Google Wallet has set the bar for …
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U.S. Cellular Corp.’s (USM) LTE plans continue to take shape as the regional operator said it plans to roll out its first LTE equipped device in November, presumably following the …
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Visa Inc. (V) has made another pair of moves in its quest to develop a mobile network for financial transactions and maintain its leader position in the nascent medium. The …
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Taiwanese phone maker HTC has more than doubled its profits since last year, thanks mainly to the firm’s focus on Android says the company’s annual report. HTC reported a $40 …
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Verizon Wireless says it is not violating C-Block provisions: Free Press files complaint over tethering on LTE network
by Tracy Fordby Tracy FordFree Press has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, charging that Verizon Wireless is abusing conditions of its 700 MHz spectrum by not allowing LTE devices to be …
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Google’s senior vice president for Chrome, Sundar Pichai, said his firm would not have made the progress it had with its Chromebooks and ultraportables had it not been for the …
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For the first time since 2008, Apple Inc. (AAPL) declined to introduce a new iPhone today at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. CEO Steve Jobs and his …
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Computex 2011: Android will not compete with Chrome OS says Google executive
by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie BarakTAIPEI, Taiwan – Visiting Taiwan during Computex 2011, Google’s senior VP of Chrome, Sundar Pichai said the firm would not be porting its Chrome OS to tablets or handsets, nor …
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Ad agency AirPush has announced a new approach to in-app advertising – whereby ads are pushed directly to users’ notification pane. The idea is that having installed an AirPush enabled …
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Comscore reports Android tops and Blackberry drops in smartphone markets
by Marc Speirby Marc SpeirGoogle Inc.’s Android OS (GOOG) showed national dominance in a new report released by Reston, Va.-based Comscore (SCOR) that shows Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone overtaking Research in Motion Ltd.’s (RIMM) …
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SAN DIEGO — Fourth-generation networks and the smartphones and devices that take advantage of that new technology are going to “supercharge” consumers’ experience with mobility, Peter Chou, CEO of HTC …
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Ad agency AirPush has announced a new approach to in-app advertising – whereby ads are pushed directly to users’ notification pane. The idea is that having installed an AirPush enabled …
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Taipei, Taiwan – The upcoming PadPhone from Asus will sport Google’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich, RCR discovered at Computex this week. Asustek’s tablet/phone combo – which allows consumers to use …
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DUBLIN – Cloud computing is the buzz word associated with the trifecta of mobile technology: the ability to access information and files from a home computer, a mobile device and …
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — It was another significant week in the mobile device world this week as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) gave the world it’s long awaited preview of Windows 8 at …
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There’s not much love lost between Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Although the latter pair are involved in a strategic partnership, Google unseated Yahoo as top of the search hill many years ago, and Microsoft were recently accused of poaching Google’s search results. Despite their differences, they do have one thing in common – the desire to be able to crawl your data and make it as easily searchable as possible.
