Mobile messaging company Vidiator Technology Inc. announced its first big step into the mobile content market this week when it unveiled a deal with noted comic-book author Stan Lee. Lee, the creator of noted Marvel comics characters Spider-Man, The Hulk and X-Men, will develop...
Mobile messaging company Vidiator Technology Inc. will announce its first big step into the mobile content market this week when it unveils a deal with noted comic book author Stan Lee. Lee, the creator of noted Marvel comics characters Spider-Man, The Hulk and X-Men,...
Enchantress, Deathlok, Nightcrawler and Ant-Man-coming soon to a cell phone near you. Those characters, as well as more familiar Marvel comics stars like Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk, are going mobile. Publisher Mforma Group Inc. is scheduled to announce a licensing agreement to create...
It's no mystery why so many content and messaging providers are working so hard to pry the lid off the booming Chinese wireless data market. The question is how to do it. According to statistics released by China's Ministry of Information Industry last week,...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music, games and enterprise applications are beginning to flood the market, creating a buzz the industry hasn't seen in years. But while insiders salivate over "hockey-stick" projections for wireless data revenues, developers that haven't cultivated relationships with established carriers, publishers or well-known...
It was a remarkable coming-out party for Jamdat Mobile Inc. The mobile-game developer raised $88.8 million in its initial public offering, then watched as its stock soared 41 percent Wednesday, the first day of trading.Jamdat had filed for an offering of 5.31 million shares...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Two U.S. content companies made European purchases. Mforma Group Inc.'s spending spree continued as the mobile entertainment publisher acquired U.K. gaming company Blue Beck.A 3-year-old creator of console and mobile titles for Electronic Arts, THQ, Jamdat and Mforma, Blue Beck has become a...
Two U.S. content companies made European purchases Thursday.Mforma Group Inc.'s spending spree continued Thursday as the mobile entertainment publisher acquired U.K. gaming company Blue Beck.A 3-year-old creator of console and mobile titles for Electronic Arts, THQ, Jamdat and Mforma, Blue Beck has become a...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-With the Summer Games in Athens drawing to a close this weekend, Mforma Group Inc. and Verizon Wireless have teamed to launch a mobile track-and-field game.Track & Field '04 allows gamers to compete in seven events, including the long jump, high jump,...
Purse strings are loosening for wireless companies as the industry relaxes the tight fists of the past few years.In spite of the risks, venture-capital companies say wireless is a good place to throw money. In July alone, 41 wireless companies announced $570 million in...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Flush from two recent successful rounds of funding, Mforma Group Inc. has acquired FingerTwitch, Inc., a San Francisco-based company that adapts games and other applications for wireless use.The mobile entertainment company will use FingerTwitch technologies to develop applications across a broad range of...
Flush from two recent successful rounds of funding, Mforma Group Inc. has acquired FingerTwitch, Inc., a San Francisco-based company that adapts games and other applications for wireless use.The mobile entertainment company will use FingerTwitch technologies to develop applications across a broad range of handsets...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. may score up to $40 million in its latest round of funding, the mobile content provider announced Tuesday. The announcement comes on the heels of a $44 million funding round in June.Mforma has already closed on $19 million in the...
Wireless gaming publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of common stock. The company, which has agreements to distribute its application in 38 countries through 72 wireless carriers, said it has...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless entertainment content provider Mforma Group Inc. announced it has established Mforma China, a Chinese subsidiary based in Shanghai licensed to do business in the country."We are prepared to take full advantage of the enormous wireless market and demand for wireless content in...
Verizon Wireless launched its Mobile Web 2.0 service, which the carrier said would provide customers easier access to news, tools and information content and the ability to read and send e-mail messages from their wireless handsets.The service, which builds on the carrier's original Mobile...
As China continues to grow as the world's biggest wireless market, virtually all segments of the industry have been attracted to the country's prospects. Handset makers, infrastructure vendors and technology companies have all worked to cash in on the Chinese potential-and wireless content and...
Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with it annual event, this...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless content and entertainment company Mforma Group Inc. announced it scored a whopping $44 million in venture funding in its first institutional round. General Catalyst Partners, eFund and Bessemer Venture Partners led the round.The news comes on the heels of several major funding...
SAN DIEGO-As expected, Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference. Qualcomm joined handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing the BREW platform forward.Among those making announcements were: Qualcomm, which announced Tata...
CLEVELAND-AG Interactive, the wireless subsidiary of greeting card company American Greetings Corp., announced it acquired European wireless content company K-Mobile in an effort to expand into the European arena. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."Our acquisition of K-Mobile and their powerful Kiwee brand...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Wireless application company Summus Inc. launched its new "Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold 'Em" multiplayer poker game, which is available on Verizon Wireless' application download service for $3 per month.The game, featuring the likeness of World Poker Champion Phil Hellmuth, allows players to deal...
Two years ago, the wireless gaming market in the United States comprised a few tiny start-ups selling a handful of black-and-white, text-based games. The wireless gaming market today is a multimillion-dollar industry with dozens of players and literally thousands of games.Consolidation is rampant. Earnings...
LOS ANGELES-Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show, and wireless players shared in the enthusiasm. Indeed, wireless was a prevalent theme at the show, with players from Nokia Corp. to...
