Developers who have been reluctant to develop applications for Google's mobile Android platform because apps have only been available for free, should be much happier in 2009. Google plans to start offering paid applications for sale as early as the first quarter, according to...
Shares of Glu Mobile Inc. edged upward after the game maker restructured earnout and bonus obligations for last year's acquisition of the Chinese publisher MIG.Glu converted the entire $25 million of payments to cash, deferring $11 million of the payments to 2010. The San...
If you haven't been to the App Store lately, you may be surprised to see that an application named iFart Mobile has populated the Top Paid Apps slot for the last week.
Google Inc. is helping giddy kids keep on eye on Santa with its mobile mapping application.The Internet giant has integrated Google Maps for mobile with the annual Santa-tracking offering from NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), allowing users to launch the app and search...
THERE SEEM TO BE DOZENS OF STARTUPS aiming to build a business with voice and messaging services that leave carriers out of the revenue chain. But nobody seems to be a real threat to wireless network operators. Yet.Talkster is the latest player in the...
It's no secret that numerous companies have joined the Open Handset Alliance, which promotes Google's Android handset platform.Specifics are harder to come by. But it appeared this week, from various media reports, that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Garmin are working on Android-based handsets....
USA Today launched a free downloadable offering for the iPhone that delivers headlines and news stories, sports information, weather and images.The offering, which is available through Apple's App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch users, also features support for mobile advertising features such as...
Handango Inc. expanded its portfolio with two deals with mobile game makers Digital Chocolate and I-play.The distributor of smartphone applications added Digital Chocolate titles such as 3D Brick Breaker Revolution, Mini Golf 99 Holes and Shopping Madness; I-play's offerings include the licensed titles Deal...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
JumpTap Inc. said it will use technology from Skweezer Inc. to optimize Web content for mobile phones.One of the first players in the optimization space, Skweezer offers a direct-to-consumer content mobilization solution as well as Skweezer Private Label, a white-label product for carriers and...
Boston-based go2Media is expanding beyond local listings with a new portal for local, personalized entertainment information.; go2Music; Boston-based go2Media is expanding beyond local listings with a new portal for local, personalized entertainment information
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My e-mail inbox is teeming with pitches offering self-serving "predictions" for 2009 that read more like best-case scenarios for those hoping to cash in on mobile. But here's a forecast of my own: 2009 will be the year record labels and carriers finally wise...
The volume of paid mobile game downloads has stagnated across North America and Western Europe, despite a positive response from mobile games publishers and developers to Apple Inc.'s iPhone device, according to research from Juniper Research.The value of the global mobile games market is...
There's a very long list of companies with billing platforms that leave carriers out of the revenue stream. But even as operators grudgingly open up their networks, nobody seems to be making a lot of progress. Billing Revolution is the latest player to join...
This may come as a shock, but it appears that the established mobile-gaming community has been going about this thing all wrong.Take a quick stroll through the games department on any carrier deck. (I'll wait here until you get the feeling back in your...
Staying up to date with your favorite band, the latest news and online friends should be easier as an Oklahoma company is set to launch a social enterprise platform for mobile users next year.Onesite Inc. is planning to offer its eNotify application for Apple...
Telenovela watchers who are also Sprint Nextel Corp. cellphone subscribers will get to decide this month what the star of Telemundo's racy hit novela should do next as she struggles with drug gangs, sexual exploitation and breast implants.NBC Universal-owned Telemundo is creating videos representing...
Glu Mobile Inc.'s woes continued as the wireless-game maker said it will slash an unspecified number of jobs as part of an effort to trim operating expenses by $13 million.Company executives declined to disclose the number of positions being eliminated; Glu also said it...
Mobile gambling could grow to $27.5 million in wagers by 2013, driven by on-portal betting, according to a Juniper Research forecast.Several trends are encouraging the market, including changing operator attitudes toward mobile gambling services, improved handset user interfaces and introduction of legislation that permits...
