The Mobile Marketing Association released its first set of global guidelines, tweaking its instructions for mobile Web advertisers and adding new rules for campaigns centered on mobile messaging and downloadable applications.The Denver-based nonprofit said the new document is designed as a blueprint and builds...
Yahoo Inc. bulked up its mobile portfolio, unveiling a tool designed to allow users to manage content across the wireless Web.OnePlace uses bookmarks to link to news feeds, Web sites, videos, e-mails and other Web-based offerings. The tool automatically updates content such as sports...
Don't be fooled by the flow of VC funding or the fact that Google Inc. and MySpace are in on it. The truth is, mobile social networking is not as cool as its fixed Internet brethren. An obsession with user-generated content, coupled with the...
VeriSign Inc. outlined plans to streamline its operations and sell or close as many as 12 divisions including some-or perhaps all-of its mobile operations.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it will divest "a number of businesses in the company's portfolio, such as communications, billing...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Berggi: Avanzit invested $1 million in mobile messaging services company Berggi as part of a strategic partnership between the...
Longtime VeriSign Inc. chief Stratton Sclavos stepped down as the company's internal investigation into stock-options grants is nearing its end. The Mountain View, Calif., company declined to offer reasons for the departure of Sclavos, who joined VeriSign 12 years ago. But the firm said...
Investment capital continued to flow into the mobile social networking space as two new startups closed their first rounds of funding.Project Goth, which operates the "global mobile Internet community" mig33, said it pocketed $10 million in a first round of funding led by Accel...
Investment capital continued to flow into the mobile social networking space as two new startups closed their first rounds of funding.Project Goth, which operates the "global mobile Internet community" mig33, said it pocketed $10 million in a first round of funding led by Accel...
Oz Communications Inc. is looking to expand its mobile messaging offerings with the acquisition of Thumbspeed Inc. from Hands-On Mobile Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Thumbspeed develops and publishes mobile messaging, photo-sharing and personalization services and applications, including branded services from AOL, MSN...
Motorola Inc. launched eight new handsets at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, today, with devices designed from the low-end to the high-end, from business to entry level, with individual models that emphasize productivity, music and imaging.Two new Moto Q handsets were announced,...
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Mobliss Inc. made its exit from mobile messaging official, selling off its assets in the space to digital company New Motion Inc. for an undisclosed sum.Mobliss, a subsidiary of Japan's Index Holdings, gained substantial traction in the early days of text messaging in the...
MONTREAL-Oz Communications Inc. is hoping to cash in on the online social networking craze with an offering that allows users to wirelessly access sites such as MySpace, Facebook and YouTube.The Canadian developer of mobile messaging software said its new offering is designed to mirror...
MONTREAL-Oz hopes to increase its presence on the mobile messaging playground after raking in $34 million in a second round of funding. Canadian institutional fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec led the round, and VantagePoint Venture Partners and Fonds de Solidarite also...
HOUSTON-A group of European entrepreneurs is hoping to tap the mobile e-mail market with an e-mail and instant messaging service for mobile phones. The company, dubbed Berggi, promises to "transform regular cell phones into smart devices" that are optimized to send and receive non-voice...
DUBLIN, Calif.—Software developer Sybase Inc. will acquire wireless messaging company Mobile 365 in a deal valued at $400 million. Sybase, which provides large-scale database software and other cross-platform business applications, generated more than $800 million in sales last year. The firm will pay roughly...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. expanded the availability of Good Technology Inc.’s Mobile Messaging for its business customers. Cingular customers now can get Good Mobile Messaging for IBM Lotus Domino; the carrier has been offering the mobile e-mail platform for Microsoft Corp. Exchange since last year....
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it filed a lawsuit against Mobile 356 Inc. and WiderThan Americas Inc. claiming the companies infringed on its patents. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.TCS alleges the companies infringed its...
SEATTLE—Two prominent mobile messaging firms announced leadership changes. First up, Mobliss tapped a longtime console-gaming executive in an effort to create space on the wireless gaming playground. The company said Jim Merrick, a former Nintendo Co. Ltd. executive, will take the reins as Mobliss’...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Mobile gaming continued the move toward consolidation this week with news that Hands-On Mobile snapped up wireless applications developer Thumbspeed Inc. Financial details were not disclosed.Thumbspeed’s 30 employees develop mobile instant messaging, e-mail and personalization applications. Hands-On, which until recently was known as...
TUCSON, Ariz.—Cell Wireless Corp. and Bond Wireless said they signed a letter of intent calling for the two companies to merge. Bond Wireless provides mobile messaging solutions, including international text messaging connectivity, mobile messaging applications, integrated products and consultancy services to enterprises. The company...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—U.K. carrier O2 plc and Openwave Systems Inc. announced an initiative that calls for the companies to build a simplified mobile messaging service based on Openwave’s core messaging platform and client software products. The companies said they initially plan to develop a...
Software developer and billing platform provider Amdocs Ltd. plans to enter the digital transaction space with a $275 million buyout of Seattle-based Qpass Inc. Qpass' technology facilitates content sourcing, merchandising, delivery and billing across mobile, Voice over Internet Protocol and Wi-Fi networks. Amdocs said...
ST. LOUIS—Software developer and billing platform provider Amdocs Ltd. plans to enter the digital transaction space with a $275 million buyout of Seattle-based Qpass Inc. Qpass’ technology facilitates content sourcing, merchandising, delivery and billing across mobile, VoIP and Wi-Fi networks. Amdocs said the all-cash...
