Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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Sprint laid out arguments as to why WiMAX is a new business model and raised text fees, while MySpace topped Facebook in social media … 9 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives...
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.Hello from the nation's heartland and home of Google Broadband – Kansas City. The last week of...
Oh how the mighty have fallen. One-time king of the social networks, MySpace, has finally been sold by owner News Corp for a rather paltry (rumoured) $30 million to advertising firm Specific Media. The amount is less than a third of the $100 million News Corp were hoping to recoup with the sale of the iconic social network, which paved the way for current social supremo Facebook.
In News Corp.'s quarterly earnings call yesterday there was good and bad news for the media giant - although mostly bad. TV revenues grew, movie revenues were reasonable, however Murdoch's online division, which includes the likes of MySpace and The Daily, lost a massive $165 million in the first three months of the year.
A Texas jury decided to fine Google Inc. (GOOG) $5 million for infringing on Linux technology patents owned by Bedrock Computer Technologies.Google's Android operating system uses the Linux kernel code, and the verdict from the Eastern District of Texas could also result in...
It looks as though the long, torrid saga of News Corp and MySpace may finally be coming to an end. News Corp COO Chase Carey has given a long-overdue indication that they are looking to cut-and-run from the flagging social network.
News Corp. (NWSA) has sold its Fox Mobile Group unit to Jesta Group for an undisclosed sum. The sale marks a yearlong exit from many of News Corp's digital media businesses and MySpace could be next.The business will be renamed Jesta Mobile Holdings with...
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,...
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,...
The mobile unit at News Corp. (NWSA) has apparently become such a drag on the company that it's now willing to part ways with the business after four years in the space.During a call with investors, News Corp. COO Chase Carey said the company...
Motorola is trying to ‘charm’ its way into consumer hearts with its new Blackberry look-alike Android device. The much rumored Motorola Charm has now been confirmed and legitimized by the firm itself, and will be sold exclusively through T-Mobile in the US this summer.
Social networking may be considered a colossal waste of time by some, but for the mobile industry, it's a Godsend, with new research indicating the mobile Internet may be just as reliant on social networks as it is on the mobile data network itself.
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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.The iPhone zooms to No. 1. Competitors react to declining market share and diminishing average...
If 2009 is remembered as the year the mobile application space matured, 2010 is shaping up as the year technology had evolved to actually measure what people were doing on their mobile devices.The importance of measuring the usage of mobile consumers is becoming increasingly...
T-Mobile USA Inc. said it would begin pre-sales of the Motorola Inc. Cliq smartphone Nov. 19, pricing the handset at $200 for qualified subscribers with a two-year contract. The handset is set to be sold in stores and online Nov. 2, T-Mobile said. However,...
SAN FRANCISCO – The spark that led Motorola Inc. Co-CEO Sanjay Jha to reinvigorate his company's relationship with Google Inc. was similar to two drunks finding each other in a bar, or at least that is what Jha half-jokingly explained at the recent Mobilize...
MySpace said it is overhauling its mobile site in an effort to grow its base of 20 million wireless users.The popular social networking destination will launch an updated version of its wireless site later this week, adding new user interface elements for multimedia-friendly devices...
Bebo launched a program designed to help operators, handset manufacturers and mobile application developers to reach its 50 million registered users.The social networking site - which was acquired by AOL last year for $850 million - unveiled Bebo Open Mobile, a suite of tools...
By the time final numbers are crunched, President Barack Obama's inauguration likely will have been watched by more people and on more platforms than virtually any other televised event in U.S. history - including the Super Bowl. This year's biggest winner: the web, with...
Few people in mobile marketing can leverage both the online and wireless experience Paul Palmieri commands. The CEO of Millennial Media was an executive at Advertising.com before becoming a driving force at Verizon Wireless during mobile data's infancy, heading up the carrier's value-added services...
It appears there's room for plenty of winners in the booming segment of mobile social networking sites. But it's still unclear how lucrative the space will be.Virtual, on-the-go communities are a driving force as the wireless Web rapidly expands from a curiosity into a...
In 2009, the wireless industry is apt to suffer many of the same consequences exacted upon others by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression: layoffs (likely giving way to stepped-up outsourcing), reduced capital spending, lower revenues and slimmer profit margins, tight credit,...
Social networking applications that take advantage of location information could become a key driver for growing the location-based services market, according to a new report from ABI Research.The firm predicts the market for fully mobile location-based social networking sites will support more than 82...
