The challenge with mobile applications remains that while every brand wants one, consumers are constantly using new platforms to communicate. Thus, applications are going beyond smart phones and tablets to connected TVs and automobiles, noted Chris Ruff, CEO of UIEvolution.The 10-year-old Kirkland, Wash.-based company...
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.--Mpowerplayer: New Atlantic Ventures, the Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund and LaunchBox Digital invested $2.5 million into Mpowerplayer,...
On-device portal developer Action Engine Corp. picked up $20 million in a funding round led by Baker Capital. On-device portals, or ODPs, are middleware applications that can store a limited amount of cached information on a handset. The technology allows carriers and other content...
It's no secret that a stroll through the offerings on carrier decks is enough to give you carpal tunnel syndrome. A recent study of four U.S. wireless services providers by Strategy Analytics found that a simple music download from a carrier portal required anywhere...
NEW YORK-Fatherhood was the inspiration for creating and naming mobile virtual network operator Kajeet Inc., and the market will test whether those fathers really do know best when it comes to offering a wireless service that will appeal to kids. Daniel Neal, Kajeet's chief...
Social-networking Internet site MySpace.com tapped mobile software developer UIEvolution to provide a user interface for its wireless offering.The news marks a big win for UIEvolution, a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer that offers technology designed to allow users to access content across devices and networks. News...
LOS ANGELES—Social-networking Internet site MySpace.com has tapped mobile software developer UIEvolution to provide a user interface for its wireless offering. The news marks a big win for UIEvolution, a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer that offers technology designed to allow users to access content across devices...
ST. LOUIS-Ultradata Systems is appealing to consumers' economic sensibilities during these days of sky-high gasoline prices by offering a product that allows drivers to access real-time fuel prices while on the road.The company signed an agreement with GasPriceWatch Group Inc. to offer fuel price...
BOSTON-Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Jeffrey Glass, M-Qube's chief executive officer, said the deal would further bolster the...
Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Jeffrey Glass, M-Qube's chief executive officer, said the deal would further bolster the...
ATLANTA-The U.S. wireless content industry continues to crackle with growing pains as Japanese gaming company Square Enix announced it will buy UIEvolution for a stunning $58 million in cash. The deal is the latest in a series of major mergers and acquisitions in the...
LAS VEGAS-Following signs of "astronomical" growth in its wireless data offerings in the United States, Walt Disney Co. plans to add a new Internet promotional site, as well as new wireless content based on Disney's Pixar movies, including "Finding Nemo" and "Toy Story."Although he...
Motorola Inc. and Oracle Corp. teamed last week to create a UNIX-based e-business platform designed for carriers, Internet service providers, enterprise customers and application vendors.The deal is the second phase of their partnership, following Motorola's adoption of Oracle's OracleMobile.com server technology into the Aspira...
Motorola Inc. entered the wireless game sector this week in a major way, teaming up with UIEvolution to develop multi-player games for next-generation mobile handsets based on Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Micro Edition technology.UIEvolution-short for user interface evolution-is led by Satoshi Nakajima, a former...
