Italian mobile content company Buongiorno released earnings for the first six months of the year, saying that a majority of its operators still revolve around traditional content, but increasingly it’s focusing on new opportunities, such as social networking and mobile advertising. Earnings Release. The company said revenues fell compared to the year-ago period because of [...]
Written on August 31, 2009 | Posted in
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Subscribers of both AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) are most likely to watch music videos on the carriers’ portals with user-generated content coming in last place, according to RealNetworks, which provides video streaming technology to the two largest U.S. networks. The information is only coming from RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), and therefore does [...]
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After a wait that seemed to span an eternity, we finally saw the green light yesterday for Facebook 3.0. Having nearly jumped out of my seat last night after learning the news, I quickly found my excitement tempered by an app that didn’t seem to work at first attempt. And then I learned I wasn’t [...]
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The fantastic momentum generated for mobile applications by the iPhone has created a huge opportunity for the industry to reach a far wider, mainstream market. So says mobile technology company Mobile Distillery, which notes that the iPhone makes up just 10.8% of the Smartphone market (according to figures from the analyst, Gartner), with Smartphones in [...]
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Independent app store GetJar has revealed that the Opera Mini mobile browser has been downloaded more than 25 million times from its store. By leveraging its open, cross-platform distribution, its Pay-Per-Download system and its significant user base, says GetJar, the combined downloads of the different versions of Opera Mini have gone on to catapult the application [...]
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Historically, September is a big month for Apple and the mobile community at large. Hosting annual events in September for the last few years, the ninth calendar month usually means some significant news or announcement from Apple. And a lot of people are wondering if any major surprises are in store for Apple’s scheduled September [...]
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced a new service today called Nokia Money, which will allow people without bank accounts and credit cards to access financial services, so they can easily do things such as pay utility bills or send money to another person via a phone. Release. The service has a huge potential target market given [...]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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At this point in time, it’s only surprising that mobile carriers aren’t giving content publishers easier access to users’ location. At least Google’s Gears plugin is now making it happen on Android devices, Firefox and Internet Explorer – so BBC Learning’s innovation unit is taking its first steps with delivering location-based content. Its launched a [...]
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Finding new avenues in which to utilize mobile marketing isn’t an easy task, but a company called TimeStream Software has done just that with a new concept known as “Notescasting.” In its own words, TimeStream explains Notescasting as “a powerful organized collection of interactive copy embedded with links to related photos, video, audio and additional [...]
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I came across a rather interesting article out of the Philippines that talked about the concept of wireless carriers using digital marketing to help lower the costs of subscription rates for its customers- much like magazines use the revenue generated from print advertising to make the magazine itself inexpensive for consumers. It’s a concept I’m surprised I [...]
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