State Farm Insurance has rolled out an iPhone application to complement its successful Steer Clear Safe Drivers Discount Program. Go to Source
Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) manages to get through its 72-page 2009 annual report without making any reference to iPhone, on which its O2 lost UK exclusivity last year – but the carrier also has Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre and other touchscreens, and credits “smartphones” generally with growing its subscriber count by 5.1 percent… Britain’s leading network [...]
Mobile operator 3 UK has appointed mobile messaging and communication company aql to provide machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity via the company’s high-speed mobile data network. The agreement will see aql re-selling access to the 3 UK network for the growing number of connected devices, such as digital signage and traffic lights, which can be accessed, monitored [...]
Mobile Distillery, which provides mobile application development technology, has released the latest version of its flagship product, Celsius V6. The company says it is aimed at meeting the needs of large corporations, who want to reach their customers or employees through mobile phones. The latest version includes automatic porting to native code for the user [...]
After listening to customer feedback, Allrecipes.com has upgraded its food application to include the company’s full recipe database. Go to Source
Portio Research has released the ‘Worldwide Mobile Industry Handbook 2009-2014’. The study includes subscriber numbers for operators in 73 countries for 2007 to Q2 2009; subscriber growth forecasts for the same countries for 2009 to 2014; quarterly mobile handset shipments 2007 to Q2 2009; and handset vendor market share 2007 to Q2 2009.The report comprises [...]
At least three reports were distributed today by companies that use internal data to make sweeping statements about the state of the industry. While the data can often be influenced by the company’s strengths, the reports can typically be useful for gleaning some relevant information on where the trends are heading. Here are those three [...]
The following is a guest post from Simon Vella, CEO of InvolveMobile… If you have any doubt whether SMS spam falls under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), you will be one of the remaining few in 2010. The TCPA has struck again, with the District Court of Northern Illinois recently upholding the FCC’s view [...]
T-Mobile USA 2009 revenue dropped by 1.6 percent due to lower roaming costs, but aggressive network upgrades are beginning to juice the carrier as subscribers opt for data-powered handsets. Total revenues were $5.41 billion in Q4, down from $5.72 billion in the year-ago period, but up compared to the third quarter when it reported $5.38 [...]
Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana has created a high style mobile web site showcasing their high fashion Dolce&Gabbana and casual D&G brands. Dressed in Dolce & Gabbana’s signature black, the site has fashion news, event listings, down-loadable runway videos and free wallpapers. The site users browser detection and adapts well to most devices. [...]
