Although BlackBerry is the most widely used smartphone system in the United States, with 43 percent of the market, its application strategy seems to have failed.
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French Connection, (aka FCUK) no stranger to courting controversy, announced today a joint promotion with Chatroulette. If you’ve been on digital hunger-strike recently, Chatroullette is a service which allows you to video conference with a series of random sad blokes and their penises. Rumours of girls using the service are yet to be confirmed by [...]
Twitter client HootSuite, which recently raised $1.9 million in funding, has now made an acquisition, buying up Android app developer Swift App. HootSuite says that Swift App was behind the development of HootSuite’s own Android app, which was released last week. The company says the acquisition “means quicker development for the growing Android market.”
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Music Streaming Service WiMP launched in the Norwegian market last month. The service is a joint venture between Aspiro and Platekompaniet, launched in cooperation with Telenor. Such cooperation between a telecom operator, a technical supplier and a traditional music retail store is unique in the European market, says Aspiro. To ensure that artists, record labels [...]
Mobile ad network Jumptap has been awarded Patent No. 7,676,394 by the United States Patent Office. The patent relates to an automated bid management system for dynamically managing bids for presentation of mobile content on a mobile device. The patent is one of five issued to Jumptap in less than nine months. Since June 16, [...]
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It is only about a week before tens of thousands of wireless industry executives descend on Las Vegas to place a bet on mobile’s growth at the CTIA Wireless show.
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Local newspapers may actually have an easier time charging for content than national and international news brands like the New York Times (NYSE: NYT). And what’s the biggest threat to paid music? Well, probably not piracy. These were among the assertions by panelists on paidContent2010’s The Truth About Subscriptions, who included Steve Brill, co-founder of [...]
BuzzCity has released the results of its fifth global survey investigating consumer mobile behavior. The survey focuses on the global mobile payments market. BuzzCity questioned 1,798 mobile users across the Americas, Asia, Africa, Western Europe and the Middle East on their use of the mobile as both a banking and payments device, and found that [...]
Opera Software today released their long awaited upgrade to Opera Mini for Android. The Opera Mini 5 Android Beta is now available in the Android Market. Search for “Opera Mini” in the Market to find it. The Beta installs alongside of Opera Mini 4 rather than replacing it. It’s Version 5.0.18302 for those who [...]
