http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com Mobile Advertising | Mobile Marketing | Mobile Application Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:29:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recognizing the shaky economic climate and Motorola’s still tenuous market position, the company’s two CEOs Greg Brown and Sanjay Jha voluntarily have agreed to a 25 percent pay-cut for the second year in a row, according to a proxy statement filed with the SEC today. The pair will have a ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/13/motorolas-two-ceos-continue-voluntary-pay-cut-in-2010/ A new survey published by Compete.com indicates smartphone owners are very receptive to mobile coupons, especially when it comes to grocery coupons that are easily redeemable via barcodes scanned directly from the device. The survey, which looked at the time of day most smartphone owners use their devices, as well as ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/13/smartphone-owners-want-mobile-coupons/ The first victim of the free navigation wars: Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is shutting down Wayfinder, the Swedish mapmaker it purchased for $30 million in late 2008. It was the carrier’s goal to use Wayfinder to provide directions to both drivers and pedestrians, while overlaying location-based advertising to alert users to ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/free-maps-from-google-and-nokia-drive-vodafone-to-shut-down-wayfinder/ Paul Andrew's Speckyboy Design Magazine is one of my favorite web and graphic design blogs. Content includes design showcases and loads of articles listing and reviewing Paul's favorite free and high quality design resources. Paul recently created a mobile view for Speckyboy using Mobify.me's WYSIWYG online mobile design tool and hosting ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/speckyboy%e2%80%99s-showcase-of-20-popular-mobile-friendly-design-blogs/ Print publishers can’t wait for iPad to hit the streets next month, perhaps so they can once again start producing info in a similar-looking format to their core products of yesteryear. NYT’s flagship app lit the blue touch paper for iPad, Wired also got in on the act early, both Denmark’s ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/cool-seeking-newspapers-dream-of-ipad/ Dominique Jodoin, President and CEO of Bluestreak Technology, considers Apple's and Microsoft’s decision not to support Adobe’s Flash format on their mobile platforms Does it seem to you like everyone is ganging up on Adobe these days? Apple and Microsoft have made some bold moves lately in an attempt to ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/flash-versus-the-world/ Google's proposed buy-out of AdMob may have hit its first serious hurdle, as the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gears up for what looks like the beginning of an antitrust challenge to the deal, writes Martin Conway. It has emerged that the FTC has asked two of Google's competitors, both ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/federal-trade-commission-pries-into-googleadmob-deal/ 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. Go to Source http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/has-rims-blackberry-app-strategy-failed/ 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 ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/offensive-advertising/ 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 ... http://mobilenews.shareurworld.com/2010/03/12/hootsuite-buys-android-developer-swift-app/