December 2008
China Approves Airwaves To Be Used For 3G →
China’s long-awaited 3G spectrum licenses are one step closer to being issued after China’s cabinet voted on the matter today, Reuters reports. Building a network of that scale may generate $41…
Mobile Marketing Firms Leverage Obama's... →
Several of the mobile ad-technology companies that powered campaigns for Barack Obama are now using his success as a way to sell others on using new technology to reach a targeted audience, …
RIM Pushes Out Expiration Date For Certicom's... →
Blackberry’s Research In Motion is extending its offer to acquire encryption software company Certicom Corp. until Jan. 27, giving shareholders 12 more days to consider the CDN $52.5 million cash…
China Approves Airwaves To Be Used For 3G →
China’s long-awaited 3G spectrum licenses are one step closer to being issued after China’s cabinet voted on the matter today, Reuters reports. Building a network of that scale may generate $41…
RIM Pushes Out Expiration Date For Certicom's... →
Blackberry’s Research In Motion is extending its offer to acquire encryption software company Certicom Corp. until Jan. 27, giving shareholders 12 more days to consider the CDN $52.5 million cash…
Mobile Marketing Firms Leverage Obama's... →
Several of the mobile ad-technology companies that powered campaigns for Barack Obama are now using his success as a way to sell others on using new technology to reach a targeted audience, …
Glu Mobile Restructures Acquisition Payments;... →
Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) has restructured the payments it must pay for the acquisition of MIG, a Chinese game company, by converting the entire $25 million to cash payments, rather than a mix of…
Motorola Discloses Another 400 Job Cuts →
In addition to the1,500 job cuts already disclosed, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) said today that it was cutting another 400 employees across the board, according to a document filed with the SEC. In…
Nuance Gives Zi Corp's Shareholders Two More Weeks... →
Bulington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, which develops speech-recognition software, said today it was giving Zi Corp. shareholders two more weeks to consider its $20 million buy-out offer,…
Nuance Gives Zi Corp's Shareholders Two More Weeks... →
Bulington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, which develops speech-recognition software, said today it was giving Zi Corp. shareholders two more weeks to consider its $20 million buy-out offer,…
Motorola Discloses Another 400 Job Cuts →
In addition to the1,500 job cuts already disclosed, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) said today that it was cutting another 400 employees across the board, according to a document filed with the SEC. In…
Glu Mobile Restructure's Acquisition Payments;... →
Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) has restructured the payments it must pay for the acquisition of MIG, a Chinese game company, by converting the entire $25 million to cash payments, rather than a mix of…
How The Big Mobile Stories Of 2008 Will Play Out... →
This year was somewhat an anomaly for the wireless industry. A lot of things got done: the impossible of mergers closed; new phones launched that hold the promise of significant industry change;…
Will The Biggest Mobile Headlines Of 2008 Flop Or... →
This year was somewhat an anomaly for the wireless industry. Perhaps some you would argue differently, but from our perspective a lot of things got done—the impossible of mergers closed; new phones…
Interview: Melissa Goodwin, Controller Of Mobile... →
Troubled British broadcaster ITV (LSE: ITV) may be culling its staff, and calling in the consultants to wring out even more cost savings, but its mobile unit, headed up by Melissa Goodwin,…
Amazon gets record sales on Dec 15th with 6.3... →
In current repression days Amazon statement is a ray of light for
online businesses. According to Amazon.com announced the 2008 holiday
season was the best with over 6.3 million items…
Wal-Mart Starts iPhone Sales Sunday But No Great... →
Well, the reports were half right … Wal-Mart will start selling the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone Sunday in nearly 2,500 stores but not at the bargain rates some were predicting. With…
USA Today Will Be Sold On Amazon's Kindle →
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship USA Today is the latest paper to be sold through Amazon’s Kindle. The top-selling U.S. paper has yet to show up in the Kindle Store but Amazon told Kindle…
Sprint Will Pay Virgin Mobile USA More For Each... →
Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) will now get paid $4.50 for each subscriber it signs on to the Sprint Nextel network between July 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2009, reports the Kansas City Star,…
Holiday Break: Regular Posting And Newsletters... →
Like much of the rest of the country, we’ll be taking a holiday break starting today. Until January 5, we’ll be publishing only sporadic posts and, of course, tracking any breaking news….
Googlers Get The Gift Of The G1; Probably Won't... →
The day after we heard that HTC expects to sell more than it previous expectation of one million Android devices by year-end, we now hear that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is passing out the…
Google Not Liable For Fraudulent Pay-Per-Click Ads →
A San Jose District Judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Google (NSDQ: GOOG) that sought to hold the Internet search giant responsible for allegedly fraudulent ads created through its AdWords…
Japanese Social Net Gree's IPO Defies Grim... →
Did Japanese investors not get the memo on the global economy? Last Wednesday, when Japan’s third largest mobile social network launched an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers market for…
Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Expand German... →
One of the safest bets for 2009 is that Europe will be treated to faster and faster broadband. Weeks after Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) unveiled its 50mbps broadband, Reuters.com reports that…
German Court Rules On Ringtones →
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe has ruled that a license from the country’s performance rights organization Gema is sufficient only for those hoping to create a…
Zed Group Creates TV Production Group Zed TV →
Mobile content giant Zed Group is moving into TV production. The Madrid-based company has teamed up with Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 TV to create a reality TV program, “Rico al instante,” or…
NPR And USA Today Join News Apps In The iPhone App... →
NPR Mobile and USA Today are the latest news organizations to add individual applications to the iPhone App store. The free NPR Mobile app allows you to browse and stream NPR programs, plus it…
More Book Publishers Rush To Sell Best-Sellers On... →
Earlier this month, Random House and Penguin Group said they were getting ready to release digital editions of their best-selling books on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and now a host of other…
Aggregators Hire Consultant To Determine... →
Competing messaging aggregators are banding together to determine the best way to enforce the industry’s rules and guidelines. Companies such as mBlox, VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN), SinglePoint and MX…
Certicom Board Asks Shareholders To Reject RIM's... →
BlackBerry’s Research In Motion is offering to buy-out Certicom for $1.50 a share or $52.5 million, but today the company’s board of directors is advising the shareholders against it because the bid…
Media Breakaway Pays $1 Million To Settle Florida... →
Mobile content firm Media Breakaway will pay the Florida Attorney General’s office $1 million and has agreed to comply with its guidelines on “clear and conspicuous” pricing and terms of service…
Opera Says Facebook More Popular Than MySpace For... →
Opera puts out a monthly study which reveals how people are using its browser on mobile phones, and although the information is coming from one source, it can still be fascinating. This month, the…
HTC Moderately Increases T-Mobile G1 Sales... →
HTC, the maker of the first Android-powered device, now expects sales of the T-Mobile G1 to top its previous projection of selling one million device this year, according to the Economic Daily News…
Mobile Content Bits: Speeek! For iPhone; Pinger... →
—Nuance powers Speeek! for iPhone: Nuance is powering the speech recognition capabilities of BB Softservice’s Speeek! for the iPhone, which allows voice-enabled electronic dictionary app that…
Nokia Sells Security Appliance Business To Check... →
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has agreed to sell its security appliance business, which targets the enterprise, to its long-standing partner Check Point Software Technologies. Terms of the deal were not…
Palm Gets More Runway By Raising $100 Million In... →
Things were looking pretty bad for Palm (NSDQ: PALM), which started running out of cash, right before it was about to release a new operating system which they believe will help them compete in…
To Boost AppStore Sales, iPhone Apps Need To Crack... →
iPhone application developers have known for quite a while now that sales at the App Store is a bit of a chicken and egg game. In order to get a real boost in sales, you have to crack the top tier…
Nokia's Ovi Service Gets Single Sign-In; Launches... →
A slew of announcements from Nokia: — One sign-in for Ovi.com: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has combined all the sign-ins for Ovi.com and for its media sharing service, finally getting rid of what was…
Korean Search Firm Naver Acquires Microblogging... →
No, Twitter may not get acquired anytime soon, but its clones certainly are: now Korean search and online gaming giant Naver has acquired Me2Day, a microblogging service, Web 2.0 Asia…
Talking To The Afterworld Gets Easer As Cellphones... →
Perhaps, we know the answer for Apple’s Steve Jobs, and Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, or RIM’s Co-CEO Jim Basillie, but the question goes out to you…Mobile phones are brought to the dinner table, the…
Top Headlines Of The Week From paidContent.org And... →
paidContent.org —Macrovision Sells Off TV Guide Network For Up To $300 Million; Shocker: Also Sells Online —Liberty Media’s Maffei On Split-Off: We Can Sell DirecTV Shares To Ease Debt —
Industry Moves: Verizon Communications; Motorola;... →
—Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Communications: Marilyn O’Connell, chief marketing officer for Verizon Communications, the landline-phone company, plans to retire at the end of the year, The WSJ…
Mobile Content BIts: Improved Google Search;... →
—Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Improves Search On Android/iPhone: Google has improved its search function on Android and the iPhone, giving those who use the search widget on the Android home screen, the…
Samsung To Release Android Phone In Q2;... →
Right now, the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android market is limited. One phone, built by one handset maker is available only by one carrier. However, starting next year that’s expected to change, which…
Yahoo Buys 30 Percent Stake In Indian Phone... →
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has acquired a 30 percent stake in Indian telephone-directory search service called Call Ezee, which is owned by Network Management Co., reports Reuters. Yahoo’s cash…
Viva Vision Now Developing Mobile Photo Slideshows... →
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Viva Vision is embarking on a new business plan that will see its suite of photo slideshows extend to smartphones, after tracking steady triple digit growth for the past…
German Developer FutureTap Buys IPhone App "Where... →
German application developer FutureTap has bought Where To, an application that lets users find points of interest around them using their iPhone’s GPS, from fellow iPhone developer Tap…
kgb Acquires British SMS Search Company Texperts →
Directory assistance firm kgb has acquired British SMS mobile search company Texperts, the company said in a statement. The New York-based, privately held firm did not disclose how much it had…
EU Proposing To Tax Smartphones →
In a move that has angered handset manufacturers, the European Commission is planning on taxing certain smartphones, Reuters (via the Guardian) reports. Last week, the EC sent member states a…
Earnings: Palm Reports Q2 Revenues, CEO Calls It... →
Earlier this month, Palm (NSDQ: PALM) warned investors that revenues were going to fall below expectations, and today it reported Q2 revenues on the lower end of those updated figures. The…