December 2010
Challenge for 2011: Want to blog more often? →
There is a saying among writers: to write more, write more. The hardest part of blogging isn’t the tools – it’s what goes on between your ears. Many people start blogs with excitement, but lose…
Paul Allen Refiles Lawsuit, Says He Patented... →
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen has refiled his patent lawsuit against 11 big internet companies and e-retailers, and the new complaint details just how broad…
Interview: RealNetworks' Kimball: Is There A... →
Since taking over as RealNetworks’ CEO in January, Bob Kimball has presided over an aggressive restructuring. He has led two rounds of layoffs, spun off the company’s…
Find the Perfect Theme for Your Blog →
Do you love WordPress.com themes? Have you ever wished you could view all the available themes without being logged into your dashboard? Curious how other WordPress.com sites use the theme you’re…
Jon Rubinstein Joins The Board Of Amazon →
Have you been wondering about where Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) might go next with its device strategy, on the back of its success with the Kindle? One recent board appointment could…
EBay Buys Mobile App Developer Critical Path... →
E-commerce giant eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) today doubled-down on its mobile ambitions: the company announced that it has bought Critical Path Software, the Portland, Oregon-based…
WordPress for Windows Phone 7 →
Sometimes things just work out. When Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7, a complete remake of the Windows Phone platform, we all got very excited. The simplicity of the platform is unheard…
New Theme: Toolbox →
“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.”
—Dr. Emmett Brown
The streets of the future probably won’t be filled with flying cars and hover boards but the Web will be filled with more…
Mobile Streams Sells Ringtones.com For $750k →
The ringtones market ain’t what it used to be, but there’s life in it yet: Mobile Streams, a mobile content outfit part-owned by Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) that sold…
Yahoo Redoubles On Mobile: Local Push, New Ads,... →
Yahoo’s story in mobile advertising hasn’t exactly been a zinger of late: figures from IDC published earlier in the week note that as the mobile ad business continues to grow,…
Mobile Content Bits: Zong/Android; Groupon/JiWire;... →
—Zong/Android: The mobile payments service is available now for developers to add into apps for Android mobile platform. Zong connects with mobile operators and lets users make charges directly…
Orange Launches Partner Connect To Drive More Apps... →
Today, Orange in Europe launched Orange Partner Connect, a “one-stop shop” for developers to submit apps to the operator’s own country-specific app stores. The move is a sign of…
Howard Stern's New Five-Year Deal With Sirius Adds... →
Just the other day, Howard Stern was lashing out at a Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI) exec in the kind of language you can only get away on satellite radio, pay TV or the internet….
Mobile Video On The Rise, But Still Only A... →
Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has called it a day with its Flo TV mobile TV venture, gaining only 1 million sign-ups - but not necessarily permanent users - in its three years of…
Orange CEO On Competing With Google, The iPad And... →
Today, Orange’s CEO Stephane Richard sat down for a Q&A at the LeWeb conference in Paris, where he talked about the iPad, smartphone sales, mobile data pricing and mobile…
Industry Moves: Verizon; Apple; TeePee; Flash... →
—Verizon: Anthony Melone has been promoted to the role of CTO for Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ). He had been the CTO of mobile division Verizon Wireless. Melone succeeds…
Zynga's David Ko On Mobile M&A, Future Platforms,... →
Zynga, the darling of online social games with 45 million daily active users, has been a relatively late entrant in the mobile space, with its games apps focussed mainly around…
Analyst: Apple's Closed iAd System Gives Android... →
As mobile ad spending is becoming a more serious business, Apple‟s combination of “high pricing and lack of transparency” appears to be a stumbling block that will let Google’s…
Better Tagging with P2 →
When we originally released P2 our mission was to create an awesome feature-packed group blog theme. We have stayed true to that mission with new improvements to P2 functionality that will make…
Better Tagging with P2 →
When we originally released P2 our mission was to create an awesome feature-packed group blog theme. We have stayed true to that mission with new improvements to P2 functionality that will make…
Mobile Bytes: iPad 2; BlackBerry PlayBook; Helio... →
—iPad 2: The iPad 2 will start getting shipped by manufacturer Foxconn Electronics in late February 2011, according to reports from Taiwanese component makers. The device had…
App Analytics/Discovery Startup Flurry Raises $15... →
The proliferation of apps is giving rise to a number of companies trying to make sense of the noise, and in some cases the latter companies are getting even more attention than…
France's Newpapers Team Up On Paid-Kiosk... →
Eight of France’s leading newspapers publishers and Orange have teamed to form a consortium aiming to jointly monetise electronic platforms (announcement). Their so-called…
Google Shows Off Its Chrome Web Store →
Six months after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) first said it was developing an online store that would be built into its Google Chrome web browser and forthcoming Chrome OS operating…
Mobile Advertising: MoPub Gets Seed Funding,... →
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is disproportionately ahead of everyone else in when it comes to mobile advertising, but given that only about three percent of digital ad spend goes to…
'Social Driving App' Waze Raises $25 Million In... →
More activity in the area of location-aware, social apps: Waze, an app that builds up driving and navigation data by crowd sourcing information from other drivers, has raised…
Gourmet Live App Puts 'A La Carte' Items On The... →
Nearly four months after hitting the iTunes Store, Condé Nast’s Gourmet Live free iPad app is now selling 99 cent back issues and “special collections,” as the publisher looks to…
CNBC Brings Its 'Real-Time' Data To The iPad—Paid... →
As its rivals look to buttress their existing “real-time” data businesses with separate digital products, CNBC (NYSE: GE) has released its first iPad app that promises to…
DIY-App Developer Mobile Roadie Takes Diddy And... →
Mobile Roadie has made a name for itself providing a platform for content owners to publish mobile apps for Android and iOS devices without needing any special expertise. “If…
Google Widens Its Lead In Mobile Ads; Bulk Of... →
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced in Q3 that it was on track to make $1 billion in mobile advertising this year; now figures just out from IDC really bring home just how far…
Google Chrome Announcement: Netbook Likely. What... →
At a time when everyone is expecting the release of the latest Android update, codenamed Gingerbread, to be announced, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is planning another announcement…
AdaptiveBlue Raises $6 Million For Media... →
AdaptiveBlue, the developer behind the entertainment “check-in” app GetGlue, has raised $6 million in a round of funding led by Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Investments, with…
Nokia's N8, Windows Phone 7 In Europe: Slow... →
Not a great stat if you’re a Windows or Nokia (NYSE: NOK) fan in the Old World and are hoping for some momentum behind your favorite platform: in Europe neither is selling…
Loopt Offers Auto Check-Ins For Those Facing... →
Check-in apps have come on thick and fast in the mobile world: there are those that let you track where you are going (the Foursquares and Gowallas), those that let you…
Mobile Bits: Angry Birds; HTC Antennas; France 4G;... →
—Angry Birds: Developers Rovio are expecting to make $1 million per month in advertising from the free, ad-supported Android version of their mobile game, while…
Mobile Discovery: Shazam Finds 100m Users. Has It... →
A milestone reached by mobile music discovery service Shazam: the company says it has come good on its promise and reached 100,000 users, picking up 25 million in the last six…
Google: Gingerbread For The Holidays, Served On A... →
The details are now official: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has launched today its newest device, the Nexus S, and the latest Android update, Gingerbread. The device, designed with…
Google eBookstore Finally Opens For Business →
After a series of delays, the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) eBookstore is finally open for business. The initial plans for June 2009 called for 500,000 titles. Now, Google says that…
Consolidation In WAP Mobile Content: AMV Buys K2 →
Some consolidation afoot in the maturing but still active area of WAP-based mobile content: American Mobile Ventures has acquired K2 Media for an undisclosed price….
Three, Orange, T-Mobile Launch iPad Sales In UK:... →
Three, Orange and T-Mobile officially launched their subsidised iPad sales in the UK today. Three appears to be offering the best deal of all at this point, offering “three” times…
Zynga Doubles Down On Mobile With Newtoy Buy →
Zynga is doubling down on mobile games, buying mobile game developer Newtoy, which is best known for the hit iOS game Words With Friends. During a conference call this…
Mobile Content Bits: Qualcomm FLO TV Numbers;... →
—FLO TV: Qualcomm’s mobile TV service, it turns out, only had around 1 million sign-ups since launching in March, 2007, according to CEO Paul Jacobs. (And that number might even…
Foursquare TV Show In The Works →
You know you’ve made it as a technology service when Hollywood comes calling in hopes of developing a TV show. But this new deal between Foursquare and unscripted-TV producer…
Make it Snow Around the World →
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to…
Make it Snow Around the World →
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to…
BlackBerry Users Now Consume More Mobile Data Than... →
Here’s some interesting stats that once again show mobile still to be very much an open game, there for the taking: turns out that in the month of November, BlackBerry overtook…
Boku Inks Deals With Carriers In France, Korea For... →
The rise of app stores and the growth of the open mobile web have largely cut mobile operators out of the mobile content game. The smart ones, though, are trying to show they…
Jumptap In Japan: Partners With Dentsu And Picks... →
Independent ad network Jumptap may not have the ownership of an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) or Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to drive its businesses, but the rising tide in mobile…
FCC Endorses Using Broadcast Spectrum For Mobile →
Another small advance in the question of what will happen with unused spectrum currently owned by broadcasters: today the FCC voted unanimously in support of a notice of proposed…