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Baidu Lands A Big Mobile Search Distribution Deal
Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU)—which already dominates Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in the Chinese web search market—has now landed a major mobile distribution deal for its search engine. The company says its search engine, along with associated Baidu products, such as image search and MP3 search, will be pre-installed on China Unicom’s...
Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Baidu.com Inc., Mobile Search, Internet Search, China Unicom, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Companies, Google, Countries, Asia, China, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-19
How the Smartphone Could Disrupt Business
At Mobilize 09 in San Francisco, Google's Vice President of Engineering Andy Rubin talks to Om Malik, founder of GigaOM Network, about how the smartphone could change business. Rubin says the mobile Internet is as powerful as the desktop PC was five years ago and he discusses Google's interest in...
Tags: Google Inc., Smartphone, Rubin, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Smart Phones, Google
Videos 2009-09-14
First Android LG on the way
LG is preparing to launch its first Android-based smartphone in ?select European markets? by the end of 2009. The South Korean electronics firm says the GW620 is designed with a view to ?making the smartphone experience more accessible for typical users? who also demand a full qwerty keyboard.  ...
Tags: LG Electronics Inc., Mobile Operating Systems, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Cellular Phones, Smart Phones, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Hardware, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, LG Corporation, Jasper Jackson, Google Inc.
Articles 2009-09-13
Skype Founders Invest In Casual, Mobile Gaming Firm Zattikka
Zattikka, the casual and mobile gaming company founded by Virgin Interactive vet Tim Chaney, has raised a seed round of funding led by Atomico Ventures. Atomico Ventures is the early stage VC firm created by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. The amount of the funding was not...
Tags: Mobile, Mobile Gaming, Casual Game, Game Company, Founder, Skype Technologies S.A., Atomico Ventures, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Marketing, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-10-02
Get Facebook on Your Windows Mobile Phone
You know you do it. That's right, you steal a furtive peek at your Facebook page whenever you have a chance. Those smarmy iPhone drones have their own Facebook app and BlackBerry addicts have long had an app for accessing their Facebook profile, too. But now Windows Mobile folks can get...
Tags: Facebook, Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Cell Phone, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Applications, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, Software, Hardware, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-05-15
User Controlled Ad Displays Via iPhone
Shortly after someone invented the cell phone, some other entrepreneurs developed the term mobile commerce. You can't blame them, as there would seem to be something compelling about tying doing business to a device that so many keep with them more religiously than their wallets. There have even been expanding...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Advertisement, Smart Phones, Entrepreneurship, Cellular Phones, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-06-05
Sears Touts Good News Now That It Launches New Marketing Campaign
Sears Holding is reviving a holiday season experiment in a partnership with AOL that not only will provide a unique approach to communicating with consumers but also will act as lead initiative in a new marketing campaign the retailer is launching under the theme Life. Well spent. ...
Tags: Sears Roebuck & Co., Sears Holding, Retail, Corporate Communications, Business Structures, Marketing Research, Investment, Mobile Applications, Marketing, Finance, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-06-10
Google Mobile for Windows Mobile Now Location-Aware
As we all know from watching decades of sci-fi movies, once computers become sentient, it's all over for humanity. Step one of that process (I'm guessing) is location-awareness, meaning the computer knows where it is. So think long and hard before installing the newly updated Google Mobile...
Tags: Google Inc., Aware, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Location, Mobile Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Software, Hardware, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-09-24
Microsoft Admits It's Behind Mobile 8-Ball
In case anyone hadn't yet guessed it, Microsoft is having a bad day in the mobile OS. Better make that a bad few years. Bloggers attending the company's Venture Capital Summit reported Steve Ballmer saying that the company had "screwed up with Windows Mobile", with Ballmer wishing that Microsoft could...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-09-28
Are Mobile Apps A Business?
Mobile applications are critical to the strategies of Apple, Nokia, Palm, Google and Microsoft, but there are questions as to the business model for apps themselves. by Michael Hickins
Tags: Mobile, App, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Management, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-09-30
Microsoft Mobile Strategy In Danger
Microsoft's Sidekick via Danger disaster foretells the end of Windows Mobile and the company's presence in the mobile market. by Michael Hickins
Tags: Strategy, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Marketing, Software, Hardware, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-10-12
Turn Your Windows Mobile Phone Into a Business Card Scanner
DYMO's CardScan software not only captures an image of each card, but also transcribes the information into your address book. How handy is that! by Rick Broida
Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Cell Phone, CardScan, DYMO, Scanners, Mobile Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-10-29
Ex-Google China chief to set up incubator
Former Google China president Kai-fu Lee says he is leaving the search giant to set up a startup incubator. On Twitter page he suggests he will launch a seed fund to help develop a venture business platform called Innovation Works, employing between 100 and 150 young Chinese entrepreneurs to...
Tags: China, Kai-Fu Lee, Hs, Entrepreneurship, Search, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Management, Legend Capital, WI Harper, Jasper Jackson, Google Inc.
Articles 2009-09-07
Interview: Brad Garlinghouse, President, AOL Internet and Mobile Communications
Until now, most of Tim Armstrong’s hires since he joined AOL (NYSE: TWX) as CEO have been in advertising or the business side, including a number from his former employer Google. Newest hire Brad Garlinghouse is a switch in both cases: a product guy from portal competitor Yahoo (NSDQ:...
Tags: Mobile, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Mobile Communication, Portals, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Web Technology, Cellular Phones, Mobile Applications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-08
VeriSign sells mobile messaging unit to Syniverse
VeriSign is selling its mobile messaging business to Syniverse Technologies for USD175m in cash. The unit is the latest in a series of non-core assets that VeriSign has sold as part of plans to concentrate on its core businesses of internet infrastructure, domain registry, online security and identity protection....
Tags: Mobile Messaging, Mobile, VeriSign Inc., Instant Messaging, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Syniverse Technologies, Editorial
Articles 2009-08-24
Meeker On The Mobile Internet: "Bigger Than Most Think"
Mobile internet usage is ?bigger and will be bigger than most think,? according to Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker’s bullish prediction.  Presenting her report on internet trends and the economy at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Tuesday, she said the overall tech industry was in recovery,...
Tags: Mobile Internet, Mobile, Mobile Internet Usage, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Countries, Asia, Japan, Dianne See Morrison
External links 2009-10-21
Ceragon Stars in Mobile Internet Revolution, EZchip's Surprise
Earnings Call ExcerptMorgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker spoke about mobile Internet-connected devices at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. She expects that we are at the beginning of a massive technology revolution of the mobile Internet, led by Apple’s AAPL mobile devices the iPhone and iPod Touch, two...
Tags: Mobile Internet, Mobile, Juniper Networks Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Chip, EZchip, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Seeking Alpha, Apple Inc., LanOptics Ltd., Marvell Technology Group Ltd., RADVision
Earnings calls 2009-10-28
Yahoo Lands Another Mobile Search Distribution Deal?This Time In Germany
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) continues to push ahead with mobile search distribution deals, despite its search agreement with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). The latest example: The company has displaced Google to become the default search provider for German mobile operator O2 Germany; O2 will also integrate Yahoo properties into its mobile...
Tags: Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Mobile Search, O2 Plc., Lazar, Advertising & Promotion, Search, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Companies, Yahoo, Countries, Europe, Germany, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-02
Has Google Bought Out VoIP Provider Gizmo5, Too?
Google is reportedly adding VoIP provider Gizmo5 to its ranks, on the heels of its $750 million acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob. TechCrunch reports that the deal is worth just $30 million. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) responded to a confirmation request with the standard: “We are always talking to...
Tags: Google Inc., Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Mobile Applications, Networking, Companies, Google, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-11-09
Communications firm PicoChip gains USD20m
PicoChip has raised USD20m from investors Atlas Venture, Highland Capital Partners, Pond Venture Partners, Scottish Equity Partners, Rothschild, AT&T, Intel Capital and Samsung Corp. Based in the UK, the company provides technology for mobile communications including semiconductors and femtocells. by Editorial
Tags: Highland Capital Partners Inc., Cellular Phones, Mobile Applications, Semiconductors, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, SAMSUNG, Highland Capital Partners, Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), Atlas Venture, Pond Venture Partners, picoChip, Intel Capital, Editorial, AT&T Corp.
Articles 2009-11-18
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