- MMA Continues Restructuring In Quest To Become More Relevant3 September 2010, 10:56 pm
In February, the non-profit global Mobile Marketing Association took steps to tap into the soaring awareness of mobile by breaking up the organization into four operating regions. Today, it is announcing further measures to make sure that the MMA continues to be relevant as the market matures, by announcing new principles and logo. ...
- Icahn Continues To Invest Heavily In Motorola3 September 2010, 10:55 pm
Carl Icahn is not being conservative about his opinion that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) will be a more valuable company once it has been split into two publicly held entities. Rather, the shareholder-activist billionaire, who has been investing in the handset-maker since 2007, has bet an additional $111 million into the company in just the past week. His stake now stands at around 250 million shares, or 10.7 percent, reports Barron’s. ... - Nokia's Ovi Gets An Odd Exclusive On X Factor Mobile App3 September 2010, 8:34 pm
Most media owners are strong believers in a strategy of “any-and-every-platform” ubiquity. But, for this season’s mobile strategy, the makers of the UK’s popular X Factor TV show are launching an “exclusive” app only on Nokia’s Ovi store. ... - TV Everywhere Plays Important Role In New Disney-Time Warner Cable Deal3 September 2010, 5:34 am
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) stepped to the precipice of blackout Armageddon—and wisely took a giant step back. Instead of risking their standing with subscribers and viewers, they put away the harsh rhetoric, kept working through the midnight deadline Wednesday and made a deal that keeps ABC owned-and-operated stations, ESPN and a host of Disney cable nets on Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable and Bright House Networks without a blip. The new deal, descri... - Gameloft Sees Opportunities In Feature Phones As Others Abandon The Market2 September 2010, 7:50 pm
Gameloft (EPA: GFT) is one of Apple’s biggest fans. In the first six months of the year, revenues from Gameloft titles grew 82 percent in the App Store, and in the first quarter, it claimed that 21 percent of all of its revenues came from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) products, as well. But that’s not where it sees the only opportunity. ... - AOL Buys Rally Up As Part Of New Mobile Strategy2 September 2010, 7:49 pm
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is buying Rally Up, a startup behind a social networking app for the iPhone and iPad that lets users share their locations with select friends. The app pitches itself as a social network for “people that actually should know your location,” such as family members and close friends. Users can direct message each other and “check-in” to locations. So, why is AOL buying the startup? AOL says the deal is part of its new approach to the mobile market. ... - Verizon Wireless Offers Very First Prepaid Smartphone Data Plans2 September 2010, 7:22 pm
As if a sign of the times, Verizon Wireless is offering data to smartphone users who prefer to pay by the month and not commit to a long-term contracts for the very first time. However, the service is neither discounted, nor more expensive than what you get if you did sign a contract. Furthermore, there’s much cheaper plans available in the universe, so this deal will really only appeal to someone who is specifically interested in Verizon’s network, or the variety of phones that it o... - Samsung Moves From Phones To Tablets To Match Apple's iPad Success2 September 2010, 4:15 pm
Since Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) sold three million iPads during the device’s first 80 days on the market, its closest rivals have been busy working on several copycats. Samsung is no different, and has unveiled the Galaxy Tab today, a device very similar to the iPad, although smaller and powered by the Android OS. Samsung believes it can ship 10 million units and take a third of the global tablet market next year, reports the WSJ. ... - Alcatel-Lucent Buys OpenPlug To Help Fill A Gap In The Mobile App Space2 September 2010, 5:14 am
Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent is acquiring OpenPlug to have its own solution for helping developers move applications from one platform to the next operating system. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This is the second acquisition Alcatel-Lucent has made in the past three months to help it expand beyond telecom infrastructure to get into the application ecosystem. In June, it acquired ProgrammableWeb, a company with API-related content. ... - Samsung's Response To iTunes Is Coming Soon2 September 2010, 5:12 am
Samsung is getting ready to combine both state-of-the-art mobile phone design with an entire content strategy in recognition that in order to remain the U.S.‘s largest handset maker you can no longer rely on hardware alone to stand out of the crowd. To that end, it has created partnerships with book publishers, movie studios and social networking providers. The true content portion of this strategy is called Media Hub, and is not yet available to users, but is expected to launch this fall th...
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