Mobile Content
Report: Google Offers $1.1 Billion to Acquire Mapping Service Waze
June 10, 2013 10:18 am | News | CommentsGoogle is offering $1.1 billion to acquire the crowd-sourced maps company Waze, according to a Bloomberg report. The news comes after earlier reports that Apple had been interested in Waze. Waze's mobile app for iOS and Android gathers map information from its 40 million users...
Verizon, NFL Expand and Extend Mobile Agreement
June 4, 2013 11:14 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe National Football League (NFL) and Verizon have announced a renewed and expanded contract to eventually bring all NFL games to Verizon Wireless customers' mobile devices. Until now, a limited nummber of games were available through the Verizon Wireless' package...
Give Locally Grows Through Gaming, Social Media
May 29, 2013 10:39 am | by Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press | News | CommentsAndrew "Bo" Young III, son of former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, is carving out his own path for social change courtesy of a mobile app designed to help real families through the purchase of virtual goods.Young and California lawyer Brad Newman have launched "Giv Galaxy," an iPhone game in which players buy...
Poll: Teens Migrating to Twitter
May 22, 2013 10:24 am | by Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press | News | CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.
A Year After IPO, Facebook Aims To Be Ad Colossus
May 20, 2013 10:25 am | by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsIt was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos and family ties...
Google's Products Dig Deeper into People's Lives
May 17, 2013 9:11 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFor Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for...
Windows Phone Ousts BB for Third Place in Market Share
May 16, 2013 8:42 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWindows Phone posted the largest year-over-year gain in market share among the leading mobile operating systems, more than doubling its size from a year ago, according to numbers released today from International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Samsung Generates More Profit from Android than Google Does
May 16, 2013 8:13 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSamsung may be generating more revenue and profit from the Android platform than Google does, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. According to the report, Samsung took 95 percent of $5 billion in first quarter profits generated from overall global Android shipments...
From the Magazine: Mobile Platform Wars: What Does a Third Ecosystem Look Like
May 15, 2013 12:00 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsSome say there’s only room for one more mobile platform, with Android and iOS helping themselves to the lion’s share of the market for the foreseeable future. If true, the only question is just who will get the crumbs. At present, it takes some effort to imagine a world where Android and iOS...
Report: ABC to Offer Live Stream on Mobile Devices
May 13, 2013 10:34 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsABC will be the first of the major broadcasters to offer live streaming of its programming over mobile devices, according to a report from the New York Times. A subsidiary of Walt Disney Company, ABC will roll out the service in New York and Philadelphia later this week. The new service will be available only to cable
Slacker Radio Boasts 3.5 Million Users on Mobile
May 10, 2013 9:21 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsDigital music provider, slacker, might be the poster child for the merits of relaunching a product. Since the company's February 13th launch of its completely redesigned digital music service Slacker now reports six million new listeners have joined...
Device Innovation Is Passé: Why UE Is King in 2013
May 8, 2013 10:48 am | by Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire | Articles | CommentsIt’s getting increasingly difficult for smartphone and tablet makers to “shock and awe” the media and the buying public with groundbreaking, “never before seen” hardware. While each high-profile device launch brings hardware advancements over previous models...
Facebook Milks Its Mobile Push in 1Q
May 2, 2013 10:22 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsIf Facebook Home, the company’s new people-first overlay for Android, further confirms Facebook’s commitment to mobile, than the company’s first quarter numbers show that commitment paying off. While Facebook’s annual EPS held steady at $0.09, the company managed to boost its revenue 38 percent over the first quarter of 2012 to $1.46 billion. Its adjusted profits saw an increase too, rising 7 percent annually to $219 million.
Physical by Smartphone Becoming Real Possibility
May 2, 2013 8:34 am | by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsIt's not a "Star Trek" tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you could almost get a complete physical — without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor's office. Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the phone for a quick reading...
Keynote Mobile News and Portal Index: Delivering Video on Mobile News Sites
May 1, 2013 10:46 am | by Venkatesh Giri, Keynote Mobile Expert | Articles | CommentsWe all know more online users are now accessing news via their smartphones - and not just via the traditional news sites we monitor in our Mobile News and Portal Index, but also via social media. As we’ve seen with recent news events...
Google Now Update Hits iOS App
April 29, 2013 10:43 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsGoogle continues to make inroads on iOS today with the launch of an update to its Google Search app. The company today announced it was adding Google Now functionality to its iOS app. Google Now is a kind of virtual assistant akin to Apple's Siri...
GGI Makes Mobile Games as Social Change
April 26, 2013 10:25 am | by Ben Munson | Articles | CommentsAs good as giving back can make you feel, people could still use a little extra encouragement to be charitable. Global Gaming Initiative gets that and the company has gone ahead and made a game of it, literally. GGI’s first mobile game, “Sidekick Cycle”—developed by IT Matters and arriving on iOS devices in June—is equal parts downhill racer and charitable simulation.
Samsung to Block Access to App Store in Iran
April 26, 2013 10:04 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsIranian users of Samsung mobile applications said Thursday that the company had notified them that they will no longer have access to the company's online store as of May 22. The move is seen as part of international sanctions on the country over its disputed nuclear program...
AVG Android App Hits 70M Downloads, Investors Cheer 1Q
April 25, 2013 10:58 am | News | CommentsAVG Technologies, which offers Internet and mobile security, is hitting a chord with Android users. The company said today that its flagship mobile product, AVG AntiVirus Free for Android has surpassed 70 million downloads on Google Play...
Zynga Reports Lower 1Q Revenue, Shares Fall
April 25, 2013 9:36 am | by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsZynga Inc.'s surprise profit in the first three months of the year got overshadowed by a revenue decline, a drop in the number of users and a lower-than-expected second-quarter forecast. The online game maker's stock fell more than 10 percent in extended trading Wednesday after the first-quarter results came out...
Facebook: Audit Finds Privacy Practices Sufficient
April 25, 2013 9:31 am | by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFacebook says that an independent audit found its privacy practices sufficient during a six-month assessment period that followed a settlement with federal regulators. Facebook Inc. said it submitted the findings to the Federal Trade Commission on Monday evening...
Aereo Brings Service to Boston
April 23, 2013 11:01 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAfter a big win in the appelate courts, Aereo today said it will bring its live streaming of the broadcast networks to mobile devices in the Boston area. According to a press release, consumers who have pre-regesitered with Aereo will receive an invitation to join the service beginning May 15...
Google’s Schmidt: More Than 750M Android Phones in Use Globally
April 17, 2013 10:06 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsGoogle chairman Eric Schmidt estimated the global number for Android phones in use today at around 750 million. He added that Google sees 1.5 million sales or activations worldwide of Android phones every day. Speaking at the D: Dive Into Mobile event, Schmidt estimated that Android phones in use worldwide would top one billion later this year and pass two billion by 2014.
Facebook Bringing Limited Home Experience to iOS App
April 17, 2013 9:17 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsRumors that Facebook has been in talks with Apple and Microsoft about getting its new Home product on those operating systems prove at least slightly overblown. According to Facebook, the company will be updating its iOS app to include...
Review: Home Shields You from Non-Facebook Tasks
April 12, 2013 10:06 am | by Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsWhen I got my first smartphone in 2010, I checked Facebook obsessively. But over time, the novelty wore off and opening Facebook's app to check photos, links and posts from friends turned into a chore. In a sense, I'm the ideal target for Facebook's new Home app...
