Software
Microsoft Revenue Up 6%; WP7 Still Struggling
April 20, 2012 7:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMicrosoft late Thursday reported fiscal third quarter 2012 earnings that beat analyst expectations. The company reported revenue up 6 percent to $17.41 billion. Operating income came in at $6.37 billion, while net income of $5.11 billion, or 60 cents per
eBay CEO Talks Impact of Mobile
April 19, 2012 7:09 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentseBay CEO John Donahoe sees enormous opportunity for PayPal online, on mobile devices and, increasingly, in the offline environment. "PayPal is delivering this innovation on a global scale," Donahoe said, according to a transcript of the company's earnings call provided
YouMail Ends BlackBerry Support
April 16, 2012 6:41 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIn what appears to be a sign of the times for Research In Motion (RIM), YouMail on Friday announced via its official blog that it is abandoning support for the BlackBerry platform. YouMail, which provides voicemail service, has just released
Review: Warming Up to Photo-Sharing App Instagram
April 12, 2012 7:15 am | by Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsNEW YORK (AP) — I was skeptical, even horrified, when I first heard about the photo sharing craze Instagram more than a year ago. As a journalist trained to reject alterations in words and pictures, I didn't get the concept
DOJ Suit Alleges Apple, Publishers Fixed eBook Prices
April 12, 2012 7:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Apple, along with five major book publishers, alleging the parties fixed prices on the eBook market. At a press conference yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder
Loyal Instagram Users Fret about Facebook's Reach
April 11, 2012 7:12 am | by Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press | News | CommentsNEW YORK (AP) — Poor Instagram users. First, their beloved photo sharing application moves from iPhone only exclusivity to the Android phone masses. A week later, Facebook swallows up the tiny startup behind the app for $1 billion. The purchase
Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1B
April 9, 2012 10:24 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsFacebook today said it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram for approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and Facebook shares. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close later this quarter. Instagram,
Greystripe Intros PC-to-Mobile Ad Targeting
April 6, 2012 7:09 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsGreystripe is using its relationship with parent company ValueClick to up the ante in the mobile ad network space. Yesterday Greystripe announced ValueClick Audience Mapping, a proprietary technology bridging ValueClick’s online tracking data with the mobile space. Kurt Hawks,
eBooks, eReaders Growing, But Print Still Dominates
April 6, 2012 7:02 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe PEW Internet and American Life Project released a report that shows Americans are increasingly reading books on tablets and eReaders. In a February survey, 21 percent of adults said they had read an eBook in the last year, compared
Opera Aims to Balance Privacy, Data Mining in Apps
April 3, 2012 7:25 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMobile browser maker Opera Software today announced a solution that aims at protecting privacy, while also allowing advertisers to mine user data. Opera launched App Tribute via its advertising subsidiaries AdMarvel, Mobile Theory and 4th Screen Advertising. According to a
Japan Launches First Smartphone-Only TV Channels
April 2, 2012 7:02 am | by Kyodo News International | News | CommentsTOKYO, April 1 (Kyodo) — A subsidiary of Japan's top cell phone service provider, NTT Docomo, on Sunday began offering the first TV channels aimed exclusively at smartphone and tablet computer users. The NTT Docomo subsidiary, mmbi inc., launched its
ADA Announces Board
April 2, 2012 6:48 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe Application Developers Alliance (ADA) today announced a number of new members to its Apps Alliance Board ahead of an April 24 meeting in San Francisco. The board members bring a broad range of expertise to the alliance, including global
FTC Report Tackles Privacy, Suggests Changes
March 27, 2012 6:57 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is calling on mobile companies to work toward improved privacy protections, including the development of shorter, more succinct privacy disclosures, according to a report released yesterday by the commission that seeks to understand how
Microsoft, Nokia AppCampus Recruits Developers
March 26, 2012 6:58 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMicrosoft and Nokia are feeling the heat to drive developer support for the Windows Phone operating system. The companies today announced they will each invest up to 9 million euros ($11.94 million USD) into a newly established mobile application development
U.S. Army Launches App Marketplace Prototype
March 26, 2012 6:51 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe United States Army is working to put approved apps in soldiers' hands with a newly launched "Army Software Marketplace" prototype, which delivers 12 mobile training applications for use on personal phones or tablets. The new apps were developed by
Angry Birds Space Takes Flight Today
March 22, 2012 7:28 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsLet the birds fly and the pigs fall and this time from space. Rovio yesterday launched Angry Birds Space, the sequel to its popular app Angry Birds, which since launching on Apple's App Store has made its way onto everything from
FirstNews Briefs for March 21, 2012
March 21, 2012 7:35 am | News | CommentsThe United States wireless market is past the 100 percent saturation rate, according to a new report from Chetan Sharma. The U.S. mobile penetration rate stood at about 110 percent at the end of last year thanks to growth in
Report: Mobile Websites Need to Prepare for Outages
March 21, 2012 7:16 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsKeynote Systems' March Mobile News and Portal Index saw reliability of the Fox News mobile site drop 10.14 percent from February. The company noticed that on March 19, Fox's mobile site went down (with the exception for some iPhone users
HP: We’re Here to Help Enterprises with Mobile Solutions
March 20, 2012 7:19 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsHP might not be doing anything hardware wise with its Palm webOS acquisition, but that doesn’t mean it’s ignoring the mobile apps space. The company today announced new “application transformation solutions” designed to help enterprises with the integration of mobile
Report: In-App Ads Pose Significant Security Risk
March 20, 2012 7:11 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsResearchers from North Carolina State University have found that in app advertisements pose privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in the Google Play market, researchers noticed that more than half contained so called ad libraries.
PayPal Here Swipes at Square with Card Reader Solution
March 16, 2012 6:37 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsPayPal on Thursday unveiled PayPal Here, mobile payment processors for iOS and Android. The new service includes a free app and fully encrypted thumb sized card reader. PayPal Here allows merchants to accept payments by swiping cards in the card
Beware the Madness of March Now on Mobile
March 15, 2012 7:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsEvents like the Super Bowl and March Madness – the famed annual productivity inhibiting NCAA men’s basketball tournament – are not only a marketer’s dream, they’re also another reason for carriers to trumpet the smartphone as the next best screen
FeedHenry: Mobile Security is More Than Luck O’ the Irish
March 14, 2012 12:45 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsCathal McGloin, CEO of FeedHenry, an Irish company that makes an enterprise grade mobile software platform, sat down with Wireless Week to talk about how a new software distribution model (app stores), a BYOD culture and the cloud have combined
