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Monday, February 14, 2011
AT&T will offer a new social gaming platform on its Android phones, as the company invests more heavily in the Google operating system in the wake of losing its exclusive hold on Apple Inc.’s iPhone. Read More »
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Qualcomm is announcing a new series of chips including dual-core processors this year, with plans for a quad-core chip that will begin sampling next year. Although the company was a little late with dual-core chips it sees an opening with the new processors, as well as by recent moves by Nokia and Microsoft. Read More »
Motorola Mobility has snapped up 3LM, a tiny 10-person Mountain View start-up that aims to make Android a more secure platform for businesses. Read More »
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., riding the wave of investor interest in fast-growing, privately held technology firms such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., plans to start a fund that would invest in Internet and digital-media companies, people familiar with the matter said. Read More »
Checking In With Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley at Mobile World Congress (Video)
by Ina Fried in Mobilized at 3:00 pm PT
At the outset of his first-ever trip to Barcelona for the big cellphone industry trade show, Foursquare’s chief executive sits down to talk about the future of his location-based service. Read More »
Yes We Khan: BitTorrent Adds an Educational App
BitTorrent has been working hard to counter the image that it’s solely a vehicle for swapping pirated movies and music, in part by adding an App Studio featuring content from selected publishers and developers. The latest addition should help the cause: An app providing access to the 2,000 or so instructional videos of the Khan Academy, the widely praised online education site created by Salman Khan.
Samsung Does the Expected, Introduces Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab Sequels (Video)
by Ina Fried in Mobilized at 1:00 pm PT
The Galaxy S II adds a brighter 4.3-inch screen, dual-core processor and even thinner design to an already popular Android line that has sold more than 10 million devices. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a larger-screen sibling to Samsung’s first Android tablet and adds, among other things, Android version 3.0 Honeycomb. Read More »
Nokia Corp. will receive “billions of dollars” in financial support from Microsoft Corp. over the early years of their partnership to help market and develop Nokia phones using Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, according to Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop. Read More »
The long-rumored PlayStation phone is finally here. Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson unveiled the Xperia Play. Read More »
Apple Inc. is working on the first of a new line of iPhones and an overhaul of software services for the devices, people familiar with the matter said, moving to accelerate sales of its smartphones amid growing competition. Read More »
Rackspace is one of several companies thought to be likely acquisition targets following the buyouts of Terremark and NaviSite. Ask CEO Lanham Napier about it, and he insists the company is not for sale, but he clearly enjoys being asked. Read More »
Headed to her first Mobile World Congress, Mobilized’s Ina Fried asks Barcelona veterans for their tips and advice on surviving the massive cellphone trade show. Read More »
Borders Group Inc. is in the final stages of preparing a bankruptcy filing, clinching a long fall for a company with humble beginnings that helped change the way Americans buy books but failed to keep pace with the digital transformation rocking every corner of the media landscape. Read More »
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Embracing her newbie status, Mobilized’s Ina Fried aims to get a quick sense of the city ahead of the start of the big cell phone trade show on Monday. Read More »
Is that the future of TV? Twitter’s ad guys would like to think so. Read More »
Groupon Breaks Up with Valentine’s Day Offer That Isn’t Very Sweet
Groupon has canceled a voucher for $40 worth of flowers from FTD for $20 early, after customers called it a scam, CNN reports. Groupon customers were directed to a different Web site, where prices were higher than at the regular Web site. Because of the well-documented confusion, FTD set up a hotline for those who bought the deal. FTD also altered terms of the deal, so that it could be combined with other offers. The snafu comes a day after Groupon decided to cancel its Super Bowl commercials, which some found offensive.
Google Ventures Sows Seed Funding With New Start-Up Lab (Video Tour)
by Liz Gannes in NetworkEffect at 7:00 am PT
As incoming CEO Larry Page seeks to recapture Google’s entrepreneurial spirit, Google Ventures thinks it’s in for a year of expansion and support from its corporate parent. Read More »
The Internet radio service is handing over half of every dollar it brings into the music industry. But things could be a lot worse. And the royalty system that taxes Pandora also allows it to thrive. Read More »
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.’s parent company filed to raise up to an estimated $1.15 billion in an initial public offering, seeking to repay debt with the proceeds. Read More »
Friday, February 11, 2011
UberMedia, the holding company that specializes in Twitter-based start-ups, has added its highest-profile company to date: Tweetdeck, the biggest Twitter application not owned by Twitter itself. Read More »
Earlier Posts
- Raptr Snags $15 Million in Capital for Social Gaming Platform on eMoney
- Microsoft Suit Against Salesforce Just Got Ugly on NewEnterprise
- Lawmaker Introduces New Privacy Bill on Voices
- Pandora Files to Raise $100 Million in IPO on eMoney
- Intel: MeeGo-ing Forward Even Without Nokia on Digital Daily
- Nokia/Microsoft Slogan Session on Voices
- With Mubarak Out, an Egyptian Venture Firm Goes Back to Work on Voices
- QOTD: Nokia Loses Passion–And Right Before Valentine’s Day on Digital Daily
- Groupon Defeated in Super Bowl: CEO Apologizes, Pulls All TV Commercials on eMoney
- Sports Illustrated Gets the Tablet Subscriptions It Wants. Do Tablet Users Want Sports Illustrated Subscriptions? on MediaMemo
Dell’s Streak 7 Is No Bargain
Dell's Streak 7 is the least expensive tablet from a major manufacturer and claims to be the first capable of 4G cellular speeds, but the compromises made to get the price down make it impossible to recommend. Read More »
