Friday, March 12, 2010

‘Mobile’ News

SeeqPod Releases the First ‘Playable Search’ Application for Windows Mobile Devices

SeeqPod Releases the First ‘Playable Search’ Application for Windows Mobile Devices

Friday, January 2, 2009 4:50

SeeqPod today unveiled the only application for Windows Mobile devices that allows users to play search results from any Windows Mobile powered device. The application, developed especially for the Windows Mobile operating system, taps an infinite amount of media available in the ‘Cloud,’ making millions of search results, podcasts, Wikipedia ...

Whrrl Partners with Maponics for Local Search and Mapping

Whrrl Partners with Maponics for Local Search and Mapping

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:43

Pelago, the makers of Whrrl, announced a partnership with Maponics for Neighborhood Boundaries to power their location data needs. Whrrl is a location-aware, mobile social networking service that allows friends to share their experiences in real time.

Kraft Foods Invests in Innovation with the iFood Assistant Application

Kraft Foods Invests in Innovation with the iFood Assistant Application

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:39

Kraft Foods announced that iFood Assistant, a new application for iPhone and iPod touch that offers users access to food and meal planning ideas, is now available on the Apple App Store. Unlike similar Web Apps that only link to external Web sites designed to be viewed on an iPhone, ...

HP Launches Photo Printing iPhone Application

HP Launches Photo Printing iPhone Application

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 9:42

HP announced HP iPrint Photo, a free application available on the Apple App store that gives iPhone and iPod touch customers the ability to easily print photos anytime, anywhere.

Consumers Likely to Become Less Passive With Mobile Social Networks

Consumers Likely to Become Less Passive With Mobile Social Networks

Sunday, December 21, 2008 7:46

Consumers using mobile social networks today are mainly checking messages, status updates and comments of friends rather than posting photos or comments themselves, according to a recent study by ABI Research. However, this pattern is changing as more consumers have access to better-equipped phones and social network applications that allow ...

Are China Mobile's Bulls Poised to Drop Carrier?

Are China Mobile’s Bulls Poised to Drop Carrier?

Saturday, December 6, 2008 4:46

The telecom sector has struggled this year, with the Telecommunication Holders Trust (NYSE: TTH) falling more than 39% since January. The industry's troubles are sector wide, with firms such as Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), and AT&T (NYSE: T) struggling to ramp up consumer demand. Even sector bellwether Research ...

imeem Delivers Mobile Ad Platform

imeem Delivers Mobile Ad Platform

Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:28

imeem, a social music service, today announced the launch of a mobile advertising platform that offers brands new opportunities to connect with mobile consumers through imeem for Android, imeem's popular social music application for the Android mobile platform. Kia Motors America (KMA) is the first brand advertiser to leverage ...

Set-Top Box Sales to Peak in 2012

Set-Top Box Sales to Peak in 2012

Friday, November 21, 2008 10:09

The global market for set-top boxes will grow gradually over the next few years, then will peak at around 110 million shipments in 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research. Thereafter STB unit volumes for all platforms – DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television), IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), DBS (Direct ...

“Sniff” Out Your Friends

“Sniff” Out Your Friends

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:59

Useful Networks announced the availability of its internationally popular mobile and Facebook integrated friend finder, sniff (Social Network Integrated Friend Finder), in the US. Already very popular in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, sniff is now compatible with the Sprint Network in the U.S. Unlike other friend finding services, ...

Location-based Social Networking Continues to Grow Rapidly... And It's Not Stopping Anytime Soon

Location-based Social Networking Continues to Grow Rapidly… And It’s Not Stopping Anytime Soon

Friday, November 7, 2008 4:41

Mobile location-based social networking is expected to become a key driver for the uptake of location-based services as it provides a unifying framework for a large set of applications such as friend finders, local search and geo-tagging. While many LBS applications will include features allowing the sharing of real-time experiences ...