"InCrowd" mobile game brings together LBS and Facebook

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:37:44 +0200

Location-based mobile software provider Booyah launched InCrowd. This social game brings together GPS functionality and Facebook social networking profiles and enables new kinds of augmented reality by mobile interaction of friends in real-world locales.
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Samsung's new apps platform for TV and smartphones

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:31:20 +0200

As commented by Samsung, its new platform for the U.S. TV and Blu-ray market could eventually align with its smartphone push. "Our goal is to make it easier and easier to allow folks to develop across different platforms," said Olivier Manuel, director of content for Samsung North America. Samsung is offering $500,000 in prizes to developers who build applications for its own TVs and Blu-ray players. Companies like Netflix and Pandora are already supporting Samsung Apps.
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New competition for iTunes from Sony and Amazon

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:22:12 +0200

New digital media subscription services cold be introduced in the near future by Sony and Amazon.com. The Financial Times reported that Sony plans to launch a premium music and video download service optimized for its many devices like the PlayStation gaming units or Sony Ericsson mobile handsets in the next year. Similar plans are reported from Amazon.com, which might expand its portfolio with introducing an own television and movie subscription platform optimised for browsers and connected devices.
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Study: More than 2.2 billion dollars in the smartphone app market

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:06:37 +0200

The worldwide smartphone applications market grew more than $2.2 billion dollars within the first six months of 2010, according to research2guidance. Mobile application download numbers reached a total of 3.8 billion in only 6 months, compared to 3.1 billion in 2009 according to the latest report by research2guidance.
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M-Days: Fast-growing mobile industry needs more space

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:58:09 +0200

Smartphones, apps and the infinite variety of mobile applications are reaching more and more people all over the world. Consumer behaviour and publishing as well as marketing structures in the industry are rapidly changing. The enormous growth of the congress-fair M-Days “The home of MOBILE” reflects these developments. With 1,650 visitors the fully booked M-Days 2010 had grown by 122 percent compared to the year before and reached the capacity limits of the BMW Welt in Munich.
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Global mobile data market to be worth US$340 billion by 2014

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:19:07 +0200

Emerging markets will be the key driver in the growth of global mobile value-added-service revenues from $200 billion in 2009 to $340 billion in 2014, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Poland and the Ukraine are expected to account for 36 per cent of the global mobile data revenues in 2014.
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New specialists profit in social games

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:12:55 +0200

The virtual economy is booming due to microtransactions. Consumers spend in games played on social networks an amount which is expected to rise to more than 1 billion US-Dollar in 2012, according to latest research from Screen Digest. The emergence of social games, which were almost non-existent three years ago, has resulted in mane new gamers and also propelled the growth of the traditional portal-led casual games markets due to the overlap in cpnsumers.
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Nokia Siemens Networks acquires networks from Motorola

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:13 +0200

Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the networks infrastructure of Motorola for 1.2 Billion US-Dollar. This transaction is expected to significantly strengthen Nokia Siemens Networks' presence globally, particularly in the United States and Japan.

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Whitepaper: Mobile video conferencing has a bright future ahead

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:53:41 +0200

Global IP Solution Studies has published a whitepaper on the use of video conferences in mobile communication. The renown technology developer for processing real-time voice and video over IP networks states that the high-quality video calling offered on devices like the iPhone 4 could completely reinvent mobile communication, and that an explosion of video capable apps and devices can happen in the near future. 1,200 senior business professionals in a variety of industries and employment positonsfrom the United States, China, Japan and South Korea were surveyed in this study.
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Zigbee Alliance grows with LG Electronics and Toshiba

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:53:00 +0200

The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions supporting energy management in residential, commercial and consumer electronics applications, today announced LG Electronics and Toshiba join Philips, Freescale Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Samsung and Sony on the Steering Committee.

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Study: Consumption Behaviour of Mobile and Online Casual Gamer

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:55:00 +0200

Online casual games and mobile games are becoming increasingly popular. At the GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE the research institute gamematrix and games publisher Greentube presented the first results of their study, which compares demographic data provided by several market research institutes and analyses the user behaviour of online and mobile casual gamers. Male consumers, for instance, are forerunners in using paid mobile and online contents. Online gaming is still more popular with 55-year-olds, but mobile games are catching up continuously. Obviously online casual gamers are the social networkers of today.

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Free Apps will Dominate the Mobile App Market over the Next Five Years

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:38:09 +0200

Accoriding to a recent report from Pyramid Research, there is a boom in free apps. This presents network operators with a potentially serious problem who are hoping to create new revenue by selling apps to mobile users
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Alcatel-Lucent acquires API repository ProgrammableWeb

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:21:00 +0200

Alcatel-Lucent has acquired ProgrammableWeb, a resource for application programming interfaces enabling developers to build web, mobile and related connected apps targeting both consumers and enterprise users. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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New Galaxy S Android phones from Samsung

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:54:00 +0200

The Korean handset maker Samsung now has its Galaxy S smartphone on all four of the Tier 1 U.S. carriers - like Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile USA - and brings the device also to regional operator U.S. Cellular. Tripling the global smartphone sales of Samsung is expected.
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OMTP announces final documents prior to transition into Wholesale Application Community

nospam@example.com (Inga Kozuruba) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:50:00 +0200

In advance of its transition into the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), the OMTP today announced its three final document releases. The three new update documents focus the topics of camera maintenance, visual voicemail maintenance und common charger and local data connectivity maintenance.
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