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GyPSii Secures $11 Million for Social Mobile Applications
Amsterdam
- GyPSii, the provider of a location-enabled social media platform, announced
on Monday that it has closed an $11 million funding round, led by Schroders.
Amsterdam-based
GyPSii...
Sequoia Backs Mobile Application Developer Snaptu
Menlo Park,
Calif. - Snaptu, a developer of
mobile applications, announced that it has secured an undisclosed sum of new
funding from Sequoia Capital.
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Snaptu,...
Verizon Looks to Offer 4G Handset by Mid-2011
Barcelona
- Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) said this week that its first handset to utilize its
next-generation 4G network could become available by mid-2011 -- some six
months...
Google Debuts Mobile Stock Check Service for Retailers
Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) this week rolled
out a new mobile shopping feature that lets consumers check to see if items
they are interested in...
Survey: More Than Half of Workers Check Devices While Driving
Chicago
- More than half of workers who own smart phones said that they check their
devices while driving a vehicle, according to a new survey...
Motorola Makes Bing Default Search on Android Phones in China
New York - Motorola (NYSE: MOT) plans
to add Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) Bing search engine as the default on the Android-based
phones it sells in China,
replacing Android developer...
Report: News Corp. Pondering Sale of Mobile Firm Jamba
London
- News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) is considering a sale of Jamba, the mobile content publisher
and distributor it acquired control of for around $381 million in...
Report: FTC Probing Google Rivals on AdMob Acquisition
Washington
- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has solicited sworn declarations from
Google's (NASD: GOOG) competitors, on the potential for reduction in competition in the mobile
ad...
Chomp Lands $2 Million for iPhone App Recommendations
San Francisco
- Chomp, a provider of reviews and recommendations of applications for Apple's
iPhone, has raised $2 million in new funding, VentureBeat reported.
Investors
included Bluerun Ventures,...
YouTube Now Serving Ads on Mobile Sites in U.S., Japan
Mountain View,
Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube has
begun serving ads on the mobile version of its website, which saw traffic grow by over 160% in...
