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Shazam ID Service Driving 300,000 Song Purchases Daily

Cannes, France - Mobile music discovery service Shazam is generating 300,000 track purchases each day from users of the service, CEO Andrew Fisher said at the...

IODA Expand Mobile Distribution in China with R2G

Cannes, France - IODA, a digital distributor of independent music, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with China's R2G, which will distribute IODA-represented...

Nokia to Offer Free GPS Navigation on Smartphones

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Thursday announced that it will offer a new, free satellite navigation service for its smartphones. The company said that its...

Mobixell Networks Acquires Mobile Internet Firm 724 Solutions

San Jose, Calif. - Mobixell Networks, a provider of mobile multimedia and advertising services, announced on Thursday that it has acquired mobile Internet firm 724 Solutions. Financial terms...

"Tetris" Hits 100 Million Paid Mobile Game Downloads

New York - Classic video game "Tetris" has surpassed 100 million paid downloads to mobile phones worldwide, according to distributors Blue Planet Software and EA Mobile. The...

White House Debuts iPhone App; Will Carry State of the Union

Washington - With a growing number of Americans using mobile devices, the White House said that it has released its own application for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone. ...

Apple, Microsoft in Talks to Replace Google with Bing on iPhone

New York - Apple (NASD: AAPL) is in talks with Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) to have Bing replace Google (NASD: GOOG) as the default search engine on the iPhone, BusinessWeek...

Opera Buys Mobile Ad Firm AdMarvel

Oslo, Norway - Opera Software, the Norway-based developer of Web and mobile browser technology, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired AdMarvel, the provider of a...

Amid Controversy, Google Delays Cell Phone Debuts in China

Beijing - Google (NASD:  GOOG) has postponed the planned launch of several new Android-based mobile phones in China, the latest move in the aftermath of a...

Text Messaging Provides Boon to Red Cross Haiti Relief

Washington - Text-message donations are playing a larger-than-expected role in the push for earthquake relief in Haiti, The New York Times Reported. As of late Sunday, the...