Christian Louca
Google Ventures announced recently that it is investing inAstrid, a task management app, and Crittercism, an SDK that helps provide customer support for mobile. Google Ventures’ partner Rich Miner made the announcement during VentureBeat’s fourth annual MobileBeat conference. (We have a separate story withmore details on the Astrid investment.) We’ll be posting more on those companies throughout [...]
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Google Ventures’ Rich Miner talks about the mobile revolution
Posted: September 13, 2011 in Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Applications, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Technology, Technology, Venture Capitalism, Wireless TechnologiesTags: Android, Crittercism, Google, Google Ventures, iOS, Orange Ventures, Rich Miner, VentureBeat
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BOMBSHELL: Google Buying Handset Maker Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
Posted: August 15, 2011 in Handset manufacturers, Industry News, Information communications technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless TechnologiesTags: Android, Apple, Business Wire, Google, Google acquisition Motorola, Larry Page, Microsoft, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, United States Department of Justice
Huge! Google is buying handset maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. That’s a 61% premium. Needless to say this is a gamechanger in the mobile world, as Google moves down the stack, and is no longer just an operating system provider meaning it competes directly with Apple as well as the various other handset makers who currently use Android. What’s more, one of [...]
Google to show off mobile wallet for Android phone
Posted: May 25, 2011 in E-Commerce, Financial Services, Industry News, Information communications technology, M-Commerce, Mobile Applications, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Payment Solutions, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Technology, TechnologyTags: American Eagle Outfitters, Android, Blackberry, Eric Schmidt, Google, Harvard Business Review, iphone, National Football Conference
Google is set to introduce a mobile payments platform that will turn its Android smartphones into a digital wallet.
Half of smartphone owners now shop online via a mobile device
Posted: May 23, 2011 in Digital Marketing, Digital Trends, E-Commerce, Industry News, Information communications technology, M-Commerce, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Multichannel Marketing, OnlineTags: Consumer, Google, Mobile application development, Mobile device, mobile statistics, Personal computer, Retailing, shopping, Smartphone
Posted By ] Paul Skeldon Half of smartphone owners have now completed some sort of purchase on their mobile, increasing by 20% over just nine months, with 11% of smartphone shoppers now using the device to make a purchase on a weekly basis, according to research by eDigitalResearch and Portaltech. The study also finds that smartphone [...]
Microsoft set to buy Skype for $8.5bn in biggest deal in history
Posted: May 10, 2011 in Industry News, Internet Phone Service, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, VoIPTags: Blackberry, FaceTime, Google, ipad, iphone, Microsoft, Skype, Voice over IP
Posted BY ] DAILY MAIL REPORTER Microsoft is on the verge of buying Skype for $8.5 billion – despite the Internet phone service making a loss last year. The deal would be the biggest in the 36-year history of the world’s largest software company. It could indicate Microsoft’s intention to compete with Apple and Google as [...]
