Posts Tagged ‘Research in motion’

Posted By ] Henry Blodget A few weeks ago, when Comscore’s mobile survey showed that Google’s Android smartphone platform had blown past BlackBerry and iPhone to dominate the US market, Apple fans temporarily panicked. It was the 1990s all over again! But then Apple posted another monster quarter with great iPhone sales, and Apple fans rejoiced (and lambasted anyone [...]

Posted By ] IB Times Staff Reporter Jefferies & Co. believes that Google Inc., Apple Inc., Adobe Systems, Microsoft Corp., and the large advertising agencies are potential acquirers of Velti Plc (NASDAQ: VELT). “We believe that the bigger players will be acquisitive in mobile marketing over time to complement their mobile advertising and desktop advertising/marketing platforms,” said Peter [...]

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2011 – 7:49am. Baltimore – Taking advantage of the rapidly growing mobile advertising market, Millennial Media, which operates the largest independent mobile ad network in the U.S., said on Wednesday it has raised $27.5 million in a new round of funding. Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, Charles River Ventures [...]

My Comment: What many people overlook here is the iTunes model.  Asides for the obvious differences in platform development and handset capabilities, even if Nokia get up to speed they do not have iTunes (it is not just about the developer).  So as a user of this demographic, the choice of a phone that comes [...]

Submitted by Editor on 7 May, 2010 – 12:45. It has taken just five months for mobile advertising to go from a trickle of coverage in the mainstream media to a feeding frenzy. Since Google announced its plan to buy mobile ad network AdMob for US$750 million AdMob for US$750 millionin November, national papers and newswires [...]

Strategy Analytics hails record 53m smartphone shipments for Q4 2009

How the battle between Silicon Valley’s superstars will shape the future of mobile computing