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04 Dec, 2011

Collective Mobile App Market to Hit One Million Total Apps Available

Some would say we’re officially swimming in a world of mobile apps as the collective app marketplaces spanning the likes of Apple, Android, Windows and RIM are set to surpass 1 million total apps available. According to mobile analytics firm Mobilewalla — Apple, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 have collectively hit 991,524 apps available in [...]

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24 Mar, 2011

Walgreens To Acquire Drugstore.com For $409 Million

It’s one of the largest drug deals to go down in American history. And this one is perfectly legal. Walgreens is stepping up to acquire online pharmacy retailer Drugstore.com for $409 million. For Walgreens, the acquisition was particularly attractive, given that the purchase provides substantial new customer access for Walgreens e-commerce business. Drugstore.com presently boasts [...]

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28 Aug, 2010

Red Cross Sees 3 Million Unique Mobile Donors During Haiti Earthquake Relief

The American Red Cross was on hand today to deliver the keynote for the DMA’s Nonprofit Mobile Day event in New York, where SMS and mobile-giving took center stage. The Red Cross was just bolstering its mobile efforts when the earthquake in Haiti struck, and the nonprofit provided a lifeline of support during relief using [...]

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09 Aug, 2010

FuturLink Claims 16 Million Mobile Downloads From Proximity Marketing Campaigns

Let’s face it, proximity marketing has largely failed in North America given its less-than-perfect user experience, privacy issues and host of other barriers, but that doesn’t mean some providers aren’t seeing success — even if it is self-proclaimed. A company called FuturLink, provider of so-called “intelligent marketing technologies,” claims its proximity marketing solution has powered [...]

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07 Jul, 2010

Synchronoss Technologies Scoops Up FusionOne for $40 Million

As a year dominated by acquisitions in the mobile space rolls into its second half, Synchronoss Technologies is joining the acquisition frenzy with its announcement this week that the company will scoop up FusionOne for $40 Million. Synchronoss, a provider of on-demand transaction management software platforms, sees a lot of potential in the privately-held FusionOne, [...]

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