12 May, 2012
Motricty today reported first quarter 2012 losses to the tune of $8.7 million. One year ago, those losses were $6.1 million, a fact that underscores ongoing trouble for the mobile web services company. “We believe that our future cash flow from operations and available cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet [...]
12 Apr, 2012
On Thursday, Gartner projected that worldwide media tablet sales will top 119 million units in 2012. If you’re not keeping score at home, that’s a 98 percent increase over 2011 sales of 60 million units. Not surprisingly, Apple’s iOS continues to be the leader of the pack when it comes to media tablets, [...]
10 Feb, 2012
Nearly one in three Americans watches online videos daily. That’s according to the latest comScore report, which shows that Americans streamed 43.5 billion videos in December 2011. That figure represents a 44% increase year-over-year. comScore’s 2012 US Digital Future In Focus report indicates that 105.1 million Americans watch videos online every day, which [...]
04 Dec, 2011
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 [...]
24 Mar, 2011
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 [...]
28 Aug, 2010
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 [...]
09 Aug, 2010
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 [...]
07 Jul, 2010
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, [...]