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Zeetoo gets investment from Spanish VC firm Nauta Capital

Rating: Go! Zeetoo
by Bena Roberts
The mobile gaming joystick company Zeetoo powered by the all star female guru Beth Marcus (who has also been a guest blogger on GoMo News) has won EUR 4.7 million in investment. Nauta lead the investment with Commonwealth Ventures and Egan Capital.

I first met Zeetoo in 2007 at Orange Partner Camp [...]

No ads, but we love celebrities

Rating: a slap in the Facebook?
According to The Guardian, a British newspaper, social networking site Badoo has the UK in its sights. Badoo is different from other social networks in that it guarantees to be ad-free – recognising that lots of inveterate social networkers have almost a rabid dislike of advertising – oh yes, and [...]

O2’s iPhone stats make gripping reading

mInfo and Xiaoi deliver natural language mobile search to Chinese instant messenger users

Vimplecom runs mobile advertising campaign

Mobile Predictions 2008: Mobile Advertising, Search and Barcodes

1. The way in which data is consumed on mobile will finally change and advertising fuelled models will start to make a more aggressive impact.
2. Mobile Search branded players will still be “the face” of mobile operator portals at the start of the year – but by Q4 portals will change to accommodate the white [...]

Five Mobile Search Predictions for 2008

Seasons Greetings from GoMo News

Wanted: an independent content watchdog

Yahoo! Japan deploys white label mobile search from MCN Mobile Content Networks

Rating: Uta Search on mobile for music
by Bena Roberts
AOL claimed to have one of the unique mobile content ringtone searches with its partnership with Thumbplay. UpSnap has launched a mobile content podcast search. Google is creating its own mobile content search – but its seems as though it’s Yahoo! Japan with the Trump Card.

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Old folks need better UIs not special designs

Google gets a Double Click Christmas present

Mobile Advertising 2007 hit or miss?

Rating: wind vs hot air?
By Bena Roberts
2007 was a year dominated by Google and the iPhone. iPhone fever reached fever pitch and Google gphone rumours overwhelmed the media. However, one year on – it’s the iPhone that is in the winning seat and Android seems to be a bit of a let down in wishes, [...]

Mobile Advertising The way we were in 2007 part 2

Rating: Here are advertising advertising highlights for the second half of the year.
Top five mobile advertising stories in July 2007
Apptera raises USD 9 million for in-call mobile advertising
http://www.gomonews.com/pushing_the_barrier/2007/06/apptera-raises-.html

Location-based services to grow in Asia-Pacific countries
http://www.gomonews.com/pushing_the_barrier/2007/07/location-based-.html
Google Mobile Content Search engine?
Vodafone and Yahoo! ad-inventory and adverts…
http://www.gomonews.com/pushing_the_barrier/2007/07/vodafone-and-ya.html
What we think?
July is where Vodafone UK managed to stab Google in [...]

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