@yahoo + @twitter Sitting in a Tree…T.W.E.E.T.I.N.G.

Yahoo! Gives ‘Em Something to Tweet About, Partnering with Twitter to Integrate Content and Social Experiences from Across the Web
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — As part of its ongoing commitment to be the center of people’s online lives, Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced a global partnership with Twitter to integrate Twitter’s [...]

Hearst Media Services Partners with Tagga for MobileTagga powers mobile marketing campaigns for Hearst advertisers

Vancouver, BC, February 22, 2010 – While the world’s spotlight is on Vancouver this month, the Mobile Marketing Association’s Spotlight was on Tagga Media today when the Vancouver-based company announced its partnership with Hearst Media Services.
Hearst selected Tagga’s technology platform to power mobile marketing opportunities for their advertisers. Hearst publishes several daily newspapers [...]

Wataniya Telecom offers TransferTo™ international airtime remittance services

Kuwait and Singapore
Watanyia Telecom, the leading telecommunications provider in Kuwait serving up to 40% of the country mobile customers, has successfully launched in partnership with Transfer To™ an innovative cross borders top up service.
International workers, travelers and visitors who are using Watanyia prepaid cards in Kuwait, may now recharge the prepaid mobile phone [...]

Yahoo! and Microsoft to Implement Search Alliance

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & REDMOND, Wash., Feb 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the deal.
Implementation [...]

#MWC: Global Mobile Award Winners

17 February 2010, Barcelona: The GSMA announced the winners of the coveted Global Mobile Awards at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This year the new two-part format comprised an afternoon awards presentation hosted by writer, actor and self-confessed technophile Stephen Fry, followed by an evening celebration party where winners were entertained with a [...]

ORANGE UK CONTINUES ITS ANDROID ROLLOUT WITH THE HTC DESIRE

: Orange today announced it will be launching the much anticipated HTC Desire, the next Android device to be ranged by Orange in the UK. Available this spring across all Orange consumer retail and business channels, the HTC Desire will be free on selected consumer pay monthly and business price plans.
Offering a rich, intuitive [...]

MLOVE ConFestival Opens with 50% Early Bird Price for Registration on Valentine’s Day during Mobile World Congress

A new event in a Castle of Inspiration for things that matter most
Barcelona, Spain February 14, 2010 / www.mlove.com – MLOVE announced today a new event exploring inspiration and how mobile will change our future. Registration is now open with a 50% off Early Bird price on the newly designed website at www.mlove.com.
“This is shaping [...]

Sony Ericsson focuses on Co-creation at Mobile World Congress

And announces a new collaborative platform, Creations(TM)
Barcelona - February 14th, 2010 - Sony Ericsson today announces its vision for the future of mobile entertainment - ‘Co-creation’ - using the launch of new online platform Creations(TM).
What is Co-creation?
Co-creation focuses on facilitating the evolving needs of consumers, content publishers and developers, creating a community and a movement [...]

JUMPTAP ISSUED FOURTH U.S. PATENT IN EIGHT MONTHS

Early Market Entry and Investment in Innovation Leads to Large & Fast Growing Mobile Advertising Intellectual Property Portfolio
CAMBRIDGE, MA–February 10, 2010 – Jumptap, the leading mobile advertising provider, today announced that it was awarded Patent No. 7,660,581 by the United States Patent Office on February 10, 2010.
The patent relates to a computer-implemented method for [...]

New Android & iPhone SDKs for Mobile Advertising with free Analytics

New Android & iPhone SDKs for Mobile Advertising with Free Analytics
Smaato Leading Ad-Optimizer with largest iPhone inventory in Europe – 4+ billion ad requests, 2500+ publishers & 35 ad network partners worldwide
Free Apple iPad give-away for new signed up publishers during MWC 2010
Mobile World Congress 2010
Hall 7 App Planet #7C38
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Smaato [...]

VODAFONE WINS MANAGED MOBILE SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ORACLE

Vodafone Global Enterprise has been appointed by Oracle to manage its mobile service needs in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in a four-year deal
Under the agreement, Vodafone Global Enterprise, the dedicated division of Vodafone that manages the communication needs of its largest Enterprise customers, will supply mobile services management, mobile voice [...]

GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of Mobile Media Metrics

GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of Mobile Media Metrics
16 Million UK Mobile Users Viewed Nearly 7 Billion Pages of Online Content
via their Mobile Browser in Preliminary Data for December 2009
 
4 February 2010, London: The GSMA and comScore, Inc., in partnership with operators O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and 3UK, today announced the official UK launch [...]

Materna at MWC - the emphasis is on innovation

MATERNA Communications is to present itself at the Mobile World Congress 2010 under the slogan – “Your world. Your playground.” in Hall 1 Stand G05, the telecommunications specialist will show its new products and solutions which are designed to make life on the mobile phone and the web even more colourful and convenient – and with the mobile joystick, voice-operated web pages, innovative e-/m- commerce services and a thermometer which twitters.

Mobile Premier Awards Final Program

http://www.mobilepremierawards.com/blog/2010/02/03/mobile-premier-awards-final-program/
We’re happy to announce the final program of this years’ Mobile Premier Awards.
Besides the classic MPA in Innovation live 3-minute pitches, this year we have the winners of the other awards in collaboration with our Network Partners.
For this year’s event, we have a special keynote: a presentation on the story of arguably the most successful [...]

Motorola Ventures Leads Investment Round in Scanbuy, Inc.

Scanbuy’s “ScanLife” technology allows companies to connect customers with digital content using barcodes and camera phones
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and NEW YORK – February 2, 2010 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), through its strategic investment arm, Motorola Ventures, today announced an investment in Scanbuy, Inc., a leader in mobile barcode solutions. Motorola acted as lead investor [...]

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