Category Archives: Social Networking
INQs new mobile devices are great – for penniless Twitter addicts
Two months ago, INQ announced it would be launching a Twitter-centric mobile device before Christmas. True to it’s word, the company has now unveiled two different models of the low-tech, social network optimised phone – a familiar candy-bar version, and Blackberry-a-like with a full QWERTY keyboard. Continue reading
Communology context based mobile advertising for social networking mobile micro services via uService
uService is a new pan-European development project for what software vendor Communology describes as the “super prosumer era”. Continue reading
Mobile social network Loopt on Sprint and iPod Touch
There were two updates to the Loopt social mapping network this month. The mobile service is now available on the Sprint Instinct family of devices. It’s also on iPod Touch, which makes up a significant percentage of Apples mobile internet usage. Continue reading
Mobile money service Zong gets social networking deal
Zong is one of a breed of mobile payments company that interacts directly with operators. Avoiding credit cards or banks, Zong focuses on letting customers buy virtual currency which they can spend on-line. The price of that currency is added straight to the mobile bill. Social networking site Gaia Online has announced a deal with Zong, so that subscribers can buy Gaia Cash. Continue reading
Mobile social network GyPSii gets operator deal with China Unicom
GyPSii has announced that is has been selected as the “premier” mobile social network for China Unicom. As part of the Chinese mobile operators new consumer social networking service, UniSpace, GyPSii will be immediately available for download 5 million Unicom customers. Continue reading
LiveJournal enables geo-location for Windows Mobile
Here’s a very quick LiveJournal update. Windows Mobile owners who use the service will be able to automatically geo-tag their posts and updates to the social blogging site. How does it manage that? With a Google product, of course! Continue reading
Mobile social network Nimbuzz launches iPhone 3.0 update
Nimbuzz today released updates for its iPhone & iPod touch apps, along with a new client for Apple desktops. The update includes file sharing, push notification, user-interface redesign and geo-location. Continue reading
O2 allows free mobile SMS alerts for Twitter users
O2 has announced that it will be allowing Twitter users to receive alerts via SMS for free from August. It’s not the first UK operator to do this – by March of this year, Vodafone had put a similar into place, cancelled it, and then re-instated it. However, O2 does claim to be the only mobile operator in the UK that also gives free SMS alerts for Facebook and Bebo Continue reading
Your bride is just a mobile search query away: BharatMatrimony launches Wedget
Calling all single men. Your prayers could be answered if you are Indian or based in India. Digital wedding and marriage brokers (we first wrote about in 2007) BharatMatrimony has launched a mobile search for marriage. Continue reading
SMS GupShup Indian mobile social networking boasts 20 million users
GoMo News scooped coverage of GupShup calling it Vinadoo Hot here. But a lot has changed since then. The Indian based mobile social networking service launched in April 2007 now boasts 20 million users in 900,000 communities. Continue reading
Mobile social network Buddymob in Facebook deal
Buddymob is a popular mobile social network application for Android devices. Kiboo, the Belgian company who created Buddymob, has announced a new deal with Facebook. Buddymob has a pronounced habit of integration with the most popular on-line messagers, including MSN, AIM, GTalk, Jabber and Twitter. Continue reading
Toshiba and O2 to pre-load TG01 with Nimbuzz mobile messenger
Mobile social messenger Nimbuzz announced today that it’s coming pre-loaded on TG01 devices in Germany. O2 subscribers with the new Toshiba device will be able to access Nimbuzz from the launch of the TG01 in mid June. Continue reading
Another mobile application tops 10 million downloads over GetJar
It seems that announcing when you’ve hit 10 million on GetJar is “the thing” to do. Well ok, I would too. It’s pretty impressive. The latest to announce this accomplishment is mobile IM and chat client mig33. A large part of this success can be attributed to Pay Per Download – a GetJar program that allows developers to bid for better placement on the GetJar site. Continue reading
Mobile social hub ShoZu looks to app stores to drive revenue
Social media hub ShoZu has announced that it’s major business drive this year is going to be towards application stores. You can download the app from ShoZu for free right now… if you’ve got an S60 phone. It also caters to a limited number of Windows phones and Blackberrys – but the only app store ShoZu is available on is the iPhone app store, for 5 dollars. Continue reading
