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Reports link Lenovo with NEC over smartphones
GoMo speculates on Symbian link
There has been much speculation that China’s Lenovo is forging an alliance with Japan’s NEC to develop smartphones aimed at emerging markets. Lenovo recently told its shareholders that, “the company is in preliminary negotiations with a party in connexion with a potential joint venture.” Although Lenovo didn’t name the company involved, it is widely thought to be NEC. GoMo News speculates that part of the reason it has picked NEC is because of Symbian. Continue reading
ereaders may be under-appreciated source of ad revenues
Amazon quietly generating $800 million revenues from Kindle
It seems the digital advertising market may have been missing a trick as it appears that Amazon is quietly set to accumulate over $800m of revenue in 2013, according to digital research group, eMarketer. This revenue comes from ad slots on Kindle devices as well as a network of web sites. Amazon is benefitting from the convergence of increasing online shopping with targetted advertising. It’s particularly pertinent to the mobile sector where online purchasing is rapidly becoming easier. Continue reading
Online sales driving boom in media spending
Britain will remain one of the world’s most lucrative markets, says report
Spending on advertising, communications and entertainment will rise by four per cent a year in the next four years, new research suggests, much of it driven by the web. According to professional services firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the UK will continue to be seen as one of the world’s most lucrative advertising markets with revenues of around £65.5 billion achieved by 2017. Online advertising, it suggests, will rise by an annual 9.9 per cent as firms home in on mobiles and laptops to spread their digital messages. Continue reading
Cognatel launches branded mobile service for landlords & tenants
All thanks to ET Telecom which is behind allpay Mobile
Cognatel, the MVNA [mobile virtual network aggregator] is working with ET Telecom, the UK MVNO behind the launch of allpay Mobile1 on range of products aimed at landlords and tenants. Currently being piloted by a range of housing associations, this solution offers competitive rates and a unique rewards package that automatically contributes to the subscribing resident’s rental account. Continue reading
Apple accused of fixing ebook prices in USA
Cupertino firm wanted to overturn Amazon’s pricing
A bizarre court battle is currently raging in the USA between the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and Apple Computer over alleged ebook price fixing. Naturally, Apple vehemently denies any wrongdoing or any such conspiracy. Which is somewhat strange. Firstly, because the five publishers with whom Apple has alleged to conspire have already settled with the government. Secondly, Apple is appearing to suggest that it never indulges in attempts at price fixing. If Steve Jobs hadn’t cajoled the music industry into accepting his pricing for iTunes, the digital music industry would be radically different today. Continue reading
Guest Post: How data transfer happens between NFC-enabled devices
by Maria Lynette, a blogger who sometimes works with Contus.com
Next time when you’re planning to visit a bank or retailer, forget all your wallets, purses or credit cards! Just take a smartphone with Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled technology or a NFC chip card instead. NFC utilises radio waves to help data transfer between two or more NFC-enabled devices, without any physical contact between them. However, make sure that you are within a range of 4 cm from the other device. Just tap on the mobile screen and pay bills or share information instantly. Sounds great, right? Continue reading
Shares in ARM plummet as key customer Samsung switches allegiance to Intel
New Galaxy Tab powered by Intel in landmark change
Shares in UK chip designer, ARM, closed nearly 8 per cent down in London last night (3rd June 2013) after Samsung revealed its new tablet would be powered by a chip from arch rival Intel. In what is being seen as a major victory for the US chip giant, Samsung opted for Intel’s 1.6 GHz Clover Trail+ processor for its new 10.1-inch Galaxy tab, making it the first top-tier device from the South Korean maker to feature an Intel chip. Continue reading
Guest Post: The OTT opportunity knocks
by Michael De Jongh, global dead of sales for mobile Billing with MACH
Historically, mobile operators and OTT [Over-The-Top] service providers have often found themselves at loggerheads. However, things are changing and the telecoms ecosystem has now reached a crucial tipping-point – with operators and OTT players moving from competition to cooperation. Increasingly the two parties are finding synergies in their business models and working together.
Operators have come to accept that the weight that OTT players now carry cannot be ignored. Continue reading
Apple’s iTunes star is dimming in app store stakes
Google’s Play will gradually overtake Apple’s app store
Some very interesting stats have emerged on the relative performance of the major mobile OS app stores. iTunes has always been a feather in the cap for Apple and a major selling point. Historically, if a mobile app existed you could guarantee that it would run under iOS but that, it seems, is no longer the case. In May [2013] Apple announced that 50 billion iOS apps had been downloaded for its iOS devices with over 850,000 available in the iTunes App Store. Concurrently, Google claimed that 48 billion apps had been downloaded to Android devices. So Play hasn’t far to go. Meanwhile BlackBerry is scrabbling to give us some relevant stats for BlackBerry World. Continue reading
