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Boost Mobile stays committed to the Hispanic community by extending partnership with Chivas de Guadalajara
Boost Mobile is continuing its partnership with Mexico’s Club Deportivo Guadalajara (CD Guadalajara), the world-renowned soccer team known as Chivas, as the official wireless sponsor of its U.S. tour games. The partnership was secured by Soccer United Marketing, CD Guadalajara’s commercial agent in the United States. Under the deal, Boost will continue to have onsite presence at U.S. tour games and work with CD Guadalajara goalkeeper Luís Ernesto Michel as a Boost Mobile ambassador. The sponsorship will also come to life in Boost Mobile retail stores with Chivas prominently displayed … Read more
Dusan Belic
Orange to offer free Wikipedia mobile access in Africa and the Middle East
Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation are teaming-up to provide more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with free mobile access to Wikipedia. The goal of the partnership is to “make knowledge more easily available to Orange mobile customers,” while getting some press love along the way. And since it’s a good cause, we can’t help but give the operator exposure at IntoMobile. This new partnership will be gradually launched throughout 2012 across 20 African and Middle Eastern countries, with the first markets launching early … Read more
Dusan Belic
Foursquare teams-up with SinglePlatform to show users prices at local business
The basic check-in service is not good enough for Foursquare – the company needs to expand to actually start making some serious money. As part of their newly rolled Explore feature, they’ve teamed-up with SinglePlatform to deliver pricing menus for more than 250,000 local businesses across 13,000 markets in the U.S. Whether it’s a spa, salon, bun-jee jumping adventure or restaurant, you can already find out how much it charges for which service/product through Foursquare. At the moment, the new feature is limited to foursquare.com and m.foursquare.com websites but it’s … Read more
Dusan Belic
EU to approve or deny Google’s Motorola Mobility acquisition by Feb. 13
The European Commission says it has set a deadline of Feb. 13, 2012 to decide whether or not to give its blessing for the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google. Google recently brought forth new documents — which are now under review by the EU — in support of the move, which will cost more than $12 billion. Had Google not brought these to the table, the original deadline for the EU’s decision was January 10th and we would have had known the acquisition’s fate by now. “We’re confident the … Read more
George Tinari
LetsTalk.com to preload YouMail visual voicemail on Android, BlackBerry phones
LetsTalk.com and YouMail struck a deal that will benefit each of the company’s services — an even exchange, if you will. LetsTalk.com, will soon begin preloading the YouMail visual voicemail service on select Android and BlackBerry devices. In return, the new YouMail online store for phones and accessories will be powered by LetsTalk.com. Both parties are satisfied with the outcome of the partnership. “LetsTalk.com allows us to quickly offer our customers a compelling buying experience, complementing the services we develop ourselves with other relevant ones they want,” said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. … Read more
George Tinari
Walmart and T-Mobile debut unlimited data plan for families
Wal-Mart and T-Mobile have had their unlimited talk and text plan for families in place for a while, but today they are expanding it to include unlimited access to the Internet, too. This makes T-Mobile one of the first carriers to have a shared data option for families, albeit you’ll have to shop at Wal-Mart to get it. Wal-Mart brands the plan as FamilyMobile and it includes unlimited talk, text, and web for a very reasonable price. The first line is only $45 and each additional line is an extra … Read more
George Tinari
Samsung thinking about alliance with Olympus?
You’ve probably heard there’s “something wrong” with Olympus. The Japanese company has definitely seen better times but that doesn’t necessarily mean its days are numbered. Quite the contrary, it is reportedly considering an equity tie-up with five giant companies including Sony, Panasonic and Samsung. The Korean company said it doesn’t want Olympus’ camera business, but it may consider some sort of an alliance, according to Reuters. “We are open to the possibility of an alliance with Olympus,” the source with knowledge of the matter said on condition of anonymity. Of … Read more
Dusan Belic
Samsung Wave 3 getting TomTom maps and navigation
Samsung has entered into a strategic partnership with TomTom to offer the company’s maps and location content on the Bada-based Wave 3 smartphone. Under the deal, TomTom will provide information to support location needs of Samsung Wave 3 users, including maps for over 200 countries globally, providing over 35 million kilometers of road network, points of interest, 3D city maps, landmarks, visual orientation and more. In other words, decent navigation is finally coming to Bada. Now we don’t know what are Samsung’s future plans for its own platform and when … Read more
Dusan Belic
Apple acquires flash memory company Anobit
Apple confirmed it has acquired flash memory parts maker Anobit. The company is based in Israel and has been vital in making flash storage for devices such as the iPhone and iPad. The acquisition will help Apple in the long-run with its clear shift toward an all-flash future — flash storage, that is. As one familiar with Apple might expect, Steve Dowling, spokesperson for the company, wouldn’t go into detail about the plans or goals for the Anobit acquisition. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we … Read more
George Tinari
Spotzot adds two new app to its deals network – FastMall and Point Inside
Spotzot, the deal targeting platform that powers many of the top shopping applications and web sites, is teaming-up with two of the leading mobile apps for mall shoppers – FastMall and Point Inside, which join existing apps like ShopSavvy, Shopkick and CardStar. Spotzot searches through thousands of sources everyday for in-store and online promotions and coupons valid at over 400,000 merchant locations from the top 750 national and regional U.S. chain operators. The company then delivers the highest-value deals via free APIs that are used by a growing number of … Read more
Dusan Belic
goCharge, Patrón Spirits team-up to offer free mobile charging kiosks across New York
Manufacturer and distributor of Mobile Device Charging Kiosks goCharge is teaming-up with Patrón Spirits in a deal that will give Patrón “high-profile exposure” within goCharge’s 50-location NYC Bar Network with exclusive branding for their Patrón XO Cafe and Ultimat Vodka ultra-premium spirits. Each of the 50 Patrón XO Cafe and Ultimat-branded goCharge kiosks feature a large digital touchscreen that entertains customers with brand specific content as they recharge their mobile phones. The goCharge kiosks can simultaneously charge up to 16 mobile devices, including nearly all models of phones and mp3 … Read more