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Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, unveiled the date and lineup for the Virgin Mobile FreeFest presented by Kyocera. The Billboard award-winning festival will be free again, with Kyocera (and I guess some other sponsors) picking up the tab. Virgin Mobile FreeFest will be held on Saturday, September 10th, at Merriweather Post Pavilion in…
If you have been waiting for a NVIDIA Tegra 2-toting Android handset for the Sprint network, your wait is coming to an end. Today Sprint officially announced the Motorola Photon 4G, which will arrive on store shelves on July 31st for $199 on a new two-year contract. The Photon 4G features a 4.3 inch qHD…
Mobile performance ad network Moolah Media launched a new offering, touting it as the “next chapter in mobile advertising.” There two solutions included, App.Suite and Mob.Suite, both designed to provide developers and publishers with the ability to monetize their users in ways that best work for their audience and user experience. Each suite consists of…
On-demand music service Rhapsody announced that it has crossed the 800,000 subscriber milestone and now offers more than 12 million tracks to its users. Of that number, more than 150,000 members joined the service since April 2010, when Rhapsody got its independence from RealNetworks. The original service, in case you care to know, was launched…
YouMail announced hitting a major milestone, having answered 1 billion phone calls for its users, 500 million of which happened since September 2010. The YouMail platform is compatible with different smartphones, including the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. In addition, there are third-party apps that bring the company’s Visual Voicemail Plus service to Windows Phone 7,…
Tapjoy closed a round of $30 million Series D financing, led by new investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and including major existing investors Rho Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, InterWest Partners and D.E. Shaw Ventures. The new money will be used to “accelerate the product technology roadmap,” expand direct advertiser relationships, broaden services…
Just recently we saw Foursquare announcing hitting the 10 million users milestone and now they say more than half a million businesses registered for the service. You probably already know but it’s worth repeating nevertheless. Businesses can offer Specials to their both existing and new customers (Foursquare users), provide useful information (like what times and…
Cricket’s Muve Music scheme is obviously working both for the carrier and its customers. If you recall, it’s the first unlimited music service to be included as part of a wireless rate plan which has been tried out by more than 100,000 customers in just five months. More than 50% of all those people are…
Today HTC and AT&T announced the Status, an Android smartphone with heavy Facebook integration as well as a dedicated button to share content. The handset is the US version of the HTC ChaCha and is taking aim at those who can’t go five minutes without updating their status or checking out the noise that is…
No longer will Europeans look on at Sprint customers in envy – HTC officially announced that the Evo 3D will be available in the old continent from July. No word on specific markets, dates and carrier partners. However, we’re sure the major European operators are lining up for the launch as we speak. That said…