Mobile advertising market keeps growing like crazy. The latest company to get additional money to expand its operations we caught is GoldSpot Media, which is a mobile rich media and video advertising solutions provider. They managed to close $12.05 million in series B funding from Silicon Valley investors Exa Ventures and Berg Enterprises. Those unfamiliar…
Ruckus Mobile Media to bring Hasbro storybooks to iPhone, Android
Hasbro and Ruckus Mobile Media entered into a strategic licensing agreement to develop storybook applications based on Hasbro brands across popular mobile platforms. The first three children’s storybook apps — Tonka Chuck and Friends, My Little Pony and Transformers Prime — are slated to begin roll out in May 2011 and will deliver “immersive reading…
Strategy Analytics: Over 1.1 billion camera phones will ship in 2011 [Blurry photo ahoy!]
According to the bean counters over at Strategy Analytics 918 million camera phones were shipped during 2010. That figure is going to increase by 21% this year and it’ll hit 1114 million or just a hair over 1.1 billion. Let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we? On July 11, 1997 Philippe Kahn, a…
T-Mobile G2x launching next week
Yesterday there was some news hinting that the upcoming T-Mobile G2x may debut a bit sooner than we were expecting – the G2x is basically the US variant of the LG Optimus 2X with support for all US 3G frequencies. Turns out, both rumors were right. Starting next Friday, you can grab one of the…
iDreamsky launches SkyNet, Android social gaming platform for China
Southern China-based iDreamsky, which has recently received over $2 million in funding from Hua Xiu Investment Group, announced SkyNet, a social gaming and distribution platform for Android games in the Chinese market. The SkyNet platform will come preloaded on Android devices manufactured by Lenovo, Coolpad and many others. In total, the company expects its platform…
SouthernLINC goes live with nationwide PTT and data services
We told you SouthernLINC Wireless has inked a roaming deal with Sprint, and now they’re launching the nationwide Push To Talk (PTT) two-way radio and data services. In other words, aside from covering Alabama, Georgia, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi, SouthernLINC customers can now stay in touch using PTT, data, cellular, and text and picture…
Angry Birds Rio hits 10 million downloads in 10 days!
We never doubted Angry Birds Rio will be a popular game, quite the contrary. Still, the official figures left us speechless. 10 million downloads in 10 days – WOW! The number includes both the iOS and Android devices, with latter getting the free ad-supported version of the game. As you know, Angry Birds Rio is…
OpenFeint unveils 14 games it helped port to the Android platform
Now that Apple has its own Game Center service, OpenFeint wants to dominate the Android platform. Recently the social gaming network announced plan to help finance the porting of popular iOS titles to Android, in partnership with The9 and the $100 million Fund9. The first results of that initiative are here, with the following OpenFeint-enabled…
HeyWire brings its mobile messaging service to Facebook
Mobile messaging app/service HeyWire, which allows iOS and Android device owners to text for less (and/or free), is now also available as a Facebook app. As a result, it is said that it’s “even easier to keep in touch with friends and family around the world!” Using HeyWire, Facebook users worldwide can use a real…
Cellfish Media to bring NBA content, apps to mobiles
Cellfish Media scored a deal with NBA to bring NBA-themed content and apps to mobile phone users across the U.S. Throughout the year, the company will offer NBA-themed applications, including the NBA FanCam, where fans can take a photo and digitally insert NBA products, and then share it with friends via social networks. Additional products…