BlackBerry Inks Deal to Go Private
BlackBerry has just announced that it will be taken private by a group led by Fairfax Financial Holdings. After Friday’s devastating news that more than...
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IAC Decides Not to Sell or Shut Down the Daily Beast
IAC/InterActiveCorp has ruled out a sale or shutdown of the Daily Beast even after founding editor Tina Brown’s departure, the online publication said. IAC has...
Rocket Fuel IPO Soars on First Day of Trading
Ad tech companies have been met with a cold reception by Wall Street this year, but automated ad buying company Rocket Fuel was greeted warmly...
Wall Street Nervously Watching Apple Stores on Friday
As the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C arrive at Apple stores today, shares of AAPL are trading without much upward or downward movement. Investors...
Watch the Harsh Anti-iPhone Ad That Microsoft Pulled
On Friday, Microsoft posted a video on YouTube — apparently part of a series of pro-Windows Phone, anti-iPhone parodies — titled “A fly on the...
GSMA Seeking Entries for 19th Annual Global Mobile Awards
Overshadowed on Tuesday by headlines from Apple and the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, GSMA had an announcement too on that occasion. The GSMA...
New iPhones: How Much Are They and When Do They Launch?
Apple on Tuesday officially raised the curtain on two new iPhone. And by the end of next week, the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C could...
comScore: U.S. Smartphone Penetration Climbs North of 60% Last Quarter
On Friday, comScore released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for the most recent quarter ending...
India: The Next Mobile Marketing Trendsetter?
India is not only one of the fastest growing mobile populations on the planet, it’s also home to the mobile marketing trends of the future....
SMS Complaint Service Coming to India
SMS has grown so commonplace and convenient in the emerging mobile market of India that it’s soon to be the biggest channel for issuing complaints...
Will Google Use Glass to Gauge Consumer Reaction to Ads in the Wild?
Google raised ad industry eyebrows on Friday after reports that it had patented the ability to use its mobile computing device Google Glass to track...
AOL Begins Massive Round of Layoffs at Patch, Shuttering of Sites
It’s a bloody Friday at AOL’s Patch. The network of community news sites is set to lay off about 500 staffers, as many as 350...
Zenith to Ad Sellers: Please Order Food
Ad sellers frequently complain that agency buyers demand gifts and entertainment from them. Here’s a good example. This morning, a Zenith Media supervisor sent a...
Hulu Sale Is Called Off, Again
Hulu is no longer up for sale, after 21st Century Fox, NBC Universal and Walt Disney Co. said Friday that they will maintain ownership of...
Breaking: Yahoo Making a Bid for Hulu
It doesn’t look like Yahoo is putting the breaks on its recent appetite for big acquisitions. In fact, published reports Friday indicate that Yahoo –...
comScore Showcases Latest Trends in the U.S. Smartphone Market
On Friday, comScore published data from its MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry during the three month average period ending March...
