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| German MoSo Aka-Aki Raises Second VC Round For Internationalisation |
| 2009-10-21 11:05:01 |
Berlin-based mobile geo-social network Aka-Aki has raised a second venture funding round to fund its long-hoped-for planned international expansion.
The service, which uses Bluetooth to do location-aware proximity networking and is also available in English, started as a mere university diploma project but, in August 2008, hired proper staff to work on it full-time.
It already raised [...]...
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| Meeker On The Mobile Internet: "Bigger Than Most Think" |
| 2009-10-21 11:04:55 |
Mobile internet usage is “bigger and will be bigger than most think,” according to Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker’s bullish prediction. Presenting her report on internet trends and the economy at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Tuesday, she said the overall tech industry was in recovery, and predicted that the mobile internet [...]...
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| Earnings: LG Profit Margins Dip As Handset Sales Surge |
| 2009-10-21 11:04:53 |
LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) posted “record” sales and operating profit, thanks in part to strong sales of flat screen TVs and cellphones, the company reported in its third quarter earnings. The Korean firm said handset shipments jumped 37 percent year-over-year and 6 percent quarter-over-quarter for a total of 31.6 million units. By comparison, Nokia (NYSE: [...]...
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| Apple’s EU Chief On Gadget Sales, iPhone Pricing, Elusive Beatles Tracks |
| 2009-10-21 11:04:52 |
One thing particularly stood out in Apple’s extraordinary Q4 earnings this week: revenue is Europe was up 45 percent, compared to 25 percent for all territories. What’s the recipe for success? Guardian.co.uk spoke to Apple’s Europe VP Pascal Cagni to get some answers…
—Europe less saturated: EU has faster growth than in the US because “penetration [...]...
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| Hands-On Mobile Has More Layoffs Coming This Week |
| 2009-10-21 11:04:50 |
Hands-On Mobile is embarking on a restructuring that will include a significant round of layoffs on Friday, mocoNews has learned. The details are still being worked out, but according to a source with knowledge of the situation, the layoff could affect up to 20 of its 50 to 100 employees. The company declined to comment [...]...
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| Hands-On Mobile Quietly Appoints Niccolo De Masi As CEO; David White Leaves |
| 2009-10-21 11:04:48 |
Mobile game publisher Hands-On Mobile has reshuffled its top management, quietly replacing CEO David White with President Niccolo De Masi. No formal announcement has been made, but pocketgamer.biz reports that White left the business last week, and that De Masi is now listed on the company’s web site as CEO. Separately, there’s a rumor that [...]...
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| Earnings: Apple Blows Away Expectations; Sells A Record Number of Macs, iPhones |
| 2009-10-20 00:04:01 |
Fighting questions as to whether Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) would be able to continue to beat analyst expectations, the Cupertino, Calif.-based reported stellar results for its fiscal fourth-quarter today that blew even the loftiest of forecasts.
Apple has a history of being conservative and then easily beating both internal and external estimates. Today was no different. [...]...
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| mocoNews Quick Hits 10.19.09 |
| 2009-10-20 00:03:55 |
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is trying to regain its footing in the U.S. market, where its marketshare has dropped by a factor of five, to 7%. [NY Times]
» Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is trying to offset its losses in the land-line business by discounting and bundling wireless packages. [Bloomberg]
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) tries to manage Wall [...]...
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| Mobile Startup Rumored To Be Buying News Corp.’s Photobucket |
| 2009-10-20 00:03:53 |
Seattle-based Ontela, which builds software that helps users upload their photos from the phone to their favorite photo-sharing sites, may be close to acquiring Photobucket, which is owned by News Corp.‘s MySpace. TechCrunch reports that a source with knowledge of the deal says that MySpace is in the process of selling at least a majority [...]...
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