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The Wall Street Journal this morning had a short article pointing out the somewhat obvious reasons why location-based services on cell phones are still not mainstream . It also helpfully pointed out that carriers were working on it. To recap, LBS services need three main things: a way to get location...
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Meraki, the Google and Sequoia-backed startup that focuses on citywide Wi-Fi networks , hasn't let the demise of municipal Wi-Fi halt its efforts to make money or make the wireless network technology available in more places. It has scaled back considerably on its visions of open source, low-cost...
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11-19-2008
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Filed under: Google, Mobile, Meraki, Broadband, Cisco, GOOG, startups, juniper, Hitlines, CSCO, Quentanna, JNPR
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Quantance, a San Mateo, Calif.-based chip firm, has raised a $12 million second round of funding to build a component part that will improve cell phone data reception by boosting the signal the phone sends to the base station. The funding, led by the TD Fund, with DoCoMO Capital, Granite Ventures and...
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They say good things come in small packages. That certainly is true of the new INQ Social Mobile phone from INQ, a subsidiary of Hutchinson Whampoa, a global wireless company that runs 3G networks in eight countries around the world, including the UK and Australia. INQ's new triband-with-3G phone...
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While it may not win any awards for its name, Twitter fans with new Android mobile phones are going to like Twidroid, an application created by Thomas Marban, the man behind Popurls. The app is available on the Android App store and it has pretty much all the features you want from a Twitter client,...
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AdMob, a mobile advertising marketplace provider based in San Mateo., Calif., has raised $15.7 million in Series C funding from Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners.
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As consumers increasingly pick up smartphones rather than feature phones, carriers are investing more cash in startups in the hopes of making such devices more useful — and their networks more profitable. The uptick in carrier investments has been particularly pronounced over the last few months...
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10-17-2008
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Filed under: Mobile, Broadband, T-Mobile, Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T, startups, Telefonica, t, Percello, Zvents, Eric Zimits, Matthew Fix, Quantance, Granite Venture Capital, Eventful
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EQO, a mobile VoIP startup based in Vancouver might have cut as much as 65% of its work force, a sign that Mobile VoIP isn't an easy nut to crack.
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A report from Forrester out today asserts that up to 25 percent of the 2012 workforce will be folks who don't need mobile access to company information but will want it anyway.
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Kineto Wireless said today it has raised $15.5 million in additional capital, including funding from Motorola as part of a broader commercial relationship with the company’s home & networks mobility business.
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San Jose, Calif.-based Melodis, parent company of startup Midomi, says it has raised $7 million in Series B funding. The funds were provided by TransLink Capital, JAIC America and Global Catalyst Partners, and will be used to distribute and monetize the company’s music search products.
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Despite the acceptance of credit cards and services like PayPal, the issue of getting money from one person to another online still offers opportunities for innovation. Continue Reading
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09-26-2008
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Filed under: Google, Mobile, ebay, GOOG, PayPal, startups, Web, Obopay, zong, eBillMe, Vindicia, Tim McAdam, BillMeLater, Mercatus, Zuora, Billing Revolution, Trinity Ventures