May 23, 2022

InMobi Snags Largest Investment Ever

Mobile advertising company InMobi has received a $200 million investment from the Japanese Internet company Softbank in one of the largest investments ever in the mobile Internet market. InMobi, which launched in 2007 in Bangalore, India now reaches over 340 million consumers in more than 165 countries, including the US. With more than 47 billion mobile […]

Sprint Wants To Block ATT and T-Mobile

No surprise here, as Sprint files their own law suit to block the AT&T / T-Mobile  deal. Looks like this deal just won’t get done. Hey, maybe Groupon could offer it as a Deal Of The Day! The Sprint Nextel Corp. filed its own lawsuit aimed to block the proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile […]

Sprint To Start Selling iPhone 5

In a major coup, Sprint the 3rd largest Mobile carrier in the US, has struck a deal to begin selling Apple’s iPhone 5 in mid October. Sprints stock jumped by 10% on the news. While on the surface it looks like a super deal for Sprint, it could be a double edged sword. While Sprint […]

Android Users Rack Up The Minutes

In a new report from Nielsen on the habits of Smartphone users, has revealed that Android users spend nearly an hour a day with their Mobile devices. While most of the time is spent goofing around with apps, a portion of it is used to talk, text or browse the web. Nielsen has tracked the […]

Google To Purchase Motorla

Google To Purchase Motorola Google in their biggest deal ever proposes to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion. Google is paying a massive 63 percent premium to gain access to one of the mobile phone industry’s largest patent libraries. The company had been under pressure to build a patent portfolio after losing out to Apple, […]