It’s been three years since I started working at mocoNews. In that time—I turned my living room into an office, which I sentimentally call mocoNews World Headquarters—I’ve written nearly 3,000 posts, and I’ve met so many people—some of whom had million-dollar ideas and others who were destined...
Google Instant On Mobile Retrieves Searches With Each Keystroke
When Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced the availability of “Instant” searches for the desktop, it was clear how much better it would be for the mobile phone, where keystrokes are more painful and pages take longer to load. Well, Google says today it’s now available for mobile phones, too, and will display actual search...
AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui Leaves Google For Personal Reasons
Sometimes founders are obligated to stay for a year or two after their company has been acquired, and sometimes things unravel a lot faster. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is confirming a report in TechCrunch that AdMob Founder and CEO Omar Hamoui is leaving five months after...
Apple Becomes Fourth-Largest Phone Maker; Grabs Greatest Share Of Profits
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) broke into the top five largest phone-makers worldwide last quarter for the first time ever, but more importantly, it also ran away with most of the industry’s profits.
PayPal Expands Mobile Payments; Pushes Into The Sale Of Digital Goods
Lots of about next-generation payment platforms today, and it’s only beginning to ramp up. Most of the news surrounded PayPal’s developer conference today in San Francisco and its three designated themes: local, social and mobile.
PayPal said today it is launching a new digital goods payment platform that will make paying for games, news, music...
Photobucket Lays Off 11; Promotes Tom Munro To CEO
Photobucket, the photo-sharing site owned in part by News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), has moved its mobile development offices from Seattle to its offices in San Francisco and Denver. A spokesperson confirmed that 11 people were affected by the consolidation, but the Seattle office remains open with some marketing and development functions remaining. Additionally,...
Adobe: 10 Million Flash Installs Soon; AIR Extending To Three Screens
Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) says its Flash player on mobile phones has exceeded its own expectations by achieving two million downloads on Android devices since releasing it in June and now expects the browser-based technology to hit 10 million installs by the end of the year—many coming preloaded on new devices like the Samsung...
Aurora Feint Raises Cash From Intel In The Midst Of Social Frenzy
The funding of mobile social companies continues with Aurora Feint, creator of the mobile social gaming network OpenFeint, picking up cash from Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital to close out a recent $8 million round. The Burlingame, Calif.-based company is benefiting from the cross section mobile, social and gaming heating up, as...
EA Buys Angry Birds Publisher Chillingo
Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has confirmed it has purchased Chillingo, a U.K. publisher of Angry Birds and other iPhone and iPad games, reports the LA Times.
Reviews For Windows Phone 7 Are Out: Consensus Is Good First Attempt
The reviews are out for the upcoming slew of Windows Phone 7 devices that are ready to hit the market in November, and the key takeaway is this: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has built an attractive new platform, but it’s in its first iteration and therefore missing some of the key ingredients that people...
Apple Brings Mobile To The Mac: FaceTime, App Stores, Gestures & More
At Apple’s event today, CEO Steve Jobs started with new updates to iLife and iPhoto, but the big finale was about bringing features that have been popular on the iPad and iPhone to the Mac. If you were waiting at all for the convergence of multiple screens in your life, this blurs the line and...
Clovr Raises Cash To Create Ad Units That Link Coupons To Credit Cards
Waltham, Mass.-based Clovr Media is coming out of stealth mode today to announce it has created a new type of loyalty program for banks and financial institutions that link a users’ account to an coupon displayed in a banner advertisement on a PC or mobile device. The company is co-founded by Tom Burgess, who founded...
