With Amazon.com now shipping its Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet, Citgroup’s research department reports the digital retail giant will introduce its own smartphone in late 2012, further accelerating the company’s push into the mobile multimedia segment.
“Based on our supply chain channel...
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is merging its Google Checkout online payment processing service with its fledgling Google Wallet mobile commerce platform in an effort to create a more unified digital shopping experience. In addition, Google is beginning to integrate Google Wallet as the payment method...
Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) is introducing Backup Assistant Plus, a free cloud service that integrates and securely stores subscriber contacts, multimedia and email.
The Backup Assistant Plus application enables Verizon Wireless subscribers to schedule data backup cycles for subsequent access...
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) officially unveiled its much-rumored digital music storefront Wednesday afternoon, vowing complete integration with its cloud-based Google Music streaming service, which concurrently exited beta.
Google Music automatically syncs each user’s entire digital music library...
The holiday shopping season unofficially begins Nov. 25—Black Friday. In anticipation of the start of the season, FierceWireless assembled this holiday smartphone guide to provides details on the marketing and features for the top smartphones and tablets the Tier 1 wireless carriers will be...
Suggesting that cable operators need to obtain rights to distribute pay TV programming to mobile subscribers, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha said the industry needs to “change its interaction model with the consumer.” Viacom, Fox and other cable programmers have resisted attempts by...
Social gaming platform provider PapayaMobile will collaborate with value exchange mobile ad network Tapjoy to create a social marketplace enabling Android gamers to discover new titles based on their popularity within the PapayaMobile user community.
PapayaMobile and Tapjoy will deliver game...
Mobile marketing technology provider Velti has reached an agreement to acquire U.K.-based marketer Mobile Interactive Group. Velti will cough up a minimum consideration of $25 million, including $20 million in cash at closing—based on MIG’s performance, Velti could pay as much as $34 million...
Square is rolling out version 2.2 of its mobile payment application for Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android, enabling merchants to introduce loyalty programs that reward customers at the point of sale.
Square tells The Wall Street Journal that the updated app gives...
Jimi Hendrix would have turned 69 years old on Nov. 27, and more than four decades after the rock icon’s death, interest in his life and music continues to grow. The Hendrix catalog is no longer limited to traditional album and video releases: Digital solutions agency Universal Mind is rolling...