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Are tablets the next gaming platform?
Should device makers and application developers spend more on the gaming aspects of tablets? According to new data from research firm comScore, the answer to that question is yes, with 67 percent of tablet owners using the device to play games at least once a month. Games topped the list of...
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Amazon Appstore offers half off select apps during holiday sale
Amazon.com’s Appstore for Android will offer 50 percent off a series of selected applications during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Beginning at midnight PT on Black Friday (Nov. 25) and continuing through 11:59 pm PT on Cyber Monday (Nov. 28), Amazon will sell Android apps including Shazam...
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Zinio raises $20M to expand digital newsstand
Digital newsstand Zinio has raised $20 million in new financing according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Zinio’s mobile reading application spans Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone and iPad, Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android and the desktop. Zinio offers more than 5,000 magazine titles from...
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Distimo: Windows Phone app download volumes 39x smaller than iOS
A year after Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) opened its Windows Phone Marketplace application storefront, download volumes in the U.S. remain 39 times smaller than relative numbers in Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store, according to new data published by app marketplace analytics firm Distimo.
Consumers in...
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Microsoft acquires VideoSurf to evolve content discovery
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has acquired video discovery technology company VideoSurf, a move to enhance and evolve search across its entertainment platform. Financial details were not disclosed.
VideoSurf’s back-end computer vision technology “sees” frames inside digital video, basing search on visual...
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CBS Sports Mobile to stream LSU vs. Arkansas on Black Friday
Sports fans worried that the Black Friday shopping frenzy may impede their ability to view that afternoon’s college football showdown matching top-ranked LSU against third-ranked Arkansas need not fear: CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile will stream the game live.
Kicking off at 2:30 pm ET on Nov....
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Study: Mobile shopping will be popular during the holiday season
Consumers who currently shop via their mobile phone are making more purchases in 2011 than they did in 2010. A new study conducted by Wakefield Research and commissioned by Motricity found that shopping via a mobile device is increasing and will likely be a popular activity during the 2011 holiday...
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Iridium AxcessPoint Mail & Web App debuts on Apple’s iOS
Mobile voice and data satellite communications network Iridium is rolling out its free AxcessPoint Mail & Web App to devices running Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS operating system, enabling iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users to connect to the web and email via the AxcessPoint Wi-Fi hotspot accessory....
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MetroPCS adds Disney/ABC, ESPN to MetroStudio video app
MetroPCS (NASDAQ:PCS) has reached an agreement with broadcast giant Disney/ABC Television Group, enabling the prepaid operator to offer video content from ABC Entertainment, ABC Family, ABC News Disney Channel, Disney XD and ESPN via the MetroStudio video-on-demand application.
Available with...
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LightSquared, Soundtracker team for geo-social mobile music service
Wholesale LTE provider LightSquared is teaming with geo-social digital radio service Soundtracker to deliver more cost-efficient access to online music regardless of the listener’s location.
Soundtracker enables consumers to create and share personal radio stations, play music with friends in real...
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