Mobile Payment is Getting Very Near
By Azam on May 24, 2011 Add a Comment
Google and Sprint set to announce today the launch of mobile payment using Near Field Technology. The market for mobile payment is heating up with launch of NFC technology and commercial availability. The mobile payment service requires a NFC semi…
Adding some Color to Social Networking
By Azam on March 28, 2011 Add a Comment
Color is the new 41M startup from the maker of lala and onebox Bill Nguyen. The new idea by Nguyen allows users to share pictures automatically based on their location on smartphones. Color is based around the idea of spontaneous communities forming…
Continue Reading...Layar Adds 14M Round to Augmented Reality
By Azam on November 21, 2010 Add a Comment 
Layar announced it has landed another $14 million in a second round of fund raising from Intel Capital to help make it easier to discover new places using augmented reality interface.
Layard augmented reality uses location based technology add a…
Continue Reading...Lookout Raises 11M to Security for Smart Phones
By Azam on May 18, 2010 Add a Comment
Lookout, the leader in smartphone security, today announced an $11 Million Series B round of funding led by Accel Partners with Khosla Ventures and Trilogy Partnership also participating. The company also announced that it has added several new executives to…
Continue Reading...Square Makes Mobile Payment Easy on iPhone, iPad and Android
By Azam on May 11, 2010 Add a Comment 
Square, a new venture from a co-founder of Twitter, launched Tuesday with a free application that allows anyone to accept credit card payments on a mobile device.
The San Francisco-based Square, the brainchild of Twitter chairman Jack Dorsey, works with…
Continue Reading...The Androids are Replicating
By Azam on October 9, 2009 Add a Comment 
Apple iPhone is dominating iPhone market with its unique offering that is likely see increase competition from android the Google open source design phone. The android has received good reviews on the device being offer as the g phone. Other…
Continue Reading...AdMob rings in more capital to the tune of $12.5M for mobile ads
By Azam on January 29, 2009 Add a Comment 
AdMob the mobile ad network popular with iPhone raises an additional $12.5M round of funding. Omar Hamoui reports in his blog post, funds will be used to help AdMob “cement our leadership position by making the investments that will help…
Continue Reading...4INFO raises $20M to SMS to your Mobile
By Azam on January 22, 2009 Add a Comment
4INFO the hot start up that was planning to bring search on to the mobile is now platform to send SMS to the mobile phone for permission based marketing. 4INFO has raised $20M from investors to market to the mobile…
Continue Reading...Apple is the No 2 Smart Phone
By Azam on November 10, 2008 Add a Comment
Apple is the number 2 smart phone vendor after Nokia according to the latest Canalys Q3 2008 report. Nokia market share continue to lead world wide dominance with a 38.9% market share compared to Apple in No 2 position of…
Continue Reading...AdMob Adding More Money for Mobile Ads
By Azam on October 22, 2008 1 Comment
AdMob an industry leading platform provider of mobile adverting announced new investment round $15.7 M of financing. AdMob secured a new $15.7 million Series C investment round, led by Sequoia Capital’s Growth Fund with existing investor Accel Partners participating in…
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