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Google Acquires Mobile Ad Firm AdMob for $750 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 8:30am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on Monday that it has signed a deal to acquire mobile display advertising provider AdMob, for $750 million in stock. Founded in 2006, San Mateo, Calif.-based AdMob offers advertisers self-service tools to target their mobile ads, and has developer mobile ad platforms for the iPhone and more recently, Google's own Android operating system for mobile phones.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Advertising | Acquisitions | Google | iPhone | AdMob | Android |

Motorola, Verizon to Sell Droid Smartphone for $199

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2009 - 11:55am.
Libertyville, Ill. - Motorola (NYSE: MOT)and mobile network partner Verizon (NYSE: VZ) on Wednesday introduced the Droid, a new Google (NASD: GOOG) Android-powered smartphone that will run on Verizon's 3G network. The touch-screen device features a 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi, and will sell for $199 with a two-year contract when it goes on sale Nov. 6. The Droid will also be the first smartphone capable of running Google Maps Navigation, the company's new turn-by-turn navigation application.

tags: Mobile | Verizon | Motorola | Google | Android | Droid |

Google Offers Turn-by-Turn GPS Directions for Android Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2009 - 10:49am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) on Wednesday announced the release of Google Maps Navigation for Android mobile phones, an update to its popular mapping application that provides turn-by-turn directions, as well as voice-powered search and other features.
tags: Mobile | Search | Google | Android | Google Maps Navigation |

Verizon to Sell Two Google Android Smartphones This Year

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2009 - 10:16am.
Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) announced on Tuesday that it plans to begin selling to smartphones based on Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android operating system this year. The company will offer two Android smartphones yet this year, both of which are expected to support the Google Voice application that has yet to receive approval for use on Apple's iPhone. The Android platform currently boasts over 10,000 applications, compared with 85,000 for the iPhone.

tags: Mobile | Verizon | Google | Android |

Report: Smartphone Users to Download 7 Billion Apps by 2013

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 22, 2009 - 11:43am.
Boston - With the number of smartphone users expected to quadruple by 2013, research firm Yankee Group on Tuesday predicted that users of the devices will download 7 billion apps costing $4.2 billion by that year.
tags: Mobile | Reports | Yankee Group | BlackBerry | Research | iPhone | Android |

Spotify Debuts iPhone, Android Mobile Apps in Europe

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 8, 2009 - 10:31am.
London - Spotify, an ad-supported music streaming service, has launched its mobile applications for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone App Store and the Android Market for customers in the U.K., Sweden, France, Spain, Norway and Finland. The mobile application is only available to subscribers to the company's premium, ad-free version, which costs about $16.40 per month in the U.K. Spotify is also preparing to launch its music streaming service in the U.S.

tags: Mobile | Advertising | Music | iPhone | Android | Spotify |

FCC Probing Apple's Rejection of Google Voice iPhone App

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 3, 2009 - 7:55am.
Washington - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating why Apple rejected the Google Voice application from its App Store for the iPhone, as well as what role if any carrier partner AT&T had in the decision. In letters sent to Apple (NASD: AAPL), AT&T (NYSE: T) and Google (NASD: GOOG), the FCC has also asked which third-party applications that supported Google Voice were additionally removed from the store by Apple.
tags: Mobile | Law | Policy | Apple | AT&T | Google | FCC | iPhone | Android | Google Voice |

Motorola to Offer Two Android Smartphones This Year

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 30, 2009 - 11:49am.
Schaumberg, Ill. - Motorola (NYSE: MOT) plans to offer two new Google (NASD: GOOG) Android-based smartphones in time for the holiday shopping season, ZDNet reports. "We also have plans for more devices in the first quarter of 2010," Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said on a conference call with analysts. Motorola currently claims about 5.5% of the global mobile phone handset market.

tags: Mobile | Motorola | Google | Retail | Android |

Aloqa Raises $1.5 Million for 'Context-Aware' Mobile Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 16, 2009 - 7:26am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Aloqa, a developer of "context-aware" mobile alert services, announced on Thursday that it has closed a $1.5 million first round of financing, from Wellington Partners and individual angel investors.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Wellington Partners | Android | Aloqa |

Google Voice Enabled for BlackBerry, Andriod Smartphones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 15, 2009 - 11:33am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has made its Google Voice service available to owners of BlackBerry (NASD: RIMM) and Android-powered smartphones, CNET News.com reported. The service offers a single telephone number to ring at a user's home, work and mobile phones. Google Voice can also transcribe voice mail messages and send them as text messages. Google Voice senior product manager Vincent Paquet told CNET that Google is also currently working on a version of the service for Apple's iPhone

tags: Mobile | Google | Voice | BlackBerry | Android |

T-Mobile Begins Pre-Sales for myTouch 3G Android Phone

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 9, 2009 - 12:08pm.
New York - T-Mobile USA on Thursday began taking pre-orders from existing customers for the myTouch 3G, the second handset from HTC to run Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android mobile operating system. Nationwide sales for the myTouch, which will cost $199 with a two-year service contract, will begin on Aug. 5.

tags: Mobile | T-Mobile | Google | HTC | Android | myTouch 3G |

HTC Debuts 'Hero,' Third Google Android Smartphone

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 25, 2009 - 9:53am.
London - Smartphone maker HTC on Wednesday introduced its third handset model to run on Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android operating system, the HTC Hero, which will sport a customized user interface. Pricing was not provided for the device, which will first launch in Europe in July, and then in Asia later in the summer followed by a North American version slated for release later this year.
tags: Mobile | Cellphones | Android | HTC Hero |

T-Mobile to Launch Second Google Phone This Summer

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2009 - 11:19am.
Bellevue, Wash. - Wireless carrier T-Mobile (NYSE: T) USA announced on Monday that it will launch the second smartphone to feature Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android operating system, the HTC myTouch, in the U.S. this summer with a $199 price tag. The device features a 3.2-inch touch screen, virtual keyboard and an upgradable 4GB microSD memory card, with consumers able to customize the applications on their phones via the Android Market.
tags: Mobile | T-Mobile | Google | Retail | Cellphones | HTC | Android | myTouch |

Social Music Service imeem Adds Android Support

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2009 - 2:27pm.
San Francisco - Social music service imeem on Tuesday introduced a version of imeem Mobile that supports Google's Android platform for mobile phones. The service lets users access and stream their personal imeem music library through their Android-powered phones.

tags: Mobile | Music | Imeem | Android |

HTC, Vodafone Unveil "Magic": Second Google Android Phone

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 18, 2009 - 11:50am.
Barcelona - Manufacturer HTC and wireless carrier Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) on Wednesday introduced the HTC Magic smartphone, to date the second mobile phone to be powered by Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android mobile operating system.
tags: Mobile | Google | Vodafone | Cellphones | HTC | Android | HTC Magic |

AdMob Releases Ad Unit for Google Android Applications

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 27, 2009 - 2:04pm.

San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile advertising firm AdMob on Tuesday announced the release of an advertising unit for Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android mobile device operating system, which will allow developers of applications for the Android platform to profit from their creations. The first developers to utilize the new ad unit in their applications include AccuWeather, Jirbo and TapJoy.

tags: Mobile | Advertising | Google | AdMob | Android |

Social Music Service Last.fm Launches Android Application

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2009 - 1:29pm.

New York - CBS-owned (NYSE: CBS) social music discovery service Last.fm announced on Friday that it has launched a music streaming application for Google's Android mobile phone operating system. Features include similar artist listings and genre-specific streaming radio stations, personalized streaming radio, updated concert information and the ability to track listening habits to a Last.fm profile. The company already offers an iPhone application in Apple's App Store.

tags: Mobile | Social Networking | Music | Google | CBS | last.fm | Android |

Imeem Launches Mobile Ad Platform for Android

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 24, 2008 - 10:58am.

San Francisco - Music-focused social network Imeem on Monday announced the launch of a mobile advertising platform for Android, Google's (NASD: GOOG) mobile device operating system. The company said Kia Motors has signed on as the first brand advertiser to use the platform. Imeem also launched a new version of its music streaming and recommendation application for Android.

tags: Mobile | Advertising | Social Networking | Music | Google | Imeem | Android |

Android Applications Released for Imeem, MySpace, Shazam

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2008 - 12:30pm.

Los Angeles - A number of social media services on Tuesday announced the release of applications designed for Android, the mobile phone operating system developed by Google, including social music service Imeem, music identification service Shazam, and the MySpace (NYSE: NWS) social network. Both Imeem and Shazam said their mobile music services will allow users to tag songs they hear for purchase via the Amazon MP3 store. The MySpace application for Android also integrates Shazam, meaning that MySpace Mobile users on Android-powered phones can hold them up to speakers and have the song being played identified automatically.

tags: Mobile | MySpace | Google | Shazam | Imeem | Android |

T-Mobile Unveils First Google Phone, Amazon MP3 Link

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 23, 2008 - 8:50am.

New York - Mobile network operator T-Mobile USA on Tuesday introduced the G1, the first mobile phone to feature Google's Android operating system, which will sell for $179 with a two-year voice and data agreement when it goes on sale first in the U.S. on Oct. 22. Viewed as a smartphone that will challenge Apple's iPhone, the G1 -- manufactured by Taiwan's HTC -- features both a touch-screen display and a full QWERTY hardware keyboard that slides out from underneath.

tags: Mobile | T-Mobile | Google | Cellphones | iPhone | Android | G1 |
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