iPad drives 30% growth in mobile PC shipments

By Drew Heatley, An hour ago

Apple’s iPad fuelled a 30% year on year rise in global mobile PC shipments during Q1, according to new stats from NPD DisplaySearch, as adoption of the tablet continues. Apple grabbed 22.5% of the worldwide mobile PC market, which NPD defines... [read]

Mind Candy links with GREE to bring Moshi Monsters to mobile

By Editorial, An hour ago

Moshi Monsters creator, Mind Candy, is teaming up with Japan-based GREE to bring the children's social network onto mobile platforms. Two Moshi Monsters games will be launched later this year onto GREE's social mobile games platform in a variety of ... [read]

Key Motorola execs step down after Google acquisition

By Editorial, 2 hours ago

Several key Motorola Mobility execs have followed CEO Sanjay Jha out of the company after Google's USD12.5bn acquisition closed this week. Those to leave include senior VP Alain Mutricy, CFO Marc Rothman, operating chief Juergen Stark, strategy chief ... [read]

CEOs see social media as key for customer engagement over next five years

By Shona Ghosh, 2 hours ago

CEOs are seeing social media as increasingly important for boosting customer satisfaction, with more than half expecting it to become one of the primary methods of engaging with consumers within the next five years, according to IBM's latest CEO ... [read]

Smithfield Case bags USD1.02m to deliver personalised clothing to men

By Editorial, 3 hours ago

Personalised male clothing service, Smithfield Case, has raised GDP650,000 (USD1.02m) in seed funding from media company Edipresse and the founders of private sales firm Privalia. The London-based firm enables UK males to order clothes made to fit ... [read]

London Olympics teams with Foursquare to promote the Games

By Editorial, 3 hours ago

The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has teamed up with Foursquare to offer users of the location-based app the chance to check in at past, present and future Olympic destinations around the world. As part of Committee's plan to make the London ... [read]

Betaworks acquires anonymous social network app Hownow

By Editorial, 5 hours ago

Betaworks has acquired private mobile social network Hownow for undisclosed terms. Hownow became popular during the Occupy Wall Street movement as it was used to organise and mobile groups of protestors. The app lets users post messages and photos and ... [read]

Firebase scores USD1.1m for app development infrastructure

By Editorial, 5 hours ago

App development platform, Firebase, has raised USD1.1m in a round led by Flybridge Capital Partners with participation from Greylock Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Data Collective, Founder Collective and a host of angel investors. The San ... [read]

Social gambling will drive mobile betting to USD100bn by 2017

By Sarah Gill, 6 hours ago

The popularity of social gambling services will drive the global mobile betting market to USD100bn by 2017, up from USD20bn in 2011, according to new research from Juniper. The report claims that “several” UK betting agencies are already ... [read]

Huffington Post to create content for brands

By Editorial, 6 hours ago

AOL-owned Huffington Post is linking with brands to create content for their websites. The firm is talking with marketers and brands about creating websites and assisting with content creation and distribution. The move is indicative of brands&... [read]

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