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Updated: SK Telecom In Strategic Talks With Sprint Nextel: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 15 Jul 2008 12:32 PM PST

South Korea’s SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) is in talks to buy Sprint Nextel, the third-largest U.S. carrier, according to CNBC, Reuters reports. The report did not name any sources for…

EA Maps Out Games Slate For Remainder Of 2008 - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 15 Jul 2008 09:25 AM PST

Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) kicked off E3 in Los Angeles with fresh details on games currently in development and planned for release through the remainder of the year. Out of…

Mobispine Mobile News Aggregator Buying RSS Reader NewsAlloy - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Jul 2008 06:17 AM PST

Mobile newsreader service Mobispine is acquiring NewsAlloy, an Ajax, web-based RSS reader, intending to merge the two in to a “seamless” product offering personalized newsfeeds across desktop and mobile. The…

iPhone Round-Up: The Wait Continues; MobileMe Hits Snags; Activation Problems Persist - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Jul 2008 12:35 PM PST

Here’s a round-up of our iPhone coverage at mocoNews. Stay tuned for more news as the device begins to sell out, activation issues persist, MobileMe continues to be unpredictable and…

iPhone 3G Goes On Sale, Plagued By Activation Problems - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Jul 2008 07:11 AM PST

The phone may be quicker, but the wait sure is a drag. After New Zealand and Japan got there first, after Europeans queued up, one year after iPhone 1.0 hit……

First iPhone 3G Reviews: Mossberg: Battery ‘Significant Problem’; Pogue: Limited 3G, Good Audio - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 09 Jul 2008 11:26 AM PST

Two major—and somewhat mixed—iPhone 3G consumer reviews tonight in advance of Friday’s second-gen rollout. The NYT’s David Pogue and WSJ’s Walt Mossberg find a lot to praise in what really…

RealNetworks Launches MP3 Store; Unlimited Music in Verizon Wireless - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jun 2008 10:00 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), among the early proponents on DRM-free music, has finally been able to launch an MP3 store, joining the likes of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), Napster…

Virgin-Helio: Interview: VMUSA’s CEO Dan Schulman: Merger A “Transformative Deal For The Company.” - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 27 Jun 2008 01:28 PM PST

Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) today announced that they will be acquiring Los Angeles-based Helio, a competitor backed by SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) and EarthLink, for $39 million. The deal…

Virgin Mobile Acquiring MVNO Helio For A Paltry $39M In Equity; Gets $50M Cash Investment - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 27 Jun 2008 06:37 AM PST

As we have been reporting since the start of these talks, Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) has announced the acquisition of troubled MVNO Helio. The acquisition will cost Virgin Mobile a…

SK Telecom-Helio-Virgin Mobile Deal Done; Helio To Be Injected Into VMUSA: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 24 Jun 2008 07:29 PM PST

So reports FT this evening, citing sources. We first broke the news on the deal talks last month, and after hiccups in valuation and other issues, the deal has been…

Twitter Officially Announces Its Funding; Jeff Bezos Participates - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 24 Jun 2008 01:11 PM PST

Finally Twitter announces its funding. The popular microblogging/messaging service says its newest investors are Spark Capital and Jeff Bezos, via his Bezos Expeditions fund. That Spark was participating was already…

Nokia Buys Location-Based Social Net Plazes - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 23 Jun 2008 12:29 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is continuing on its social media related acquisition trail: it has now bought out Zurich and Berlin-based social networking service Plazes. Terms of the deal were not…

Wild Rumors Flying About Helio Store Closures And Potential Virgin Mobile Tie-Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 20 Jun 2008 03:19 PM PST

A slew of rumors about Helio and Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) are emerging this afternoon ... none of these seem to be vetted for truthfulness, but that hasn’t stopped a…

ComScore Cuts Staff At M:Metrics Following Acquisition - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 19 Jun 2008 03:47 PM PST

This does not come as a surprise—three weeks after Internet measurement firm comScore bought M:Metrics for about $50 million, including cash and some stock, M:Metrics told us today that they…

Apple 3G Interview: The Real Power Is Combining Hardware, Software And Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 10 Jun 2008 08:38 AM PST

Following Steve Jobs’ 3G iPhone unveiling today, I was able to sit down with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) execs Bob Borchers, senior director of iPhone product development, and Chris Saito, senior…

@ WWDC: 3G iPhone Available July 11 For $199; 6 Million Sold First Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 09 Jun 2008 12:08 PM PST

From our sister site mocoNews.net: Here’s the big news: the 8-Gig 3G iPhone will be $199 around the world. It launches in 22 countries on July 11. The 16-Gig will…

Is Verizon Wireless Buying Alltel For Its Assets Or For Its Culture Of Innovation? - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 05 Jun 2008 02:09 PM PST

Verizon Wireless’s (NYSE: VZ) $28.1 billion acquisition of Alltel (NYSE: AT) will create the largest U.S. wireless carrier, but at the same time, it will eliminate one of the most…

Verizon Wireless To Acquire Alltel For $28.1 Billion - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 05 Jun 2008 06:55 AM PST

Updated: Verizon Wireless Ponders $27 Billion Buy-Out Of Alltel; Vodafone Confirms Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 04 Jun 2008 01:26 PM PST

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), the second-largest U.S. carrier, is reportedly in talks to buy No. 5 Alltel (NYSE: AT) Communications for $27 billion, according to CNBC, which cited unnamed sources.…

Ad Industry Roundup: Viacom; Up And Comers; Coors; Nielsen - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 29 May 2008 03:09 PM PST

-- Viacom warns of slowing ad growth: CEO Philippe Dauman told attendees at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions conference that U.S. ad revenue would be likely to grow between 3-4 percent,…

ComScore Buys Mobile Research Firm M:Metrics For $44.3 Million In Cash - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 28 May 2008 01:50 PM PST

Well-known Internet measurement firm comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) said today that it has acquired M:Metrics, a leader in the mobile measurement business, for $44.3 million in cash and about 50,000 options…

Sony Ericsson Partners With Usher To Make Big North American Splash - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 28 May 2008 12:44 PM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) officially showed off its newest North American partner today: Grammy-winning R&B artist Usher. Basically, they’ve got a one-year deal to provide Usher fans that…

Ad Industry Roundup: Forbes; P&G; Blog Ad Rev; Digitas; AOL; YouTube; MPA; Ad Nets; Sun; Pepsi - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 21 May 2008 09:57 AM PST

-- Forbes readies ad net for female execs: Forbes is prepping an ad net aimed at female execs, the latest in a string of verticals the financial mag has created…

Apple Needs More Mobile Music; UMG Demanding Nokia-style Comes With Music Deal? - 2 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 19 May 2008 07:30 AM PST

Have the music labels found a way to get Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to cave on some of their age-old requests as well as an interesting new one? The NYT’s Saul…

Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 15 May 2008 09:39 AM PST

Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal to make full-length DRM-free MP3s available to Dada’s subscribers. The service charges $9.99 a month for 15 tokens, each of which…