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Successfully piloted in India in partnership with one of India's top telecom operators, Eureka plans to expand to 2 more markets by 2014 SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eureka Mobile Advertising, a start-up, founded by technology veterans, Rahul Jayawant and Yogesh Sholapurkar, has launched the world's first mobile phone utility that monetizes the idle screen to deliver exciting and relevant content to target subscribers. Eureka is currently available on the...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Samsung has shown once again selling numerous versions of smartphones can result in some high numbers. In the first of what will almost certainly be a long line of reports to the same effect, IDC has announced the smartphone race remains a two-competitor affair between Samsung and Apple. According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) numbers, Samsung shipped over 70 million units in the first quarter of 2013, well ahead...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online T-Mobile needed something huge to match the enormity of finally being able to offer the iPhone to their customers. They were, after all, the last of the large American carriers to support Apple’s smartphone nearly five years after its debut. T-Mobile decided to brand themselves as the “UNcarrier,” offering service plans to customers sans contracts. Now, however, Washington State's Attorney General feels the Uncarrier is being...
NQ Mobile's award-winning NQ Family Guardian app suite recognized for innovation in productivity, utility and public safety DALLAS and BEIJING, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NQ Mobile(TM) (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of mobile Internet services, announced today that NQ Family Guardian was named a finalist in the "Mobile Apps- Productivity, Utility & Public Safety" category of CTIA's annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards competition. The CTIA E-Tech Awards...
The CEO of the leading mobile buyback and recycling company will toss a ceremonial first pitch to help encourage fans to recycle their used devices during the St. Louis Cardinals upcoming home stand. NEW ALBANY, Ohio, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- e-Cycle, the leading mobile buyback, data security and recycling company, is partnering with the St. Louis Cardinals to celebrate Earth Day and participate in the organization's 4(th) annual Green Week. The program, April 22 through April...
Findings Highlight Need for California Law to Ban Voice-Activated Texting While Driving ELK GROVE, Calif., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ADEPT Driver, a California company that develops proven crash reduction programs, released a new research summary on the risk of hands-free texting while driving. ADEPT's research review looks at 36 studies on distracted driving, texting while driving, and hands-free texting while driving, including new research conducted by the Texas A&M...
BOSTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments dipped minus 1 percent annually to reach 373 million units in Q1 2013. Samsung was the star performer, capturing a record 29 percent share of all mobile phones shipped worldwide. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130207/NE56457LOGO-b) Neil Shah, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, "Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in Asia, Europe and North...
After facing a recent difficult trading environment the Mobile Telephone Retailers industry is forecast to return to modest growth over the next five years through 2018-19 spurred on by the continuing popularity of smartphones as consumers change the way they use their mobile phones with demand for data growing instead of traditional voice and text facilities. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated its report on the Mobile Telephone Retailers industry. London,...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Brought to market by Personal Communications Devices, LLC (PCD), the highly anticipated new Pantech Perception launched today on Verizon Wireless. Exclusively available on America's largest 4G LTE network with Verizon Wireless, this device was designed with tech-savvy early adopters, and the always-connected smartphone consumer in mind. The new Pantech Perception offers the latest technology for today's media-heavy mobile phone users,...
HACKENSACK, N.J., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveU (www.liveu.tv), the pioneer of portable live video-over-cellular solutions, has signed a long-term agreement with Akaku: Maui Community Television (www.akaku.org) in Maui, Hawaii, to provide its live, video-over-cellular transmission technology to help power the non-profit organization's ability to transmit live from Maui. Akaku's purchase of LiveU's LU70 and LU-Smart Mobile App Solution provides Akaku viewers with...
