Category Archives: Mobile Services

Yahoo Acquires Tumblr for $1.1bn

Yahoo Inc. is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion.  The deal announced Monday represents Mayer’s boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo’s latest comeback attempt.  It marks Yahoo’s most expensive acquisition since … Continue reading

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Experian Software Helps Gather Mobile Phone Usage Data

Experian announced Tuesday that a division of its marketing services department, QAS, has launched phone number verification software that can differentiate smartphones from landlines. The credit rating agency said the technology will allow companies to gather better information on mobile … Continue reading

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Alibaba to Acquire 20-30% Stake in AutoNavi

Alibaba Group is set to take a 20 to 30 percent stake in Chinese digital mapping and navigation firm AutoNavi Holdings Ltd. as it aims to boost its competitveness by beefing up its product line. Citing unidentified sources, news portal Sina said … Continue reading

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Alibaba Unveils Six New Models of Phones

Alibaba launched six new mobile phone models which run on the Aliyun system as it joined other Internet giants to tap growing demand for smartphones. Alibaba’s cloud computing unit will allocate 1 billion yuan (US$1.6 million) of subsidies this year … Continue reading

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FICO Expands Payment and Electronic Document Management Services in Mobile Services Platform

Enhanced social media capabilities dramatically boost customer engagement and profitability

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Harte-Hanks Beefs Up Flagship CiTDB Product

Harte-Hanks Inc. has wrapped up a major update to the company’s Ci Technology Database.

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Online Shopping Takes Hold in China with 300 Million Accessing Online Market Places

Online purchases made on two of China’s largest shopping websites, Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com, increased by 600 percent last year, according to new figures published by its owner the Alibaba Group.

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Anametrix Debuts Mobile App

Anametrix, the developer of marketing analytics software based in San Diego, and started by the team behind WebSideStory, said today that it has released its mobile app for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry. Anametrix said the new mobile app gives marketers … Continue reading

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Apple Reports Record Results

47.8 Million iPhones and 22.9 Million iPads Sold Apple® announced financial results for its 13-week fiscal 2013 first quarter ended December 29, 2012.  The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $54.5 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.1 billion, … Continue reading

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