Lack of innovation, not reading the smartphone market trends – the once-leading mobile handset manufacturer is looking like a dinosaur. Our verdict? If it wasn’t for the Blackberry Messenger tool and the loyalty of corporates, then they’d be facing extinction. Here’s the latest on the giant’s downfall…
Mobile ad network InMobi has raised $200m from Japanese telco.Softbank Corp. The investment represents one of the largest in the mobile Internet space till date.
Google has launched a regional campaign to provide free workshops and one-to-one digital consultations to businesses in Liverpool, as the search giant looks to tap into the local market.
Facebook has launched a ‘smart lists’ tool that automatically sorts friends into categories and prioritise news from favoured members.
Computing giant Intel has set up a development partnership with Google to help improve how the Android operating system runs on its processors.
The UK government is to call on search engines such as Google, advertisers and credit card companies to join the fight against online piracy.
Alibaba has launched a new search engine called eTao, as China’s largest e-commerce company looks to take on Baidu in the search market.
Bing-powered searches took nearly 30% of the US market share last month, gaining ground on Google which saw its share fall, according to new research.
Facebook remains the dominant social network, but micro-blogging site Tumblr and others are enjoying traction, according to new research.
Facebook’s revenue doubled to US$1.6bn in the first half of 2011 as its ad revenues soared, according to a news report.