We have been advised that some individuals and companies have received eMail messages that appear to have come from BlackBerry Partners Fund, purporting to advise the recipient that they are the winner of an eMail draw, as a result of a fictional promotion sponsored by the Blackberry Partners Fund. Such... more.
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July 2011
Nexage Selected as Partner for Advertising on Angry Birds™
BOSTON and HELSINKI, Finland – July 26, 2011 – Nexage, the leading mobile advertising real-time bidding (RTB) provider, today announced that it has been selected by Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds™, to monetize and enhance advertising relevance for Rovio’s popular game on Android™ and Apple® iPhone®. Rovio has achieved... more.
Android phones to pit vampires against slayers
SAN FRANCISCO – Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers. A “Third Eye” augmented reality game released by the San Francisco company online at viewdle.comis the first installment in a trilogy that... more.
Appia Selected by AlwaysOn as an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner
Durham, NC (PRWEB) July 14, 2011 Appia, the world’s largest open app marketplace, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to... more.
Copious Launches A Social Marketplace For The Facebook Era
Today, Copious is launching an eBay-like marketplace that leverages your social graph on Facebook. Copious, which has raised $2 million in funding from Foundation Capital, Google Ventures, BlackBerry Partners Fund, and a number of Facebook angels; is trying to disrupt the marketplace industry in a number ways. Social commerce has... more.
Catalog Spree Delivers 10 Million Digital Catalog Page Views in Under Six Weeks
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Catalog Spree, the number one catalog shopping app, today announced it has amassed nearly 100,000 users and delivered more than 10 million pages of catalogs in less than two months. The app, launched on April 19, is consistently among the top 5 retail... more.
Payfone Appoints Matthew Tucker as Chief Operating Officer to Spearhead Global Growth
New York, NY – June 27, 2011 – Payfone (www.payfone.com), a leading mobile payment processing service backed by American Express and Verizon, announced the appointment of veteran growth-stage company executive Matthew Tucker to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Tucker will drive the company’s global expansion and mobile payments adoption... more.