mobile applications

March 16, 2010 -- NEW YORK -- While global revenues from mobile messaging services including SMS and mobile e-mail from mobile business customers are forecast to reach $48 billion by 2014, data access services revenues for handsets and computing devices will not be far behind, reaching $43 billion by 2014.

In fact, in most regional markets (with two notable exceptions) data access spending will exceed mobile messaging spending. In one such market, mobile data access revenues will exceed mobile messaging revenues by as much as 55%.

New Estimate Sees Mobile App Revenue Reaching $11 Billion in 2014

BOSTON -- Smartphone users are downloading increasing numbers of apps, and more of the apps they download come at a price. The result is a supercharged mobile app gold rush that’s shattering Yankee Group’s previous revenue estimates and reaching a whopping $11 billion by 2014.

“But strong results from T-Mobile suggest that Android will be the next breakout smartphone app platform.”

Version 2.0 Brings Fast and Secure Mobile Access to Money

SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 16, 2010 – PayPal today unveiled a new Send Money application for iPhone. Version 2.0 of the PayPal Send Money app gives PayPal and iPhone customers around the world secure mobile access to their money and convenient features for everyday life, including Bump money transfers, Split Check and Collect Money.

Study by Chetan Sharma Consulting Finds That the Apps Economy Will Be Worth $17.5bn in Two Years Time

March 17, 2010 -- SAN MATEO, Calif. & LONDON -- The global mobile apps economy is set to be worth $17.5billion by 2012, according to an independent report commissioned by GetJar, the world’s second largest app store.

Mobile app downloads across all types of handset are also expected to increase from over 7 billion downloads in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012 – a year on year growth rate of 92%.

Most U.S. Brokers Better Served Investing in Online Channels Rather Than Mobile Stock Trading Capabilities

STAMFORD, Conn., January 7, 2010 --

Becomes #1 way for advertisers to reach teens and young adults on their mobile phones

INDIANAPOLIS (January 4, 2010) On December 22, ChaCha closed a $7 million E round of funding. ChaCha, the answers service, allows users to go online, call or text questions on mobile phones and receive answers within minutes for free by texting 242-242, visiting m.chacha.com, downloading ChaCha’s iPhone app, or calling 1-800-2-ChaCha. Users may also ask questions via @chacha on Twitter.

CUPERTINO, California -- January 5, 2010 -- Apple today announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store by iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide.

“Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months—this is like nothing we’ve ever seen before,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users an experience unlike anything else available on other mobile devices, and we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon.”

Contributes further innovation to the Android ecosystem

MOUNTAIN VIEW (January 5, 2010) - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today unveiled a new way for consumers to purchase an Android mobile phone, a web store hosted by Google.

The company is also launching the first phone offered through this new model, called the Nexus One, which combines the latest in hardware from HTC Corporation with the newest Android software.

Prognostications Include Measurement, Social Media Marketing and Mobile Applications

Portland, Ore., - December 15, 2009 – Webtrends, an enterprise customer intelligence company, today announced key predictions for the web analytics industry in 2010.

Opera Mobile 10 now available to operators and OEMs on major mobile platforms including Android, BREW, Windows Mobile and Symbian/S60

Oslo, Norway -- December 10, 2009 -- Opera Software today released Opera Mobile 10 to operators and OEMs. This direct-to-distributor version is available on Android, BREW, Windows Mobile and Symbian/S60 smartphones and includes Opera’s new, cross-platform UI framework.