Mobile Social Networking
11 Stories

Velvet Puffin: the next MySpace?

News New integrated Internet service is "social networking meets instant messaging", says its creator, a Singapore-based mobile software provider.

Monday, March 05 2007 03:36 PM

Tags: Web sites, Peer to peer, Instant messaging, SMB

MMS, video calls still going steady in S'pore

News Use of multimedia messaging service and video calls remain stable in Singapore, and expected to continue growing, say local telcos.

Monday, November 09 2009 12:47 PM

Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Telecommunications Company, tariff, network, multimedia, mobile, Video Call, video, Mobile platforms/communications

Yahoo now at 'crossroads'

Insight Co-founder David Filo discusses plans to reinvent the company; notes the importance of social networking in Yahoo's future growth.

Thursday, October 11 2007 07:12 PM

Tags: Web sites, Internet advertising, Search

Mobile data use still growing

News Mobile data usage nearly doubled in the last quarter, and data rises may be due to to better designed devices, according to Orange.

Wednesday, December 24 2008 08:33 AM

Tags: Storage, Data security, Database, Mobile, Mobile Internet, local search, mobile search, mobile social networking, Database, social networking

BlackBerry gets IBM Lotus Connections

News The mobile social-networking tool is intended to help employees connect and build relationships with their global colleagues.

Friday, January 25 2008 09:59 AM

Tags: BlackBerry

Five mobile trends to watch in 2008

News How is 2008 shaping up in the mobile and wireless world and which mobile and wireless technologies are you going to be hearing more about in the next 12 months?

Thursday, January 10 2008 10:16 AM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, 3G (Third Generation), 802.11/Wi-Fi, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, Mobile, Mobile applications, Mobile commerce

UI is mobile phone differentiator

News Design is important, but phone's user interface will create brand loyalty and keep users coming back to handset manufacturer, says LG senior executive.

Wednesday, June 17 2009 02:03 PM

Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Windows Mobile, Mobile platforms, CommunicAsia 2009, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Cell Phone, User Interface, Microsoft Windows

Google to buy Twitter rival Jaiku

News Search giant beefs up social-networking business by purchasing mobile social-networking firm based in Helsinki, Finland.

Wednesday, October 10 2007 10:53 AM

Tags: Web 2.0

Philippine broadcaster, IBM sign digital content deal

News Country's largest broadcasting company ABS-CBN inks multimillion-dollar deal to build a multimedia platform that will digitize and archive all of its content.

Monday, March 17 2008 07:11 PM

Tags: Multimedia, Content management

3.5G driving rapid mobile broadband growth

News The 3.5G wireless technology is driving mobile broadband growth, accompanied by rollouts of more commercial networks using the 3.5G transmission protocol.

Friday, January 11 2008 10:33 AM

Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks, Wireless LANs, Personal broadband, Business broadband