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Kleiner Perkins’ iFund Invests In Gaming Startup ngmoco

The well-publicized iFund of Kleiner Perkins which is looking for iPhone applications and developers, is investing an undisclosed amount into the stealth gaming startup ngmoco, which is founded by ex-EA more...
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Moblyng Launches Mobile Access to MySpace Media

Without providing any application to download, making it easier, startup Moblyng is offering a mobile destination where any user can view the most popular content (videos, slide shows) being shared across more...
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Mippin Promises to Bring the Web to Mobiles

Half a million users and a name change from Refresh Mobile, London based startup Mippin is promising the moon - bringing the web to the mobile phones. Judy Gibbons, the new CEO thinks that Mippin has more...
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Brightkite: Another newbie in mobile social networking

Martin May is the founder of Denver based newbie Brightkite at mobile social networking - joining a long list of all those out there trying to tap into the location problem that Dodgeball (remember?) was more...
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Pownce - Too Little, Too Late?

Mark Evans tries to examine what is up with Pownce which is available to the general public from midnight onwards. Pownce has a business model unlike the more popular Twitter but has been struggling to more...
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Buzzwire gets $8 Million for Mobile Streaming Video

Buzzwire got its Series B funding from New investor Sequel Partners of Boulder, CO, who led the funding round, which also included existing investors Spark Capital and Matrix Partners. Sequel’s Ron Bernal, more...
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Google Outlines China Strategy for Mobile

Google is planning to develop new products specifically for the Chinese market, where he estimates there are 500 million mobile users. Google has also invested in a p2p file sharing network specifically more...
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Location Based Services for mobile and social networking

LBS provides the user with two way communication model. Users can request the kind of information he needs, and the operator can cater to the user needs by filtering the content. Location based services more...
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Impulse shopping app for BlackBerry

Digby has partnered with well-known retailers like Barnes & Noble and Fossil to create a downloadable shopping app that lets you indulge in impulse shopping from your BlackBerry. more...
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Google Buys Zingku, Mobile Social Network

Zingku got bought by Google. "With Zingku, things you wish to promote or share, can easily be created and fetched via mobile, instant messenger, and web browser." Read on... more...
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