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MobileCrunch  3 days ago:

Heyzap Says Its Mobile Ad Network Has Grown To 800 Games (And Makes Up The Majority Of Its Revenue) -

Back in March, I wrote about how Heyzap was introducing advertising to its mobile gaming platform. Now co-founder Jude Gomila says the company has become a significant player in mobile advertising.
MobileCrunch  4 days ago:

Fly Or Die: Divvy -

As photo-sharing truly hits its stride, an entire ecosystem is born around it. But what is creation without consumption? That's what Divvy is all about.
MobileCrunch  4 days ago:

Samsung Flaunts Its Smartphone Lead By Opening An R&D Center On Nokia's Doorstep -

Not content with following Nokia's past playbook, by saturating the mobile market with countless iterations of its smartphone hardware, pushing a whole Galaxy of gizmos at every price point and form-factor fancy you can think of, Samsung has gone one further.
MobileCrunch  4 days ago:

With Waze, Google Gets Access To Social Mapping Data - And Patent Legal Heat From Nokia -

The Google deal to buy Waze — reportedly for $1.1 billion — is a strong move for both companies to enhance their respective mapping services, and to help monetize them better.
MobileCrunch  5 days ago:

Mobile Games Not As Popular With Millennials, Compared With Other Smartphone Users -

At the SourceDigital13 conference this morning, Flurry CEO Simon Khalaf offered a look into how mobile users on iOS are spending their time in apps, as well as the differences between men and women's app usage, and trends particular to advertisers' favorite demographic (those aged 25 to 34), the latter which led to some surprises.
MobileCrunch  6 days ago:

Apple Continues Lead In 3G Mobile Data Use, With iPads The First Tablets To Break Into The Top 10, Says Actix -

Android has convincingly overtaken Apple as the most popular OS in the smartphone industry both in terms of sales and overall penetration.
MobileCrunch  6 days ago:

Behind The Maps: What's In A Waze And Why Did Google Just Pay A Billion+ For It? -

The tech industry has seen its fair share of acquisition whoppers lately, with Salesforce acquiring ExactTarget for $2.
MobileCrunch  Jun 11 13 :

Google Bought Waze For $1.1B, Giving A Social Data Boost To Its Mapping Business -

After months of speculation, the fate of Waze, the social-mapping-location-data startup, is finally decided: Google is buying the company, giving the search giant a social boost to its already-strong mapping and mobile businesses.
MobileCrunch  Jun 11 13 :

After A Week On Android, Vine Surpasses Instagram On Google Play Charts As Top Social App -

Vine has already clarified just how quickly its userbase is growing, with the announcement that the app had hit 13 million downloads by the time Twitter launched it on Android.
MobileCrunch  Jun 11 13 :

Chirpify Goes Beyond PayPal To Bring Direct, In-Stream Payments To Facebook, Twitter And Instagram -

Facebook and Twitter have become stellar venues for brands and small businesses alike to advertise their wares.