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MobileCrunch  13 hours ago:

Minuum, The Super Simple Software Keyboard, Launches Android Beta Today -

Toronto-based Whirlscape attracted plenty of attention when it first debuted its innovative Minuum software keyboard, and sought funding for the project on Indiegogo.
MobileCrunch  15 hours ago:

Zuckerberg And Samsung Meet, Raising Questions About Facebook's Future Mobile Plans -

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Samsung President Shin Jong Kyun this week to discuss how the two companies might work together to help Facebook reap more revenue from advertising sales targeted at mobile devices, according to Bloomberg.
MobileCrunch  less than a day ago:

IOS Platform Of Choice For Shoppers, All But Biggest Companies Focus On iOS And Android -

Apple retains the top spot when it comes for uses making actual purchases on their mobile devices, according to a new Forrester report.
MobileCrunch  4 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  5 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  5 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  6 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  Jun 12 13 :

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  Jun 11 13 :

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.