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Loopt Upgrades Mobile App With Pulse: More Ads, Content And New Search Features

mocoNews  Nov 03 09

Mobile social network Loopt has upgraded its location-aware service with a new feature called Pulse. Pulse lets users search through their friends’ recommendations and comments, as well as local content fed in from over 20 new sources like Zagat, CitySearch and DailyCandy.

The upgrade also includes new LocationPoint ads from Nokia’s mobile mapping division NAVTEQ; the ads can be coupons tied to restaurants and stores in the users’ vicinity, and include click-to-call and click-to-route functionality. Loopt’s service previously included ads, but new sponsors like Target and Chili’s have signed on to run Pulse-specific campaigns (per the NYT). Full story...

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RealNetworks, MTVN To Spin Off Rhapsody; Real Gives Up Control

mocoNews  53 minutes ago

The groundwork has already been laid and now it’s official: RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is spinning off music service Rhapsody in the hopes of giving both companies a better chance at success.

MocoNews Quick Hits 02.09.2010

mocoNews  about an hour ago

»  Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have teamed up with Taiwanese chipset vendor MediaTek to better appeal to China, India and other emerging markets.

Google Tries To Get Social With 'Buzz'

mocoNews  about an hour ago

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is trying once again to make a social play with the introduction of a new service that makes it easy for users of its products to post and share updates online.

SEC Watch: SpinVox CEO Used Company 'As A Current Account' While Clocking Up Massive Losses

mocoNews  about an hour ago

SpinVox’s CEO Christina Domecq had to pay back £125,000 to the company after an investigation in to her use of corporate finances, according to a detailed 70-page filing made by new owner Nuance to the SEC.

Americans Love For Texting Drives Qwerty Sales

mocoNews  6 hours ago

U.S. consumers are continuing to base their phone-buying decision on how well the device sends text messages, which is leading to an increase in the number of Qwerty keyboards and touchscreens sold, reports NPD Group, a market research firm.

Mobile Content Bits: InMobi/hi5 In Thailand; Nexage/CPX; O2/Shazam; WorldMate/LinkedIn

mocoNews  8 hours ago

—InMobi/hi5: Mobile advertising network InMobi has signed an exclusive deal with social media site hi5 to serve ads for its mobile site in Thailand.

Rusbridger: 'iPad Could Produce Significant Revenue Streams'

mocoNews  12 hours ago

It’s not exactly a great leap from publishing an iPhone app to offering one on the soon-to-be-released iPad - not only will the former will run on the latter; the skillset for developing the latter won’t be significantly different.

Barnes & Noble's Nook Heads To (Most) Stores

mocoNews  15 hours ago

When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced its Nook e-reader in October, the ability to pursue a dual in-store and online sales strategy appeared to be one of the clear advantages it might have over Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN).

Zagat Books A Table With Foursquare; Restaurant Maven Reaches For Mobile App's Cool Factor

mocoNews  16 hours ago

Location-based social net Foursquare is on a roll when it comes to netting high-profile media partnerships.

Chinese Handset Maker Huawei Will Lean On Opera's Mobile Browser

mocoNews  20 hours ago

Huawei, a China-based wireless infrastructure and handset maker, will pre-install Opera Software’s mobile browser on a range of mobile handsets.



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