This site is in pre-alpha, please bear with us. Thank you.
technews.am is a new community for breaking news across the technology sector. We are still in Alpha, so please bear with us.

UK Femtocell Maker picoChip Gets $20 Million VC Funding

mocoNews  Nov 23 09

UK femtocell maker picoChip has secured $20 million (£12.1 million) in VC funding from a host of investors including Altas Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Pond Venture Partners. Also joining the round are Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Samsung and AT&T (NYSE: T), which is keen to boost its own femtocell offering. Femtocells are 3G mobile signal generators, designed to boost mobile network and wireless internet coverage in homes or offices. Release.

Full story...

More stories from moconews »

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

mocoNews  4 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  8 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  10 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  12 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  16 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.

Is Sprint Eyeing More Acquisitions To Become The Prepaid Leader?

mocoNews  17 hours ago

Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, which already owns the Boost and Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) brands, maybe mulling whether to buy MetroPCS Communications so that it can dominate the prepaid wireless space.

After Federal Inquiries, Google Cuts Early Nexus One Termination Fee

mocoNews  18 hours ago

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has lowered its “equipment recovery fee” to $150 from $350 when customers drop its Nexus One phone before their contract with T-Mobile USA officially expires.

Electronic Arts: Digital Business To Reach $750 Million In Revenue Next Year

mocoNews  19 hours ago

If only the rest of Electronic Arts’ businesses could be doing so well ... During the company’s earnings call Monday, executives said that the company’s digital business was “growing very rapidly and (is) profitable” (Executives had said during a call last quarter that digital was in fact now the most profitable part of EA’s business).

T-Mobile USA Launches Mobile Storefront Using SurfKitchen

mocoNews  19 hours ago

SurfKitchen, the UK provider of storefront services to carriers, has launched its first deployment in the U.

Electronic Arts Posts Jump In Digital Revenue—But Overall Sales Fall

mocoNews  20 hours ago

With sales of traditional video games down, Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) continues to look (so far unsuccessfully) for its digital business to make up the gap.



Most read today »

Most read this week »

What's New on TechNews.AM