Myriad Group, one of the largest mobile technology software companies, with over 2 billion devices, has announced today that it has acquired Xumii, a company that provides mobile social networks. Financial information was not disclosed, but Myriad Group stated that the acquisition was asset based. Using a cloud computing architecture, Xumii integrates a mobile user's phone contacts, social networks and instant messaging services into a single "social phonebook". Mobile users can then simultaneously access Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, Windows Live and other popular Internet services, sending messages, updating status and sharing photos and videos. Full story...
I'm a big fan of keeping things simple, but that doesn't mean things have to be bland. Google search results are pretty bland.
Angstro, a 2008 TechCrunch50 startup, launched with a product that socialized the content on the web by tapping into your social graph.
Qwisk, which is launching today at the Real-Time CrunchUp, is an innovative new way to add a social twist to your browser.
Seesmic is having a huge week. The startup that develops Twitter and Facebook clients for the web and desktop just unveiled a native Windows client at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference earlier this week.
Everyone loves picture messaging - or at least, they love the idea of it. The iPhone carrying masses clamored for it, then celebrated once they got it by sending everyone pictures of their immediate surroundings and beloved pets before forgetting the feature exists.
At our RealTime CrunchUp event today in San Francisco, the first roundtable is entitled "Filtering the Stream: Getting Rid of the Noise.
Twitter has apparently come across the Holy Grail of advertising, and it's coming soon. Today during his interview at the RealTime CrunchUp, Twitter COO Dick Costolo told the audience a bit about the company's upcoming advertising business.
Opening our RealTime CrunchUp event today in San Francisco is Twitter COO Dick Costolo. Our own Michael Arrington and Steve Gillmor are sitting down with Costolo for a 30 minute conversation.
We're here at the second TechCrunch RealTime CrunchUp in San Francisco, where we'll be taking a deeper dive into realtime technology and where the streams are taking us.
There are a number of real-time search engines in the space, including Collecta and OneRiot. Today, at the Real-Time CrunchUp, Infoaxe debuts its real time search engine.