Skype Buys Qik to Further Its Video Ambitions
Skype recently announced it would buy mobile video start-up Qik for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is expected to close during January 2011. Our surveys suggest that mobile video is…
Google’s “Mobile First” Approach Not Clear in Its Results
Google recently announced its second-quarter results. Total revenue grew 24 percent over the year to $6.82 billion, with 23 percent growth from each of the two largest businesses — Google…
Google’s Ambitions in the Flight Business Should Worry Rivals
On 1 July Google announced that it intends to buy flight search provider ITA Software for $700 million in cash. ITA is one of the leading providers of flight search…
AR Logo Helps Augmented Reality Toward the Mainstream
At the recent ARE2010 show in Santa Clara, one of the leading players in augmented reality (AR), Total Immersion, pitched this logo in an attempt to help the AR community…
Apple’s Acquisition of Siri Moves It into Mobile Search
The competition between Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon has become a strong force in the mobile market at present. The latest move came from Apple, which bought start-up Siri…
Tieto Diversifies as More Companies Jump on the App Bandwagon
Just before Christmas we spoke to some of Tieto’s Telecoms and Media group for an update on their mobile strategy. We found them emerging successfully from a transition year. Tieto…
Has Apple Lost Its Shine?
I was talking to a friend of mine last week — a software developer — who’s been a committed iPhone user. Although he isn’t a Mac or iPhone developer, he’s…