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May 2012

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May 25 15:21 Google Play now supports in-app subscriptions  
  15:00 Eight out of ten smartphones shipped are Android or iOS  
  13:07 VeriFone improves PayPal acceptance in physical stores 1
  12:55 Everything Everywhere starts NFC transport ticketing trial  
  12:10 Facebook launches Facebook Camera app  
  11:50 MediaCom chooses InMobi for rich media  
  11:40 Adeven raises funds to roll out ad analysis service  
  11:09 MasterCard launches mobile POS programme  
  10:00 Planning a career move? Check out the ME Job Spotlight  
May 24 17:28 Kony raises $15m to build on record year  
  15:40 20 per cent of Millennial ad impressions not from mobiles  
  15:28 GetJar Gold has 2.5m users  
  15:14 Rubicon acquires Mobsmith mobile ad platform  
  15:03 YoYo launches cross platform dev tool  
  13:37 m-commerce quadruples in two years  
  11:15 UK regulator fines fake Angry Birds publisher  
  11:05 60 per cent of UK phone gamers spend up to 30 minutes a day playing  
  10:54 50 per cent of of car shoppers would use mobile for research  
May 23 17:36 McAfee detected 8,000 mobile malware samples in Q1  
  15:57 Develop Awards 2012: finalists unveiled  
  15:35 GREE targets developers with API suite  
  15:26 App Of The Day: Clueful  
  15:01 Nokia World reinvented to be more 'intimate'  
  14:44 Microsoft claims Windows is the "most popular" OS  
  13:26 Kiip to sponsor ME's Monetising Mobile event  
  13:18 41 per cent of consumers will be social shoppers by 2021  
  12:57 Sony Music Unlimited to launch on iOS  
  12:37 Half of NFC phone owners have made a contactless payment  
  12:31 Social gambling to hit $100bn by 2017  
  12:16 Moshi Monsters joins GREE social gaming platform  
  12:09 Google closes $12.5bn Motorola acquisition  
  11:15 Kids spend an hour per session on apps  
  11:14 PayPal plug-creates a mobile-optimised store in an hour  
May 22 17:37 Samsung Galaxy S III is the most pre-ordered phone of 2012  
  17:23 Onebip streamlines payments flow  
  14:46 The average US teen sends 60 texts a day  
  14:04 Rovio plans to catapult Angry Birds Land to China  
  13:51 One-third of Siri users don't make it beyond calls, web use and texts  
  12:36 Tremor Video launches cross-platform video ad solution  
  12:09 Rob Glaser returns with Sidecar VoIP app  
  11:39 Vodafone data revs up 22 per cent in a year  
  11:03 StrikeAd and Celtra to offer real time bidding on rich media mobile ad  
  10:46 72 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute  
  10:40 Avail-TVN to acquire On Demand Group  
  10:34 40 per cent of smartphone owners have used a mobile coupon  
  09:05 Open Mobile Summit: only a few tickets left  
May 21 17:48 38 per cent of 0-8 year-olds have used tablets/smartphones  
  17:45 Activision commits to mobile with new UK studio  
  15:49 Social media is killing greetings cards 1
  15:26 Bango to raise a further £3.25m  
  13:46 LTE could affect TV signal in almost 2m UK homes  
  12:52 INTERVIEW: PacketVideo's Rick Schwartz on Twonky content 'beaming'  
  12:52 Monetising Mobile: See the ad that's also a game  
  11:08 Infographic: The power and growth of mobile marketing in the US 1
  10:54 Local mobile/online ad spend to hit $21.8bn by 2016  
  10:26 Handset sales down two per cent in Q1  
  10:06 Facebook acquires social gifting firm Karma  
May 18 16:07 The World According to ME: Why won't Facebook take my money?  
  12:27 Samsung bags 9m Galaxy S III pre-orders  
  12:14 Spotify to raise $220m?  
  11:57 Nokia has burned 2.1bn euros in five quarters  
  11:31 Walk and text without lamp post fear  
  11:20 8.9-inch Kindle Fire 2 due for Christmas?  
  10:31 Sprint puts $50 in the Google Wallet  
  10:18 Looking for a new career? Check out the ME Job Spotlight  
  09:45 Almost three-quarters of US Android users access Facebook via mobile  
May 17 15:30 App Of The Day: Sky News Arabia  
  15:04 Time Warner to bring Viacom channels to iPad app  
  14:36 Mobile traffic by 2016? Just the 39.75 trillion megabytes  
  14:28 Zappar and Penguin Books launch AR collection  
  14:09 KDDI launches first NFC handset  
  13:51 Two-thirds of UK mobile marketing recipients act immediately  
  13:21 Dating Factory adds mobile sites to its white label platform  
  12:54 Disney beta launches multi-platform video service  
  12:04 Most Zynga revenues come from mobile  
  11:10 Infographic: A look at US smartphone use year-on-year  
  10:33 Monetising Mobile: How Kiip gets clicks from 'happiness moments'  
  10:18 INTERVIEW: Qualcomm's Julian Harris talks AR  
May 16 15:54 TxtNation launches new HLR lookup platform  
  14:57 Alawar signs with PlayPhone  
  14:49 Twilio launches on Android  
  14:24 Google re-launches 'Our Mobile Planet' consumer study  
  13:18 Nuance powers more than 2bn mobile voice actions a year  
  13:05 1bn mobile browsers will be HTML5-enabled in 2013  
  12:40 Baidu launches low-cost smartphone  
  12:31 Isis confirms local merchant partners  
  11:56 A third of mobile users in 'Asia 10' to have smartphones by year end  
  11:48 Twitter hits 10m UK users  
  11:44 Gamevil revs up 160 per cent in Q1  
  11:36 Mobile Streams has 1.5m active subs  
  11:27 iZettle prepares UK pilot  
  11:11 Tablet traffic to outpace smartphone traffic in 2013  
  11:02 Mondia Media to offer ad-funded content in Spain  
  10:37 Facebook buys mobile photo startup Lightbox  
May 15 17:42 DEVELOP AWARDS: David Perry to receive Legend honour  
  17:40 Barclaycard brings NFC payments to Wireless Festival 2012  
  15:25 US smartphone shopping activity varies depending on store type  
  15:06 App Of The Day: TVCheck  
  14:34 Groupon has a $1.2bn cash pile  
  13:57 O2 launches social media campaign for Priority Moments  
  13:53 PayForIt v4 officially unveiled  
  13:32 More than 1bn people now use social networks  
  11:55 Nokia unveils new social phone range for youngsters  
  11:13 Samsung plans to secure one-third of China's smartphone market  
  10:43 Smart Card Alliance sets up 'Mobile and NFC Council'  
  10:37 Nokia pushes out Nokia Reading app  
  10:28 YOC makes loss in Q1  
  10:21 One-third of Brits are bored of Draw Something  
  10:10 Open Mobile Summit: Samsung to reveal more on Music Hub  
May 14 17:59 Huawei plans to conquer the US with new ad campaign  
  17:37 76 per cent of tech users want it to make their lives even easier  
  15:15 App Of The Day: ubiCabs  
  14:18 PizzaExpress launches digital dining campaign  
  13:23 Have you ever wondered how digitally connected your mother is?  
  12:53 Images of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs surface  
  12:18 Zynga buys Wild Needle Games  
  11:27 Rovio to launch 'Amazing Alex' as successor to Angry Birds  
  11:25 Google and WPP/Joule join Monetising Mobile speaker line-up  
  10:54 Social video startup Viddy banks $30m Series B round  
  10:51 Motricity loses $8.7m in Q1  
  10:36 WePay raises $10 million  
  10:21 MasterCard unveils white-label digital wallet  
  09:58 NTT DoCoMo to buy Buongiorno?  
May 11 17:58 UKTI launches Multi-Platform App Developer Mission  
  17:12 Apple to dump Google Maps for its own iOS version?  
  15:00 Rovio marks 1bn download milestone with jewellery giveaway  
  14:24 Google planning to mimic Apple by launching a 'Game Centre'?  
  12:57 Looking for a career move? Check out the ME Job Spotlight  
  12:33 Sony Mobile makes €1.15bn annual loss  
  11:34 App Of The Day: Bantr - Interactive Football  
  10:43 Geolocation to account for almost a third of mobile ad spend in 2016 1
  09:30 Monetising Mobile: early bird ends today  
  09:27 Ad tracking start-up Drawbridge raises $6.5m  
  09:17 Samsung buys music and video specialist mSpot  
  09:01 Gameloft to embed games on Mediatek chips  
May 10 17:26 Tapjoy launches $5m fund to support freemium app development in Asia  
  17:02 Infographic: iOS and Android smartphone use in China  
  14:24 App Of The Day: Halifax Home Finder  
  13:49 24 hours to save £60 on your Monetising Mobile ticket  
  13:34 Polar launches its own ad network  
  13:29 Shazam-enabled ads join ITV for Britain's Got Talent final  
  13:19 iZettle nixes fixed transaction fee  
  12:55 Quad-core BB10 devices? Don't count on it  
  12:19 Spotify plans mobile music partnership with US networks  
  11:36 Foursquare to launch targeted deals service  
  10:57 O2 More hits 10m users  
  10:18 Americans love using their mobiles while driving  
  08:08 69 per cent of tablet owners used it to shop in the last 30 days  
May 09 15:40 One billion Angry Birds downloads  
  15:33 blinkx adds AnyClip to video search engine  
  13:00 Google Play hits 15bn app downloads  
  12:43 PayForIt v4 to launch next week  
  12:31 PayPal and Softbank launch payments JV  
  12:24 GSA: 319 networks are working on LTE  
  12:00 is your country ready for mobile payments?  
  11:34 Monetising Mobile: Early bird ends Friday  
  11:02 Two-thirds of Pandora playback comes from mobiles  
  10:56 Telefonica launches Tu Me VoIP app  
  10:51 App Of The Day: MyCityWay London24  
  10:29 Galaxy S III to showcase NFC at London 2012  
  10:09 60m have registered for mobile money programmes  
May 08 17:48 Nokia unveils WinPho app exclusives  
  17:30 EA mobile rev hits $87m in Q1  
  16:54 Ericsson IPX launches NFC Trusted Service Manager dev kit  
  16:36 PayAnywhere takes credit card reader to BlackBerry  
  15:34 Universal Music UK partners Mobile Money Network for virtual stores  
  15:05 The Open Mobile Summit to explore m-health and connected wearables  
  14:30 Amobee acquires AdJitsu  
  13:48 The Avengers smashes Fandango mobile ticket records  
  12:57 Twitter updates its mobile websites  
  12:16 OpenMarket launches Push Notifications platform  
  11:30 App Of The Day: QuizTrail  
  10:59 Facebook buys discovery startup Glancee  
  10:17 240m smartphone owners to stream mobile TV by 2014  
  09:24 GREE and DeNA shares fall 500 yen after government investigation  
May 04 15:17 App Of The Day: overstockArt Oil Paintings for iPad  
  15:04 Looking for a career move? Check out the ME Job Spotlight  
  14:13 Kindle Fire is extinguished as shipments plummet to 700,000 in Q1  
  13:35 Zynga to charge brands to appear as Draw Something sketches  
  12:58 Badoo has 150m users  
  12:35 22 per cent of LinkedIn unique visitors came from mobile in Q1  
  12:25 33.5m US mobile users watch TV on their phones  
  12:01 BOKU now connects to all major US and German carriers  
  11:48 61 per cent of US SMEs don't have a mobile strategy  
  11:43 Sage Pay launches UK mobile payments system 1
  11:37 Glu smartphone revs up 192 per cent year-on-year in Q1  
  11:01 Android variant handset shipments to grow 53 per cent in China  
May 03 19:31 Samsung Galaxy S III - all about the interface  
  15:38 40 per cent of Americans see their mobile as a commerce platform  
  14:52 And the next dotcom 2.0 monster is... Evernote  
  14:39 iOS is almost as important to consumers as owning a car  
  14:02 Smartphone shipments to hit 1.7bn in 2017  
  13:04 App Of The Day: Ebuzzing  
  12:44 RIM: BlackBerry 10 will save us  
  12:18 The Connected Summit: special ticket offer  
  12:03 Two-thirds of the world's LTE connections are in North America  
  11:27 China is the world's largest smartphone market  
  10:35 Samsung more than triples UK user base in a year  
  10:23 FT to abandon native iOS apps?  
  10:12 Gameloft confirms ten for BlackBerry 10  
  09:41 Open Mobile Summit: Saver pricing ends tomorrow  
May 02 16:53 50m apps downloaded from Mondia Media app stores  
  16:05 CHARGE Anywhere takes NFC payment app to BlackBerry  
  15:23 PayAnywhere hires big hitters to compete with Square  
  14:47 Infographic: The Millennial Teenager  
  13:44 More than half of under 16s have only used cameraphones to take photos  
  12:50 Spotify comes to iPad  
  12:28 Ten days to save £60 on your Monetising Mobile ticket  
  12:17 InMobi launches alternative to UDID  
  11:51 ESPN unveils new football brand  
  11:40 90 per cent of new Everything Everywhere subs choose smartphones  
  10:37 Mobile adult subs to near $1 billion by 2015  
  10:22 Nokia 808 PureView set for launch  
  10:06 Gree acquires Funzio  
May 01 15:16 Angry Birds Land is open for business  
  14:01 Mobile Roadie - now for iPad and mobile web  
  13:57 LG to dump Windows Phone?  
  13:21 One-fifth of US households have connected devices  
  12:31 Instagram snaps up 50m users  
  11:57 GREE adds Crowdstar and iWin  
  11:37 Catalina buys m-commerce startup Modiv Media  
  11:24 RIM unveils BlackBerry Music Gateway  
  11:13 Google and PayPal complain about Project Oscar  
  10:55 Global tablet shipments triple year-on-year in Q1