60% Of Apps In Android ...

App store analytics provider Distimo yesterday published its latest report , once again zooming in on the pricing of mobile applications across a variety of platforms. Consistent with its previous findings, Google’s Android Market has by far the largest share of free applications...

As Facebook And Orkut D...

As Facebook and Google’s Orkut duke it out for traffic in India, another social network has quietly gained traction in the space. SMS GupShup, a Twitter-like service in India that is primarily accessed via SMS, has hit 35 million users (up from 26 million late last year) with 1...

Michael Jackson Is Noki...

Never mind the Beiber; here’s the King of Pop. He’s posthumously beat out every recording artist to become the most-downloaded musician of all time, based on sales data from Nokia. According to data collected by Nokia’s Ovi music store, Michael Jackson has surpassed...

Voice Faceoff: Skype vs...

With the help of Gmail , Google has turned Google Voice into a legitimate Skype competitor. Is it enough to make people abandon Skype for Google Voice calling? The Skype software application has been around since 2003. Since its launch, it has garnered hundreds of millions of users...

MAXroam Partners With R...

Cubic Telecom, the TechCrunch40 company behind the traveler-friendly SIM card MAXroam, has partnered with popular European airline Ryanair to slash roaming costs for travelers. Cubic Telecom’s MAXroam allows users to use their unlocked cell phones in over 180 countries, saving around...

Fennec Alpha Released F...

An early, pre-alpha version of Mozilla’s Fennec mobile browser has been around for months , but the Firefox developer has today released an official full alpha for download. And it’s not just Android that’s benefitting—the mobile browser has also been released for...

Mozilla Introduces Fenn...

Mozilla this morning introduced the Alpha release of the next version of its mobile browser Fennec for Android and Nokia N900 . Fennec, which serves as the codename for Firefox mobile, comes with add-ons and is also built on the same technology that powers Firefox for the desktop. An...

The Bidding War For 3PA...

Here we go again-again. HP just offered $2 billion , or $30 per share in cash for data storage company 3PAR. This morning, Dell announced that 3PAR had accepted its increased offer to acquire the storage leader for $27 per share in cash, or approximately $1.8 billion. Dell had previously...

Porn Video Sneaks Into ...

Make this a lesson in how to drum up some much-needed interest in a should-be-obsolete phone: ensure your Chinese live-stream announcement gets hacked with a snippet of porn. Works a charm! UPDATED More » View post: Porn Video Sneaks Into Nokia N8 Chinese Announcement...

RIM Acquires Cellmania ...

RIM, the company behind the BlackBerry , has acquired mobile storefront operator Cellmania. Cellmania has extensive experience in developing, managing and distributing mobile application storefronts for handset operators. Its mFinder white label system counts Telstra, Telus, T-Mobile,...