This wasn’t what I was expecting, but Groove Mobile, the mobile music player, has finally been bought: LiveWire Mobile, a subsidiary of NMS Communications has bought the Bedford, MA based…

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Interactive TV concept developer 2waytraffic has agreed to a £1.08-per-share cash officer from Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Entertainment’s 2JS Productions unit. SPE said it’s an initial cash consideration of £114.3…

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What could AOL’s purchase of Bebo mean in the mobile space? Compared to Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), AOL (NYSE: TWX) hasn’t grabbed the same number of…

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Mobile video firm ROK (LSE: ROK) Entertainment Group has acquired a 51 percent controlling stake in Finnish mobile and web applications developer Geniem for an undisclosed amount. Rok Group CEO…

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Not so fast! In Brussels, the European Commission will launch a deeper investigation in to possible antitrust concerns posed by Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) takeover of sat-nav mapmaker Navteq, MarketWatch reports.…

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FunMobility, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based company that sells mobile content such as ringtones and wallpapers, said today it is acquiring Seattle-based Moblastic, which develops mobile photo-editing technology. Details of the acquisition,…

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Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has acquired Irish mobile software developer Xiam Technologies for $32 million. The chip maker plans to bundle the four year old company’s flagship product into its software…

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3Bill, the mobile application technology provider, owned by payments and marketing firm Symbios Group has acquired Australian social network firm Faces.com. The financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.…

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Chinese mobile content provider Hurray has nixed its planned $160 million merger with TV production company Enlight. The two companies said in November that they would combine, melding their various…

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South Korea’s largest mobile operator SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) said today it is purchasing a 42.2 percent stake in Chinese music recording company Beijing-based Taihe Rye Music to allow it…

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Last September, mobile content and apps firm New Motion (OTCBB: NWMO) announced the acquisition of online marketer Traffix, a rare instance of an OTCBB-traded firm taking over a NASDAQ-traded one.…

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Mobile application provider 3Bill has acquired UK social networking platform Profile Heaven. The companies did not reveal the terms of the deal. 3Bill, best known for its mobile billing application,…

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Motricity, the mobile content/technology firm, told employees today that it will make an announcement regarding layoffs as early as March 3, according to a source citing a letter sent to…

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Emotions are running high after rumors surfaced that Durham, N.C.-based Motricity might be cutting up to a third of its 650-person workforce and may relocate its headquarters to the Seattle-area…

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New Motion (OTCBB: NWMO), the OTC-traded mobile content and applications firm which has just finished its merger with Traffix, is changing its name to Atrinsic, which of course says everything…

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Swedish mobile content provider Aspiro has taken a 75 percent stake in Norwegian mobile marketing firm, My Mobile World (MMW) for 1.5 million Norwegian krones ($280,000) in cash. Aspiro made…

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Rok Entertainment, the U.K-based and now U.S. traded mobile TV provider, bought a majority (51 percent) stake of the mobile comedy video provider Fun Little Movies for a total of…

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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), in the middle of a bid to acquire Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), has announced that it will acquire Danger Inc., the company behind the Sidekick mobile device. The…

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Location based app developer uLocate Communications has acquired Boston, MA start-up Zync for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition has Zync co-founder and CEO Brad Rosen joining uLocate as VP of…

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Microsoft’s $44.6 billion dollar proposed bid for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) continues to grab headlines, and more writers and analysts have pondered the implications for the mobile market. The deal wasn’t,…

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Playfon, the major Russian mobile content player, has bought local mobile social networking service Wappy.to, for a reported deal value of about $5 million. Wappy.to is a mobile video and…

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With news this morning that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has offered $44.6 billion for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), here are some of the early implications it could have for mobile. Consumer: Yahoo…

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What could a tie-up of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) achieve in the mobile space? In the release and letter to Yahoo’s board, Microsoft identified mobile as a…

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This time the rumors were true: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has made a $44.6 billion, $31 per share bid for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). The offer represents a massive 62 percent premium…

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