Millennium Media‘s published its latest Mobile Mix Index report for the first quarter of 2012, showing key advertising developments in device and manufacturer data, mobile operating system data, mobile developer trends and global tablet trends, along with other data that emerges from its vast network of mobile advertising. The Q1 Mobile Mix report highlights various mobile ...

Android’s open nature allows its users to find thousands of applications not only on Google Play, but also through alternative markets that offer different services and promotional offers.  And Google Play’s main rival, the Amazon Appstore, has made a name for itself by doing things differently than Android’s official market.  The Appstore offers daily deals, curated ...

There’s nothing unusual about his emergence as the youngest billionaire in the world. Worth $17.5 billion as of March 2012, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, is the 35th richest men on Forbes’ list. He was also named Person of the Year in 2010 by Time magazine. Many experts say Zuckerberg deserves the position ...

Three days after its IPO, Facebook saw the arrival of a new social network and a possible future competitor on the web.  so.cl is from none other than Microsoft, originally created for students and tested at several U.S. universities.  So.cl was first unveiled last year by Microsoft–it’s only now that the Redmond company decided to launch ...

Interest in Pinterest has grown rapidly in recent months. The social network has received plenty of attention over the past few months as its membership numbers have soared.  In fact, Pinterest has become the 16th most visited site in the United States, according to recent data from market research firm Alexa. After getting $100 million in ...

Facebook shares started trading on Friday at a premium of $43, making a strong stock market debut. The social network shares opened at over ten percent higher than its planned IPO price of $38. But almost as quickly the early gain faded, and shares of the world’s largest social networking company were trading just above ...

Call it the Facebook effect in the wake of the largest hi-tech IPO offering.  Pinterest is the lastest to enter the exclusive club of companies valued at $1 billion dollars thanks to the recent investment led by Rakuten. The social network has raised $100 million from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten along with Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture ...

Facebook’s IPO is the biggest thing to hit the stock market this week (this decade, really). The company name has been filling the headlines with speculation regarding their IPO offering, a billion-dollar figure, and the expectations behind its entry on the Fortune 500 shortlist. Facebook’s business model has also attracted lots of attention with the pending ...

Google is working with several smartphone manufacturers to provide early access to its latest operating system — Android 5.0 Jelly Bean.  The company is also developing a range of new smartphones and tablets that could be launched before the end of this year. According to The Wall Street Journal, Google plans to release the next ...

As the market share for Windows Phone still lags far behind iOS and Android, promotional campaigns implemented by Microsoft and Nokia seem to pay off in their own way.  The Windows Phone Marketplace is home to many key applications, be it games (Angry Birds), utilities (Shazam) or community networks (Facebook, Twitter). And this weekend, social ...