DEALS: VeriSign buying m-Qube for $250M
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WHO |
WITH |
WHAT |
SCOOP |
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VeriSign |
m-Qube |
VeriSign to acquire m-Qube for $250M |
All rumors pointed to Motricity, but VeriSign ended up with the winning bid. Analysts previously railed on VeriSign's mobile unit, with one even calling it a "disaster." |
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Fandango, Crisp Wireless |
Cingular |
Crisp helped Fandango launch movie ticket service for Cingular subs |
The partnership follows a similar announcement between Fandango, Crisp and Sprint. |
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Vocel |
Random House, HIT Entertainment |
The firms bring 'Thomas the Tank Engine' to mobiles |
Netflix aside, parents could equate the $3.99 price tag with that of a movie rental and rationalize it that way. |
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Openwave |
Telus |
Openwave's Musiwave powering Telus' new mobile music service |
Each song download will cost C$2.49, which includes the data fee of C$0.50 and also includes two copies: one for the phone and one for the PC. |
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Baidu |
Nokia |
Baidu, Nokia to offer Chinese mobile search service |
Baidu is a leading search engine in China, which is a difficult service to provide given the nature of the language. The mobile service is now in beta and free for download in mainland China. |
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MSN |
3 |
MSN, 3 to provide mobile blogging service for subs of SeeMeTV |
SeeMeTV is a mobile channel that shows and pays for customer-created content. |
