Sony Ericsson has published financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2010.
It notes that it had four consecutive quarters of profitability during 2010 and has now shipped over 9 million Android-based Xperia smartphones.
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Marks & Spencer has signed up to the O2 More location-based marketing service for six months, sending targeted offers to interested O2 customers when they’re near an M&S store.
Offers are sent as conventional SMS text messages; customers simply quote a unique product code from the text if they want to redeem the offer.
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Facebook has launched a new mobile application that’s designed to work on over 2,500 feature phone models from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG and other manufacturers.
It’s been built with help from Snaptu and offers an easier-to-navigate home screen, contact synchronization and fast scrolling of photos and friend updates.
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ChaCha – a US-based service that answers questions sent via SMS text, online, Twitter, voice, Facebook and mobile apps – has just picked up $3 million of new funding that includes $900,000 from Qualcomm Ventures.
In total, the company has now raised approximately $75 million.
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The GSMA has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual Global Mobile Awards. The winners will be announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 15th February 2011.
In total, 115 companies have been nominated in ten categories.
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