The Asian e-commerce giant is ponying up $215 million in a strategic investment that spreads its reach into the U.S. Now flush, Tango plans to staff up and accelerate its social… Read more »
Carriers are slowly turning on voice-over-LTE in their networks, but they’re not doing it for the benefit of consumers. Rather they’ve got enterprises services — and enterprise pocketbooks — in mind. Read more »
China’s Sina, proprietor of the highly popular Weibo, is reportedly preparing to float the microblogging platform as a spinoff on the New York Stock Exchange. According to a Financial Times piece… Read more »
This week on Gigaom Research, some of the most popular pieces of research content included a report on applying lean startup theory in large enterprises, an in depth look at the… Read more »
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The WhatsApp acquisition gives Facebook a chance to develop some non-advertising based and mobile-centric revenue streams without greatly disrupting its current business. Read more »
This week, Facebook announced its acquisition of messaging platform WhatsApp for $16 billion. Here’s how it fits into the company’s view of mobile over time. Read more »