Jumbuck brings 15 million chatters to the iPhone
Jumbuck Entertainment is one of the largest providers of messaging apps to wireless carriers in the world. Yet nine years after its founding in 2000, most Americans still aren’t familiar with Jumbuck or its mobile product, even though Jumbuck is on the decks of major carriers.
The company claims 15 million users of its various chat applications in Australia, the Pacific Rim, Europe and the Americas. Its Power Chat application, placed on phones by more than… Continue Reading
Jumbuck CEO Adrian Risch on why he bought Plutolife, a rival mobile social network
Jumbuck, a mobile social network, bought rival Plutolife at the beginning of this month (PDF link here) for $3.7 million. I was interested to hear why. In the last couple of weeks I have been repeatedly asked by Silicon Valley venture capitalists where I see the value of mobile social networks myself and whether these sites would be easier to monetize than their online counterparts.
Australia-based Jumbuck (ASX:JMB) has reported a sales revenue of $7.4M and… Continue Reading
Analysis: MySpace and Facebook challenge mobile-only social networks
Mobile life is blooming. Some 47 mobile social network companies have emerged globally, to help cater to our need to message and communicate while on the go.
But what about the huge incumbents, like MySpace or Facebook? Will they thrive on the mobile web?
Well, the 47 mobile-only networks will probably tell you that mobile is a whole different animal, and downplay the threat of a switch by their millions of users to those big guys. But… Continue Reading