The A.P. puts money into Verve Wireless
The rise of cellphones with GPS chips has created a lot of excitement about device that are aware of your locality. Verve Wireless has been seeking to capitalize on bringing local news to mobile devices, and that should be a little bit easier with a new round of funding.
The $3 million second round was led by the Associated Press, a Verve partner that teamed up with the company recently to create its beautiful AP iPhone… Continue Reading
The local revolution in mobile is coming. Verve Wireless is ready to spread the news
With the inclusion of GPS in the new iPhone 3G, Apple is kicking off a wave of excitement about location-based services (LBS) — and the device isn’t even out yet. One aspect that may not be as sexy as tracking your movements in real-time, but could be more useful, is local news. Verve Wireless seems poised to take full advantage of this.
“Mobile is really about local,” Verve Wireless chief executive Art Howe told me. Mind… Continue Reading