Mobile social app Xumii acquired by Europe’s Myriad Group

Mobile social app Xumii acquired by Europe’s Myriad Group

Most Americans know nothing about Myriad Group AG, the French/Swiss company formed by a merger earlier this year. Myriad now claims to be the world’s largest mobile software maker, with 700 software engineers worldwide.

Earlier today, Myriad announced the acquisition of Xumii, a small company with… Continue Reading

MobileMonday announces Peer Awards finalists

MobileMonday announces Peer Awards finalists

MobileMonday, the global organization for professionals in the mobile business, just announced a list of 20 finalists for its annual Mobile Peer Awards contest to be held in Barcelona on Feb. 16. The companies — including 12 early-stage startups and eight seed-stage startups — were… Continue Reading

Cellity to beef up your contacts with Addressbook2.0

Cellity to beef up your contacts with Addressbook2.0

Mobile application developer Cellity aims to take your contacts to a whole new level on Dec. 16, when it publicly launches its Addressbook 2.0 for any phone that supports Java — not just smartphones. The application draws data from your email, social networks, standard contacts… Continue Reading

More than Friendfeed for your phone: Jibe and Xumii launch mobile social aggregator services

More than Friendfeed for your phone: Jibe and Xumii launch mobile social aggregator services

Jibe and Xumii are two mobile service that let you access “feeds,” or streams of activity, from other social networks and services, and both are debuting new test versions of their services this week. The concept of both services is promising, given that a typical… Continue Reading

Mobile social networking service Xumii is getting carrier attention, and it hasn’t even launched

Mobile social networking service Xumii is getting carrier attention, and it hasn’t even launched

Xumii, a mobile service that lets you access feeds of activity from other social networks and services, is launching a private testing version (beta) next month.

When I first looked at it, I was skeptical. I’ve already written that large, web-based social networks such as Mypace… Continue Reading