And We're Back!

And we're back, things are a little slow while caching catches back up to you all, should clear up shortly , Says Jaiku.

Check out the latest comments by Jaiku users on its upgrade few minutes before.People are no more willing to use their G-talk. Enjoy these comments and don't forget to write urs as well.

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Industry Moves: Former Voda Content Head Joins Picsel, Company Gears Up For IPO

Graeme Ferguson—whose work as head of content at Vodafone and consulting work since has impacted industry thinking about mobile content and monetization models—has taken the post of MD of the Global Content Division at Picsel Technologies, a Scottish mobile platform provider. The high-flying company is making a shift from making content more accessible through readers and other technology to delivering a more comprehensive mobile publishing platform for consumer brands. Ferguson will be responsible for developing global partnerships with content owners interested in bring their brands mobile.
Picsel received one of the biggest mobile content fundings in the last year, snapping up $46.5 million in third round of funding. The round was led by Capital International Private Equity Fund IV, and Doll Capital, NIF, SMBC Ventures Co., Ltd. and SBI Investment Co., Ltd. also participated in the round. In addition, Picsel received an investment from DoCoMo.com, Inc., a subsidiary wholly owned by NTT DoCoMo. Picsel employs 240 staff at its offices in the U.K., Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia and the U.S. (Release)

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Mobile phone sales up 14% in Q107

Sales of mobile phones in the first quarter of 2007 reached 257.4 million units, a 14 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc.http://www.mobilemonday.net/news/mobile-phone-sales-up-14-in-q107

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Private Branded Handsets: A $10B Segment in 2007

Driven by consumer demand for low cost handsets and the need for some degree of customization, a new ABI study projects the global sales of private branded handsets to grow by 23% this year and reach $10.7 billion.
In the past, private branded handsets have mostly been high-end feature phones and smartphones supplied to operators by the likes of HTC, Sharp, and Quanta. Now, however, the growing

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