7 posts and columns on emerging market

News Byte

Visa Acquires Fundamo, Inks a Deal With Monitise

in Commerce on June 9, 2011 at 11:26 am PT

In a pair of mobile moves, Visa today announced its acquisition of Fundamo, a mobile banking platform for developing nations, and an agreement with Monitise, a provider of, among other things, mobile-based person-to-person payments. Price of the deals was not disclosed. The moves come on the heels of Visa’s late-April investment in Jack Dorsey’s Square, a mobile payments platform for iPhone and iPad.

New From Google Labs: Google Plutocrat

in News on October 15, 2009 at 1:00 pm PT

The broader advertising recovery may take time, but search advertising is clearly beating a hasty path back toward normalcy. Or it is in Google’s case anyway. Reporting third-quarter results after market close Thursday, the search giant posted revenue of $5.94 billion, an increase of seven percent compared to the third quarter of 2008.
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Hasta la Vista: The Many Versions of Windows 7

in Personal Technology on July 29, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt Mossberg explains how to make the transition from Vista to Windows 7.
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IBM: The "M" Stands for "Mobility"

in News on June 18, 2009 at 8:19 am PT

Between 2006 and 2011, IBM expects the number of mobile phone users to increase by 191 percent to approximately one billion. Little wonder then that the company is dedicating more resources to mobile services-related R&D.
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IBM: The “M” Stands for “Mobility”

in News on June 18, 2009 at 8:19 am PT

Between 2006 and 2011, IBM expects the number of mobile phone users to increase by 191 percent to approximately one billion. Little wonder then that the company is dedicating more resources to mobile services-related R&D.
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O3b. That's Short for (An)other 3 Billion Google Users

in News on September 10, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

Google services are near-ubiquitous in mature markets, but in emerging ones? Not so much. That will soon change, however, thanks to an ambitious plan to bring affordable Internet access to some three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.

O3b. That’s Short for (An)other 3 Billion Google Users

in News on September 10, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

Google services are near-ubiquitous in mature markets, but in emerging ones? Not so much. That will soon change, however, thanks to an ambitious plan to bring affordable Internet access to some three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.