Posts Tagged ‘partnership’
Confirmed: Apple Acquires Quattro Wireless for $275 Million
Earlier this morning, we wrote about the possibility of Apple acquiring mobile ad serving start-up Quattro Wireless. We dished out that the deal would come together to the tun of a whopping $275 million, and now we’re learning that the deal has been finalized.
The news comes from the Quattro Wire in a letter titled: “Happy New Year From Quattro Wireless,” put together by VP of Mobile advertising at Quattro Andy Miller.
The letter:
Happy New Year from Quattro Wireless!
We are thrilled to let you know that Apple has acquired Quattro. We want to share with you our excitement about this news and what it means for our customers. More »
Spotify and Google Team Up To Take Down iTunes
It’s true — we’re obsessed with Spotify, and we’ve written about the service and use it on a daily basis. But the service isn’t officially available in the United States as a result of clashes with greedy record labels — for now at least. But that may change this month, and the music-streaming service may be available to select individuals who purchase Google’s new Nexus One Android-powered smartphone, and those who will begin using Android 2.1.
We’re learning from TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington that Google is planning to build Spotify into Android 2.1, covering the monthly label costs of $3-$4 per month, per user. Whilst free for the end user, Spotify will add their own advertising to make a few extra bucks. More »
Research In Motion Taking BlackBerry Smartphones to China
Research In Motion has released in the past few days a couple of press releases in which the company announces that it has partnered with Chinese cell phone carriers, China Mobile and Digital China, to finally make available more BlackBerry smartphones in China. Currently, China Mobile, which is the biggest telecommunications company in the world, has been offering a few select BlackBerry smartphones on a limited and exclusive basis. More »
Mark Zuckerberg Thinks “Spotify Is So Good”
We have been saying it – Spotify is great! It seems like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks the same. A status message on his Facebook account reads: “Spotify is so good.” His reasons for posting this may go beyond than just letting the world know how great Spotify is.
There’s rumor that Facebook and Spotify have been in the talks of a partnership for more than a year now. If that’s true, could it be that Mark is trying to tell us something in a ’secret hint’ kind of way? Well, if that’s the case, it shouldn’t be a surprise considering the recent acquisition of iLike by Myspace.
If Facebook ends up partnering with Spotify, that would make Facebook just about the coolest social networking site there is.
[ TechCrunch ]
General Motors And Ebay Partner Up to Sell New Cars
General Motors and Ebay have partnered up to start testing a new program: selling new cars on Ebay. According to the official site: gm.ebay.com, the program is set to launch on August 11th. The company will be testing this program in California only, but hopes to expand the program to other states, perhaps depending on how this trial goes.
Users will be able to choose, compare, and purchase from more than 20,000 new Chevrolets, Buicks, GMCs and Pontiacs before stepping into a car dealership. As we all know, Ebay already sells cars online, but most of these are used. This new partnership seeks to provide more new vehicles.
Out of 250 dealers in California, more than 225 or about 90% will be participating in the program. Customers will be able to purchase their new vehicle by being given 2 options: ‘Buy It Now’ which is the fast – no negotiations option, or ‘Make an Offer’, where they can negotiate and ultimately lower the price of the car.