February 23rd, 2010

Mobile Location-Based Services Could Rake In $12.7 Billion By 2014: Report

The rapid evolution of mobile phones, both on a hardware and a software level, combined with a surge in application storefront releases, deployments of higher-capacity network infrastructure and recent developments in positioning technologies could drive revenues from mobile location-based services to more than $12.7 billion by 2014, according to a new report published by Juniper Research.

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October 21st, 2009

Mobile social network aka-aki raises 'several millions of euros' in funding

[Germany] Berlin-based aka-aki, which offers a location-based social network for mobiles, has raised additional funding. The amount of this second round of financing was not disclosed, although the company did say it was ‘several millions of euros’.

Investors were Creathor Venture and Innovacom.

Aka-aki has been running its mobile social networking service for about two years now and says its… → Read More

October 21st, 2009

German Mobile Social Network aka-aki Gets Another Capital Infusion

Berlin-based aka-aki, which offers a location-based social network for mobiles, has raised additional funding. The amount of this second round of financing was not disclosed, although the company did say it was ‘several millions of euros’.

Investors were Creathor Venture and Innovacom.

Aka-aki has been running its mobile social networking service for about two years now and says its community is… → Read More