Mobile messaging, in its traditional sense, is on the decline, and the patent world is hot, hot, hot, and today one company that plays in both areas showed where it sees its stronger ties at the moment. Openwave , which calls itself the “inventor of the mobile internet” for the early role it played in developing mobile data technology, today announced it was selling its core software business — messaging and mediation operations — and will instead concentrate on its patent holdings in smart devices, cloud technology and unified messaging. Marlin Equity Partners is buying the two businesses for an undisclosed sum, and says it will continue to operate and invest in the businesses, which will be called Openwave Messaging and Openwave Mobility . . . → Read More: Updated: Openwave, ‘Inventors Of The Mobile Internet’, Sells Software Biz To Focus On Patents
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 BitRhymes , the San Francisco-gaming startup behind a bingo game that has attracted about 400,000 daily active users on Facebook, has raised $1 million in angel funding. . . . → Read More: Bingo Bash-Maker BitRhymes Raises $1M For Casino-Style Games on Facebook, Mobile  M For Casino-Style Games on Facebook, Mobile">Leave a comment  Mobile Crunch  apps, bitrhymes, gaming, mobile, social, startups, venture, venture-capital  If they haven’t already done it, Sprint customers in need of an upgrade should make it a point to circle April 22 on their calendars. Not only has Sprint chosen that day to launch their eco-friendly LG Viper, the nation’s third largest wireless carrier has just confirmed on Twitter that the Galaxy Nexus will be available for $199 (with contract) that same day. As far as the device’s hardware goes, hardly anything has changed since it launched on Verizon late last year . . . → Read More: Sprint’s $199 Galaxy Nexus Launches On April 22 With $40 Google Wallet Credit In Tow  After months of waiting (not to mention plenty of conflicting reports), Samsung may have finally revealed when they plan to unveil their long-awaited Galaxy S III. According to a press invitation that has been making the rounds since early this morning, the Korean company will be pulling back the curtains on a new Galaxy handset in London on May 3. . . . → Read More: Samsung To Reveal The ‘Next Galaxy’ Phone On May 3 At London Event  It would appear that Motorola is putting even more of an effort into its resurrected Razr line. Just a few months after the hotly anticipated Droid Razr stepped onto the scene, Motorola offered the same unit with an upgraded battery, making the Droid Razr Maxx my new favorite Android phone with an 8+ hour battery life (and that’s under extreme duress) . . . → Read More: Motorola Employee Takes A Picture Of His Desk, Possibly Confirms Existence Of Droid Razr HD It would appear that Motorola is putting even more of an effort into its resurrected Razr line. . . . → Read More: Motorola Employee Takes A Picture Of His Desk, Possibly Confirms Existence Of Droid Razr HD  Short Version Guys, this one’s such a no brainer that I shouldn’t even have to lay it all out. . . . → Read More: Nokia Lumia 900 Review: This One’s A No-Brainer  Editor’s note : Guest author Keith Teare is General Partner at his incubator Archimedes Labs and CEO of just.me . . . . → Read More: The Mobile Paradox  If a consumer mobile fad comes and goes, and you don’t play consolidation musical chairs, what do you do next? This is kind of what happened to Kik, a Canadian startup that took off with the explosive growth of its messaging app last year. Amid the hype around messaging, Kik raised $8 million in funding from RRE Ventures, Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures . . . → Read More: How Kik Survived The Group Messaging Wars And Built A Sweet Mobile App For Controlling TVs  Nokia certainly didn’t waste any time when it came to fixing that pesky data connection bug that popped up in a few first-run Lumia 900s. Just two days after Nokia acknowledged the issue and pledged to make things right, they’ve already made that critical update available to those in need. . . . → Read More: Nokia Fixes Lumia 900 Data Woes Ahead Of Schedule With New Software Update |
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