7:33 PM
BlackBerry's options to sell their company may be limited because there doesn't seem to be any company that interested in buying them. One of BlackBerry's shareholders is reportedly looking for a private equity buyout of BlackBerry:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/blackberrys-fate-uncertain-buyers-appear-scarce/2013-08-13
US wireless carriers had their worst quarter (in terms of lowest net new subscribers) in US mobile history, a drop of 95% from 2012. Sprint lost 2.034 mil customers last quarter, Cricket lost 364,000 and US Cellular lost 127,000. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile gained customers, but overall the industry struggled:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/chetan-sharma-q2-lowest-net-adds-quarter-us-mobile-history/2013-08-13
Google Play revenue is up 67% over the past 6 months while Apple's App Store revenue is up just 15%
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/distimo-google-play-revenues-explode-67-over-past-six-months/2013-08-13
London stopped the recycling bins tracking of smartphones from people passing by:
http://qz.com/114174/city-of-london-halts-recycling-bins-tracking-phones-of-passers-by/
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/blackberrys-fate-uncertain-buyers-appear-scarce/2013-08-13
US wireless carriers had their worst quarter (in terms of lowest net new subscribers) in US mobile history, a drop of 95% from 2012. Sprint lost 2.034 mil customers last quarter, Cricket lost 364,000 and US Cellular lost 127,000. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile gained customers, but overall the industry struggled:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/chetan-sharma-q2-lowest-net-adds-quarter-us-mobile-history/2013-08-13
Google Play revenue is up 67% over the past 6 months while Apple's App Store revenue is up just 15%
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/distimo-google-play-revenues-explode-67-over-past-six-months/2013-08-13
London stopped the recycling bins tracking of smartphones from people passing by:
http://qz.com/114174/city-of-london-halts-recycling-bins-tracking-phones-of-passers-by/