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Mobile Ready prepares to offer new product for small businesses

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Mobile Ready Entertainment Corp. announced that it will soon be offering a product that allows small businesses to expand their reach into the mobile channels without incurring the heavy fees associated with mobile marketing.

“We have really set out to give the small business access to launching mobile campaigns while alleviating the price barrier preventing them from expanding their business in the mobile arena,” reported Craig Mora, CEO. “We want to offer a product that really makes a difference for businesses trying to grow.” The product is slated to release within the next 30 days and will have an entry price point of less than $200.00.

Mobile Ready Entertainment Corporation specializes in mobile content products and solutions. They offer software and service options that empower businesses by enabling them to reach the mobile user and ultimately increase revenue. Whether your company has retail, marketing or response needs, Mobile Ready has the solution to fit. When it comes to website development and optimization, Mobile Ready has the mobile marketing know-how.

Originally posted on January 20, 2008 @ 8:33 pm

mig33 mobile social network expands executive team

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mig33.pngmig33 has added several key members to its executive team to keep pace with community growth and speed product development cycles. mig33 recently hired David Moore as Chief Financial Officer, Francis Yu as Vice President of Engineering and Operations, and Ken Sandy as Vice President of Product Marketing.

“With our explosive user growth and aggressive product roadmap, we are continuing to build out our team,” said Steven Goh, CEO and co-founder of mig33. “The recent executive additions build on an amazingly smart, ambitious and dedicated team that will help mig33 continue to be the best mobile social networking experience.”

mig33 is the first global mobile community bringing the power of the Internet and community together for anyone with a mobile phone. mig33 offers a mix of free and inexpensive services, including VoIP calls, instant messaging, e-mail, text messaging, picture sharing, social networking and community features.

Originally posted on January 17, 2008 @ 10:54 pm

Answers.com works with Nokia

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answers.pngAnswers Corporation, creators of Answers.com, is working with Nokia to offer owners of Nokia Series 40 and S60 devices access to its collection of over four million answers. The service is being made available in the Download! client on Nokia devices. The service features a convenient lookup box offering quick definitions on any word or phrase. This mobile “virtual library” covers subjects like history, business, literature, geography, sciences, arts, music, food, movies and technology.

Originally posted on January 10, 2008 @ 1:21 pm

JuiceCaster offers video search tool for mobile phones

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juicecaster.pngJuiceCaster has launched Mobile Video Search (MVS), a search application for accessing user-posted videos on wireless devices.

A free service, MVS lets anyone with a video-capable cell phone instantly watch desired videos on-demand by texting keywords to ‘84462’. The search tool then immediately sends a reply with links to the requested content. MVS works on over 95% of video-capable phones, ranging from high-end devices such as the iPhone, Blackberry, Treo and Windows Mobile devices to mass market phones such as the Motorola Razr family of handsets.

This gives individuals worldwide instant access to informative, entertaining, commercial or personal JuiceCaster videos, delivered directly to their cell phones. Business owners, college students, garage bands, travelers and aspiring artists can quickly and easily mobilize and share their content by creating a free JuiceCaster account, uploading videos and tagging them with search keywords.

Originally posted on January 7, 2008 @ 11:06 am