Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma

Karma allows users to buy gifts from its catalogue from their mobile phones. Recipients receive a text message notifying them of the gift and directing them to a website where they can exchange it if they want to and enter their shipping address.

The Rise Of The Mobile Gaming

According to businesdegree.net, more than $12 billion was generated by mobile gaming in 2011 (freemium). Here are some numbers for mobile gaming sector ;


*%64 perc. online game  apps used daily
*14,7 h (apple) , 9,3 h (android) per month gaming
*100 mio mobile gamers in US
*In 2011 mobile gamin generated 12 billion US$
*Smartphone gaming industry is expected to double by 2016.


Ref: http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/9638-the-rise-of-the-billion-dollar-mobile-gaming-market-infographic

Microsoft & Motorola Patent Fight

The patent wars between companies goes furiously. According to news, a German court ruled that Microsoft had indeed infringed on Motorola patents with technology used in its Xbox360 game consoles and Windows 7 software.

Microsoft was actually ordered to remove the offending items from the German market, a ruling that apparently can’t be enforced by Motorola. The sale last month of AOL patents to Microsoft and the sale of many of those same patents from Microsoft to Facebook are all part of this ongoing patent legal war. Patent infringement suits are frequently used to test the validity of patents, force other companies to purchase licenses for the used of patented technology or stop them from using the technology and finally to garner huge damage awards.

themeshreport.com