Facebook may be poised to make another billion dollar purchase, this time by acquiring mobile map technology. Waze is a “community-based” traffic and navigation app that uses satellites and user input to help drivers find the best routes. Waze was the judges’ choice for Best Overall Mobile App at the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards 2013. [...]

Microsoft (MSFT) is reportedly ready to buy Barnes & Noble (BKS) out of the two companies’ joint venture that controls the Nook e-reader, digital store and college bookstore. The online media is the key asset of interest; Microsoft is reportedly ready to dump Nook’s college bookstore business and phase out the Android tablet itself. This [...]

Shares of Facebook (FB) are higher today after the company reported progress in its move to mobile. Mobile advertising revenue represented 30% of total ad revenue, according to the company’s first quarter earnings release. That’s up from 23% in the fourth quarter of 2012. Analyst Larry Haverty of Gabelli Multimedia Trust told financial reporters that [...]

The UK’s largest mobile operator and the world’s leading designer of mobile processors both reported first quarter earnings today. EE saw revenue slide, but reported a healthy increase in LTE subscribers. ARM Holdings posted better-than-expected results, reaping the benefits of a strong dollar and continuing robust demand for its mobile processor designs. EE (formerly Everything [...]

Shares of Apple (AAPL) are off almost 5% this morning on concerns about the company’s upcoming earnings report, due next Tuesday. iPhone 5 buzz has died down somewhat, and many smartphone buyers may be waiting for the Galaxy S4, the HTC One, or another Android competitor hitting the market this spring. Analyst Peter Misek of [...]

Powerwave has secured an additional $5 million debtor-in-possession credit facility as it works to find a buyer. The Gores Group is the buyout specialist financing P-Wave Holdings, which will provide Powerwave with a multiple draw senior secured priming term loan credit facility. P-Wave has already advanced to Powerwave $35 million of a $50 million line [...]

Ericsson says it will buy Microsoft’s Mediaroom for an undisclosed amount, a move that will give the world’s largest maker of mobile telecom equipment the lead position in the market for carrier IPTV solutions. Microsoft has an estimated 25% of the market for IPTV middleware, the software that powers set-top boxes. It competes in this [...]

Big data is wasted wealth if you can’t see what it means, so visualization software is increasingly important to companies that find themselves drowning in data. Tableau offers a lifeline in the form of software that makes statistics accessible and easy to share, and now the company is sharing some stats of its own: revenue [...]

Cisco continued its move into mobility this week with the purchase of Ubiquisys for $310 million. Ubiquisys is a British developer of small cell technologies with several major carrier and vendor customers, including Google, T-Mobile USA and Softbank. The acquisition highlights Cisco’s growing focus on mobile networks in general and network software in particular. The [...]

The world’s largest maker of wireless networking equipment has been increasingly focused on software as a service and now Ericsson is reportedly trying to buy Microsoft’s IPTV unit. The unit makes software to power set-top boxes, and counts AT&T’s U-Verse as a customer. Microsoft controls an estimated 25% of the market for IPTV middleware. It [...]