Wednesday, February 29, 2012

WIND Mobile Changing Rate Plans and Add-ons, Motorola Offers Up to $200 for Old Phones & Twitter Prepping to Roll Ads in Android and iOS Apps

WIND Mobile Changing Rate Plans and Add-ons March 1st, Here Are the Details
The wind is shifting over at WIND Mobile. Rate plan changes are in the works and here’s the complete details for you. Axed are the names of their current “Clever”, “Smart”, “Brilliant” and “Genius” talk/text/data plans, and actually so will 2 of their plans. Effective March 1st you’ll only see what will be called the “WIND25 and the “WIND40 plan, both $25/month and $40/month respectively.
MobileSyrup

Motorola Buy-back

Motorola Offers Up to $200 for Old Phones in Android Buy-Back Program
Motorola Mobility is offering up to $200 to consumers who trade in their “business-ready” phones for a new Android model. The company, which is in the process of being bought by Google for $12.5 billion, is offering the trade-in deals to owners of 16 devices, including Droid Razr Maxx, Droid 4, Atrix and Atrix 2 and Titanium.
Mashable

Twitter Prepping to Roll Ads in Android and iOS Apps
Twitter today announced that it is bringing promoted tweets (which are, in effect, advertisements) to the mobile Android and iOS Twitter apps. Twitter explains, “In the coming weeks, we’ll begin introducing Promoted Tweets in the timeline on these mobile apps.
Phone Scoop

Google Ventures And Others Put $5M In Enterprise Mobile Security Company Duo
Enterprise mobile security company Duo Security has raised $5 million from Google Ventures, True Ventures, and Resonant Venture Partners. This brings the startup’s total funding to $6 million. Duo Security essentially provides a two-factor authentication service to companies who want to protect employee phones, with not just one but two secure log-ins.
TechCrunch