By Rhonda Wickham
Wireless Week - December 14, 2007

Mobile Posse, a mobile content and advertising solution provider, has raised $10 million in series B equity financing. New investor Softbank Capital led the round, which also included Court Square Ventures, Columbia Capital and individual investors.

The new funding will target ongoing trials and commercial implementations as well as expand the advertising sales division to market the solution to a larger audience.

The search giant's mobile offensive, like the iPhone, may force new cracks in the way the wireless industry operates

By Olga Kharif
BusinessWeek - September 6, 2007

Still coming to terms with Apple's iPhone invasion, the cellular industry now finds itself bracing for yet another intrusion by a mighty outsider bent on altering the way wireless does business. This time it's Google.

Once a Magnet, Firm's Departure May Alter Local Tech Landscape

By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Kendra Marr
The Washington Post - February 18, 2008

Barry Schuler moved to Washington from Silicon Valley to join AOL during its golden days, one of the many top technology professionals the Internet giant recruited to the region. But when the former chief executive left in 2003, he returned to California to become an investor and start a technology company, following other executives who have drifted away from the region.

By Zachary A. Goldfarb
The Washington Post - December 31, 2007

The rise of social networks such as Facebook and wireless gadgets such as the iPhone has set off a small stampede of companies hoping to build on or replicate their success. Many are counting on advertising to pay the bills.

But will it work?

That's one of the big questions for 2008, local technology gurus say. Advertisers want results.