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| Mar 13, 2025 | Crypto payments company MoonPay looks to compete with Stripe with Iron stablecoin acquisition | MoonPay, a leading crypto payments company, has acquired Iron, an API-driven startup specializing in stablecoin infrastructure.
The purchase further expands MoonPay’s enterprise payment solutions.
The deal significantly bolsters MoonPay’s c... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | The Rise of Smart Wearables: A New Era in Fitness Technology | In the world of fitness, technology is the new athlete. Smart wearables are changing the game. They are not just gadgets; they are companions in the journey of health and performance. The recent partnership between Amazfit and HYROX exempli... |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Another big tech company is working on a smart ring | Fitbit smart ring patent filing USPTO/Fitbit
Samsung’s upcoming and heavily leaked Galaxy Ring may be getting all the attention right now, especially with Samsung Galaxy Unpacked around the corner in July. However, it looks like Samsung may... |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Helio Is Back From The Dead With $29 A Month All Data, Call, Text Plan But Don't Get Too Excited | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 07 July 2015, 09:07 am
Helio is now ready to rise from the dead and offer service on Sprint's network, complete with roaming on Verizon Wireless.
As a reminder, Helio was a mobile virtual network operator ... |
| Feb 13, 2009 | Ocean 2 gets pictured in black | All throughout the Ocean 2’s development cycle, pictures of it kept popping up in a silver and black motif. When it actually launched, however, everything silver had been turned red. The color change made sense, with the Helio-brand now und... |
| Jun 27, 2008 | Virgin Mobile buys (once) high-flying Helio for $50M, as mobile consolidation begins | Virgin Mobile USA has agreed to acquire Helio mobile phone division from SK Telecom and Earthlink for an investment that totals $50 million.
The deal is part of a consolidation trend in mobile. Nokia this week agreed to buy Symbian, the mob... |
| Jun 27, 2008 | Helio posts Virgin Mobile acquisition Q&A | Oh, how I shall miss Helio .
In light of this morning’s long expected announcement that Virgin Mobile had purchased Helio, a Q&A has gone up to answer some of the more pressing questions.
It’s all pretty straightforward: there will be n... |
| May 16, 2008 | CrunchDeals: Helio Ocean, $99 after MIR | If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on a Helio Ocean — we know you’re out there — have we got a CrunchDeal for you.
Helio’s got a special offer right now. A $199 Ocean with a $100 mail-in rebate with any qualifying plan. That’s the bes... |
| Feb 12, 2008 | Confirmed: Helio layoffs are happening | As first reported by us last week, Helio is undergoing a series of layoffs from the top down.
Three executives are leaving the company and a lot of the marketing department is expected to be eliminated according to a source.
The layoffs, ex... |
| Feb 6, 2008 | Helio drops price of unlimited plan, again | Helio has once again dropped the price of their unlimited plan down to $99 from $145. You know the drill. Now drop on by your nearest store and take advantage while you can. The Ocean and Mysto are great choices in case you needed some advi... |
| Feb 4, 2008 | Rumor: Helio to announce firings this week | updated
Helio, the mobile phone service provider, is getting ready to announce a new round of firings this week, a source close to the matter tells us. These layoffs are expected to include senior level officials within the company.
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| Jan 28, 2008 | Sky Dayton Steps Down As CEO of Helio | After a tough year in which partner Earthlink pulled back from its commitment to Helio, the virtual mobile carrier is now losing its CEO, Sky Dayton. (Dayton was also the founder of Earthlink). Although Dayton will become chairman, Helio’s ... |
| Dec 13, 2007 | Helio Player hits the street | With all the hoopla swirling around the new YouTube client for the Helio Ocean, we forgot to mention that the new Helio Player for the Fin, Heat, Drift, and especially the Ocean. The player is an iTunes-esque media management program for PC... |
| Nov 15, 2007 | Loopt May Be "Friending" More Mobile Networks | We’ve been tracking a few emerging mobile-only social networks. All of these services are downloadable applications that run on your mobile phone.
Mobile social network Loopt’s deal with Sprint, however, has given it the distinction of bein... |
| Nov 14, 2007 | CrunchDeals: Helio slashes $50 off all handsets | As if the refreshed Oceans and $99 all-in-one plan weren’t enough, the MVNO of choice has slashed $50 off all handsets for new members. That means a brand new Ocean is $199, the thinnest flip on the market, Fin, is $79 and the Heat is FREE.... |
| Nov 12, 2007 | CrunchDeals: Helio Ocean now $99, so is unlimited everything | I love my Ocean. Matt lives and dies by the Ocean. It’s a great phone and does everything one needs. Well, not everything. It doesn’t get Matt laid or anything, but I think you know where I’m going. Maybe you’re already with Helio and you w... |
| Nov 2, 2007 | Where Do You Want to Go Today? uLocate Can Help You Decide | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Though it was more or less accidental, it’s been Location-Based Computing Week at Xconomy. We kicked off the week with a story Monday about EveryScape, which has introduced a ... |
| Oct 15, 2007 | What’s Wrong With Energy Investing? Part II | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I had the good fortune to receive a substantial amount of feedback on my first post on this subject a few weeks ago. The feedback was productive and helped to clarify key poin... |
| Oct 2, 2007 | Helio Drift drifts away, makes room for Mysto | The Helio Drift has been wiped from the site, which means there’s room for another device and it means you can swoop up a Drift for cheap. A new Samsung device passed through the FCC that was branded Helio and it appears that Helio Mysto ha... |
| Sep 4, 2007 | Aka Aki: Mobile Social Networking "Auf die straße" | Mobile devices remain social networking’s final frontier. There have been a few mobile applications coming out of the established players (Facebook), but social networking on the mobile phone has largely been an area for new entrants. They’... |
| Jul 26, 2007 | Helio Ocean now supports Microsoft Exchange | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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| Jul 5, 2007 | Roundup: Virtual sex bed suit, Geni, Gay.com, Netvibes, Helio and more | Here’s the latest (ahem) action:
Second Life avatar sues another avatar, over virtual sex bed — We should have predicted this. Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Second Life resident V... |
| Jun 5, 2007 | Amp'd Melts Down, Helio Says They Are Doing Just Fine | When Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Amp’d declared bankruptcy earlier this week, a lot of people pointed to competitor Helio as the next one to fall.
There are suspicious similarities between the companies. Amp’d launched in the U.S... |
| May 11, 2007 | Helio Ocean Now Available | Just a quick heads-up: The Helio Ocean became available for purchase as of midnight EST. Those wishing to purchase the new device right this instant, visit Helio.com or call 1-888-88-HELIO.
If, however, you can wait until later in the day, ... |
| May 10, 2007 | Helio Ocean: The Review | The Helio Ocean marks a sea change in the evolution of MVNOs. Previously allotted for a limited demographic, the Ocean signals a significant market expansion for the cellco youngster Helio . Aimed directly at the Sidekick crowd, the Ocean c... |
| Mar 5, 2007 | Helio Heat Hands-Burned | The Heat is the second device from Helio that I’ve had the opportunity to try. Like the Drift, the Heat is manufactured by Samsung and imbued with all sorts of Helio specifics. Although the Heat retains GPS with buddy beacons, the most dist... |
| Mar 1, 2007 | Helio Brings the Heat | Helio announced today the availability of its new device, the Helio Heat. It’s an EV-DO phone that is positioned just below the Drift in features and price.
If you draw the Heat, expect it to feature a 1.3MP camera with 136MB of internal me... |
| Dec 18, 2006 | MySpace Finally Partners with Cingular | After nearly a year of testing the waters, including joint ventures such as MySpace Mobile Alert service for Cingular customers last March, and April's Cingular-sponsored ringtone generation service for independent music artists, socia... |
| Dec 13, 2006 | The Helio Handset Vendor Curse | A few months ago, South Korean handset vendor VK went bankrupt, and now comes word that Pantech has gone bust, too. Is there a curse on Helio’s handset vendors? Helio recently announced it would begin selling its Drift model, made by Samsun... |
| Nov 21, 2006 | Helio Makes Moves, Opens Stores, Feeds People To Fish | Helio made a play at MVNO dominance today, opening the first of five retail stores. Its flagship Helio Store is now open on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Cali. As you can see, store was was designed, unsurprisingly, as a place... |
| Nov 10, 2006 | Web 2.0 week: IM-email integration trend, Google GPS, Google Ventures, Reality Digital & more | Roundup of a busy week:
Instant messaging and email are merging, Yahoo kicks it off — Yahoo will be integrating IM through its email, Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse revealed during the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. In retrospect, we’r... |
| Nov 9, 2006 | iLike makes move on music, video and now mobile media: Buys Fotodunk | [Update: The Fotodunk purchase price was $120,000. Our previous guess of between $1 and $5 million stemmed from a confidential discussion that turns out to have been misinformed. Apologies]
You’ve been hearing a lot about iLike lately, and ... |
| Oct 4, 2006 | Helio Releases EV-DO Card | Helio announced this morning a hybrid card that supports both 3G and WiFi. The Helio Hybrid card and Hybrid Connector software are free with a two year membership costing $85 per month. It will be able to connect to the Internet via EV-DO o... |
| Sep 3, 2006 | MySpace jump on the Bandwagon? | UK based bandwagon, is a Music Community Site for fans of independent music, that also allows bands to manage their own web pages and promote and sell mobile content. The content can include video, music, ringtones and wallpapers.
Bands mak... |
| May 2, 2006 | EarthLink's Helio Wireless Goes Live | Helio, the joint venture between Korea's SK Telecom and EarthLink targeted towards young consumers, officially launched on Tuesday. The company is leasing bandwidth from CDMA provider Sprint Nextel, however it has added features on top... |