It was last November that we first heard about Chomp, a sort-of Yelp for iPhone apps. At the time, it was still very much in stealth mode, but we kept hearing they raised a seed round of funding from investors like Ron Conway insanely fast. Obviously, we were interested. By January, we had a sneak peak at the actual service. And about a week later, it formally launched as an app recommendation engine... 

  PocketGear, operator of a mobile application store, today announced it has raised a second round of funding for $15 million. The funds will be used to continue product development, increase its sales and marketing team and expand globally, according to the company’s announcement. PocketGear provides over 140,000 mobile apps and pieces of content, such as software, in its marketplace, which... 

RIM wants to keep up with its competitors, so it is reportedly looking for an acquisition target in the mobile space according to The Wall Street Journal. Millenial Media, a mobile ad provider, has recently been named target; though Wall Street also states that this process has been stalled due to disagreements between RIM and Millenial Media for a purchase price. RIM also believes that its competitors,... 

Virgin Mobile India has teamed with GetJar to launch an app store to its customers across the country. The operator, which is a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, says the store will offer 70,000 free games and apps, including social networking, entertainment, finance, food, health, search, lifestyle and utilities. To access the the store, which is...