Samsung has announced that they have sold 5 million Samsung Galaxy S branded devices since launching back in June. “The GALAXY S has been a phenomenal success in the global smart phone market, recording global sales of over 5 million units including more than 2 million units in the United States and more than 1 million units in Korea,” said Samsung in a press release. These numbers include 1 million units in Korea and 2 million units in the United States. [BoyGeniusReport]
If you become the Mayor of a venue called the City of Chicago – Mayoral HQ on Foursquare, digital marketing company Proximity will provide you with the marketing power to officially place you on the ballot. The city of Chicago will elect a new Mayor this February. The contest is hosted on FoursquarianCandidate.com.
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced he would not be seeking a re-election. Chicago is the biggest city in America that does not have a mayoral term limit. Daley has been the mayor of Chicago since 1989. His term will be ending on May 16, 2011. Richard’s father Richard J. Daley was mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976.
There is expected to be some stiff competition for the mayor of Chicago. Contenders include White House Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel, Senator Carol Moseley Braun, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, etc.
Google has released Google Goggles for the iPhone. It wasn’t too long ago that Google released Google Goggles on Android. Google Goggles allows you to conduct searches by taking pictures. For example, if you take a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge, Google Goggles will do a search on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Google Goggles is now a part of the Google Mobile App For iPhone [iTunes Link]. Google announced Google Goggles on Android back in December. To use Google Goggles, click the camera button on the application. Check out the video demo below:
About 18 months after starting, 12seconds is shutting down. 12seconds is a service that complements Twitter. Just like how Twitter only allows you to send under 140 characters, 12seconds let you send under 12 seconds of video. 12seconds did not receive the traction that they were hoping for. 12seconds co-founder Sol Lipman said that traffic is essentially the same as when they launched two years ago.
Another challenge for 12seconds is that Twitter is picking and choosing which third party applications they want to focus on. “I don’t really see the growth in Twitter that we were seeing [back when we launched]. I don’t see it as an explosive growth opportunity right now for a third-party application builder,” said Lipman in an interview with Mashable. Sol Lipman and Jacob Knobel recently sold a company called RallyUp to AOL.
Viewdle is a facial recognition company that has raised $10 million in Series B funding from Best Buy, Qualcomm, and BlackBerry Partners Fund. Best Buy’s Kuk Yi and John Albright are both joining Viewdle’s board of directors as part of this funding round. Viewdle will use the financing to launch new consumer products. Viewdle researched facial technology for about 15 years and spent 3 years in commercial productization. [TechCrunch]
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