Focus stock: MIMV otc Mimvi, Inc.
We continue to anticipate/expect an upcoming pr/news release regarding MSFT expanding their relationship with MIMV.....AND we are actually considering adding to our MIMV position that we started last week @ .38.
A colleague of ours commenting today: Once they get on the Azure platform we expect to get pretty strong endorsement by MFST for MIMV…
Ever since MSFT deal back in Sept, we have grown increasing intrigued, not to mention increasing smarter with what's going on in the mobile app search engine sector.
...Currently want to re-examine the details from a earlier NBT report on them......Although biased, this highly informative report really sheds good light on the search engine situation going on with the giants and how MMV stands to gain.....Prior to, we didn't have much of a clue on on the evolving 'Mobile App' integration....
Mimvi Update: To Microsoft And Beyond!
By Tobin Smith |
While the exact terms of the deal won’t be disclosed until 8k’s are filed on the contract, the big idea here is that Mimvi will license its search engine tech to MSFT and will develop tools for searching for mobile apps and data stored on the cloud utilizing Microsoft's Windows Azure platform.
It is also clear that Mimvi will closely work with Microsoft's Bing team to combine mobile app search with general web search. The HOLY GRAIL for users is a one-stop shop for all searches where mobile app search results are offered next to general web search results.
Windows 8 now promises to make it easy for developers to build mobile apps that run on the desktop. This partnership with Mimvi should allow Microsoft to enable users to easily find mobile apps that run on the desktop too… a big deal for PC/Laptop centric Microsoft.
As noted in a good Seeking Alpha post, “perhaps most interestingly, the relationship should give Microsoft the technical means to enhance its relationships with both Yahoo (YHOO) and Facebook (FB). Mimvi's mobile search technology should greatly improve the integration between search and social that the relationship between Microsoft and Facebook is founded upon.”
Agreed…and ALL this at a time when Google is hankering to replace Bing on Yahoo…hmmm. Once again Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt’s investment in Quixey is a strategic no-no…ANY hint of Google makes Quixey TOXIC to Microsoft/Amazon/Apple/Facebook…Mimvi is the only non-toxic mobile app search technology left.
Net-net
Microsoft is unlikely to have made this investment without having a good, long look under the hood of Mimvi's technology and the likelihood that Mimvi is acquired by Microsoft or another suitor is an order of magnitude greater with this deal.
We will get the WHOLE story from Kasian Franks in an interview we will publish next week.
Again…our target for MIMV is now $2 for a strategic take out by Microsoft/Amazon/Samsung or Facebook. Mimvi is the last mobile search engine technology company standing in bitter zero-sum battle of Consumer Technology Giants:
Google/Apple/Microsoft/Amazon/Samsung/Facebook to get mobile app search right.
Google/Apple/Microsoft/Amazon/Samsung/Facebook to get mobile app search right.
Remember EVERYTHING that is media is going to be an “app”—TV shows, movies, videos, songs, articles, magazines, books etc. The REAL game at play here is NOT finding the next rocket dodging game to play---it’s to be able to find the exact right media app on whatever screen you are on in real-time. THAT is the Mimvi solution…that is where the real value is.
Stay long…buy the retracement IF we get one.
Disclosure: NBT Communications owns one million MIMIV shares from past investor marketing engagements.
Also re-examing a more recent article from unbiased Seeking Alpha......Notice that this author had a chance to speak with MIMV management...
5 Mobile Stocks Ready To Move Higher
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in MM, MIMV.OB, VRNG, ZNGA over the next 72 hours. I may also initiate a position in TAGG.OB
Millennial Media (MM) - Millennial Media, Inc. provides mobile advertising solutions worldwide. It operates MYDAS, a mobile advertising technology platform for developers and advertisers. The company provides tools and services to developers that allow their apps to display banner ads, interactive rich media ads, and video ads through its platform. The company's solutions for developers include software development kits that allows apps to receive rich media, banner displays, and video adds; mediation tools, which allow developers to allocate ad requests among various advertising campaign sources; and data and analytics that comprise comprehensive ad revenue generation reports for their apps across various mobile operating systems. It also enables advertisers to gain insights into the performance of their ad campaigns and to manage their campaigns. Companies like Millennial Media are seeing their shares move up on the recent success of Facebook's entry into the mobile advertising area. Yahoo's (YHOO) new transformation into a mobile-first company led by their new CEO Marissa Mayer has opened up a new opportunity for Millennial Media related to being a possible acquisition candidate, not only for Yahoo but Microsoft (MSFT) and others.
Mimvi (MIMV.OB) - Mimvi, Inc. is a new kind of mobile app search, content and product discovery company designed for Windows 8, Apple's iOS and Google's (GOOG) Android platform. Attached to Mimvi is one of the largest rocket boosters a company can have as it comes in the form of attracting the attention of Microsoft, among others, along with a recent partnership with Microsoft including investment. I had a chance to speak to some of the management team at Mimvi about their plans with Microsoft's new cloud, mobile and search initiatives, which are large and aggressive. These initiatives include establishing what they are calling a "basecamp" on the Windows Azure Cloud platform to service internal Microsoft groups and other Microsoft partners. Some of the other initiatives include combining Mimvi's mobile app search results with Bing search results. This is significant as Microsoft's Bing also powers Yahoo and Facebook. Mimvi will also be working closely with Microsoft's Windows 8 mobile engineers to develop several search, discovery, recommendation and social related mobile apps for Surface tablets. There is a large hidden opportunity here as Microsoft plans to enable its Windows 8 mobile apps to also run on the 400 million desktops and tablets that Microsoft controls around the world. A consumer audience like this is bigger than Apple and Google combined. With the support of several internal groups in Microsoft, the largest software company in the world, and having the inside track and access to Microsoft's vast resources and partners, the revenue, distribution and marketing opportunities are fast-tracked for Mimvi and are just about infinite. Mimvi is working on other large partnerships as well. These rocket launchers attached to Mimvi are certainly aimed toward an uplisting to NASDAQ, and similar to Millenial Media, a potential target for acquisition by multiple players, making Mimvi an early target for early investors.
Vringo (VRNG) - Vringo, Inc., now competing with Google over patents, develops and provides software products for mobile video entertainment, personalization, and mobile social applications. Its video ringtone solutions, and other mobile social and video applications comprise a suite of mobile and PC-based tools that enable users to create, download, and share video and other social content. The company offers various mobile video, personalization, and mobile social application platforms, such as Video Ringtones platform, which allows users to create, download, and share mobile entertainment content in the form of video ringtones for mobile phones; Facetones, a social ringtone platform that allows users to create social picture ringtone and ringback content in the form of animated slideshows sourced from friends social networks; Video ReMix platform, which allows users to download an application for iPhone, iPad, iPod, or Android phones, and create their own music video by tapping on various music beats and video files; and Fan Loyalty platform that allows users to obtain video and video ringtones, view information on reality television series and stars, and vote for contestants. Vringo is in a competitive area related to a patent battle with Google where billions hang in the balance. Even with a settlement win, Vringo stands to benefit significantly as it has laid claim to much of what is responsible for Google's success as a search engine and mobile search provider.
TagLikeMe (TAGG.OB) - TagLikeMe Corp. is a search aggregator, as opposed to being a search engine, and has commenced development of the mobile Windows Surface 8 Tablet App of its social search and sharing platform TagLikeMe.com. In addition, TagLikeMe.com is a new, shared social information network that allows individuals or groups to search, tag (or bookmark) and share all forms of digital content privately or publicly using cloud based technology. Its next-generation search and share technology has powerful features for collaborating search and sharing all online digital content from a single location. TagLikeMe versions are scheduled for release for all major mobile platforms in 2012. Microsoft announced the introduction of its new Surface Tablet mobile computing device in April 2012. The company expects to release the units to the public in tandem with the introduction of Windows 8 scheduled for October 26, 2012. According to Microsoft, the Surface Tablet will operate on the new Windows 8 operating system. Similar to Mimvi, it has also started development of the mobile Android app version of its social search, tag and sharing platform. Google's Android platform is designed primarily for smartphones and tablets, however the open and customizable nature of the operating system allows it to be used on other electronics, including laptops and netbooks, smartbooks, ebook readers, and smart TVs (Google TV). It is considered the fastest growing mobile platform in the world used by more than 300 million devices.
Zynga (ZNGA) - After Zynga's earning release, Wall Street recently liked what it heard on CEO Mark Pincus' plans to make money on mobile and online gambling; the stock soared more than 10 percent after hours. This after the company announced Tuesday that it's slashing 5 percent of its staff and shutting down some games. The company reported earnings and "bookings" right in line with expectations - zero cents in earnings per share on $256 million in bookings. Bolstering the stock, Zynga announced approval of a $200 million stock buyback plan. But even more important than the quarterly numbers, today Zynga announced its first move into real-money gaming. The social gaming company is partnering with bwin.party (PYGMF.PK), to offer real-money online poker and casino games in the U.K. Pincus wouldn't break down the financial arrangement of this new deal, but said that he views this as a crucial "first step to what is a large opportunity" in online gambling. Zynga has been working hard to decouple its reliance on Facebook (FB) for revenue and users. It is finally succeeding in doing this. Zynga is also working hard to move its social gaming efforts to the new mobile app world we live in as people are spending more and more time with mobile apps on smartphones and tablets. With this kind of focus and opportunity Zynga is transforming itself into a true mobile company following Yahoo's lead. Zynga remains attractive because of this new effort along with new revenue possibilities.
The opportunity to go where no stock has gone before lay before each of the companies mentioned above. Hitching a ride is just a matter of diversifying or following one or more of these new mobile leaders
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Boards are also increasingly bullish....Most recent from yahoo:
| Title | Popularity | Replies | Latest Post |
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| by brownaaron700 Oct 25, 2012 12:02 PM | 12 | 18 minutes ago | |
| by edwarddpeters Nov 6, 2012 11:12 AM | 0 | Nov 6, 2012 11:12 AM | |
| by edwarddpeters Nov 5, 2012 3:47 PM | 0 | Nov 5, 2012 3:47 PM | |
| by fapple46 Nov 5, 2012 8:42 AM | 1 | Nov 5, 2012 2:38 PM | |
| by edwarddpeters Nov 5, 2012 9:22 AM | 1 | Nov 5, 2012 11:00 AM | |
| by hogan516 Nov 5, 2012 9:55 AM | 0 | Nov 5, 2012 9:55 AM | |
| by hogan516 Nov 5, 2012 9:38 AM | 0 | Nov 5, 2012 9:38 AM |
Mimvi, Inc. (MIMV)
-OTC Markets
0.36 
0.02(5.26%) 11:37AM EST
0.02(5.26%) 11:37AM EST| Day's Range: | 0.34 - 0.38 |
|---|---|
| 52wk Range: | 0.04 - 0.72 |
| Volume: | 38,037 |
| Avg Vol (3m): | 527,997 |
| Market Cap: | 18.34M |
| Shares Outstanding5: | 50.95M |
| Float: | 36.29M |
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