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Skyfire Acquires kolbysoft To Create Browser For Android Handsets

Feb 11, 2010 12:00 PM

Mobile browser-maker Skyfire has acquired kolbysoft for its expertise in creating browsers for the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android operating system. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kolbysoft currently has a browser available on Android called Steel. Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire, told mocoNews that they’ll continue to rely on…

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Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Browsers, Companies, Google, Android, kolbysoft, skyfire

Skyfire Mobile Browser Now Open To All; New Version For Windows Mobile

Matt Kapko

Sep 24, 2008 1:11 PM

Skyfire has opened the beta version of its mobile browser to any Windows Mobile and Symbian user and released Version 0.8, which fixes bugs and makes some other improvements. Like previous versions, Skyfire supports Ajax, Flash, Quicktime and Windows Media, making it the most PC-like browser on the market. The…

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Posted In: Technologies / Formats, Browsers, Companies, Microsoft, Nokia, skyfire

Skyfire Beta 2 Browser Delivers Rich PC-Like Mobile Web

Matt Kapko

Jul 28, 2008 5:33 PM

Skyfire threw another hat in the mobile browser ring recently with the launch of its second private beta program. So far the new beta has been pretty limited in reach, but a stroke of luck came my way last Thursday during a break at MobileBeat 2008. That’s when I managed…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Search, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, Technologies / Formats, Browsers, skyfire

Skyfire Raises $13 Million To Roll-Out Mobile Browser

Tricia Duryee

May 28, 2008 7:01 AM

Despite the fact that Mountain View, Calif.-based Skyfire has built a mobile browser only for the Windows Mobile platform and is limited to a private beta, it has attracted $13 million to expand it to new phones and more geographies. Skyfire said the second round of funding was led by…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, lightspeed venture partners, matrix, skyfire, trinity

Skyfire Launches Browser With Full Web Support, Including Desktop Flash

James Quintana Pearce

Jan 28, 2008 7:59 PM

Skyfire has launched a beta version of its new mobile browser which purports to put the complete web on mobile phones—including desktop Flash, AJAX, QuickTime, streaming video and music and so on. The beta is available free (although at some point a business model will kick in) and works on…

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