Mobile Web News
Mobile Gambling Wagers To Surpass $48 Billion By 2015
7th September 2010
A recent study conducted by Juniper Research has found that mobile gambling is growing fast and should cross the $48 billion mark by the year 2015. More »
Mobile Web Expanding In Africa
13th August 2010
A recently released report by Opera focuses on the use of the mobile Web in Africa. The report shows that the use of the mobile Web is not just growing fast. More »
YouTube Mobile Improves Functionality
15th July 2010
The mobile Internet has been growing at an exponential rate and YouTube mobile is no exception. The YouTube mobile site, which was launched on mobile devices as recently as 2007, has grown quickly and in 2009 it grew almost 160% over the previous year. More »
5 Billion Mobile Phones
12th July 2010
There are now over 5 billion mobile phones in use worldwide. According to Ericsson, this landmark was reached on last Thursday the 8th of July. More »
Mobile Web Usage Peaks At Night
29th June 2010
Opera has recently released a report on trends in mobile Web usage for the month of May 2010. The key metric chosen for the study this time was the peak time during which people access the mobile Web. More »
U.S. Mobile Searches Grow 90%
7th June 2010
MobiLens, a service of comScore, has just released a report on the growth of mobile applications and browser content. According to their findings, social networking has seen the largest amount of growth in both mobile as well as browser access. More »
Yahoo!-Nokia Mobile Deal
1st June 2010
Yahoo! and mobile handset manufacturer Nokia have recently announced that they have teamed up to deliver enhanced mobile Internet services. More »
Snoop Dogg Launches Album On Mobile
23rd April 2010
Rapper Snoop Dogg has tied up with the entertainment company Myxer to promote and release his latest album, titled ‘More Malice’, on mobile. More »
State Of The Mobile Web
30th March 2010
Opera, the makers of the mobile Web browser, Opera Mini, have released their monthly ‘State of the mobile Web‘ report, which shows that the mobile Internet continues to grow and operators all over the world continue to make a lot of money. More »
Revenue From Mobile Web 2.0 To Reach $18.9 Billion By 2014
19th March 2010
Juniper Research has predicted that demand for Web 2.0 services on mobile phones and the associated annual revenues from those services will reach $18.9 billion by 2014. More »
Fastest U.K. Mobile Internet Providers
26th February 2010
Mobile network management company, SIRODA, conducted a study across various cities in the U.K. to find out which mobile network was the fastest. More »
Consumers Want To Buy Tickets Through Mobiles
24th February 2010
Mobile transaction network, mBlox, recently carried out a study that revealed that a large number of mobile users feel that being able to buy tickets for various services through their mobile phones is a good idea. More »
Facebook Dominates UK Mobile Web
12th February 2010
A recent survey by the GSMA shows that Facebook now dominates the mobile internet traffic in the U.K. More »
Mobile Internet Services Nearing Collapse
9th February 2010
Mobile Internet usage has grown by leaps and bounds, as predicted by several analysts. What they probably did not foresee, was the ramifications of this growth. More »
Mobile Internet Access To Overtake PCs In 2013
19th January 2010
Analysts have long predicted that mobile Internet access will overtake the PC. Gartner has now predicted when this will happen. More »
Major Growth Reported In Mobile Commerce
18th January 2010
Not only has mobile Internet usage continued to grow steadily through the recession, but mobile shopping has also seen major gains in recent times. eBay, in particular, saw a big jump in mobile shopping during the holiday season. More »
Google Announces Nexus One
5th January 2010
Google has confirmed the launch of the Nexus One mobile phone at a press event held at their Mountain View headquarters on 5 January 2010. The phone will be available to buy and use immediately, direct from their website. More »
Top Voice-Powered Mobile Searches Of 2009
30th December 2009
Social media brands are the most popular terms searched using voice on mobile. Mobile phone “voice user interface” inventor, Vlingo, has just released a list of the 10 most popular voice-powered mobile web searches of 2009. More »
Mobile Web Growing Fastest In Developing Countries
23rd December 2009
Everybody has been predicting that the mobile Web is set to grow bigger than it already is, and 2009 had even been called the year of the mobile Web (like almost every other year in this decade!). But it’s not just a bunch of PR hype. More »
X-Factor Shows Meteoric Mobile Traffic Rise
17th December 2009
Reality shows on T.V. really have their audiences engaged, and this spills over into increased mobile web traffic. One of the most popular shows in the UK, X-Factor proves this. More »
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