Mobile News
Quantifying The NFC Mobile Retail Market
9th June 2011
Near field communications technology continues to be a topic of much interest this summer, and rightly so. The release of a recent report by Juniper Research indicates that the use of mobile phones for NFC services is expected to grow rapidly over the next three to five years. More »
Mobile Operators Heading For Big Losses
2nd June 2011
A recently released report from Juniper Research on mobile operators provides a mixture of good news as well as bad news. The good news is that projected revenue for operators is set to rise to over $ 1 trillion by the year 2016. More »
Social Networking Very Popular On Mobiles
24th May 2011
While mobile devices are being used more and more frequently to access the Internet, they are being used most commonly to access social networks and other services that allow users to remain in touch with friends and family. More »
Travel Queries Through Mobile On The Rise
19th May 2011
In addition to the growing popularity of the use of mobile handsets for entertainment and photography, they are also increasingly used to make enquiries regarding travel and tourism. More »
Mobile Email Access Increases 81%
18th May 2011
The growing popularity of smartphones and other devices such as the iPad have affected the way users access their email in a big way. More »
Mums Turn To Smartphones For Shopping
17th May 2011
It is a well known fact that women in general and moms in particular have to attend to a variety of tasks all at once. The advent of smartphones has made their lives a little bit easier. More »
300 Million Smartphones To Include NFC Technology
26th April 2011
Near Field Communications technology is set to be the next big thing to hit the mobile market and a recent report by Juniper Research has given some interesting information on the subject. More »
Developments In South Korea’s Mobile Market
18th April 2011
The South Korean Market for mobile and mobile search has been growing rapidly, and the players concerned are going all out to grab as large a share as they can. More »
Large Scale Trials Of Mobile Wallet Technology
8th April 2011
Talk about using mobile phones as a wallet have been abuzz online for the past month. While this technology has already been tried out on a small scale, it is now set to be rolled out on a much larger scale in the U.K.
Huge Jump In Barcode Usage
5th April 2011
Until recently, mobile barcodes were being used very sparingly. Recently, however, it has been reported by NeoMedia technologies, that the usage has jumped up by 1800% in the last year. More »
In-App Billing For Android Apps
31st March 2011
Mobile payments have become the hottest topic of the month. Orange first announced their offering in the UK. Google followed suit with the announcement of a partnership with Mastercard and now another announcement about the launch of In-app Billing for the Android market. More »
Google Turns Mobile Phones Into Wallets
29th March 2011
Google is in talks with Mastercard and Citigroup to enable users to make payments for their purchases through their Android phones. More »
Mobile Ticketing Becoming Mainstream
17th March 2011
A recent report from Juniper Research has found that mobile ticketing is growing fast. The market is set to triple in volume over the next four years. More »
Bing Launches Mobile & Desktop Deals
7th March 2011
Bing has recently launched a new feature that facilitates local commerce via their mobile and desktop search services. The new feature is shown as ‘Deals’ in the Bing menu. More »
Viruses Proliferate Mobile Web
4th March 2011
Apps found on the Android Marketplace have been recently infected by hackers. It has been estimated that between 50,000 and 200,000 people have downloaded these infected apps. More »
Mobile Entertainment Market To Cross $50 Billion
3rd March 2011
The increased availability of smart phones and app stores has led to the increased use of the mobile as a source of entertainment. The mobile entertainment market, which generated revenues of $33 billion last year, is expected to generate $54 billion by 2015 according to a report from Juniper Research. More »
Mobile Music Industry Hits The Right Notes
25th February 2011
A study conducted by Juniper Research has indicated that by 2015, the mobile music industry will be worth $55.5 billion. More »
Bing Hopes To Reinvent Mobile App Market
24th February 2011
Having made a minor dent in the search market, Microsoft now hopes to be able to gain a larger share in the mobile search market. In order to do this they have decided to change the way people use the mobile Internet by refining the number of apps that are used by consumers.
Mobile Love Happens
14th February 2011
Mobile phones and the Internet have become an inseparable part of our lives and the two are now being used to help celebrate Valentine’s day. More »
Nokia Selects Microsoft OS
11th February 2011
Nokia has just announced a new partnership with Microsoft. The world’s most popular mobile handset manufacturer will use the Microsoft Windows Phone OS as the main operating system for their smartphones. More »
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