Mobile News
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 »
SMS Top US Mobile Activity In 2010
10th February 2011
Several advances took place with regards to mobile phones in the U.S. in 2010. However, sending text messages remained the top mobile activity for the year that was pegged to be yet another “year of mobile”. More »
Digital Commerce In The USA In 2010
9th February 2011
A report from comScore indicates that the e-commerce industry recovered well in 2010. The total spend on e-commerce in the U.S.A. was $227.6billion during the course of last year. More »
French Mobile Group Developing Online Payment Service
7th February 2011
Continued popularity and success of online payment services such as PayPal and Google Checkout has encouraged mobile operators in France to start similar mobile payment services of their own. More »
Orange Debuts Mobile Payments In U.K.
28th January 2011
Users of ‘Everything Everywhere’, the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to make payments for various purchases directly with their mobile phones in the U.K. More »
Facebook Phone Rumours About To Come True?
12th January 2011
Rumours of a Facebook branded mobile phone have resurfaced this week following the recent news that a new handset called the INQ Cloud Touch has been certified by Bluetooth. More »
1 Billion Mobile Broadband Connections In 2011
11th January 2011
After having just hit the ½ billion mark in 2010, the number of mobile broadband subscribers is all set to touch the 1 billion mark in 2011. More »
Mobile Gaming Worth $6 Billion
7th January 2011
Juniper Research has released the 6th edition of their report on the future of mobile games. The report predicts that the revenue earned from in-game purchases is set to rise substantially in the coming years, and it will overtake the revenue generated through the pay-per-download system of purchase on mobiles by 2013. More »
Google Guns For Mobile In 2011
5th January 2011
Since mobile search has been growing at such a phenomenal rate, it is only a matter of time before mobile paid search follows suit. 2011 is predicted to be the year, for this to happen, and for once, it actually may be true. More »
Nexus S – Google’s Second Mobile Coming
7th December 2010
Google has just confirmed that they will shortly be launching the second Google phone called the Google Nexus S. This phone will run on Android 2.3 technology, also known as Gingerbread. More »
Mobile OS Usage Across The World
1st December 2010
Nokia’s Symbian OS and Apple’s iOS were recently found to be the mobile operating systems most commonly used to access the mobile Internet worldwide. Other operating systems, such as RIM by BlackBerry and Android, are also very popular in certain regions. More »
Lady Gaga Gives Up Facebook
29th November 2010
Until recently, well known celebrities and stars like Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake were in a race with each other to see whose fan following could out-number the rest on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Now they’re heading in the opposite direction. More »
Mobile YouTube Video Viewing Grows
18th November 2010
A recent study conducted by m.youtube.com shows that the use of the mobile handsets to access YouTube is growing at a very rapid rate. The most surprising discovery of the study, though, is the number of users who access YouTube exclusively via mobile. More »
Nexus One Failed. Yet Why Are There Rumours Of Nexus Two?
3rd November 2010
Samsung Mobile has announce the launch of a new Android device on the 8th of November in New York. This announcement has fuelled rumours that the new device will be Google’s Nexus Two. More »
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