Mobile News
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 »
Glasgow Subway Gets Wi-Fi, Could Bump Mobile Internet Use
29th October 2010
Wi-fi services have just been made available, starting this week, on the Glasgow subway. This is the first sector of the British underground railway network to be equipped with mobile Internet connectivity. More »
Video Ads On Android
27th October 2010
Admob, Google’s mobile advertising unit, has just announced the availability of interactive video ads on Google’s Android mobile operating system. More »
Mobile Search – An Opportunity For SMEs
20th October 2010
Reports released by Econsultancy for the second and third quarter of 2010 show that Google has clearly overtaken Bing as far as mobile search is concerned. SMEs were found to be most likely to benefit from developments in mobile search. More »
Android Most Popular On New Mobiles
12th October 2010
Data released by the Nielsen Company for the month of August indicates that Android has grown to be the most popular operating system among U.S. consumer who bought smartphones in the last six months. More »
Google To Work With PayPal
11th October 2010
For some time now, there have been rumours about a possible partnership between Google and PayPal to enable payment of Android Apps. More »
$8 Billion Spend Predicted For In-App Mobile Advertising
22nd September 2010
The number of mobile apps available is increasing rapidly, and so is the amount of money being spent on the delivery of in-app mobile ads. More »
Microsoft Struggles To Gain In Mobile Search
16th September 2010
Although Microsoft is doing quite well for itself in the desktop search market, they are still struggling to improve their position in the mobile search market. More »
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