Mobile News
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 »
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 Is The Best Route To Some Markets
25th August 2010
A recent report on the Nielsen Blog indicates that the growth of the information and communications sectors is showing a changing trend across the world. This is especially true in countries with a growing middle-class population such as India, China, Russia, Bangladesh, Turkey and Egypt. More »
Facebook Places – Location Networking Service Launched
24th August 2010
Facebook has launched it’s much anticipated location-based netwrking service last week. The service, called Facebook Places, has been rolled out to users in the U.S.A. only for now. The service will be made available in other countries soon. More »
Bing Mobile Enhances Local Search
20th August 2010
Mobile search and local search are both gaining in importance. The convergence of the two is expected by many to be the ultimate use of mobile search. Bing mobile is working hard to ensure that they don’t miss out when that happens. More »
Voice Search Is The Future
19th August 2010
While Google’s Android Operating System is giving the Apple iPhone a run for its money, Google has already started concentrating on voice search, which is likely to be the next “big thing”. More »
Growth In Android Use Fuels Smartphone Market
18th August 2010
Recently released reports from IDC indicate that the smart phone market has grown about 50% worldwide during the second quarter of 2010, compared to the second quarter of 2009. The highest growth has been seen by Google Android partners. 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 »
Android Money Comes From Google Mobile Ads
27th July 2010
The Android operating system may not be vital to the Google search engine, but Google makes a killing from the ads sold through the Android operating system. 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 »
Yahoo! Focus On Mobile Content
5th July 2010
While Google and Microsoft have been trying hard to dominate the mobile market by launching their own handsets, their competitor Yahoo! has refrained from treading down that path. 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 »
Google v Apple – The Battle Has Begun
14th June 2010
Competition between Google and Apple is no longer subtle. The two tech giants have locked horns and are now battling for supremacy in a number of markets. More »
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