Recent ‘mobile’ News Stories

Mobile Is The Best Route To Some Markets

Wednesday, 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…)

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Facebook Places – Location Networking Service Launched

Tuesday, 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…)

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Bing Mobile Enhances Local Search

Friday, 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…)

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Voice Search Is The Future

Thursday, 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…)

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Growth In Android Use Fuels Smartphone Market

Wednesday, 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…)

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Mobile Web Expanding In Africa

Friday, 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…)

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YouTube Mobile Improves Functionality

Thursday, 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…)

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5 Billion Mobile Phones

Monday, 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…)

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Yahoo! Focus On Mobile Content

Monday, 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…)

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Mobile Web Usage Peaks At Night

Tuesday, 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…)

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Google v Apple – The Battle Has Begun

Monday, 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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Android Favoured For Phones

Thursday, 3rd June 2010

Google’s Android Operating System has been given the thumbs up by many hardware manufacturers. In fact, it is widely believed that Android will be the most popular operating system for phones and tablet PCs in the near future. (more…)

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Yahoo!-Nokia Mobile Deal

Tuesday, 1st June 2010

Yahoo! and mobile handset manufacturer Nokia have recently announced that they have teamed up to deliver enhanced mobile Internet services. (more…)

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Mobile Local Search To Reach 1.5 Billion Users By 2014

Wednesday, 19th May 2010

Juniper Research predicts that mobile local search will be used by almost 1.5 billion people by 2014. (more…)

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Nexus One – Now Available On Vodafone UK

Friday, 30th April 2010

Google has just announced that their mobile phone, the Nexus One will now be available in the U.K. Contrary to expectations, it will be sold through Vodafone and not directly through Google. (more…)

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Google Launches Place Pages For Mobile

Thursday, 29th April 2010

After the successful launch of Place Pages in conjunction with Google Maps, last fall, Google has now gone a step further and introduced Place Pages optimised for mobile handsets. (more…)

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Snoop Dogg Launches Album On Mobile

Friday, 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…)

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State Of The Mobile Web

Tuesday, 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…)

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Android Popularity Surges In U.S.

Monday, 29th March 2010

The recently released Mobile Metrics Report from AdMob shows that while the iPhone continues to be the global market leader in its category, things are changing in the U.S.A. (more…)

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