The results of a study conducted recently by the Nielsen group, show that women use mobiles for social networking much more than men do. (more…)
Recent ‘mobile’ News Stories
Turkcell Cashes In On Mobile Ads
Monday, 1st March 2010Turkey’s largest mobile operator, Turkcell, which has 36 million subscribers, has monetised services very well through mobile advertising and marketing. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile-advertising, mobile-search-marketing, turkcell
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Fastest U.K. Mobile Internet Providers
Friday, 26th February 2010Mobile network management company, SIRODA, conducted a study across various cities in the U.K. to find out which mobile network was the fastest. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile-internet, mobile-web
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Consumers Want To Buy Tickets Through Mobiles
Wednesday, 24th February 2010Mobile transaction network, mBlox, recently carried out a study that revealed that a large number of mobile users feel that being able to buy tickets for various services through their mobile phones is a good idea. (more…)
Tags: arriva, mobile, mobile commerce, mobile-web
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Mobile Internet Services Nearing Collapse
Tuesday, 9th February 2010Mobile Internet usage has grown by leaps and bounds, as predicted by several analysts. What they probably did not foresee, was the ramifications of this growth. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile-internet, mobile-web, wifi
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Click To Call On Mobile Local Ads
Tuesday, 2nd February 2010Google mobile advertising has for a long time included the option for advertisers to run pay per call campaigns where users can click to call a number. Google AdWords has now added the ability for advertisers to run pay per call campaigns via local search ads on mobile. (more…)
Tags: google, google-adwords, mobile, pay per call, ppc
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Will Apple Put Bing On iPhone?
Friday, 29th January 2010With the recent release of Google’s smartphone, the Nexus One, their relationship with Apple seems to be changing. The competition that the Nexus One provides to the iPhone is causing some friction between the two companies.As a result, Apple might sever ties with Google and find a new provider for search on the iPhone. (more…)
Tags: apple, bing, iphone, mobile, mobile-search
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Is Microsoft Following Google’s Footsteps In Mobile?
Monday, 25th January 2010All along, Microsoft has always maintained that as far as mobile phones are concerned, they are more interested in providing software solutions rather than hardware. Now, however, if reports from All Things Digital are to be believed, Microsoft is in the process of making their own phone, and is expected to launch it within this quarter. (more…)
Tags: google, microsoft, mobile, mobile-phone, nexus one
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Mobile Internet Access To Overtake PCs In 2013
Tuesday, 19th January 2010Analysts have long predicted that mobile Internet access will overtake the PC. Gartner has now predicted when this will happen. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile-search, mobile-web
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Major Growth Reported In Mobile Commerce
Monday, 18th January 2010Not only has mobile Internet usage continued to grow steadily through the recession, but mobile shopping has also seen major gains in recent times. eBay, in particular, saw a big jump in mobile shopping during the holiday season. (more…)
Tags: ebay, mobile, mobile commerce, mobile-internet, mobile-web, motorola
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Google Announces Nexus One
Tuesday, 5th January 2010Google has confirmed the launch of the Nexus One mobile phone at a press event held at their Mountain View headquarters on 5 January 2010. The phone will be available to buy and use immediately, direct from their website. (more…)
Tags: google, google mobile, mobile, mobile-advertising, mobile-ppc, mobile-search, mobile-search-marketing, mobile-web, nexus one
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Top Voice-Powered Mobile Searches Of 2009
Wednesday, 30th December 2009Social media brands are the most popular terms searched using voice on mobile. Mobile phone “voice user interface” inventor, Vlingo, has just released a list of the 10 most popular voice-powered mobile web searches of 2009. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile-search, mobile-search-marketing, mobile-web, voice
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Mobile Web Growing Fastest In Developing Countries
Wednesday, 23rd December 2009Everybody has been predicting that the mobile Web is set to grow bigger than it already is, and 2009 had even been called the year of the mobile Web (like almost every other year in this decade!). But it’s not just a bunch of PR hype. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile-internet, mobile-web
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X-Factor Shows Meteoric Mobile Traffic Rise
Thursday, 17th December 2009Reality shows on T.V. really have their audiences engaged, and this spills over into increased mobile web traffic. One of the most popular shows in the UK, X-Factor proves this. (more…)
Tags: mobile, mobile-internet, mobile-tv, mobile-web, tv, x-factor
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Confirmed: Google Making Own Phone
Friday, 11th December 2009It has finally been confirmed that the rumors floating around about Google making their own phone are true. (more…)
Tags: android, google, google mobile, mobile, mobile-search
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India To Block 25 Million Mobile Handsets
Wednesday, 2nd December 2009With the rise in terrorist activities and threats across the country, the government of India has passed a directive to block all mobile handsets that do not have a valid identity number. (more…)
Tags: india, mobile, terrorism
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Tesco To Sell iPhones
Thursday, 26th November 2009After the end of O2’s exclusive deal to sell the Apple iPhone, several players have entered the market, and supermarket brand Tesco is one of the operators hoping to cash in on the device’s popularity. (more…)
Tags: iphone, mobile, tesco
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