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Mobile Websites Can Include Geolocation Via Google API
September 3rd, 2008
Google launched a new tool, last week, known as the Gears Geolocation API. This tool will enable mobile and desktop users to detailed information about the area they are in, even if they do not know where they are and their mobiles are not GPS enabled. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC’s Mobile TV Trial Not A Success
July 30th, 2008
The BBC’s trial run broadcasting TV channels on mobile phones, has not been very successful according to some reports. The number of viewers tuning in to watch TV programs on their mobile handsets is not very encouraging. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Web Grows In Popularity
July 17th, 2008
A report released by analysts, Nielsen Mobile, has revealed that the use of the mobile phone to access the Internet has taken a large leap in the last two years. Read the rest of this entry »
Broadband To Be Available On Flights
July 8th, 2008
American Airlines has made an arrangement with Aircell, to start providing broadband services during flights. Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft To Acquire Mobicomp
July 3rd, 2008
Only last month Microsoft had announced that they were going to stop acquiring new companies. Now, however, they have decided to make an exception, and will acquire the Portugal-based company Mobicomp. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Ad Market In Japan Flying High
June 19th, 2008
The Japanese mobile advertising market is growing extremely quickly. Mobile advertising in Japan is set to cross the billion dollar mark by the end of this year itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Directions For Public Transportation Through Mobiles
June 12th, 2008
In the past users have surely benefited, from the inclusion of directions for public transportation on Google Maps, as it makes it easier for them to travel from place to place, by buses and trains, without the risk of getting lost by getting onto the wrong bus or train. People can also save on the expensive fuel required to use their own cars, and indirectly also reduce traffic jams. Read the rest of this entry »
Understanding Human Habits Through Mobile Phones
June 5th, 2008
A study report recently published in the periodical ‘Nature‘ proves that humans are creatures of habit. While this is certainly not news, what is surprising is the fact that mobile phones were used to prove this point. Read the rest of this entry »
Plans to Restrict Mobile Usage By Children in Japan
June 3rd, 2008
An advisory council on education in Japan has suggested to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda that children should be curtailed from using mobile phones, as much as possible. Read the rest of this entry »
Buses To Use Mobile Technology To Become Road Sensors
May 30th, 2008
Buses plying the roads in Berlin will soon be fitted with devices that will enable the buses to act as environmental sensors, cameras and GPS. This could herald a brand new feature for mobile local services. Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft Enhances Mobile Advertising Offering
May 29th, 2008
Microsoft is enhancing its mobile advertising platform at long last. An announcement to this effect was made last week, at the online advertising leadership forum, advance08. Read the rest of this entry »
Sugar Mama Now On Facebook
May 21st, 2008
Virgin Mobile U.S.A. has just extended their Sugar Mama program to the social sphere. The Fund My Phone application has been launched on Facebook, and allows Virgin Mobile USA subscribers to earn points through their friends. Read the rest of this entry »
AT&T Provides And Then Discontinues Free WiFi
May 13th, 2008
Last week, a few iPhone users in the U.S.A reported that they were able to access Wi-Fi through their iPhones via AT&T networks for free, at some of AT&T’s hotspots. A short while later the service was turned off abruptly. Read the rest of this entry »
Open Mobile Broadband Expected In The USA In 2010
May 9th, 2008
Some well known and forward-looking Internet companies have decided to jointly invest $3.2 billion to buy Clearwire and form a new wireless data network in the U.S. The companies involved in this project are Google, Comcast, Intel Capital, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Equity Partners. Read the rest of this entry »
Live Mobile With Product Search And Dynamic Geo-Location
April 30th, 2008
Microsoft’s browser based mobile search, m.live.com just got better. Users can now enjoy all the benefits of product search in the palm of their hand, through their mobile phones. Users in the U.K. and Japan will also benefit from improved mobile local search services. Read the rest of this entry »
Yahoo! Plans To Push Open Strategy Across The Board
April 29th, 2008
Yahoo!’s Chief technology Officer, Ari Balogh and Chief Architect of Platforms, Neal Sample, have announced at the Web 2.0 Expo held in San Francisco on 25th April, that Yahoo! will shortly launch a program called Yahoo! Open Strategy (Y!OS) and will open up SearchMonkey in private beta. Read the rest of this entry »
Breaking Barriers To Mobile Advertising
April 16th, 2008
While it has been widely predicted that mobile advertising is set to become big business, there is still a long way to go. Advertisers would be smart to start learning some lessons from other forms of digital media, and start testing their service offerings on consumers who already use advanced mobile handsets. Read the rest of this entry »
3 UK Launches Ad Funded Mobile Music Video Service
April 9th, 2008
UK mobile provider 3 made a deal with Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Rhythm New Media to launch a free music video service to customers of 3 in the UK. The service is offered to customers with no data charges and is funded solely through advertising. Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft And AOL Step Up Their Mobile Services
April 3rd, 2008
A few days ago, Jupiter research had predicted that mobile search ad revenues would touch $5 billion over the next 5 years. Microsoft and AOL are both taking this statement very seriously. They are working very hard to improve their mobile offerings in an effort to make up for the loss of market share in desktop search. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Search Ad Revenue Predicted To Soar Much Higher
March 20th, 2008
New predictions for the mobile search advertising market claim revenues are set to soar over the next 5 years. Whilst only last month the value of this market was estimated to be $83 million, the latest forecasts this month predict that mobile search ad revenues could reach $4.8 billion by 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
