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Broadband To Be Available On Flights
American Airlines has made an arrangement with Aircell, to start providing broadband services during flights. More »
Posted on July 8th, 2008 in Technology.
Microsoft To Acquire Mobicomp
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. More »
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 in Mobile.
Mobile Ad Market In Japan Flying High
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. More »
Posted on June 19th, 2008 in PPC, Mobile.
Directions For Public Transportation Through Mobiles
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. More »
Posted on June 12th, 2008 in Mobile.
Understanding Human Habits Through Mobile Phones
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. More »
Posted on June 5th, 2008 in Mobile.
Plans to Restrict Mobile Usage By Children in Japan
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. More »
Posted on June 3rd, 2008 in Mobile, News.
Buses To Use Mobile Technology To Become Road Sensors
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. More »
Posted on May 30th, 2008 in Technology.
Microsoft Enhances Mobile Advertising Offering
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. More »
Posted on May 29th, 2008 in Mobile, SEM.
Sugar Mama Now On Facebook
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. More »
Posted on May 21st, 2008 in Mobile, Social Media, Marketing.
AT&T Provides And Then Discontinues Free WiFi
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. More »
Posted on May 13th, 2008 in Mobile, Business.
Open Mobile Broadband Expected In The USA In 2010
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. More »
Posted on May 9th, 2008 in Mobile, Technology, Internet.
Live Mobile With Product Search And Dynamic Geo-Location
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. More »
Posted on April 30th, 2008 in Mobile.
Yahoo! Plans To Push Open Strategy Across The Board
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. More »
Posted on April 29th, 2008 in AccuraCast.
Breaking Barriers To Mobile Advertising
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. More »
Posted on April 16th, 2008 in Mobile.
3 UK Launches Ad Funded Mobile Music Video Service
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. More »
Posted on April 9th, 2008 in Mobile.
Microsoft And AOL Step Up Their Mobile Services
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. More »
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 in Mobile.
Mobile Search Ad Revenue Predicted To Soar Much Higher
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. More »
Posted on March 20th, 2008 in Mobile.
Mobile Advertising Spreads Its Wings In The USA
A bi-annual report from Nielsen Mobile found that 58 million, that is about 23%, of all U.S. mobile phones users have viewed mobile advertising in the last 1 month. Of these, 28 million subscribers say they responded to the ad in one way or another. More »
Posted on March 12th, 2008 in Mobile.
Yahoo! Announces Mobile Bookmarking Service onePlace
Smart mobile applications seem to be rolling out every fortnight from Yahoo! This week they announced the launch of Yahoo! onePlace, a mobile smart bookmarking service that will allow users to conveniently organize all sorts of content in one place and keep it automatically updated. More »
Posted on March 7th, 2008 in Mobile.
Free Mobile Sites And Mobile Video Feeds From Mippin
Publishers will soon be able to convert their content to mobile quickly, easily and for free, thanks to Mippin, the latest service from UK-based mobile developers Refresh Mobile. More »
Posted on February 28th, 2008 in Mobile, RSS, Blogs.
