06.7.07

Bertelsmann Invests in Mobile Social Networking

Mobile Social Networking as a concept is continuing to grow in Europe, and the announcement by Blue Lion that they have secured what is being reported as several million Euro in first round investment…

06.5.07

Carnival of the Mobilists #76

The Carnival of the Mobilists #76 is up at Twofones. My personal favorites are posts about Symbian Guru's discussion on GooglePhones and SmallDoses' Why Carriers need to listen to Application …

06.4.07

Safety key to Mobile Subscriber Growth

According to the latest report of JupiterResearch, the growth of teen and tween segments will easily dramatically the total US population. Consequently, the next big battle to increase mobile subscrip…

05.19.07

The Power of Blog: Apple Lost $4 billion market cap

The business world will never ever underestimate the power of blogs again. The recent "mistake" of Engadget about delayed launch of iPhone knocked $4 billion off Apple's market capitaliz…

05.16.07

Carnival of the Mobilists 73

This time it's hosted by Xellular Identity. My personal pick is Tim Trent's Dovetailing SMS Marketing and Traditional campaigns in Marketing by Permission.I'm continuing on my "wonder…

05.15.07

19% of Web Use is Mobile

I'll have to agree with Russell on this: Mobile Web is 19% of PC Web.In fact, 5.7 million people in the UK use the mobile web, as opposed to 30 million who access the web by PC. This means that th…

05.9.07

The London Metro Goes Mobile & Social

Australia-based web services company Tigerspike has done a deal with the UK-based publisher DMGT to provide a mobile social service around their free newspaper The Metro. The site will allow Metro rea…

05.8.07

Talking Mobile Phones for Visually Impaired Canadians

Cashing in on the aging population in Canada, rogers wireless has launched a "talking cellphone" in the form of Nokia 6682RVI, powered by screen reading software called Nuance TALKS. This is…

05.8.07

UK: 4 out of 10 Mobile Users Find Roaming Too High

Despite the ongoing discussions to reduce mobile roaming charges by 70%, a new study reveals that 37% of mobile users feel cheated by high roaming charges nonetheless. Worst, almost half of mobile use…

05.7.07

Carnival 72 Also Up

I blame the long weekend here in the UK for missing this: Carnival of the Mobilists 72 is up at 3Lib.Welcome to Carnival of the Mobilists number 72, bounced on from last week at the slightly oddly nam…