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The Kelsey Group is predicting that local mobile advertising is going to take off - in a big way. Ad revenue reached $160 million in 2008, but Kelsey estimates it will skyrocket to more than $3.1 billion in 2013, just four years from...
Mobile analytics provdier Bango reports that the US has overtaken the UK as the top mobile browsing and buying country in the world. It's not hard to imagine that the growing number of mobile subscribers, mobile Web capable devices...
No surprise really, but the latest data from AdMob (the leading mobile advertising marketplace) shows that Apple is crushing the competition in the mobile Web space in the U.S. What is a surprise, however, is that the iPod touch is...
According to Comscore , mobile search is taking off in a big way with consumers. Compared to 2007, mobile search has increased 68% in the US. No doubt, the influx of smart phones and 3G network penetration has helped. And there are...
The mobile online advertising revolution has begun. Google announced they are displaying AdWords text and image ads on results pages through their mobile portal. The ads will appear on iPhones, G1s and other mobile devices with full...
MySpace recently made news with the release of their improved music portal. Now the social network is adding another media arrow in their quiver with the release of MySpace video for mobile in conjunction with RipCode , an online video...
With iPhones flying off shelves around the globe, can you afford to not have your site optimized? Check out Intersquash.com. Enter your website's RSS feed, name it and click a button. That's it. You can also add a 57x57 thumbnail...
Notifu is a free service that lets you send messages to either an individual or a group, via text message, IM, email or voicemail (or all) and then track when/if the message was read and gather responses. You can compose a message...
Consumer confidence is down, the economy is up and down and there are reports all over the Web anticipating a slow online buying season. But one industry is up - and shows no signs of slowing down. According to various estimates Apple's...
T-Mobile released the G1 mobile phone to the public this week, the first true competitor to the iPhone. And what makes the G1 a legitimate threat is Google's Android operating system, complete with apps, just like the iPhone. But...
Did you ever get the feeling while shopping that you might not be getting the best deal? Pongr is an application that can make sure you do. There are a few ways to use the service. The first, and easiest is to take a photo of the product...
It's nice to see mobile developers come up with applications that tap into the heart of the mobile environment. Next2Friends , launched in 2007, allows users to live stream video broadcasts from your mobile device, viewable to...
It's a trend that quickly swept across Japan - reading and writing novels or stories through the mobile phone, via text message. In Japan, 5 of the top 10 best sellers from 2007 were cell phone novels, according to the website...
Google has upgraded its BlackBerry app to include a much cleaner interface, search suggestion and a host of other features including Gmail integration, Maps, Calendar syncing, Docs, Feed Reader, Picasa and News. However, many of these...
Umbrella Today is about as simple as a website and service can get. You enter your ZIP code and the site tells you if you should bring an umbrella with you today. But their SMS offering is where the site excels. Enter your phone number...
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