Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look...
Advertisers are already tightening their belts as the economy downshifts into a possible recession. And the mobile ad space -- which is struggling to move beyond the embryonic state -- is sure to feel the pinch.Google Inc. first reported "anecdotal" advertiser cutbacks last September...
Five top package-goods manufacturers are using mobile phones in an effort to revive the art of coupon redemption.Procter & Gamble, Clorox, Del Monte, General Mills and Kimberly-Clark are teaming with retail giant Kroger for what will almost certainly be the biggest test of wireless...
MobiTV Inc. claimed it is not trying to shut down a popular Web site that carried instructions on how to access its video service free.Howardforums.com, a forum for cellphone enthusiasts that claims nearly 800,000 users, drew attention after a user posted instructions that grant...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's...
NextWave Wireless Inc. plans to introduce today broadcast technology that will give WiMAX operators the ability to deliver multimedia services like mobile TV and digital audio over their networks. NextWave's new MXtv technology is compatible with the 802.16e standard, the company said.The company said...
Glu Mobile Inc. moved one step closer to acquiring its U.K.-based rival Superscape Group plc.Glu said it obtained commitments for roughly 81% of the issued shares of Superscape, which claims 135 employees in San Clemente, Calif. and the British town of Fleet. The proposed...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Handango: Several companies invested $9.5 million into smartphone content provider Handango. Participating in the Series C funding round were...
SK Telecom and Citi hope to push the mobile-banking envelope with a new, San Francisco-based joint venture. The companies unveiled Mobile Money Ventures, a joint venture that aims to develop a platform that "encompasses all key mobile banking value propositions" as it bridges the...
In the world of off-deck mobile video, Sling Media Inc. has pushed the envelope quite successfully. Indeed, the fact the television is no longer anchored to the living room is partly due to the company's innovation.
By place-shifting the content of users' set-top boxes...
AOL L.L.C. is the latest Internet and mobile player to woo third-party developers, announcing the launch of Open AIM 2.0.The program is designed to give developers "unprecedented access" to AOL's popular AIM messaging network in an effort to spur the creation of third-party chat...
More mobile users are seeing -- and responding to -- ads on their mobile phones, according to new figures from Nielsen Mobile.The division of The Nielsen Company found that 23% of U.S. mobile users reported seeing an ad on their phone in the past...
Google Inc. is hoping to help answer the question: WAP or app?The Internet behemoth this week brought its Google Gears to mobile, making the application programming interface (API) available for Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5 and 6. The idea is to help developers...
Mobile video technology Transpera is targeting Apple Inc.'s iPhone with a platform for distributing Web videos and targeted ads.The Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup launched a package designed to insert five- to 10-second pre-roll ads during video playback on iPhones. The move comes as rumors...
Nokia Corp. announced plans to embed Microsoft Corp.'s Silverlight technology on its handsets.Similar to Flash, a rival technology from Adobe Systems Inc., Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for rich interactive Web-based applications. Nokia said it will make Silverlight available on Series 40 devices...
Yahoo Inc. bulked up its mobile portfolio, unveiling a tool designed to allow users to manage content across the wireless Web.OnePlace uses bookmarks to link to news feeds, Web sites, videos, e-mails and other Web-based offerings. The tool automatically updates content such as sports...
The Federal Communications Commission announced it moved the 700 MHz spectrum auction into "stage three" in an effort to speed the proceedings along. Now, bidders must be active on at 98% of their current bidding eligibility in each round.The FCC moved the auction into...
Motricity Inc. finally made it official, announcing that it will slash 250 jobs over the next nine months and move its headquarters from Durham, N.C. to the Seattle area.The moves, which were first reported last week, are an effort by Motricity to streamline its...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--NBC has canceled...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said a $2.6 million settlement was reached with AT&T Mobility in connection with consumers billed for wireless content advertised as free.The state's CyberFraud Task Force also announced it will investigate other major cellular carriers to ensure subscribers are safeguarded...
The field of mobile content aggregators has seen more casualties than a "Terminator" movie. For the few remaining players, though, there's still plenty of money to be made in going directly to consumers with goodies like games, wallpapers and - believe it or not...
