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SAN FRANCISCO-Yet another mobile music label was launched Tuesday as digital record company INgrooves announced its effort to create music exclusively for wireless devices. INgrooves Mobile Music will produce custom …

Mobile content provider ThumbPlay announced a new strip-poker-style game where players face off against a series of virtual female models who change clothes during the game. Popular in Europe, the …

NEW YORK-Several popular music artists received an early Christmas present in the form of wireless content agreements as music continues its expansion into the wireless industry in the midst of …

Digital music service provider Napster announced plans Thursday to offer ringtones to mobile users in the United States and Canada. Napster Mobile, which will launch next year, will allow users …

Having spent much of the year tapping mobile markets around the globe, the bunny is coming to North America. Playboy Enterprises Inc. announced a deal Thursday to offer adult games, …

Mobile ringtone provider and game publisher Dwango North America reported record revenues but a nearly $2.8 million loss for the third quarter of 2004. The company earned $545,000 during the …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched Motorola Inc.’s V710 handset, which includes a 1.2-megapixel camera and flash, video recorder, MP3 player and Bluetooth wireless technology. The handset also supports Alltel’s Axcess …

SEATTLE-Dwango Wireless announced an exclusive Rolling Stone-branded mobile music and entertainment trivia game called Rolling Stone 20 Questions. The game tests users’ pop culture knowledge with hundreds of questions each …

SAN FRANCISCO-Billboard magazine and Consect, a mobile market analysis firm, announced the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart, an aggregated chart of U.S. polyphonic ringtone sales, which will premiere in the Nov. …

SEATTLE-Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary Boost Mobile will offer mobile entertainment from developer and publisher Dwango Wireless, the companies announced Friday. Dwango will provide downloadable Java-based titles featuring racing, blackjack, roulette …

SAN FRANCISCO-Billboard magazine and Consect, a mobile market analysis firm, announced the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart, an aggregated chart of U.S. polyphonic ring-tone sales, which will premiere in the Nov. …

BRISTOL, Conn.-ESPN has teamed with BASS, the world’s largest fishing organization, to offer a new mobile fishing game. Developed by Dwango North America, Bassmaster Legendary Lunkers features real-time weather conditions …

LA JOLLA, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher Dwango Wireless has tapped M7 Networks, a wireless platform hosting company, to deliver short message service “wake-up” functionality to Dwango games. M7’s SMS will alert …

LA JOLLA, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher Dwango Wireless has tapped M7 Networks, a wireless platform hosting company, to deliver short message service “wake-up” functionality to Dwango games. M7’s SMS will alert …

Mobile entertainment provider Dwango North America has raised $3 million in institutional funding from Weiss, Peck & Greer Investments. The announcement comes on the heels of an earlier round that …

SEATTLE-Mobile entertainment provider Dwango North America has raised $3 million in institutional funding from Weiss, Peck & Greer Investments, the company announced Tuesday. The announcement comes on the heels of …

As China continues to grow as the world’s biggest wireless market, virtually all segments of the industry have been attracted to the country’s prospects. Handset makers, infrastructure vendors and technology …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Activity continues in the wireless content and application market, with Verizon Wireless, Twentieth Century Fox and others making new announcements. Verizon Wireless announced new Get It Now applications from …

ATLANTA-Several wireless-related companies started the New Year with reports of new funding. c DoOnGo technologies Inc., provider of over-the-air mobile device software management, announced it closed $18 million in venture …

Several wireless software firms said this week they have garnered new funding. DoOnGo technologies Inc., provider of over-the-air mobile device software management, announced it has closed $18 million in venture …

I’ve owned multiple Nintendo game consoles. I beat the new “Enter the Matrix” game for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox in less than four days. I once played a Super Mario game …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Ztango announced that Verizon customers can now download polyphonic ring tones and monotonic ring tones using the operator’s TXT messaging. Verizon said Ztango’s offering is the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it scored another carrier deal for its BREW application download service, with Telefonica Moviles Peru planning to offer BREW services in the country by the end …

TOKYO-Since NTT DoCoMo launched its iMode wireless data service in February 1999, the number of mobile Internet users in Japan-more than 10 million as of the end of May-has taken …