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Google, Verizon Team Up for Android Phones

Google, Verizon Team Up for Android Phones

Google and Verizon Wireless announced today that two mobile phones running Google’s Android mobile operating system will launch on Verizon’s network by the end of the year, and said that other Android-based devices beyond phones, would follow in the near future..
Verizon Wireless and Google plan to co-develop several Android-based devices that will be pre-loaded with [...]

Skype Debuts ‘Click-to-Call’ Business Service

Skype Debuts ‘Click-to-Call’ Business Service

Skype today announced a new business funded click-to-call product and a strategic partnership with European Directories that will turn online search for businesses into calls for businesses.
Skype’s business funded click-to-call delivers great value and convenience by making it easier and free for consumers who are using Skype to call local businesses they search for anywhere [...]

Microsoft Rolls Out New Windows Phones Worldwide

Microsoft Rolls Out New Windows Phones Worldwide

Microsoft rolled out a a new line of Windows phones around the world today that are available in a broad range of styles and prices. With a Windows phone, users can navigate their phone with the touch of a finger and browse the Internet on a mobile browser. They can also connect to two new [...]

An example of how paid news could work – CNN’s iPhone app

An example of how paid news could work – CNN’s iPhone app

Mediabuyerplanner has the news that CNN is bringing out an iPhone app. And unlike a lot of other news applications, this one costs money – $1.99 in the US (I can’t as yet see what the UK price will be).
According to KC Estenson, general manager of CNN.com, people will probably pay for the app, [...]

Revisiting my 5 favourite iPhone & iPod Touch applications

Revisiting my 5 favourite iPhone & iPod Touch applications

It’s been almost six months since I picked up my iPod Touch and posted about my 5 favourite iPhone & iPod Touch applications, so I thought it’d be time to see if they’re still my favourite, and if not, which are now.
Here’s my previous picks:

The iTunes Application Store
Flight Control
Evernote
Google Apps
Safari

And here’s my current list:

Mail
Tweetdeck
Evernote
Flight Control
Stanza

You’ll [...]

iPhone users browse the net the most, look at ads the least

Bad news for mobile advertisers comes from this US study from the Chitika Network.
It shows that mobile advertising click-through rates are barely half those of the already derisory online rates – 0.48 vs 0.83%.
iPhone users were even less likely to click through to ads, scoring 0.30%. This is despite the fact that iPhone users account [...]

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