According to a new report by Juniper Research titled “Mobile Web 2.0: Leveraging ‘Location, IM, Social Web & Search’ 2008-2013,” the global market for Mobile Web 2.0 (social networking and user generated content) will be worth $22.4bn in 2013, up from $5.5bn currently. Juniper suggests that at the core of Mobile Web 2.0 evolution is…
Juniper Research: Up to 12% of DSL subscribers to switch to fixed WiMAX connections within 5 years
A new Juniper Research’s analysis forecasts that up to 12% of the global DSL installed base will be substituted by WiMAX by 2013, with Far East region leading with over one fifth of the 47 million subscribers in 2013. Juniper explored how WiMAX is well suited to rapid deployment in the many underserved areas, not…
UK start-up able to encrypt mobile calls
A UK start-up has developed some technology to encrypt calls (and hence prevent snoopers) from fixed-line and mobile phones – and is looking to raise several million GBP as it comes close to closing some big deals. The company is called Cellcrypt, and is just 3 years old. Security of calls has become a huge…
35% of Mobile games don’t work…
……says GetJar – based on replies from aproximately a thousand of their UK users. Apparently only 15 per cent of users found their games always worked. GetJar believes that testing is the problem for the high failure rate, and believes the problem is only going to get worse. True, creating games for a good range…
Texting whilst driving – dangerous, but common…
According to a new survey of 1,200 people conducted by Nationwide Insurance (UK), one third of “Generation Y” admitted they “multitask” whilst driving – that it itself is one scary admission, but check this out – 37% of them said they are texting whilst driving… Now I don’t know if you have ever done this,…
Germans working on smell-o-phone
It just won’t die. The idea of sending various scents and odors along with your mobile-message isn’t novel and it looks like it’s not going to go away any time soon. A group of German tech developers have announced that they’ve patented hardware that would allow mobile phone users to send scents along with SMS…
Juniper Research: Local search to become a killer app for over 30% of mobile phone users by 2013
According to the new Juniper Research’s report called “Mobile Search & Discovery: Opportunities and Markets 2008-2013”, nearly 1.3 billion mobile users — 30% of the subscriber base — will utilise local mobile search services by 2013. The report argues that the best equipped regions for the delivery of mobile local search are currently Western Europe…
Interview: Dolby explain about “Dolby Mobile”
This week, I was lucky enough to spend some time in the company of Max Taylor (International Marketing Director, Mobile), and Mark Price (Public Relations Manager, EMEA), from Dolby Mobile. Many of you may remember that we covered Dolby’s move in to Mobile as part of Will’s CTIA coverage – out of that has spun…
Hybrid fuel cell system from Sony combines fuel cell and lithium polymer battery, lasts long
Fuel cells are the future. From the cars on the road to the laptops dangling from our shoulders to the mobile phones in our pockets, fuel cells are destined to revolutionize the way we power our electrical devices. So, with a bevy of manufacturers researching methanol fuel cells, Sony has debuted new hybrid fuel cell…
More Mobile Phones in Australia than people!
Apparently, there are now more mobile phones in use in Australia than the nation’s population – to be exact, 21.26 million of them! Of these, 4.5m are 3G, an increase of nearly 200% on mid-year figures between 2006 and 2007. In the same period, fixed line services dropped away slightly (hardly surprising, it’s happening everywhere!).…