You knew it was only a matter of time before YouTube mobile had ads and so it’s not a big surprise that Google said advertisers can now buy space on the mobile version of the popular video service. Thanksfully, the ads on the mobile version don’t appear very intrusive and it will be sold on…
Flash will come to Windows Phone 7 Series eventually
If there were any lingering concerns about Flash not hitting Windows Phone 7 Series, you can rest assured because Microsoft’s Mike Chambers said it is working with Adobe to bring the Flash 10.1 to its latest mobile platform. “One thing I wanted to clarify as it may have been lost in some of the other…
T-Mobile casts Yahoo aside in favor of Google for mobile search
When it comes to mobile internet search, alliances are short-lived and loyalties are looser than, well, you get the point. AT&T recently kicked Google off the Android-powered Motorola BackFlip, in order to get in bed with Yahoo as the default search engine on the smartphone. Now, T-Mobile USA has up and shuffled Google out the…
Google: smartphones will make desktops irrelevant in three years
Google’s European boss made it clear how important the mobile space is to the search giant, as he said smartphones will make make desktops second-class citizens in three years. “In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant,” said John Herlihy, Google’s VP of global ad operations, during a Digital Landscapes conference. “In Japan, most research…
Virgin America ditches Flash to target iPhone, smartphones
In order to appeal to iPhone, Android and other smartphone users, Virgin America has eliminated Flash from its new website. Virgin America is likely trying not to get in the middle of the holy war that’s going on between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Adobe, but it wants to reach as many people as possible…
Mobile ticketing takes off
The printed boarding pass may become a thing of the past, as Trinity Mobile is saying it has seen a 1,200% year-over-year increase in mobile ticketing. The company provides mobile tickets services for airlines like Austrian Airlines and British Midlands Airways and it sent out over 600,000 mobile boarding passes last year. This is obviously…
European Union caps mobile data roaming charges
I love the stars and stripes but sometimes I wish our wireless industry had the sanity of the mobile operators in the European Union. Today, for instance, new rules implemented by the EU place a cap on mobile data roaming charges ensuring customers won’t be hit with a huge bill without warning. The new rules…
Mozilla Fennec Spotted on Nexus One and Droid
Well what do we have here? The Nexus One and Motorola Droid running the Mozilla Fennec mobile web browser? Really? Yep! The folks at Mozilla have posted a few photos of the Droid and Nexus one running a new Android version of Fennec. So what does this mean for you? Absolutely nothing. No release dates…
Sprint pushing WiMax to more markets
Sprint is moving along with its WiMax deployment and said the 4G service would be in major cities like Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. by the end of the year. The third-largest carrier is expected to blanket 120 million people by the end of 2010 and this should give it a sizable…
Adobe’s Connect Pro brings Flash to iPhone through back door
Adobe’s Connect Pro Mobile for the iPhone and iPod Touch is a solid, free way to connect to Web conferences on the go, but what’s really interesting is that this is the first app that has shoehorned Flash on the platform. The app was created in Flash Professional CS5 beta and uses Adobe’s Packager converter…