Nokia announced another batch of new Nokia Media Network members. This time it’s the U.S. publishing giants which will help the Finnish giant strengthen the reach of its mobile advertising network in the United States. The additions include Fox News, A&E Network, Bio Channel, HISTORY and The Hollywood Reporter. These media companies join other network…
Virgin Mobile USA adds Slifter service to allow its subscribers to shop smart
Virgin Mobile USA has made a new useful service available to its subcribers. Using Slifter, users can shop smart and fast by searching over 300 million products at more than 150,000 local and online retailers, seeing price and availability, and getting detailed directions to the nearest store. As the leader in local mobile shopping, Slifter…
Juniper Research: More than 100 million mobile users to make international money transfers by 2013
A new report by Juniper Research titled “Mobile Payment Markets: Mobile Money Transfers and Remittances 2008-2013” forecasts that in excess of 100 million users globally will use their mobile phones to make international money transfers by 2013. These cross-border mobile money transfers are currently in their infancy, but are expected to gain traction over the…
Next2Friends goes BlackBerry; Dating reaches enterprise users
Some time ago, we wrote that Next2Friends — the service which brings social networking to the real world — has added support for the Windows Mobile platform. Now they’ve announced that the BlackBerry is also in the mix, hence expanding its reach to the enterprise users. The new update brings mobile video streaming to the…
DriveAssist prevents mobile phone chatting while driving
Aegis Mobility’s DriveAssist is a neat software designed to help people drive safer. The idea behind it is quite simple – detect when you’re driving and don’t let the phone be used. If you happen to receive a phone call during the ride, the software informs the caller that you’re driving and presents choices from…
Myslopes.com brings snow reports and forecasts of more than 1000 ski resorts in Europe to your mobile phone
Winter is coming and if you’ve been planning to ski/snowboard this season, you’ll want to know when is the best time to go on the mountain. This is especially true for those living close to the major ski resorts and who enjoy skiing during weekends. If you do want to ski this winter, you’ll certainly…
Vodafone extends Shazam service in Germany
Shazam has announced it is expanding it’s music recognition service partnership service with VF Germany – it will offer a music discovery app, alongside the existing dial-up IVR service. The app is going to be called “MusicFinder with Shazam”, and will allow users to capture music on their handsets, share discoveries, and purchase music through…
Verizon charging content pushers 3 cents per text message
Times are tough. With the global economy teetering on the brink of disaster, everyone is looking to pinch as many pennies as they can get their hands on. Major national wireless carriers are no exception. Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 wireless carrier in the US, has announced that they will start charging content vendors a…
Nokia Email new beta released, Ovi Share gets Map View
A new beta version of Nokia Email is available. According to the Nokia Beta Labs blog post, the new version of the app is localized with added support for international characters and allows users to get mail from up to 6 email addresses, each in its own mailbox “yet all in one place.” In addition,…
Pandora now available for Sprint Instinct users for $3 a month
Fans of Pandora’s free Internet radio service who are at the same time Sprint Instinct owners can now “find new music” using nothing but their all-touchscreen device. The service costs $3 a month, which is not that much considering you can stream hours of music. As a matter of fact, Pandora costs that much for…