Clear Channel has announced their plans to integrate mobile services with their radio stations. The new mobile initiative aims to give radio listeners access to song requests, playlists, traffic data, and even chat with DJ’s on their mobile phones. Clear Channel’s Z100 in New York will be the first radio station to offer this new…
Yahoo! OneSearch hits 7 Asian countries
Just as we reported that Yahoo! OneSearch is coming to Canada, UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy, the search giant expanded its mobile application/service to seven Asian countries, including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Yahoo! is betting heavily on mobile search, and its OneSearch is accessible to 85% mobile phone users in…
Yahoo may Buy UK Social Network Bebo for $1B
Word on the street has it that the UK Social Network, Bebo, is being courted by Yahoo for a possible buyout – to the tune of $1 Billion. Bebo has 25million users worldwide and recently made waves as Orange UK picked up the mobile version of the social network for integration into its handsets. Bebo…
MoboPic crops images for mobile
Recently, we’ve spotted a new service called MoboPic that provides users with a quick and convenient way to take an image and crop it to an appropriate pre-set size to fit the mobile phone. The service can be also used for other purposes, as you can customize image sizes you need for different devices and…
mFoundry to offer m-banking services to Verizon’s users
Following the similar deal with Sprint, mobile applications provider mFoundry announced that it is now working with Verizon Wireless on a mobile banking and financial services solution. Again, mFoundry’ s Spotlight Financial Platform turnkey solution will be used to allow users to easily check account balances, search transactions, transfer funds, pay bills and find ATMs…
AT&T Launches Mobile Backup Service
If backing up your important data and contact information to your personal computer is more of a technical chore than you care for (especially if you don’t have a smartphone), AT&T is offering the perfect solution for you! The new backup service works through a small application installed on your handset, and will automatically backup…
Real Networks buys Sony’s NetServices – Serves up Streaming Music for Vodafone
As part of an acquisition deal between Real Networks and Sony, Vodafone’s Live Entertainment Portal users will see their music-streaming (think Internet radio) and downloads being served up by Real Networks. The downloading and streaming-music service, previously provided by Sony’s NetServices, offers a customized option called StreamMan that gives users the option to get on-demand…
Echo Instant Mobile Voice Translator – Pick Up Babes in ANY Language!
What better way to impress that “hottie from another countrie” than to spit game in their native tongue? Echo Instant Mobile Voice Translator helps you do just that! Whether your pickin’ up babes in a foreign country, or just playin’ the field on your home turf, pickup lines are a lot less cheesy in, say,…
Motorola partners with Napster, Podcast.com
In order to additionally appeal to its customers, Motorola has partnered with two companies – Napster and Podcast.com, to provide easy access to their respective services. Napster and Motorola will develop promotional efforts for North America, the UK and Germany designed to make it easy for consumers to experience the Napster To Go music experience…
ABC goes Primetime with On-Demand Mobile TV Shows for Sprint
According to USA Today, Sprint just inked a deal to serve up ABC’s primetime hits, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty, to it’s $20-a-month data plan subscribers. The TV shows will be offered through on-demand services, which, according to ABC, ” is what people expect. Why should mobile be any different?” The deal…