AT&T has launched a WiFi “hotzone” in New York City’s Times Square, providing coverage for many of its customers with WiFi-enabled devices visiting and residing in New York. The new WiFi coverage zone is a pilot deployment to explore the use of WiFi to provide an additional mobile broadband option in areas with consistently high…
Wattpad’s iPhone app updated with support for comments and voting
Wattpad, aka YouTube for ebooks and the service we’ve already covered for few times in the past, announced that it has updated its mobile application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The main new thing is support for comments and voting. In other words, if a user wants to rate some text and/or to…
INRIX Traffic! updated with new community traffic reports and route creation tools
INRIX updated its INRIX Traffic! app, which as you may know provides real-time traffic, traffic forecast, accident and incident information for all major cities and roads across the U.S. and Canada. I’m not sure that both the iPhone and Android versions are updated, but if Android version is not included in this release, it will…
Monitise, Visa team-up to bring mobile banking services to India
UK-based mobile banking service provider, Monitise, is teaming-up with Visa over a technology platform for financial institutions and mobile network operators in India. The joint venture is envisioned with the idea to give India’s financial service providers a platform to offer various mobile financial services such as banking, bill payments, ticketing services, mobile top-up and…
BBC iPlayer goes live for iPad users
As you may know (or don’t), iPad is now available in the UK. BBC’s iPlayer already works on the iPhone and iPod Touch and yes, it’s been optimized to sing along Apple’s tablet, as well. Still in beta, the service launched yesterday delivering high definition programmes to the iPad users across the United Kingdom. I…
Juniper Research: There will be more than 100 million mobile VoIP users by 2012
In its new study, Juniper Research has found that Mobile VoIP services will develop significantly faster in developed markets due to the direct correlation between 3G roll outs and the uptake of mobile VoIP. According to the research company, this is despite the fact that mVoIP traffic volumes may eventually be higher in developing countries.…
Mobile Money Summit 2010: 7 new mobile money projects set for launch
Unlike the last year, this time around we won’t cover the Mobile Money Summit from the floor. In 2009, Fira de Barcelona hosted the event which this year is taking place in Rio de Janeiro. The fact that we’re not at the event, however, doesn’t mean we won’t bring you the interesting news from the…
Yowza!! launches affiliate program to get more small businesses to use their mobile couponing service
This isn’t exactly the “real mobile news,” but it is somewhat related as we talk about Yowza!!, the mobile couponing service. As you may remember, the company has recently launched service for small businesses, offering them an option to include their coupons to the system for $49 per location per month with the ability to…
Apptizr’s updated iPhone app coming soon
Apptizr, the service we’ve covered for few times in the past that touts itself as the “Pandora for mobile apps,” is about to get an updated iPhone client. After privately testing the new application for some time now, version 2.0 has been submitted to the Apple for approval and should be available shortly in the…
Japan’s Softbank offers Twitter widget and apps to its users
As Twitter keeps growing like crazy, smart carriers are embracing the wave. Hence, we have Japan’s Softbank launching MOBILE WIDGET and S! Appli for users to enjoy Twitter on their mobile phone. Twitter Widget by Twitter will come pre-installed on the carrier’s handsets that will be released as part of the Summer 2010 Collection. Also,…