If you don’t understand it, don’t allow it. That could be the thinking behind why mobile operator T-Mobile has begun blocking Twitter usage in the US, and opening up a customer service debacle, not to mention a public relations one.
Mobile Advertising Not Exactly Taking Off
We’ve reached the point at which the average person is sure to own a cell phone. He or she still isn’t too likely to surf the Web with it, however, and he or she is almost definitely opposed to mobile advertising. All of which points to the conclusion that mobile ads won’t take off in the way proponents have predicted.
India’s Mobile Market Growing Stronger
The U.S. search market appears to be pretty much wrapped up. Neither Yahoo nor Google is especially strong in mobile matters, though, and the fight becomes even more of a tossup in India, where mobile services are expected to assume “a high growth trajectory.”
Microsoft To Offer Ads On MSN Mobile
Microsoft will begin placing advertisements on the U.S. version of MSN Mobile.
Mobile Internet Adoption Driven By Better Browsers
High-speed wireless data networks are available to most cell phone users, but few are performing "desktop" activities according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Mobile Internet: Leave the Browser at Home on the Desktop."
Tweens Mobile Usage
When it comes to mobile media 35 percent of tweens own a mobile phone according to a study from Nielsen, "Kids on the Go: Mobile Usage by U.S. Teens and Tweens."
AdWords Touts Mobile Advertising
The mobile advertising market looks like a ground floor venue that is starting to rise, and Google has advice on following it upwards.
Google Maps For Mobile Gains My Location Feature
This announcement was determined to find people wherever they were; in different forms, it popped up on the Official Google Blog, the Google LatLong Blog, the Google Mobile Blog, and in a formal press release. And interestingly enough, the announcement was about Google gaining a sort of location-seeking ability.
Vodafone, T-Mobile, Battle Over iPhone Terms
Vodafone sought an injunction in Germany that would prevent Apple’s partner, T-Mobile, from selling the iPhone while tied exclusively to T-Mobile’s service.
Walking On the Mobile Web
Perhaps the title reminds you of that encouragement from Google to go Walking, Talking, Searching, Finding on the Mobile Web. However Jacqui Cheng has spotted a different way of using your feet. Apparently HP has now come out with a control device for computers that can be activated by your feet.