Yahoo has released the prototype of new service called Zurfer, and the oddly named creation is being touted as a location-based photo browser that works with Flickr. But beware: “Yahoo! has warned users to beware of roaming coats, as Zurfer sends many of the photos over a phone’s internet connection.”
EBay DevCon: PayPal Goes Mobile
After a limpid reception in the US of PayPal’s "Text2Buy" and "Text2Give" features, eBay has launched PayPal Mobile Checkout, a platform more closely mirroring the Web version.
Explosive Mobile Web Growth
Bango this week published statistics that confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three-fold increase in usage over the last year. This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services.
Mobile Web Use Climbs In The U.S.
Bango has released statistics that show that the United States use of the mobile Web has increased three fold in the last year, making it second only to the UK.
Nielsen To Measure Mobile Users
he Nielsen Company said they would begin measuring mobile phone users through their Nielsen Wireless service. The service will measure the amount of people who use mobile Internet and mobile video.
“Nielsen To Measure Mobile Users”
Safety Drives Teen Mobile Growth
The growth of tween (children ages eight to 12) and teen cell phone subscribers will outpace that of the overall U.S. population according to a new report from Jupiter Research, "Mobile Subscriber Acquisition: Marketing to Parents, Teens, and Tweens."
Local.com Launches Mobile Service
Google and Yahoo issue press releases on a daily basis, but it’s been a busy month for Local.com, as well. The local search engine launched an advertising program, appointed a new Vice President of Product Management, and, earlier today, made a new mobile service available.
A How To for Mobile Marketing
Although MarketingSherpa reports that nearly half of consumer marketers (49.2%) are interested in using mobile marketing, and 13.8% plan to use it this year, there’s still a lot of unknowns when it comes to executing a mobile marketing campaign.
Mobile Internet Not Yet Mainstream
More than half (53%) of 16-to-24 year olds say they have used the mobile Internet and 36 percent say they do so at least once per week, according to a recent survey from Harris Interactive.
Mozilla Take’s its Time Getting Mobile
APC Mag has an interview with Mozilla Foundation CEO Mitchell Baker, and he basically said that Mozilla is looking into ways to serve the mobile section of the web browsing market, but plans to drag their feet a little longer. Microsoft has been producing an underpowered mobile browser for years now, but Mozilla has had an abandoned red-headed stepchild of a mobile browser, and Baker basically admits that isn’t going to change just yet.