Google has made the announcement of the new version of the Google Talk messaging service made for the Apple iPhone. The announcement comes just in time for the expected 11 July release of the new 3G iPhone.

Apple has just unveiled a new cheaper iPhone model. What are the features that make it stand out?

The new iPhone model will navigate the Internet faster.
The phone is sleeker than the original model.
The device will have built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) capability. This will allow location-based services.
It will give a longer battery life, 24 hours […]

Vodafone has shown a keen interest in Vodacom, the South African mobile operator, once the latest rounds of talks with its co-owner Telkom prove successful.
The UK-listed group plans to further add 12.5 percent to its already existing 50 percent holding in Vodacom, which serves 34 million subscribers across South Africa. Last year, the British telecom […]

Orange has just inked a three-year deal with Nokia that would offer the Finnish phone maker’s mobile games and maps services to its widening base of customers across nine European countries, comprising the UK. The new deal is perceived to be a step back for Nokia. Nokia had looked to threaten the position of mobile […]

New mobile technology is sweeping across Britain. Ofcom’s latest report shows just how fast this phenomenon is taking place. Almost 20 per cent of households now solely rely on a mobile phone for communication.
In Greater Manchester 28 per cent of homes use a mobile, but have no fixed line (landline) telephone. On the other hand, […]

There are news reports that the top two searches on Vodafone’s newly launched mobile internet service are social networking web sites Facebook and Bebo. Next in line is the community-based auction site eBay. Facebook is already the most surfed site by Vodafone mobile broadband users. It is followed by Google and the BBC. Bebo features […]

A price cut of £100 has resulted in a mad rush for the base-level iPhone in the UK. As a result, the product is vanishing fast online and off the shelf. An 8GB iPhone now costs only £169, while the 16GB one costs £329. But it is very difficult to get either of them in […]

The well-known mobile operator Vodafone is planning to offer a service that customers have been yearning for. The firm is mulling over offering unlimited Internet access for customers accessing Facebook and Bebo via their handsets. This new service is the result of the rising and significant trend of accessing social networking sites and email from […]

Apple is estimated to launch a high-speed wireless version of the iPhone soon. It is reported to produce as many as eight million of the devices in the third quarter, as per the Bank of America. Analyst Scott Craig expects the volume of production to be much higher than his previous approximation. He said Apple […]

O2 is all set to launch its mobile broadband service. Initially, the services will be available only to the existing customer base of O2. Users will be given an 18-month contract, along with a free USB modem. They will need to pay £20 per month for a 3G broadband service.

A well-known provider of mobile marketing products and services, Proteus, has now added new features to its existing mobile website publishing platform Swift. This new feature will enable individual users, as well as firms, in building an effective mobile Internet presence quickly and conveniently, without any extensive technical knowledge. The firm has created the new […]

With companies from various sectors plunging into digital marketing, why should cosmetic firms stay behind? They are also joining the bandwagon to indulge in digital advertising. One such well-known brand is Nivea. It just recently ended its second mobile phase of its ‘Beauty is mobile’ campaign after results from the first user-generated content effort exceeded […]

Many Internet users in China are still more familiar with their very own search engine Baidu that tends to attract users by facilitating easy access to free music, than Internet giant Google. Google is doing everything possible to close the gap with Baidu.
Gaining share against a well-established competitor is a tough proposition since there is […]

One of the very well-known weekly magazines, TV Guides has introduced a next generation mobile site, which serves as an on-the-go version of the regular TV Guide web site. This site will enable customers to access the latest television news, information and guidance services. All consumers need to do is log on to the website […]

One of the leading advertising trade shows ad:tech, is all set to launch a mobile marketing pavilion for its conference that is to be held next month.
Held in San Francisco, the purpose of this pavilion is to offer the ad:tech attendees an opportunity to review mobile marketing solutions and services on the show floor. According […]

The mobile email provider, Visto will be powering wireless carrier Vodafone Germany’s mobile email offering ‘Vodafone E-MailConnect’. The new service is geared towards Vodafone Germany’s expanding consumer base and small business markets in the country.
Vodafone Germany chose the Visto Mobile platform for improving the mobile email experience for its users. “The strategy is to provide […]

Ringleader Digital, a popular third-party ad serving network for mobile devices, will assist deliver ads on Local Wireless network of Local Solutions Network Inc.
Its addition to ad network of Ringleader means over 50 million extra impressions per month available to mobile advertisers, the firm claims. “Ringleader integrates online ad campaigns with mobile advertising. We’ll be […]

Apple recently released an updated version of its AirPort Express mobile base station that uses 802.11n technology, thus, improving its performance by up to five times that of its previous models. The new wireless technology also offers twice the range of 802.11g.

Offering discovery and recommendation technology for mobile web sites, CBS Mobile and Aggregate Knowledge have now joined hands. The Pique Discovery Window of Aggregate Knowledge will now be deployed on the CBS Mobile WAP site. Visitors to the site would be able to see content suggestions based on what’s being viewed, clicked and read by […]

UVuMobile Inc., a firm that provides back-end media hosting, application development, mobile marketing & other relevant services - targeting the mobile business-to-business market - has signed a licensing agreement with Action Engine for providing an integrated multimedia services platform for wireless carriers and media companies.