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Kevin Rose Thinks We Need Another Idea Incubator, and He Might Be Right

Ex-Digg brainiac Kevin Rose has got a new baby: Milk. It's an idea incubator, specifically behaving like a development lab for "out there" ideas. It's targeting the mobile Net. And it's got some distinguishing features.READ»

Cell Networks Must Evolve As Fast As Smartphones, or Be Crushed

As Verizon begins throttling the access of its heaviest mobile data users ahead of the iPhone launch, a new study predicts that smartphones could drive networks into the red in just three years, unless they innovate.READ»

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"The Mullet" Speaks: BlackBerry Owners Are More Engaged With Ads

In its bizarrely named research report, Mojiva notes that advertisers might do better to target RIM OS users over iPhone and Android owners during holiday shopping sprees.READ»

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To App or Not? New Study Points the Way

Think an app is a must-have in order to reach the mobile user? A new study says sometimes users prefer the mobile Web.READ»

iPhone 4 Concretes Apple's Dominance of Mobile Web Use

There's lots of (meaningless) excitement on the Web as Android phones overtake the iPhone in sales. Meanwhile Quantcast's figures show Apple's share of mobile Web use has actually upticked, thanks to iPhone 4.READ»

2009: The Year Mobile Web Use Exploded

Mobile Web usage has been on the upswing ever since the iPhone leaped onto the stage. But new data form Opera suggests it's not just the iPhone that's delivering the Internet to smartphone users. Opera, in its Opera Mini format, is ...READ»

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Amazon Streamlines On-the-Go Sales--Opens 1-Click Mobile Payments to Third Parties

That familiar "Buy Now With 1-Click" button, so enticing on Amazon.com, is about to become a temptation for mobile customers everywhere. Amazon is offering its Mobile Payments Service (MPS) platform to third parties for integration ...READ»

Do Mobile Apps Like Yelp Herald a Boom for Mom-and-Pop Shops?

Consider what a site like Yelp does for a small but excellent cafe: For travelers and locals alike, a good mobile-Web app should make it as easy to find as the nearest Starbucks. Does that signal a shift in the market, sapping the ...READ»

Work/Life: I'll Never Find Another You...BlackBerry-Wise

As I head out to NBTA (i.e., the 2009 National Business Travel Association International Convention & Exposition) in San Diego... ... I have to admit I can't make it to California without my BlackBerry. I'm embarrassed ...READ»

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Can Opera Become to Mobile What Firefox has Become to the Computer?

Tuesday, Opera released a preview of Opera Mini 4.2, a mobile Web browser that works on nearly every phone. Yet with 20 million users of the Mini browser worldwide, the technology company has yet to take hold of the U.S. market.READ»

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Everything you wanted to know about MOBILE WEB but were afraid to ask...

A lot of slides...good *mobile web* info. <div style="width:350px;text-align:left" id="__ss_39196"><object style="margin:0px" width="350" height="280"><param ...READ»

Google Android Demoed on HTC Dream Smartphone

Folks at Google's [NASDAQ: GOOG] I/O conference in San Francisco today saw the most detailed demonstration of its Android smartphone operating system to date. Running on the rumored HTC Dream phone, Android was shown using its basic ...READ»