Babelgum scores film start video content

Rating: Reverse Shot to provide its [ahem] curate content

Fast becoming a giant in the provision of video content for the mobile sector, Babelgum has scored another impressive tie up – this time with online film criticism site – Reverse Shot. These gys are so trendy that the verb they use for creation – ‘curated’ - isn’t even in the dictionary yet.

iPhone app social network goes international

Rating: Some users of Chorus actually spend their money

With the estimated number of iPhone apps being anywhere between 130,000-150,000, envIO Networks reckons it has found the answer with its Chorus service.

An iPhone apps social network with a difference. This one claims its users have spent over $1 million on paid apps to date, with the average user recommending 75 friends to join the community.

Apple culls risqué content from Store

Rating: No boobies and bikinis for Cupertino

Apple, which resides in the same US state that hosts Baywatch and the porn industry, has decided that boobs and bikinis are far too risqué for its iTunes app store. It has been quietly culling them.

NNG offers navigation app for 3 platforms

Rating: The Windows Mobile version might not be quite ready yet
By a weird set of circumstances, Hungary’s NNG Global Services grabbed our attention. The company’s obvious aim was to publicise the fact that it has mobile navigation software on three major platforms – Android, Windows Mobile and iPhone – in the shape of [...]

The Beeb criticises device fragmentation

Rating: Ovum’s Cripps warns of the dangers
While GoMo News poked fun at the BBC for the wisdom of launching a mobile app aimed at soccer fans first on Apple iPhones (not exactly the handset of choice for footie afficionados), it seems that the broadcaster isn’t as thick-skinned as some might assume.
The Beeb [BBC] launched an [...]

BBC’s first iPhone sports app from Mobile IQ

Rating: Mobile IQ says, “Hey Beeb gizajob, we can do iPhone”
In a competitive pitch involving over 20 mobile application vendors, Mobile IQ was chosen to create the first official sports/events iPhone apps for the BBC. This will be particularly good news for Formula One loving iPhone owners.
Mobile IQ says that the Beeb’s selection criteria hinged [...]

Like gadgets? How about this one: a helicopter you can fly with your iPhone!

There’s a massive gulf between “practical” and “incredibly cool”, and out of that gulf flies the AR.Drone from Parrot - a flying helicopter drone designed to be controlled from your iPhone or iPod Touch.

AT&T finally eases up on SlingPlayer: mobile TV iPhone app now works on 3G

This was an interesting story when it first broke last year. Apparently worried about the amount that mobile data was costing it, AT&T was rumoured to have put pressure on Apple to ban a particular application. But now AT&T has announced that SlingPlayer can run over 3G after all. Also, someone may have had a bit of a chat with Ralph de la Vega about mobile data services.

The razors will be out for iPhone SIMs

Rating: Just cut along the dotted lines
It came as no surprise to learn that in order to connect an Apple iPad to a W-CDMA style 3G network, you’ll need a micro SIM card. Being smaller this will lead to existing iPhone users slashing their existing SIM cards down to size.
Those with long memories will remember [...]

Why are people so angry about the iPad?

Yesterday was a glorious examples of how effective Apple’s marketing engine is. The hype reached fever pitch as Steve Jobs rock-starred his way onto stage. But much like the Nexus One, the backlash has already begun against the device. Is it justified? Let’s look at the pros and cons.

Great, it’s an iPad! Now how much will it cost?

After weeks, months and years of teasing, we finally have a product. The Apple iPad has been launched, and the news is pouring across the web. As a machine that’s half way between a phone and a computer, who is going to be using it?

madvertise the German AdMob

In the run-up to the M-Days GoMoNews had the pleasure to speak with „Madvertise Mobile Advertising GmbH“ from Berlin which was the first self-service market place for mobile banner advertisement in the German speaking countries. Madvertise has surpassed 60 million page impressions per month in recent months. Carsten Frien, Co-Founder and CEO of Madvertise, speaks on the 28th of January 2010 at the M-Days about „Mobile Performance Management“.

Further adventures of TV and mobile devices: now we’ve got a GRAMMY social networking app

Further adventures of TV and mobile devices: now we’ve got a GRAMMY social networking app
Not content to simply have the GRAMMY music awards on the weekend, CBS has an entire week of programming. GRAMMY week is seven days worth of events leading up the music awards - and at the end you get to watch the largest music promotional event in the US on television. But app developer Diversion Media wants more than that, and is releasing the first official GRAMMY iPhone application.

Hate shopping? FastMall iPhone app takes some of the pain away

There are people who really love malls - the maze-like structure appeals to them on some level. I’m not one of them. Like most men, I subscribe to the “know what you want, in-and-out in five minutes” philosophy. So I’m very interested in this new iPhone app, FastMall. It offers custom-built maps for different Malls in America, packing a huge amount of info into a small interface.

Travel Guide books from the Financial Times go mobile with iPhone application

Last year, the business newspaper powerhouse Financial Times launched what it called the Little Book of Business Travel. It was a modest blue volume that was given away free with copies of the paper, and featured advice and guidance on travel in Asia - including accommodation and business etiquette. Now the Financial Times has released a mobile app of the guide for iPhone and Blackberry.

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