Graham Brown

Mobile Checkout Service by PayPal

July 12, 2007

The number of consumers who use their mobile phones to make purchases may still be small, but it is growing steadily. Recognizing this trend, PayPal has launched Mobile Checkout. The service enables consumers in the UK, US and Canada to buy items on a merchant’s web page by simply clicking the PayPal button – all [...]

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Mobile Music Subscription Service from Samsung and MusicNet

July 12, 2007

Electronics giant Samsung recently partnered with business-to-business media broker MusicNet in order to launch its own mobile music download and subscription service in the UK, Germany and France. The service will be based on Samsung’s own Samsung Media Studio (SMS) application and will work on the manufacturer’s K3, K5 and T9 music handsets. A software [...]

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Waning Interest in Big Brother?

July 12, 2007

When Big Brother first arrived on the screen back in 2000, the antics of the contestants still commanded the audience’s interest. Now, seven years later, the show is showing signs of fatigue. Viewing figures of the current season indicate that the target audience (16-34 year olds) are increasingly switching off. The show’s share of viewers [...]

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Voice Calls and Text Messaging Most Popular, Mixed Feelings towards Advertising

July 12, 2007

The recent launch of the iPhone raised the question of whether the new device will drive the growth of mobile applications beyond text messaging and voice calls. There might be room for growth in the future, but new research by Interpublic Group’s Initiative shows that only few consumers use their phones for more than calling [...]

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Math Lab Application for Mobile Phones

July 12, 2007

The newest development by Prof. Michal Yerushalmy of the Institute for Alternatives in Education of the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa might make studying math more attractive to youth. For that, he utilized a device young people understand especially well – their mobile phones. Researchers now developed an educational math lab application [...]

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Australian Teenagers Overuse their Mobile Phones

July 12, 2007

A recent study on mobile phones and children in Australia conducted by Deakin University’s Faculty of Arts examined the issues of how children get their mobile phones, who pays for them and the problems teenagers encounter when trying to pay the bills. Australia has one of the highest mobile phone ownership among children under 18. [...]

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Free Mobile Video by ABC

July 12, 2007

TV stations owned or operated by ABC will now launch free ad-supported video services for mobile phones in all of their 10 markets. The plans constitute a win-win opportunity for both advertisers and viewers interested in the mobile video. The service is free, easily accessible and offers compelling content designed to meet the growing consumer [...]

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Mobile Transactions Predicted to Generate $22 Billion by 2011

July 12, 2007

According to forecasts by Juniper Research, mobile payments and P2P transfers in the developing world, as well as the commercialisation of Near Field Communications (NFC) based payments in 2009, will cause mobile transactions will grow to almost $22 billion by 2011. The research further states that SMS based P2P fund transfers and payments will drive [...]

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New Blogging Phone by Samsung

July 12, 2007

This month, Samsung will launch its Mobile Blog 3G Phone (SGH-L760) in Europe. The device allows users to directly upload content onto blog pages on the Net, and it is predicted to further increase the popularity of mobile Internet and user-generated content services. With the handset, users can directly upload content to popular pages such [...]

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