Mobile

Cracking the mobile ad market CNN 121220105228-best-ipos-2012-millenial-media-gallery-horizontal FORTUNE -- Paul Palmieri, chief executive of Millennial Media, had a point to make about the future of his fast growing mobileadvertising company. Staying independent is perfectly fine for ... See all stories on this topic »

IDC: Mobile market grew 2 percent in Q4, Samsung remains in lead ZDNet IDC said in its latest quarterly mobile phone tracker, vendors shipped 482.5 million mobile phones during the fourth-quarter of 2012, whereas for the full year sales were essentially flat, declining 0.2 percent on shipments of more than 1.7 billion units. See all stories on this topic »

Say goodbye to more bank branches CNN Looking to cut costs, many banks are aggressively shuttering branches they deem unnecessary and encouraging customers to shift to online and mobile banking instead, said Nancy Bush, a bank analyst and contributing editor at SNL. "All the costs of ... See all stories on this topic »

Yahoo's Mayer Sees Future in Personalized, Mobile Web Bloomberg Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer said the company is working on technology that will personalize content from the Web and feed it to people on theirmobile devices. Users' data will make it possible to create a so-called interest graph... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

Mobile Ad Industry Calls for Standards As Devices Proliferate AdAge.com With the proliferation of tablets, smartphones and corresponding apps and mobilewebsites, mobile ad unit inventory is varied, complex and constantly growing. For creative shops, this has meant a difficulty in devising campaigns engineered to run on a... See all stories on this topic » AdAge.com

Mobile, Local & Search: 5 Sources of Innovation & Investment in 2013 Search Engine Watch Growth in mobile local ad spending will be driven by continued momentum in advertiser evolution to localize campaigns, due to users' mobile local intent (i.e., 50 percent of mobile searches are local). Premiums on higher-performing mobile ads will also ... See all stories on this topic »

Calling China: How Mobile Startup Jolla Will Sell An Android Alternative Forbes Finland is no longer the suicide capital of the world–it lost that distinction in 2007. So why would a handful of ex-Nokia engineers decide to get into the murderous smartphone business, taking on Google's Android platform, Apple and Samsung? Answer: ... See all stories on this topic »

Dial I for infidelity: Checking partner's mobile phone is most common way ... Daily Mail In the past, lipstick on the collar, the scent of another woman's perfume or receipts from mysterious dinners for two were the clues suspicious wives looked for to discover if their man was cheating. But in the age of modern technology, now snooping on ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Global mobile phone shipments breached 1.6 billion units in 2012, Samsung ... Engadget According to research from Strategy Analytics, a staggering 1.6 billion mobile phones were shipped (not sold) globally in 2012, and 700 million of them were smartphones. Samsung, Nokia and Apple, in that order, were the biggest movers of handsets ... See all stories on this topic »

Pakistan bars mobile phone service in 58 cities Times of India ISLAMABAD: Pakistan suspended mobile phone services for a day Friday in 58 cities, including Lahore and Karachi, as a security measure for Eid Miladun Nabi gatherings and processions, a media report said. Mobile phone services will stay suspended in ... See all stories on this topic »