Saturday, July 29, 2006


Indie Movie Gives Away Indie Music: Ringtones for the Taking
SYS-CON Media - Jul 19 8:41 AM
plus Los Angeles andSeattle, they may be challenged making a decision. Fun to hear. Tough tochoose.'Save to My Web

Japan's mobile business booming
GameSpot - Jul 19 4:07 PM
Japan's mobile-content providers see market expand almost 40 percent since 2005; ringtones, game content doing brisk sales.Save to My Web

The Crazy Frog croaks - leaving Monstermob to face its demons
Independent - Jul 10 6:03 PM
When the irritating Crazy Frog topped the pop charts last year, it appeared that mobile content had come of age. Going back to 2000, when mobile telecoms operators splashed out 22bn on licences to build and operate third-generation networks, the mobile industry has assumed that voracious demand for content such as music, ringtones, video downloads and mobile games would justify such massive Save to My Web

Friday, July 28, 2006


Virgin Mobile and Wind-Up Records To Offer Exclusive Content From Seether's CD/DVD Acoustic Release One Cold Night
SYS-CON Media - Jul 11 6:39 PM
Virgin Mobile USA and Wind-up Records have teamed up to offer exclusive real music 'Superphonic' ringtones from Seether's release, One Cold Night. The two-disc live acoustic CD/DVD arrives today at retail, July 11, 2006. The ringtones will be available to consumers in the U.S. simultaneously with the commercial release.Save to My Web

ChristianMobile Enters into Exclusive Agreement with Opera Telecom USA for the Delivery of Christian Content to
[Press Release] PR Web - Jul 06 12:32 AM
ChristianMobile™ signed an exclusive agreement with Opera Telecom to deliver Christian mobile entertainment services through various media channels in the United States of America. (PRWEB Jul 6, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/UHJvZi1UaGlyLVRoaXItUGlnZy1JbnNlLVplcm8=Save to My Web

Vivendi is in media's sweet spot
CNN Money - Jul 28 2:58 AM
If you wanted to start a big media company from scratch today, knowing that people increasingly are going to get their entertainment and information from the Internet and their cell phones, you probably might avoid owning a magazine publishing business. (Sorry, Time Warner, parent of Fortune and CNNMoney.com).Save to My Web

Virgin Mobile and Wind-Up Records To Offer Exclusive Content From Seether's CD/DVD Acoustic Release One Cold Night
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 11 1:46 PM
Virgin Mobile USA and Wind-up Records have teamed up to offer exclusive real music "Superphonic" ringtones from Seether's release, One Cold Night. The two-disc live acoustic CD/DVD arrives today at retail, July 11, 2006.Save to My Web


Chief Evangelist, ExitPath.com
PRWeb - The Top 10 Mobile Ringtones of 2001 Mobile content specialist Ringtones.co.uk charts the best-selling pop ringtones of the year: Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" is the top pop tone - 2001-12-12 Are you the Alex Ferguson of the workplace? The Campaign for

MyNuMo.com opens up $5B Mobile Market to anyone who creates content.
24-7PressRelease.com - We provide tools for the creation and publication of mobile ringtones, wallpapers, and videos. NuMo Media has created a mobile portal that reliably delivers the best independently created mobile content, rated by real people around the world, right

Desperate Housewives Appear Online
TechWeb - Desperate Housewives , credited for boosting ABC's previously sluggish ratings with an average of over 20 million viewers, already markets mobile ringtones, desktop wallpaper, online quizzes and viewer polls. The strategy is in line with a couple of

Thursday, July 27, 2006


Wriggling parcel sends workers running
Independent Online - Jul 26 4:16 AM
Dozens of employees fled a post office in Germany after they noticed a wriggling parcel and opened it to find a one-metre-long snake inside...Save to My Web

Dialogue: MySpace heading overseas, Murdoch says
The Hollywood Reporter - Jul 25 12:05 AM
Twenty years after Rupert Murdoch upended the status quo in television with the launch of Fox Broadcasting Co., Murdoch and News Corp. are in the vanguard of another media revolution with its recently acquired Internet assets including MySpace.com.Save to My Web

In Brief - July 26, 2006
FMQB - Jul 26 2:13 PM
JJ Grossman to join Columbia, KBKS/Seattle names Eric Tyler MD & Kristin Geong APD, Rick Brewer takes over ATO/Red Light promotion, Goodfellas to exit KPWRSave to My Web

Sector Snap: Internet Stocks Mixed
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 27 9:48 AM
Internet stocks were mixed in Thursday midday trading on the Nasdaq, as investors continued to react to earnings reports.Save to My Web


AT&T profit rises on Web, wireless
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc. , the largest U.S. phone company, posted a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday, bolstered by growth in its Cingular Wireless joint venture and high-speed Internet services. Shares in AT&T rose up to

Mobile-Phone Complexity Driving Rise In Customer Calls To Carriers
Personal Tech Pipeline - Power found that T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless tied in ranking the highest for creating a positive experience in customer service. ALLTEL ranked third, followed in order by Cingular and Sprint Nextel. The findings were based on a survey between

BellSouth reports 11 percent jump in Q2 profit
Silicon Valley - Its stake in Cingular Wireless LLC, the nation's largest cell phone provider, helped its results, Chief Financial Officer Pat Shannon told investors in a conference call. ``Their strong performance continues to benefit our shareholders in significant

Cingular Wireless Continues to Enhance its Southern Illinois
MSN MoneyCentral - CARBONDALE, Ill., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, is investing more than $1.4 million in its Southern Illinois network in 2006, bringing customers even more wireless services, enhanced call quality

Wednesday, July 26, 2006


Frost & Sullivan Commends WiderThan's Sophisticated Service Delivery Platform in the DRM Market
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jul 25 4:45 AM
Frost & Sullivan presented WiderThan the 2006 Next-Generation Service Delivery Platform Award in the U.S. mobile DRM markets at last week's 2006 Global Excellence Awards ceremony.Save to My Web

Music Industry Giant Select Targetize Mobile Search and Discovery Solution
SYS-CON Media - Jul 26 6:41 AM
- Targetize recently crowned by Red Herring as one of the 'Most Promising Firms Driving the Future of Technology'Save to My Web

Virgin Mobile USA Debuts a Pearl of a Phone: Oystr by Kyocera Wireless
SYS-CON Media - Jul 26 9:27 AM
Virgin Mobile USA is flashing its pearly whites this summer as it debuts its brand new metallic ivory handset called Oystr, by Kyocera Wireless. The newest clamshell available from the nation's top wireless provider to the youth market will hit retailers this week.Save to My Web

Mobile News: Samsung and Versus unveil the 'SAMSUNG E500 Versus'
PDA Buyer's Guide - Jul 24 8:08 AM
Samsung Electronics and Versus, the line that embodies Gianni Versace SpA at its most youthful, free spirited and daring, unveiled the new 'Samsung Versus E500' mobile phone. 'Samsung E500 Versus' combined Versus brand and the unique colour of Samsung's ...Save to My Web


Pali Research Comments on Sprint Nextel (S) Churn
StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - Jul 19, 2006Pali Research's Walter Piecyk questions whether churn is improving at Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S). Piecyk said over the past two weeks they placed 875 calls to the ...

Hamlin Sweeps Pocono Again Second Consecutive Rough Weekend for ...
WhoWon.com, NE - Jul 24, 2006... mile triangle track. Hamlin's victory Sunday afternoon launches him to eighth place in the Nextel Cup point standings. Kurt Busch ...

OBSERVATIONS Rick Minter's
Smoky Mountain Sentinel, NC - Jul 25, 2006With six races remaining before the start of the Chase for the Nextel Cup, the field appears to have been narrowed to 12 drivers with realistic chances of ...

Pocono: Carl Edwards NASCAR Nextel Cup Race Quotes
PaddockTalk - Jul 23, 2006 Man, I ve got to choose my words carefully. Let me just say this, if it weren t for respect of the sport and the people watching ...

Tuesday, July 25, 2006


Sprint PCS Vision Phone Katana By Sanyo
ABC News - Jul 6, 2006The Katana trades metal for plastic, but the screen is even sharper than the iconic RAZR's. Sprint's new Sanyo Katana may look exactly ...

Sprint and Sanyo Introduce Katana Mobile Phone
Geekzone, New Zealand - Jul 10, 2006... The phone is compatible with Sprint PCS Vision services, so consumers can download images, ringtones, games, and other applications, plus Sprint PCS Picture ...

Agency gets nomination for Hallmark tearjerker
Kansas City Star, MO - Jul 18, 2006... and Aeromotive Inc. Kansas City-based Greensoft is a Web hosting provider whose clients include Wal-Mart, Nokia, Burger King and Sprint PCS Customer Care. ...


Motorola to acquire Broadbus Technologies
MSN MoneyCentral - Broadbus Technologies Inc., which provides technology for television on demand, will be acquired privately by Motorola Inc., the company said on Tuesday. Boxborough, Mass.-based Broadbus Technologies' products enable the distribution of on-demand

Motorola joins two India joint ventures
PhysOrg - The venture partners include Tech Mahrinda and WiPro Technologies. The hookup with Tech Mahindra will be called Canvas M and will focus on developing a variety of mobile IT solutions, including end-user applications, content services and frameworks

Motorola Showcases New Mobile Devices Line-Up, Announces New
MSN MoneyCentral - ROSEMONT, Ill., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its annual financial analysts' meeting this week, Motorola, Inc. MOT , a global leader in wireless and broadband communications, introduced seven new mobile devices that reset the standards for

Monday, July 24, 2006


NASCAR-Nextel Cup-Pennsylvania 500 Results
FOXSports.com - 1. (1) Denny Hamlin , Chevrolet, 200 laps, 132.626 mph (213.395 kph), $230,100. 2. (7) Kurt Busch , Dodge, 200, $182,758. 3. (5) Jeff Gordon , Chevrolet, 200, $175,961. 4. (4) Brian Vickers , Chevrolet, 200, $117,850. 5. (12) Kevin Harvick

UGS PLM Technology Helps UGS Sponsored Racing Teams Win Four NASCAR
WOI-TV - product lifecycle management (PLM) products and services, today announced UGS- sponsored racing teams Joe Gibbs Racing and Hendrick Motorsports -- whose cars are developed with the help of UGS(R) PLM technology -- won four consecutive NASCAR Nextel

Nextel Cup
San Jose Mercury News - 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 169.827 mph. 2. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 169.418 mph. 3. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 169.345. 4. (25) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 169.310. 5. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 169.265. 6. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 168.970. 7

Weekend TV ratings review
USA Today - NASCAR Nextel Cup, Pennsylvania 500 Sunday, 2 p.m. 3.9 (3.0 million) TNT Up 3% from Pocono race the year before. Tony Stewart's bumper-car routine with Carl Edwards, and resulting fireworks, drives solid ratings. British Open golf, third round Saturday, 9 a


BellSouth reports jump in second-quarter profit
Tuscaloosa News - Its stake in Cingular Wireless LLC, the nation s largest cell phone provider, helped its results, Chief Financial Officer Pat Shannon told investors in a conference call. Their strong performance continues to benefit our shareholders in

Tech Notebook: Technorati aiming to widen blog search edge
Silicon Valley - SWT's technology works with Cingular and is being marketed to the 16-to-35-year-old demographic -- thus the big splash at a surfing competition. SWT's deal to be the ``official payment system'' for the Association of Surfing Professionals is a sure

Image Is Everything
WPXI - Others modify, misspell or combine words to create their names like Cingular, Tekknowledge and Featherlite. Or they pick a common word that's unrelated to their business but carries positive associations, like Apple Computer ( AAPL

Sunday, July 23, 2006


Introducing the world's first WiFi phones for Skype
Antara News - Jul 19 10:26 PM
(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.)Save to My Web

Gran puts her money where her mouth is
Independent Online - Jul 20 10:15 PM
A 72-year-old grandmother and accounting professional has pulled a four-ton truck full of people over a distance of 10 metres - with her teeth.Save to My Web

Phat Tonez is Celebrating Seven Years of Ringtone Excellence
[Press Release] PR Web - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
It's now seven years since James Winsoar first had that spark of inspiration that led him to launch the first ringtone customising business back in 1999. (PRWEB Jul 24, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/Q291cC1QaWdnLVByb2YtU3F1YS1JbnNlLVplcm8=Save to My Web

Man jailed for 'flat-broke' stunt
Independent Online - Jul 20 6:42 AM
A man who couldn't afford to pay a locksmith to open the door to his flat resorted to drastic measure to try and gain access...Save to My Web


Extra fees may be 'crammed' into your phone bill
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jul 11 9:15 PM
Have you taken a good look at your phone bill lately? If not, you could be in for a costly surprise.Save to My Web

Lost & Found
The Fountain Hills Times - Jul 12 7:38 AM
As a public service, The Times publishes a list of items that have been reported lost or found by Fountain Hills residents. To report a lost or found pet or other item, residents may call The Times at 837-1925 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Save to My Web

Phone Use Questioned in Accident
The Gilroy Dispatch - Jul 07 1:55 PM
Gilroy - Police said Thursday they do not believe the woman driving the truck that struck and killed 5-year-old Brayan Trejo was on the phone the moment the accident occurred, though witnesses close to the Trejo family disagree.Save to My Web

Phone bills may be crammed with extra fees
Times Leader - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
Extra fees may be crammed into your phone bill Have you taken a good look at your phone bill lately?Save to My Web