The number of mobile users accessing social networks from their mobile devices will reach 607.5 million worldwide by 2013, representing 43% of global mobile internet users, according to a new forecast from eMarketer.
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Sky Mobile TV launches on the iPhone today allowing users to stream live TV – with channels including all the Sky Sports channels, Sky Sports News, Sky News, ESPN and At The Races – via WiFi.
Google has acquired the world’s largest mobile advertising platform, AdMob, for $750 million (£450 million).
New research from The Nielsen Company has found that browsing the web was the fastest growing activity on UK mobile phones between the second and third quarters of 2009.
Working with Blyk, the aim of the campaign was to built a core audience for Heat magazine on mobile, which would provide free entertainment and information lead content.
UKTV’s Living TV worked with Blyk to build an audience for its latest series of Britain’s Next Top Model, while also generating awareness of the series.
Twitter has joined forces with handheld messaging company Peek to launch its first mobile device.
The global mobile games market is expected to grow to $11.7 billion by 2014 due to the increasing popularity of Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, according to a series of new reports from DFC Intelligence.
RAJAR figures for Q3 2009 reveal that DAB set ownership is up 14% year on year, with 16.6 million adults aged 15+ (32.3%) now claiming to live in a household which has a DAB receiver. However, this is down from the Q2 2009 figure of 33%.
A new survey from Synovate reveals that 82% of Americans never leave home without their mobile phones, with 36% of people across the world saying they ‘cannot live without’ their mobile.
