Flickr adds direct-to-Twitter publishing

Flickr adds direct-to-Twitter publishing

What took them so long? Flickr now has a built-in feature that lets members tweet their photos. “You can upload directly to Flickr and Twitter simultaneously, or tweet a photo already on Flickr, using a special short Flic.kr URL,” says the company’s FAQ. It also… Continue Reading

Touchscreen netbooks on the way

Touchscreen netbooks on the way

Digitimes reports a rumor that some netbook makers will produce low-cost computers with touchscreens that replace the mouse and trackpad. The move will free up space for a bigger keyboard.
At least some netbook makers, Digitimes reports, believe that a netbook with a touchscreen and… Continue Reading

Latest speakers at MobileBeat: Steve Boom and Sam Altman

Latest speakers at MobileBeat: Steve Boom and Sam Altman

I’m delighted to announce the latest speakers we’ve recruited for MobileBeat 2009, our conference on July 16 in SF:
–Steve Boom, chief executive of mobile social networking company Mig33, arguably the most downloaded mobile application of all time; and
–Sam Altman, chief executive of another… Continue Reading

Nokia, RIM, Apple to standardize European phone chargers

Nokia, RIM, Apple to standardize European phone chargers

Ten smartphone makers who control 90 percent of the European mobile market have agreed to ship a standardized charger with their phones starting next year. Gadget makers have talked about standardizing their chargers for years. This time, they have a plan to finally do it…. Continue Reading

Apple can’t keep iPhones in stock

Apple can’t keep iPhones in stock

Apple’s iPhone availability widget, a page on Apple’s website, appears whenever there’s a shortage of iPhones at Apple’s stores. The widget shows which stores have which models in stock, on a state-by-state basis.
Over the weekend, many stores flipped from green to red on some or… Continue Reading

MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition: Deadline extended to July 1

MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition: Deadline extended to July 1

We’ve extended the deadline for the MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition by one day, until July 1.
We’ve gotten scores of great submissions, but we’d like to make sure we shake out as many as possible because of all the exciting action going on in the… Continue Reading

Apple PR confirms: Hottest Girls app was removed

Apple PR confirms: Hottest Girls app was removed

On Thursday morning, developer Allen Leung’s Hottest Girls iPhone app, a $1.99 download that showed pictures of Asian women in lingerie, began displaying topless models. I’m from California, so whatever, but the app seemed to fly in the face of Apple’s stated no-porn policy.
Within… Continue Reading

Nokia plans Android netbook for 2010

Nokia plans Android netbook for 2010

“We have confirmed that Nokia is planning to enter the netbook market,” wrote Lazard Capital Markets analyst Daniel Amir in a research note published Friday morning.
Amir says Nokia’s laptop will be “a Google Android, ARM-based notebook that would be sold at carriers.” That means… Continue Reading

Sense Networks gets $6M in hotly contested deal for “tribe” advertising

Sense Networks gets $6M in hotly contested deal for “tribe” advertising

Sense Networks, a company that can track “tribes” of people — such as those who like the same bars and same movies — to better target them with instant advertising, has raised $6 million in new venture financing in a hotly contested deal.
Semiconductor giant… Continue Reading

Mig33 is most downloaded mobile app — have you heard of it?

Mig33 is most downloaded mobile app — have you heard of it?

Mig33, a company that lets millions of users communicate on mobile phones via IM,  chat rooms, and photo sharing, says it’s the most popular downloaded mobile application ever.
You’d hardly know it, though. Chances are, if you live in the US, even if you’re tech-savvy,… Continue Reading

iPhone app report: A few top hits dominate the rest

iPhone app report: A few top hits dominate the rest

AdMob, probably the largest server of ads to iPhone screens, has released its May Mobile Metrics Report, which you can download as a PDF file. The report breaks down the mobile ad market in several countries, showing which handsets are the most popular.
But the… Continue Reading

Roundup: Zune HD specs, Google mobile ads, the most obscure Apple upgrade ever

Roundup: Zune HD specs, Google mobile ads, the most obscure Apple upgrade ever

Google AdSense Mobile – Yes, Google ads on your phone is a big deal. But Greg Yardley, CEO of mobile analytics startup Pinch Media, warns against dreams of Google megabucks for iPhone apps: “The bulk of applications either have a limited shelf life (just like a console… Continue Reading

Palm Pre gets app store and 150+ apps adapted from old Palm software

Palm Pre gets app store and 150+ apps adapted from old Palm software

Palm’s new Pre smartphone has been slammed by critics for its dearth of apps. But San Mateo, Calif.-based MobiHand and MotionApps say they have a solution: emulated versions of older Palm software.
MotionApps has built software that allows older apps based on the Palm OS… Continue Reading

How Apple can improve the iPhone as a game platform

How Apple can improve the iPhone as a game platform

Apple has come a long way with games on the iPhone. There are 12,403 games among the 59,073 apps, according to Mobclix. The iPhone 3.0 software and the iPhone 3G S have a lot of cool features that help games, such as notifications that tell… Continue Reading

AdMob shuts off ad aggregators

AdMob shuts off ad aggregators

Update: Representatives from AdMob and AdWhirl are continuing the discussion in the comments below this article.
AdMob, the 800-pound gorilla of iPhone ad networks, plans to stop allowing other ad networks to deliver its ads as part of a multi-network service. While the company claims… Continue Reading

HTC Hero phone will have a Flash player

HTC Hero phone will have a Flash player

If you’ve got an iPhone in your pocket, you know what’s most conspicuously missing from it (besides a keyboard): a Flash player.
Adobe’s Flash technology has evolved in the past four years from being hated for the proliferation of “Skip Intro” website home pages, to… Continue Reading

Glu to launch mobile versions of 5 popular Activision games

Glu to launch mobile versions of 5 popular Activision games

Glu Mobile said today it will launch five new mobile titles as part of the company’s expanded partnership with Activision Publishing.
The new titles include a mobile version of Modern Warfare 2, Activision’s flagship game coming this fall. The console version of the game (pictured)… Continue Reading

Adobe vets build rival to Flash for iPhone apps

Adobe vets build rival to Flash for iPhone apps

Adobe CEO Shantana Narayu has promised a Flash player for mobile phones in October, but that’s a long way off in the current market. Meanwhile, enterprising application designers and developers are eager to get something into the iPhone App Store now, not next week.
Ansca, a… Continue Reading

Adobe’s Flash 10 for Android: A big win for mobile web apps

Adobe’s Flash 10 for Android: A big win for mobile web apps

On Adobe’s earnings call last week, chief executive Shantanu Naraye said his company will introduce version 10 of its Flash multimedia player for Android this October at Adobe MAX 2009. This comes on the heals of handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson’s announcement that it will release… Continue Reading

Apple sells over 1 million iPhone 3G S phones, offers $30 credit for delayed activations

Apple sells over 1 million iPhone 3G S phones, offers $30 credit for delayed activations

Apple said today it sold over 1 million iPhone 3G S devices from Friday through Sunday. On top of that, it said that six million customers have now downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software since its release on Wednesday, June 17th.
Meanwhile, Apple said it… Continue Reading