Mobile phone giant Nokia this week announced another round of staff cutbacks, alongside an announcement that it was further opening its technology to mobile application developers. Another 450 employees of the Finnish company were let go this week, on the heels of layoffs of 1700 staffers in March, and an initial reduction of 320 back […]

Flickr has announced expanded mobile support, including mobile viewing of Flickr videos: Today we’re releasing several upgrades to m.flickr.com. If you’ve got a smartphone with one of the fancier new mobile browsers, you’ll experience a completely new version of our mobile site, one that’s built around the things that are most important to you when […]

Apple today added new models of the iPhone and iPod touch which have double the memory. The iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499, joining the 8GB model for $399. iPod touch now comes in a 32GB model for $499, joining the 16GB model for $399 and the 8GB model for $299. […]

YouTube is getting serious about mobilecasting, expanding its mobile service to include virtually all of the videos available on its Web site. Starting today, people with current generation mobile phones can watch tens of millions of YouTube videos. YouTube also is providing mobile access to many of the same features that have become staples of […]

The US Patent & Trademark Office has published Apple‚Äôs patent application for a Multi-functional hand-held device, originally filed in March 2006. Apple recently announced a Sept 12th media event, and there has been much speculation about the possibility of Apple introducing a phone and a more powerful video iPod. The Patent combines both phone and […]

mobipod, a new service designed to ‘push’ feed podcasts to mobile phones, launched a public trial of the service in the UK on Monday. The service intends to deliver top UK podcasts automatically to mobile phones. mobipod will initially only be available for a range of Nokia handsets on O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Support […]

Hundertelf, an Internet company in Cologne, Germany, has launched a new mobile podcasting service, Cellcast. The service lets registered users call from their cell phones, record a message or song and make it available on the Web. The phone calls are recorded and converted to MP3 files, which can be stored on the Cellcast server […]