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A report by the Yankee group earlier this week pegged the mobile pornography industry (porn on your cell phone) at $1 billion a year in spending by 2008. "Adult entertainment" is one Internet service that makes money hand over fist and your cellular service provider hopes that wireless porn will...

Biting at the heels of Google, Yahoo unveiled its own local search service for mobile phones yesterday. Unlike Google's mobile search which uses text-only messages to deliver results, Yahoo's mobile search can deliver localized results, maps, and Web site icons using WAP (wireless application...

A recent article from the Globe and Mail says that Shaw, better known for their cable services and high speed internet, is considering adding cellular phones to their product lineup. In an interview with a Globe and Mail reporter, president Jim Shaw said, "When the company does include cellphone...

Trendcentral spots some pretty wild stuff and the latest newsletter was no exception. Check out some mobile phone goodies coming our way: Minty Fresh: Wondering if you need a Tic Tac but there's no one around to test your breath? Eventually you may be able to use your phone as a halitosis gauge....

Lets pray this works! Today new rules were set in place by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that ban unsolicited commercial wireless messages. According to MediaPost: The stricter measure was deemed more appropriate for wireless messages because many calling plans demand that...

The anti-mobile phone crusade continues! An art project called Fashion Victims explores mobile phones and "the disruption they can sometimes cause in public." The group has designed a collection of bags and tee shirts that "bleed" red ink when exposed to mobile phone radiation. According to the...

They're not the first ones to offer a service that lets you search the web with your moible phone, but they're certainly the ones getting the most attention. Google today launched "Google SMS," a mobile service available in the US. It's designed to help cell phone users to get local business...

The unlikely staying power of the BlackBerry against much bigger rivals adds a bunch of new dimensions to the term "relationship marketing," suggests a column by Ian Austen in The New York Times. First, of course, is its apparently unshakable consumer relationship, which BlackBerry maintains largely...

Alot of companies in the cell phone industry are trying to get us excited about TV on our phones. But do we really care? My feeling is that the quality will be horrific despite claims otherwise, so NO, I am not interested. It seems others feel the same way. According to Lyra Research, who surveyed...