After every CTIA, I typically write up a list of the coolest things I saw at the show. Usually, the list includes a gadget or two, an application or game,…

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Two weeks ago we talked to Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers’ iFund Manager Matt Murphy about his thoughts on investing in companies building applications for the iPhone. At CTIA, we…

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CTIA closed the week with a focus on teens. Following some seemingly requisite video footage of teens talking about their cellphones in Miami, Austin and Los Angeles, Trip Hawkins, CEO…

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*CBS* Mobile has taken its EyeMobile citizen journalism efforts from the Web to mobile by releasing an application for the iPhone, we have learned. The application is not currently available,…

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RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) made a slew of announcements at CTIA, adding more multimedia capabilities to its platform: -- China Unicom-emoticonSMS: RealNetworks launched the next generation of its emoticonSMS service to…

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Keeping up to date on all of your social networks while on the PC is hard enough, but when you’re using your phone, people must flip between browsers and applications,…

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-- *Comcast* adds entertainment library to Thumbplay site: With Thumbplay Open, a digital content management system, now in beta, Thumbplay will offer extensive content to *Comcast* High Speed Internet customers…

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BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie announced a series of new partnerships with content providers in a morning keynote at CTIA, but hinted at much more to come. After…

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Before Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE) CEO Shantanu Narayen took the stage, they played a video about the evolution of the phone, starting with the first brick to text messaging to…

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T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest carrier, sat down with us at CTIA today to give us the details of its developer program that will launch next week in beta. Last month,…

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Craig McCaw, current Chairman of Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and founder of McCaw Cellular Communications, which later became AT&T (NYSE: T) Wireless, and John Stanton, who founded Voicestream and Western Wireless,…

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Up next in this morning’s keynotes is Marco Boerries, Yahoo’s EVP of Connected Life Division. He’s here to discuss three things: provide an update on where the company is in…

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The first panel kicked off with three of the top four U.S. carriers discussing the meaning of “open.” Participating in the panel was T-Mobile’s Robert Dotson, Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s…

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CTIA IT & Entertainment officially kicks off today with a packed morning keynote, featuring a roundtable discussion by carrier CEOs, including T-Mobile USA’s Robert Dotson, Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s Dan…

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Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Television is revamping its mobile advertising capabilities with a new service that will enable the entertainment giant to automatically insert ads, a first of its kind…

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Development Deal With Korean Mobile Game Company Com2uS: Disney (NYSE: DIS) Interactive Media Group’s mobile content division, mDisney, inked a deal with Com2uS to develop mobile games for Disney to…

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-- SinglePoint Signs Ad Networks: SinglePoint, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company which helps TV shows and other media companies conduct text messaging campaigns, said today that it has signed three mobile…

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Our own Rafat Ali, publisher and editor of ContentNext Media, took the main stage this morning at Mobile Entertainment Live to interview John Faith, the GM and VP of MySpace…

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So it starts: Helio brand has been integrated within Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), after the acquisition earlier this year. At CTIA, the company announced its new branding, at least…

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Billboard’s Mobile Entertainment Live, the pre-conference day before CTIA, started this morning with a panel including Michael Nash, EVP of Digital Strategy and Business Development from Warner Music Group (NYSE:…

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Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) made a trio of announcements to kick off CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 in San Francisco this week. -- SocialLife: The carrier is offering a…

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GoTV Networks, a mobile and broadband video firm, has inked mobile advertising deals with Millenial Media, Digital Sidebar and Ad Infuse. GoTV, like many others in this space, believes advertising-supported…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) said today it is adding new features to Ovi as it continues to reinvent itself as a services company rather than focusing itself as being a handset…

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Starting tomorrow, we will be at CTIA conference in full force in San Francisco, including Tricia, Matt and I. Tomorrow morning we will be covering the Billboard’s Mobile Entertainment Live!…

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You knew this was coming...we held back a batch of tickets for our CTIA Mocomixer on Sept 9th...we’re opening it this morning. Our mixer will take place at San Francisco’s…

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