-- Android phone receives FCC approval: The HTC Dream phone, which will be the first phone using Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) Android operating system, has received FCC approval, according to Engadget.…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) continues to push for more wireless broadband options in the U.S., and today took another step forward by launching ”Free The Airwaves,” a Web site advocating for…

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YouTube has started testing out display ads for its mobile version, m.youtube.com. The company has been developing a mobile interface over the last year, and now says in a blog…

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A very short report in Globes, a Israeli business publication, said that Cambridge, Mass.-based JumpTap, a mobile search and advertising company, laid off about 20 employees as part of a…

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England-based Synchronica, a mobile email synchronization provider, said today it is acquiring consumer mobile email company AxisMobile for $4.9 million in stock. As part of the transaction, Synchronica also said…

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Sprint has made yet another bold deal on content, even while it continues to suffer through each quarter and faces bleak options surrounding its iDEN network. The carrier has re-upped…

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Heavily-backed mobile advertising firm Rhythm New Media, based in Mountain View, CA, has pulled out of UK, and closed its offices there, according to NMA, citing sources. The pull out…

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Despite European official preference for DVB-H, the mobile TV standard backed by Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Norway has gone with DMB as its choice. A consortium comprising three of Norway’s largest…

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Mobile advertising took a big hit at China’s Focus Media (NSDQ: FMCN) when it agreed to ban mobile ad spam-- slashing expected 2008 mobile revenue by $40 million. In the…

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The Olympics are now in full swing. Countless records have been broken and the touchy-feely stories and analysis often hit the point of nausea. Still, there’s plenty more to come…

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Our dear friend Cyriac Roeding, the former EVP of mobile at *CBS*, is on a world tour of about 10 countries in seven weeks. After leaving *CBS* earlier this year,…

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In our second of a series (first is here) of reviews on mobile content from the Olympics, we took a look at the major sports news sites – ESPN (NYSE:…

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The 2008 Summer Olympics are destined to go down as one of the biggest digital events the world has yet to see, spanning across the TV, Internet and the mobile…

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Update: Zi Corp.’s board of directors has declined Nuance’s offer. After consulting with Ridgecrest Capital Partners, the company concluded that “the Nuance proposal does not recognize the full value of…

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Top headlines of the week from our sister sites paidContent.org, paidContent:UK And contentSutra: paidContent.org: -- Yahoo Confirms Appointment Of Biondi And Chapple To Board -- Interview: Blockbuster CEO: Dazed and…

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Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) shares rose today after an analyst said the company’s second-quarter report was the beginning of a steady upswing for the troubled handset maker, AP reports. The handset-maker’s…

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Here’s a case in which you can’t help but think what would happen if the wireless industry made things easy. Both Qik and Flixwagon released applications this week that allow…

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When my colleague Matt Kapko said he was returning the iPhone after two weeks of use, he took a bit of a slating from fans of the phone. But now…

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So much for the Android delays. T-Mobile will be the first operator to offer a mobile phone running on Google’s Android, which may come out in the US as early…

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Alltel (NYSE: AT), the fifth-largest U.S. carrier, said yesterday it achieved strong customer growth in the second quarter, and is preparing for its merger with Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) to…

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Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI) XM might be making its first play as a combined platform on the iPhone, according to Orbitcast. This would be the first time programming from the two…

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-- *AT&T* partners with Rock The Vote, FunMobility to reach young voters: Another election that’s obligatorily being pegged as the one that will bring out the youth vote is nearing…

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The Cell—no, not the J. Lo flick—but a made-for mobile show, produced by Endemol, has been purchased by Fox International Channels as its first online-only property, Brand Republic reports. The…

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As expected, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is filling its final two board seats with Frank J. Biondi and John H. Chapple. The appointments were part of the company’s settlement with Icahn…

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Polo Ralph Lauren, the fashion purveyor of all things preppy, will be the first among luxury retailers to launch a mobile e-commerce site. Advertising SVP David Lauren and son of…

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