Race is on for Mobile Web’s Pot of Gold [USA Today]
With AT&T and Verizon opening up their handsets and Google introducing its Android operating system, the race is on to see which companies will be the first to reap profits from the changing wireless world.
Related: Introducing the First Android Prototype[USA Today]
Related: Yahoo to Offer its Mobile Services, Potentially on Google-Powered Phones [MobileCrunch]
Google Sees Surge in iPhone Traffic [NYT]
Google sees its highest mobile hits from iPhone users and those of Nokia’s Symbian-powered devices, even though Apple’s product represents just 2% of worldwide smartphones, compared to Symbian’s 63% share.
Related: Apple, China Mobile End Talks on iPhone [WSJ]
Motorola ROKR E8 Line Introduced [CoolHunting]
Motorola’s new line of handsets feature haptic technology, which makes touching the screen feel like you’re actually pressing a real button. You can also quickly switch between phone and music features, which include FM radio and work hand-in-hand with Windows Media Player.
Related: Motorola Hopes for Revival with Touch Phone [OregonLive]
Music Industry, Souring on Apple, Embraces Amazon Service [NYT]
Four years after Pepsi partnered with Apple’s iTunes for its Super Bowl promotion, the soft drink maker strikes an ad deal with Amazon’s new music store for this year’s big game. The move indicates the continuing tension between Apple and record labels, and the desire for the latter to prop up Amazon’s store into a serious alternative to iTunes.
DRM is Dead, But Watermarks Rise from Its Ashes [Wired]
While the big four music labels have not backed its use, privacy advocates are nonetheless concerned with digital-watermarking technology, which offers copyright protection by letting companies track music that ends up on file-sharing sites.
Toshiba Deploys New HD DVD Marketing Initiatives [PRNewswire]
Toshiba announces a stepped-up campaign for its HD DVD format after strong fourth-quarter sales. This comes just days after NBC Universal and Paramount became the last two major studios to end their exclusive relationships with Toshiba’s technology, and consider new options with Sony’s Blu-ray format.
Related on NextGreatThing.com: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Feeling ‘Blu’ over DVD Format Wars
MySpace and 45 States Team Up to Fight Online Predators [AP via NYT]
The leading social networking site bows to political pressure over its privacy policies, enacting several online protections including new age verification technology and agreeing to independent monitoring and changes to its site.
VideoEgg Partners With Metacafe, iMeem and Buzznet [MediaPost]
VideoEgg’s partnership with the three popular content-sharing communities expands its ad network by 50 million unique users.
Microsoft Comes to Grocery Aisle With MediaCart Console [WSJ]
The software company and MediaCart announce a new grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store, then scan and pay for them without having to hit the check-out line. Users will be able to log onto a website at home to create shopping lists and access them at the store.
Related: Motorola’s New Devices Target Retailers [WSJ]
For Broadway Play, Mamet Is a Blogger [NYT]
To promote his new Broadway play, “November,” playwright David Mamet is running a fictional presidential campaign blog with entries from his lead character.
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