Warner Music joins Nokia’s Comes With Music download program [Engadget]
Nokia adds third-largest music label Warner Music to its growing list of complying music labels for the revolutionary Comes With Music download program.
Tipit Lets You Transfer Money Over Twitter. Sort of. [Tech Crunch]
More an IOU than a money transfer, Tipit sends paypal.com Twitter reminders to your buds who owe you for last weekend.
Photos revealing everyday life in Iraq. By Citizen Reporters [PicturePhoning.com]
A new book, Baghdad Calling, is a compilation of amateur mobile pictures revealing the typical life of war torn Iraq.
Europeans picking mobiles over landlines [The Sydney Morning Herald]
According to the European Union, 24% of all Europeans choose mobiles over landlines with Czech Republic, Finland and Lithuania as the most unwired.
Ypulse Research: SuLake’s 2008 Global Habbo Youth Survey [Ypulse]
More findings on Habbo’s Global Youth Survey reveal that teens’ mobile phone usage is up in all areas with 63% playing mobile games—up from only 54% in 2006—and over a quarter using mobile web to surf the net, check email and IM.
Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody aim to increase digital music revenue [Mobile Marketer]
Verizon Wireless and Rhapsody announce a joint venture to offer low-priced DRM free music tracks, which could significantly boost the revenues of the digital music market.
Traditional Video Still on Top, but Mobile, Online Gaining [MobileContentToday]
While the DVD player continues to dominate the video rental marketplace, other forms of media such as online streaming and mobile video are quickly gaining momentum.
Santa Has a Social Network! On Ning! [AdRants]
Santa has finally caught up with the times with his own social network and blog. Not bad for an old man. Now when is he going to trade in Rudolph for a more efficient hybrid model?
Social Grocery Shopping Tools [Trendhunter]
A new social network called Zeer takes the social shopping concept to the grocery store, letting you read reviews, create grocery lists and join communities of similar eaters–all accessible by phone.
German “Future Store” Lets You Grocery Shop With Your Cellphone [Engadget]
The Germans have taken mobile grocery technology a step further with in-store mobile purchasing. Snapping the barcodes of items in your cart creates one big barcode, which the cashier then scans at the register.
