AllVoices, Formerly Masala, Launches New User-Gen News Service [MocoNews]
AllVoices joins GroundReport, NowPublic, and Newsvine (among many others) in the growing citizen journalism category.
Lost In Translation: Japanese Market Not Sold On iPhone Cool Factor [MocoNews]
Japan has enough cutting-edge mobile, they don’t need no stinkin’ iPhone.
The case for a mobile loyalty program [Mobile Marketer]
Mobile couponing programs, like the new one from IKEA, work best in hard economic times like these. How about some gas coupons???
Texting4Health: Mobile’s role in healthcare [Mobile Marketer]
Mobile technology has many possibilities in healthcare–test result reporting, medication reminders, support groups, disease awareness/information–which are being embraced by the industry.
Twitter took off from simple to ‘tweet’ success[USA Today]
From Blip.tv to Jet Blue, companies are finding Twitter to be a valuable customer service and market research tool. (Jet Blue once tweeted to me that they had almonds (not peanuts) and delicious cookies.)
Related: Twitter ‘Bigger In UK Than US’, White Van Man Taking It Mainstream? [mocoNews]
iLike Offers Free Full Track Streaming and Announces New Ad Platform [Mashable]
Music discovery tool iLike has teamed up with Rhapsody to offer full tracks to users, with a 25-a-month limit.
How hot are social networking sites on mobile phones? [FierceWireless]
Nearly a quarter of internet users check SNS on their mobiles, leaving researchers undecided on whether that means mobile SNS is hot or not.
Japan’s Mixi: A Social Network As A Purely Local Phenomenon [Tech Crunch]
Mixi rules the Japanese social netoworking scene, but what makes it a success there — exclusive membership, anonymity, no-frills design–might not fly in other regions.
Greystripe Monetizing iPhone Games With Ad Platform [Tech Crunch]
Greystripe’s new revenue share model will reward iPhone developers every time their game is played, giving them 100% of ad revenue until it reaches $10,000.
iPhone’s Location-Aware Apps [O’Reilly Radar]
Roundup and review of iPhone LBS Apps by Where, UrbanSpoon and Yelp!
Apricado: Selling Your Music Has Never Been This Easy [TechCrunch]
Like Amie Street, Apricado’s “upload and sell” model makes it easy for artists to sell their music online. The only problem: It makes it just as easy for that kid down the street with a library full of Counting Crows to pretend he’s Adam Duritz.
