Electronic Arts Hires United Talent Agency [WSJ]
First there were video games based on movies, now EA has hired United Talent Agency to do the reverse–turn its popular games into big screen blockbusters. Certainly a testament to their growing dominance as a youth entertainment medium.
NEC technology identifies person’s age and sex, delivers targeted ads [Crunch Gear]
NEC is debuting Minority Report-inspired billboard that target ads and mobile coupons to passersby based on age and gender.
Facebook, MySpace Ignore Location On iPhone At Their Peril [Tech Crunch]
The future of social networks is location, so that fact that Facebook and MySpace failed to incorporate LBS into their iPhone apps looks like a major misstep.
IBM project lets users make their own mobile versions of websites [Engadget Mobile]
A new IBM sponsored Firefox plug-in “Highlight” lets anyone create WAP sites from internet sites easily. A number of smaller services do this already, but its telling that a big player is getting into the game.
Gimme Free Content and I’ll Watch an Ad [Mobile Content Today]
UK mobile users would view pre-roll ads for free access to content—88% to be exact—with 59% saying they were interested in the brand after watching the ad and 62% said the mobile ad gave a good impression of the brand.
f8: Facebook Connect — The Facebook Web [All Things Digital]
Facebook is looking to pull an OpenID with Facebook Connect, which will let the site’s 90 million users log-in to multiple websites—Digg is the first listed—using their Facebook username and password.
Cryptex phone concept for Da Vinci Code fans [Into Mobile]
It’s a billyclub; it’s a bike lock … it’s a phone? The Cryptex phone concept seems cool, but like Spice World – after the novelty is gone, it might just be a product that sits on the shelf.
Going running - send your mobile first [SMS Text News]
Esendex and Great North Run will jointly offer SMS training packages for runners, giving them access to personalised training plans via SMS, email and the web.
SendMe Mobile Partners With Warner Music For Mobile Content [mocoNews.net]
As Warner preps to team with SendMe Mobile, already having entered into relations with Thumbplay, it seems like the off-deck phone mall scene may be getting close to 20th Anniversary DVD territory – all about the exclusives.
Tatango.com - Group Text Messaging Solution [Killer Startups]
Get the party started with SMS! Tatango allows you to create online groups, which you can then blast by using SMS, courtesy of Tatango.
Young Mobile Users Embrace Mobile Video [Online Media Daily]
According to a recent survey, young mobile users are more than willing to watch mobile videos that are sent to their phones via SMS short code.
Now, SMS to power justice [The Times of India]
Two high courts in India will begin using SMS in order to inform lawyers and litigants on information regarding case status.
Oki Phone Alerts Pedestrians [Ubergizmo]
A mobile phone prototype by Oki alerts both pedestrians and drivers of potential dangers if both are equipped with the device.
The Mobile Web: Its Not Just for Smartphone’s [Bits]
Despite the hype around the iPhone boosting mobile web traffic, an AdMob study found that non-smartphones (we won’t go so far as to call them dumbphones…) are driving mobile web usage just as much as the Blackberry and the iPhone.
As Travel Cost Rise, More Meeting Go Virtual [NYTimes]
Thanks to skyrocketing gas prices, many companies are beginning to embrace video conferencing in lieu of timely and expensive travel.
