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Stats & Research: Consumers Want Mobile Email

While many consumers would like to have access to email on their mobile phones, this dosn't mean they want a Blackberry style push everything service but would want to choose who they receive emails from....

Devices: AOL Picks Up Wildseed

AOL has increased its stake in the mobile phone interface market buying up Wildseed that adds to its longstanding ownership of T9 and forming an expanded AOL Wireless group....

News: Stoptextbully.com tackles mobile and internet bullying

Following research that found that one in 10 British youngsters admitted being photographed by a mobile phone camera and feeling threatened and 14% of kids have been bullied by SMS, Children's Charity NCH and Tesco Mobile have set up a web site to help young people deal with bullying online, via SMS and MMS....

Marketing: Theatre’s Winning Performance

The Auckland Theatre Company was a winner of the The New Zealand 2005 Marketing Magazine Marketing Awards for CHARITY/FUNDRAISING/NOT-PROFIT for its use of new media and SMS to attract younger patrons to its shows.....

Business Use: Talk To Your Cinema, Via SMS

Australian leading cinema chains launch an SMS information service that understands plain English requests sent via text.....