China Tracks Mobile Users

SEPT. 1, 2010 • Going into effect immediately, everyone who buys a new mobile phone number in China will be required to provide personal information to the vendor. The new  requirement is similar [...]

Apple Chasing Handseeing

AUG. 5, 2010 • Apple Inc. was reported to be negotiating to acquire Handseeing Information Technology Co., Ltd. for as much as $150 million. The firm is a mobile Internet service provider and a [...]

Twitter Japan a Hit on Mobile

JUNE 18, 2010 • While Twitter first arrived in Japan during 2008, the service really took off last October after a mobile version was released. Now 16.3% of Japanese Internet users Tweet, [...]

Meet the iPed

MAY 27, 2010 • The iPed is an iPad clone now on sale in China. Priced at the low, low equivalent of $105, the unit is slightly heavier than Apple’s tablet system, with remarkably similar [...]

CTIA Says Data Most Popular on Mobile

MAY 13, 2010 • The Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA) reported that data accounted for more traffic on mobile networks than voice for the first time in 2009. CTIA data shows that [...]