The Chetan Sharma Consulting Firm recently published research that takes an in-depth look at the current state of the mobile ecosystem. Chetan Sharma’s research shows the exponential growth of mobile, revealing statistics in categories like the growth of mobile subscriptions, mobile data, mobile app revenue, global mobile leaders (subscriptions, data revenue, and total revenue) and device and tablet purchases. The firm also cites predictions for the second half of 2011. Below is a short synopsis:… Read more »

Millennial Media’s most recent Mobile Mix (May 2011 edition) illustrates the current trends in the mobile landscape. In comparison to last month’s edition some rankings remained the same, aside from a few shockers. Apple and Samsung both remained leaders in the Top 15 Manufacturers and Top 20 Mobile Phones categories. Amid pessimistic reports, May was a decent month for RIM’s Blackberry. The Curve and Bold 2 devices ranked in the top 5 on the Top… Read more »

A question for all the old-school gamers, the ones that played hours and hours of Atari or Nintendo. Remember the game Worms? If that’s too dated for you, how about Angry Birds? Whether you’re an old school or new school gamer, I’m sure you’ve heard of Angry Birds. What if there was a crossbreed of the two? Well, now there is! Kill the Dragon is a new iOS game and the brainchild of one of… Read more »

NFC technology remains center stage in the mobile world, as Google prepares to partner with MasterCard and Citigroup to bring NFC to the Android, and speculation regarding the potential marriage of NFC and the iPhone 5 runs wild. According to an article published today in the Wall Street Journal, Google is working on an Android app that would allow consumers with Citibank credit or debit cards to make payments with their mobile devices. Google has… Read more »