Bloomberg Businessweek: Yep, You Can Put A Magazine On A Phone by Steve Smith

Bloomberg Businessweek+ makes its iPhone magazine work not by shrinking the content, but by expanding it in ways that make sense for the mobile context. ...Read the whole story

  • Apple Fixing Apps Crash, FairPlay DRM Software May Be Reason by Mark Walsh

    An encryption-related glitch has caused scores of iOS apps in recent days to crash launch upon launch, according to online reports. The problem was initially highlighted by Instapaper creator Marco Arment on Wednesday after learning the latest update of the Instapaper app in the App Store was crashing immediately after launch. ...Read the whole story

Algorithm Lets Wi-Fi-Connected Cars Share Data by Laurie Sullivan

How will ad agencies and their clients protect data when cars can pass information from one vehicle to another through Wi-Fi connections? Ford Motor Co. began installing on-board computers in work trucks in mid-2000, and Wi-Fi transmitters in passenger cars since 2010. Now researchers at several universities have discovered how to make one in several cars the conduit to upload information. ...More

  • Sonic Mobile Adds Hank Mondaca To Orange County Offices by Tyler Loechner

    Sonic Mobile has hired Hank Mondaca as their vice president of business development for their Western U.S. offices, which are based in Orange County, Calif. Sonic Mobile is the mobile solutions division of Modica Group, Inc. While working in the Los Angeles area, Mondaca will oversee mobile marketing education and consultation to everyone in the industry through presentations, seminars, and other forms of communication. ...More

  • Tapjoy Continues Movement Into Entertainment App Space by Tyler Loechner

    Tapjoy, a San Francisco-based mobile advertising platform, yesterday announced a partnership with Popcornflix. Tapjoy will develop and market an app called Popcornflix GOLD, a "movie-streaming mobile application," which will also give virtual rewards to users. "The joint venture will allow Popcornflix users to earn virtual rewards by engaging in interactive advertising," said Pete Dille, Tapjoy's CMO. ...More

  • A Mid-Year Review of the Growing Numbers in Mobile by Chuck Martin

    As the volume of research around the mobile industry continues to swirl, we thought it time to take another snapshot of where various parts of the market stand at this stage. Almost 90% of U.S. adults now have a mobile phone and more than half of them (55%) use their phones to go online, according to Pew Internet. Almost one in five do most of their online browsing on their phone. ...More