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German entrepreneurs launch virtual book store app for the social network by Ansgar Warner
Screen shot 2010-03-19 at 2.18.14 PM.png Facebook is not only rapidly growing in numbers, it also keeps evolving from a mere social network to a full-scale marketplace. Only lately PayPal was added as a payment option, making in-app-shopping of physical or virtual goods still more easy. So why not start …

The Big Deal: Broadcom’s Scott McGregor
A controversial bet on mobile phones.

Disney Enhancing Resort Experience Through Mobile Phones
tokyo_disney_resort_mobile_site_new Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR), operated by Oriental Land Group, has re-launched the resort’s mobile website services in an effort to improve visitor satisfaction and efficiency. Now the site (left) displays attraction and restaurant waiting times, and …

Brightkite’s GroupText Is a Text Messaging Party Line
When I think about the lowest common denominator of mobile communications, text messaging follows close behind voice. Obviously, every phone offers voice capability by definition, but texts are nearly as ubiquitous. Email is catching up as consumers leave basic feature phones for smartphones …

Sprint’s HTC Touch Pro2 gets official Windows Mobile 6.5 update
Sprint had promised a first-quarter update for its Touch Pro2 way back in January, and sure enough, it’s delivered the Windows Mobile 6.5 boost right on time. It might not have as much punch now that we know everything there is to know about Windows Phone 7 Series, of course, but it’s still …

Memory Cards of 3,000 Phones Infected By Malware
itwbennett sends us a few links from IT World tracing a story about infected microSD cards in Vodaphone-supplied mobile phones. “The original report came on March 8 after an employee of Panda Security plugged a newly ordered HTC Magic phone from Vodafone into a Windows computer, where …

Memory Cards of 3,000 Phones Infected By Malware
itwbennett sends us a few links from IT World tracing a story about infected microSD cards in Vodaphone-supplied mobile phones. “The original report came on March 8 after an employee of Panda Security plugged a newly ordered HTC Magic phone from Vodafone into a Windows computer, where …

Are Mobile Phones Safe
give their users brain cancer due to their radiation output and cranial proximity. The crux of the cell The Examiner”, “http://article.wn.com/view/2010/03/01/No_cell_phones_do_NOT_cause_brain_cancer/”…

Accounting Clerk (Vancouver, BC)
How often does an opportunity come along to build a product that will end up in the hands of millions of customers and shape the future of the mobile entertainment industry? At airG, we develop mobile communities and wireless social networking products that resonate with the hip and …