Reuters | August 28, 2011 | Miyoung Kim Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it would launch a mobile instant messaging tool in its latest push to attract more consumers to its handsets and challenge rivals such as Apple and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. Read the full article here via Reuters

DigiTimes | August 5, 2011 | Steve Shen HTC has announces consolidated revenues of NT$45.11 billion (US$1.56 billion) for July, up 83.29% on year, while total revenues from January to July 2011 were NT$273.67 billion, up 121.56% from a year earlier. Read the full article here via DigiTimes

Jumbuck, an Australian VAS firm, is trying to translate the love affair people have with their phones into real life social relationships. “The mobile phone is a device that has a wonderful intimate relationship with the users,” said David Gibbs, the firm’s CEO, noting that as a device the phone had become “absolutely critical.” The [...]

Mobile video is the future of mobile value added services (VAS) according to Eamonn Kearns, VP of sales at Canadian communications firm Dialogic. “Video is the new voice,” said Kearns speaking to RCR Wireless News in Singapore recently. The deployment of 3G on a global scale is what is really giving video a boost, as [...]

iTnews | July 19, 2011 The City of Melbourne is deploying a pay-by-phone trial for on-street metered parking spaces. By October, drivers in the inner-city suburb of Carlton will be able to use an iPhone application or website to pay for parking. Read the full article here via iTnews

Businessweek | July 14, 2011 | Jun Yang A rule change makes it easier for Apple and Google to sell games Read the full article here via Businessweek  

Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Isabel Reynolds Japanese mobile social gaming firm DeNA will seek to expand by buying more game developers, its new chief executive, Isao Moriyasu, said in an interview on Monday. Read the full article here via Reuters

The Mobile Entertainment Forum in Asia is hosting its annual board elections during Communicasia in Singapore next week, with hopes that some US based companies might be interested in running, to get their foot into Asia. The MEF, a global trade association for the mobile media industry, says it is looking for industry leaders “who [...]

Taipei, Taiwan – The upcoming PadPhone from Asus will sport Google’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich, RCR discovered at Computex this week. Asustek’s tablet/phone combo – which allows consumers to use one SIM for two devices by allowing the smartphone to dock at the back of an Android tablet – should emerge by the end of this [...]

Medical News Today | May 30, 2011 HP, SingTel, HealthSTATS and Frontier Healthcare Group today announced an 8-week clinical trial of a mobile health monitoring solution. The solution enables near real time information sharing to help healthcare professionals in the early detection, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular conditions. …. Read full article here via Medical News [...]