It's a milestone day for the fledgling app space. We have a solid report from esteemed colleague Chetan Sharma that gives a good overview of the size of the global mobile apps economy and some valuable insights into the regional...

A quick roundup of M-Days insights and highlights. Companies mentioned include: Ahead of Time, Rubberduck Media Labs, Service2Media, Out There Media, Fishlab Entertainment, Southend United Football Club, Fjord, Farm Town, Exbiblio, Gedda-Headz, Lufthansa and Velti. I'm back and settled from M-Days in...

I'm out the door and off to M-Days in Munich, one of Europe's biggest and best mobile industry events and exhibitions. The sold-out event brings together 1,400+ mobile industry professionals, executives and analysts to exchange ideas, network and talk global mobile trends. I'm proud to be a media partner and will have other news post-event about an exciting new venture between MSG and...

Editor's note: A range of content discovery issues continue to plague mobile operators and content companies on-portal. Add the explosion of content off-portal and the advance of applications stores and finding (and buying) what we like can be like looking for a proverbial needle in hay stack....

ANDROID AND APPLE NOW ACCOUNT FOR 75 PERCENT OF US MOBILE WEB TRAFFIC, a stat noticed by TechCrunch in the latest installment of AdMob’s Mobile Metrics Report. The iPhone OS (which also includes iPod Touches) leads the way, generating 55 percent of smartphone requests on AdMob’s network in the US, with Android pulling in 20 percent. RIM follows with just 12 percent, then webOS with 5 percent, and Windows Mobile w...

This month was marked by a string of good news stories that speak volumes about the state of mobile marketing and advertising. From the milestone acquisition of AdMob by Google for a cool $750 million in stock, to the news that Millennial Media had raised nearly $16 million in growth capital, to the milestone statement from...