This week the Carnival of the Mobilists (COM) brings the best of mobile blogging to Volker Hirsch over at Volker on Mobile. Regular Mobilists - including Russell Buckley from MobHappy, Mark Jaffe from Mobile Mandala, Andy Favell from mobiThinking and WIP Jam -- submitted a thought-provoking selection of posts. How can/should brands monetize our passion? What happens when cloud computing shifts app development to...

Another edgy podcast. We take a fresh look at the Google acquisition and zero in on the detail and data the market is missing. We also discuss the phenomenal popularity of Android apps and what can happen when Chrome and Android converge. Another hot topic: mobile valuations and what the AdMob...

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...

TWO-THIRDS OF MOBILE AD IMPRESSIONS ARE DELIVERED TO FEATUREPHONES, according to the latest Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART) from ad network Millenial Media. While the iPhone OS was the leading smartphone platform on...

It's a month of milestones at MSG. With the help of the team at Tego Interactive - an experienced team of professionals helping to build businesses (including mine) through converged Web and mobile solutions – I have quietly launched a new-look website and a brand new mobile site that got rave reviews on WAP Review. And with the assistance of Alexander Vlasblom and the rest of the Netsize team I have (once again...

NIELSEN SAYS MILLENNIAL MEDIA HAS THE BIGGEST MOBILE AD NETWORK IN THE US, MAYBE: the research firm released a list of the five mobile ad networks with the biggest reach in the US, but with the caveat that it's not standing behind the list with much confidence. Nielsen says it's difficult to measure reach with any real accuracy because publishers may use multiple networks on their sites, and if a publisher appears on...