Today's headlines

By Giselle Abramovich

The United States moved a step closer to using mobile phones for financial transactions with MasterCard's launch of PayPass wallet.

By Lauren Mooney

NATPE Mobile in Las Vegas attracted a slate of influential mobile marketing and media executives whose common refrain was that the mobile medium showed potential for growth.

By Giselle Abramovich

Verizon Wireless continues to be the most profitable domestic wireless company and the largest in terms of retail customers in the fourth quarter of 2007.

By Mickey Alam Khan

A year after entering the United States, mobile service provider 5th Finger has formally launched in this market, targeting advertising agencies seeking mobile campaign help.

By Giselle Abramovich

Milk does a body good. That is the precise message that country superstars Rascal Flatts are trying to get across to kids through the Milk Rocks campaign.

By Giselle Abramovich

Zodiac Interactive, a software developer for interactive television, introduced Zodigo, a mobile content search engine much like a movies-on-demand service from cable operators.

By Reva McEachern

The acquisition will enable Nokia to develop more sophisticated software for its devices, which include mobile phones and desktop applications.

By Reva McEachern

Last September Verizon Wireless rejected a request from the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America for a five-digit, text messaging short code.