The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’s print customers are newsstand buyers, and the company needs to offer...

T-Mobile USA executives explained that it abruptly ended its year-old exclusive search deal with Yahoo, and replaced it with Google (NSDQ: GOOG), because it is what their subscribers wanted. “It was customer led; the Google brand is associated...

»  Google’s online-only availability for the Nexus One has yet to prove successful. [ZDNet] »  Foursquare creates new analytics tools for businesses. [Bits] »  Users admit some degree of smartphone addiction and...

With services that make it easy for users to share their location—like FourSquare and Gowalla—gaining buzz and usage, Facebook is finally set to fire back with its own move into the hot location-aware space. The NYT reports that the socia...

The NFL has signed a new four-year deal with Verizon Wireless, putting an end to a roughly five-year partnership with Sprint (NYSE: S). The deal is valued at $720 million, including a rights fee and advertising spending, according to the WSJ, which...

Motricity increased revenues, narrowed its losses and even generated cash in 2009, according to new documents filed today as part of the company’s IPO ambitions. When the company first filed paperwork in January, it reported results for the f...

Smartphone ad network Todacell has added another $1 million in funding to an existing $1 million round the Tel Aviv-based company raised back in June. Israeli VC AfterDox, which provided the last $1 million, also ponied up the same amount this time a...

By Mercedes Bunz: The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) over the computer firm’s request that German publisher Springer censor the naked girls on one of its iPhone ap...

Spotify’s newest carrier partner is… well, actually, it’s an old one. The music service is today announcing it will be carried by Finnish telco TeliaSonera over its broadband, mobile and IPTV services. But this is really just an ex...

The search for revenue by deconstructing the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) into its most valuable pieces for various platforms continues. Up next: the New York Times Book Review for e-reader. NYT marketing exec James Dunn mentioned the new subscription...

Big In Japan, the company responsible for the popular ShopSavvy barcode-scanning app for Android and iPhone, has acquired Snappr. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition revives Snappr after it shut down in late 2009, reports TechCrun...

Gadget sites have been abuzz with all things Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as the company’s stock hits yet another record high today, and gears up for iPad pre-orders at the end of the week. We’ve rounded up and the scuttlebutt so you don’t ha...

No need to duck out of work early, now you can watch March Madness games live over your iPhone, and for the first time—anywhere over AT&T’s 3G network. The application, which is expected to be available Monday on iTunes, will cost $9...

»  Jeff Smith, founder of apps developer Smule, explains why there’s no opportunity for profit on the Android platform. [PocketGamer.biz] »  12Mbps download rate makes Verizon one of the fastest 4G networks in the country....

Online ad vet Eric Bader (image) is coming back to the traditional agency business after leaving that segment three years ago to help found mobile ad and marketing consultant Brand In Hand. Interpublic Group media shop Initiative has hired Bader as i...

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) may have lost its exclusive search deal with T-Mobile USA, but it is banking on a major reorganization to help recharge the company’s mobile efforts. The changes, which involves breaking up the mobile group and redeploying t...

With its release date now set, Apple’s iPad made its TV advertising debut at the Oscars a few minutes ago. Here’s the clip (via Engadget and Alley Insider):

T-Mobile USA has ended its year-old exclusive search deal with Yahoo, and has replaced the company with its chief rival—Google (NSDQ: GOOG). The deal shifts the U.S. mobile search dominance away from Yahoo and in favor of Google, which now wo...

»  Why Android is difficult for developers to work with. [DroidDog] »  New Bob Marley documentary will be first in a series of mobile apps playable on iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and HDTV. [MarketWatch] »  Micros...

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) began announcing this morning that the iPad with wi-fi will start going on sale April 3, with the 3G version coming later in the month. The company also said that while both versions of the tablet device would be made available in...