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Biography for Jason Ankeny

Jason Ankeny is the executive editor of FierceMobileContent and FierceDeveloper as well as a regular contributor to Entrepreneur magazine and the website All Music Guide. He previously served as senior editor of Telephony and its sister publication Wireless Review--additional credits include efforts for publications including Rolling Stone, Wax Poetics and No Depression along with liner notes for a number of album releases. He lives in Chicago and may be reached via email at jankeny@fiercemarkets.com.

Articles by Jason Ankeny

RIM launches MySpace app for BlackBerry

Social networking giant MySpace announced the availability of a new, integrated mobile solution customized for device maker Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones. The application--which RIM

mywaves teams with Mukta Arts for Bollywood clips

Mobile video service provider mywaves announced a partnership with Indian film producer and distributor Mukta Arts to deliver free trailers, behind-the-scenes interviews, music videos and outtakes

Transpera rakes in $8.25 million in Series B

Mobile video services provider Transpera announced the completion of a Series B financing round totaling $8.25 million. Flybridge Capital Partners led the round, with fellow existing investors Intel

Amazon.com debuts reply-to-buy mobile alerts

Internet retail giant Amazon.com announced the introduction of Text Alerts for Daily Deals, a mobile alert program enabling shoppers to purchase the site's Gold Box Deal of the Day item via wireless

Sprint: Users want but can't figure out mobile email

Although more than 67 percent of mobile subscribers under the age of 30 use text messaging services, 29 percent of under-30 consumers also desire the ability to send and receive email via wireless

Verizon teams with Photobucket for instant image uploads

Verizon Wireless and image/video-sharing website Photobucket announced the availability of Photobucket Mobile Uploader, a new mobile photo-sharing application promising subscribers instant uploads

Verizon Wireless inks Beyonce content exclusive

Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with R&B bombshell Beyoncé to debut exclusive content from the singer's new solo album I Am ... Sasha Fierce in advance of its Nov. 18 retail

The Top U.S. Wireless Innovators of All Time

FierceWireless counts down the pioneers who forged the mobile industry. Feature

Microsoft poised to debut Internet Explorer Mobile 6

Microsoft announced the availability of emulators and documentation for the Internet Explorer Mobile 6 browser, which the software giant will soon release across new devices based on its Windows

Thumbplay confirms staff cuts

Mobile entertainment destination Thumbplay confirmed staff layoffs across its organization, disputing reports it laid off as much as a quarter of its roughly 100 employees but declining to disclose