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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

MuseWorx debuts mobile marketing solution

On-demand marketing automation and brand asset management solutions provider MuseWorx announced the launch of MuseWorx Mobile, a mobile marketing operating system enabling all segments in the

Gracenote, MetroLeap team for mobile lyrics service

Music identification solutions provider Gracenote and entertainment content provider MetroLeap announced an agreement to extend authorized song lyrics licensing services to mobile devices and iPhone

The 25 Most Powerful People in Wireless

Continuing FierceWireless' exclusive countdown of the mobile industry's most influential figures. See who joins the list today!

Monthly mobile ad requests triple over last year

Monthly mobile ad requests across the worldwide AdMob network tripled from 1.6 billion in September 2007 to 5.1 billion in September 2008 according to the mobile advertising marketplace's latest

Forecast: Mobile gaming to top $6.8B by 2013

The global mobile gaming market will exceed $6.8 billion by 2013, according to a new forecast issued by market research firm In-Stat. Among the 2,000 respondents queried by In-Stat, 29.5 percent

Handango to offer premium Android apps

Smartphone content provider Handango will offer both premium and free apps for the first device based on Google's Android mobile OS when T-Mobile USA launches the G1 handset on Oct. 22. While

Motorola at work on Android-based social networking phone

A job advertisement posted by Motorola strongly suggests the handset maker is at work on a social networking-specific device powered by Google's Android mobile operating system. According to the

The 25 Most Powerful People in Wireless

Continuing FierceWireless' exclusive countdown of the mobile industry's most influential figures. Today: Numbers 11 through 15.

Virgin Mobile USA picks up Slifter m-shopping app

Virgin Mobile USA announced an agreement with mobile marketing firm GPShopper to add its Slifter location-aware shopping application. Slifter employs LBS technology to enable mobile users to search

Economic downturn forces mobile ad spending cuts

Despite lofty projections forecasting mobile advertising revenues exceeding as much as $12