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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

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

Nokia Media Network adds U.S. publishers

Nokia announced the addition of a series of U.S. publishers to its Nokia Media Network

Breaking news: Men prefer sex to the mobile web

To the surprise of absolutely no one, 74 percent of red-blooded men ages 18 to 34 would rather have sex than surf the Internet, according to a new study released by online entertainment community

Operators deny wrongdoing over text price hikes

The four major U.S. operators have denied any wrongdoing in instituting recent price increases for text messages, countering the criticisms of Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee Chairman Herb

Citi, Obopay team for mobile money transfers

Financial services provider Citi announced the launch of a new mobile person-to-person money transfer service developed in conjunction with mobile payments service provider Obopay. According to Citi,

The 25 Most Powerful People in Wireless

Continuing FierceWireless' countdown of the mobile industry's most influential figures. Today: Numbers 20 through 16.

Nokia, Spike Lee to premiere user-generated film

Nokia announced it will premiere Nokia Productions, a user-generated multimedia film created in collaboration with director Spike Lee. The handset giant will debut the project--first

Consumers still prefer voice over mobile apps

While 74 percent of consumers desire more advanced mobile applications, they still prefer voice service as their primary wireless communication channel according to a new survey released by mobile

3 UK to offer Nokia's Comes With Music

Hutchison Whampoa-owned operator 3 UK will begin offering Nokia's Comes With Music all-you-can-eat service, introducing the handset maker's N95 device next month. Citing industry sources, Reuters