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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

Verizon debuts new Gameloft titles

Verizon Wireless announced the addition of three new mobile games courtesy of multi-platform game developer and publisher Gameloft. NFL 2009 features both AFC and NFC teams, complete with authentic

Oberon Media secures $20 million investment

Multi-platform casual games firm Oberon Media--which operates under the I-play brand--announced it

iPhone 2.2 update to feature Google Street View

While the release notes accompanying Apple's most recent iPhone firmware beta listed "compatibility testing" as version 2.2's sole change, MacRumors reports that a series of hidden features are also

Samsung: No plans for premium download services

Despite handset giant Nokia launching its Comes With Music all-you-can-eat music download service and

MySpace, Facebook widen mobile social networking lead

Close to half of all social networking users have now visited destinations like MySpace and Facebook via mobile device, according to an online user survey conducted by market analysis firm ABI

Transpera drives Ford mobile ad campaign

Mobile video services provider Transpera announced a partnership with Ford Motor Co. to launch a new mobile video advertising campaign touting the automaker's new 2009 Lincoln MKS. The campaign,

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Google reconsiders its marketing tactics. Article

Feds rule on ringtone royalty rates

A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday to establish a mechanical royalty rate for mastertones, setting a rate of 24 cents per ringtone. The ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board--a panel of three

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Is Nokia's new Comes With Music service a good deal? Article

Glu Mobile warns of disappointing Q3 earnings

Game publisher Glu Mobile said it projects its third quarter earnings will fall slightly below guidance provided in early August, when the firm forecast Q3 revenues of $24 million to $24.7 million.