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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

Sonic Boom debuts iPhone ringtone maker

Mobile entertainment developer and publisher Sonic Boom announced the launch of ToneMaker with Voice, which it touts as the first ringtone maker for Apple's iPhone. The ToneMaker with Voice

EA Mobile launches 'Tetris POP'

Mobile gaming developer and publisher EA Mobile announced the debut of Tetris POP, the latest addition to the best-selling franchise. According to EA Mobile, Tetris POP boasts 17 new variations of

AT&T adds Yahoo oneSearch

AT&T announced an agreement with Yahoo to integrate the web services giant's oneSearch mobile search solution into its MEdia Net portal, positioning the Yahoo service as its on-deck default

Zed acquires Mobitween

Mobile entertainment firm Zed announced its acquisition of Adobe Flash-based mobile games developer and publisher Mobitween. Financial terms were not disclosed. Mobitween brings with it a product

Tira Wireless shuts down

Mobile content solutions provider Tira Wireless has closed its doors. MobileGamesBlog.com cites internal documents confirming the company's board of directors decided to shut down on August 24, with

On the road

The iPhone as a travel tool. Article

Countdown to CTIA

Ready or not, we're just days away from CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 in San Francisco. As always, you can count on FierceMobileContent and its sister publications

Nielsen intros Mobile-PRIZM advertising effort

Information and media firm The Nielsen Company announced the launch of Mobile-PRIZM, a new product that brings together its consumer segmentation and mobile media targeting tools to promise

HBO hugs it out with Whrrl on 'Entourage' promo

Consumer technology solutions developer Pelago announced an agreement with interactive marketing boutique Deep Focus to promote the hit HBO comedy Entourage via its location-aware mobile social

National Geographic Mobile enters content jungle

The National Geographic Society announced the launch of National Geographic Mobile, promising photos, videos and related educational programming optimized for wireless devices. Launched via the