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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

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

Mobile web usage grows nearly 30% in Q2

Mobile web usage increased 29.4 percent from the first quarter of 2008 to the second quarter according to mobile solutions and services provider Crisp Wireless. The second quarter edition of the

Comcast to debut mobile Fancast app

Cable giant Comcast is reportedly poised to launch a mobile version of its Internet video storefront Fancast. According to Gizmodo, which cites "a reliable tipster," Comcast is currently wrapping

Google's Chrome browser expected on Android

While Google's new Chrome browser is currently optimized for the wired web, the web services giant's co-founder Sergey Brin anticipates the browser will soon migrate the fledgling Android mobile

Thinking cap

Details of the EU's proposal to cap retail roaming fees for SMS. Article

Vibes Media secures $15 million in Series A

Mobile marketing firm Vibes Media today announced the completion of a $15 million Series A funding round led by Fidelity Ventures. According to Vibes, the strategic investment is earmarked to help

MediaFLO USA kicks off 2008 college football season

Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA mobile broadcast subsidiary announced it will air more than 200 hours of live college football programming throughout the 2008 NCAA season across its CBS Mobile, ESPN Mobile