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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

BuzzCity secures $10 million in growth capital

Wireless communities and consumer services provider BuzzCity announced it has secured $10 million in growth capital financing from integrated multinational media firm Naspers. According to BuzzCity,

Audi drives mobile gamers to iPhone 3G

Auto manufacturer Audi of American announced the release of Audi A4 Challenge, a new mobile game developed for Apple's iPhone platform. Created in just two weeks by interactive agency Factory Design

Picture imperfect

Analyzing operator efforts to simplify photo-sharing services.

Mobile messaging volume increases more than 20% in Q2

Mobile messaging enjoyed a record-breaking second quarter according to network infrastructure services provider Verisign, which enabled more than 52 billion messages during Q2, up more than 20

Who's that girl?

The mystery of the "iPhone girl." Article

Adobe Photoshop goes mobile

Software provider Adobe Systems announced the imminent launch of Photoshop.com Mobile beta, an Adobe Flash-based mobile application promising camera phone users the tools to more efficiently upload,

IBM serves up U.S. Open tennis content via mobile

Computing giant IBM announced an agreement with the United States Tennis Association to launch a series of personalized digital services including customized content and mobile alerts tied to the

Aussie consumer rights body warns against mobile content

Consumers should approach premium mobile content services like ringtones, wallpapers and information resources with caution, warns Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission. "While these extras

Forecast: Mobile ad revenues to top $12B by 2011

Worldwide mobile advertising revenues will grow to more than $12 billion by 2011 according to a new forecast released by information technology research and advisory firm Gartner, which adds that

Cash Money teams with m-Wise for mobile fan club

Mobile content technology provider m-Wise announced an agreement with Universal Motown Records' Cash Money subsidiary to launch a mobile fan club subscription service touting hip-hop acts including