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ExclusiveA grumpy not-so-old man looks at his mobile phone bill

Mark Bridge writes:

Sometimes I worry that I’m turning into a grumpy old man. That I’ll follow the path of Rick Wakeman and become better known for my views on body piercing than for playing ‘The Six Wives of Henry VIII’ on eleven keyboards simultaneously.

ExclusiveMobile payment growth slower than expected, says report

The number of mobile payment users around the world will exceed 141.1 million this year, a 38% increase from 2010, according to new research from Gartner. In addition, the total volume of worldwide mobile payments is forecast to exceed $86 billion, up more than 75% from last year's figure.

Despite these projected increases, Gartner doesn't think the mobile payment market is growing as quickly as expected.

ExclusiveWAP is dead, says the BBC

The WML (Wireless Markup Language) version of the BBC Mobile website has been closed this week, bringing an end to the BBC's WAP presence after ten years.

The corporation says WML traffic has fallen from 20% of its mobile web usage two years ago to less than 1% today.

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