The analysts at Morgan Stanley have produced a report that’s quite good reading on some of the major trends concerning mobile web. The report consists of: The Mobile Internet Report Summary Slides – a 92-slide presentation that provides highlights on the key themes The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes – a 659-slide presentation that drills down a bit more The Mobile Internet Report – a 424 page report which explores 8 major themes in depth and includes the two aforementioned slide presentations + related overview text Some interesting things as I was

You will find Gas Buddy data syndicated to many mobile applications throughout the iPhone store and many smart phone applications. The map now has over 100,000 cell phone coverage complaints for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. Tags: mobile phones Investing advertising monetization Crowdsourcing publishin Crowdsourcing has become a hot VC entrepreneur topic lately based on new companies forming and demonstrations I have seen at TechCrunch50 and Demo. This has inspired me to begin building a fluid list (last updated 9/28/09) of my favorite web sites that have become

Los Angeles-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has launched a mobile version of its site. According to the company, the new site runs on Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, and other web-enabled mobile devices. TrueCar said the site is accessible either by going to its main url, or to its mobile site at mobile.truecar.com . TrueCar is a spinout of Zag Automotive, which is also run by Painter. READ MORE>> ...Tags:

Costa Mesa-based Tickets.com, a provider of ticketing products and software, has expanded its service into the mobile market. The firm said today that it has launched ProvenueMobile, a mobile version of the firm's consumer-facing website. The firm said the new offering will allow users to buy tickets from a mobile phone. Tickets.com also said it will be offering the technology to its clients in early 2009. The new mobile phone support can be used by smart phones such as the Blackberry, iPhone, and Treo, along with other cell phones with Internet access.

Los Angeles-based wireless software publisher Mobile-XL reported Thursday that it is partnering with Venice-based mobile video messaging firm Mogreet . According to Mobile-XL, both companies have committed resources toward developing a mobile messaging platform. Mogreet operates a mobile greeting card service which sends short video snippets to mobile phones. Mobile-XL develops mobile browser software and information services. Mobile-XL noted that the two companies plan to unveil the collaboration in a few select markets later this year.

Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger , a firm which provides technology for managing mobile media distribution and billing said this week that it has named Michael Iaccarino as CEO of the firm. Mobile Messenger provides mobile entertainment and marketing services to its clients. ...Tags: Tags: executive billing messenger mobil Current CEO and founder, Steve Taylor, becomes EVP Strategy. Iaccarino was most recently at Epison, and also served at KPMG and Price Waterhouse.

The Associated Press has reported traffic information for the firm's mobile service, the AP Mobile News Network, saying that it received more than 16 million page view for the month of August, with 948 news organizations providing content to the mobile offering. The service--which is being powered by Encinitas-based Verve Wireless--is the AP's attempt to establish a beachhead in the mobile market, and to establish new outlet for news and information from the AP's newspaper members. Testifying to the power of Apple's iPhone, the AP said the majority of the traffic--95 percent--to the firm's site is actually via the iPhone and iTouch, rather than from its mobile site.

San Diego-based FLO TV , the mobile television arm of Qualcomm, said today that it has inked a deal with Turner Broadcasting to add CNN Mobile to the service. Tags: mobile qualcomm wireless conten FLO TV said that it will add content from CNN/US, CNN International, HLN, and CNN.com on the FLO TV Personal Television and FLO TV Auto Entertainment offerings. ...Tags:

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of search engine marketing and search engine optimization software, said today that it has launched a new product focused on creating mobile web sites. According to the firm, its new product--Mobile COntent Optimizer--helps advertisers create mobile-friendly web sites. The firm said the software can take an advertiser's existing website content, Pricing on the new offering was not disclosed. READ MORE>> ...Tags:

Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger , the mobile marketing firm majority owned by Silver Lake Partners, said earlier this week that it has named Larry Robiner as its VP of CRM Channel Sales. Tags: sales executive messenger mobil Robiner joins the firm from Epsilon, where he was VP of Business Development. In a related move, the firm said it has promoted Amy Dudman at Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations at the company.