Filemobile (FM) is a subsidiary of GRASPIT Innovative Technologies .  FM is a social media platform that enables people to organize and share their media with the world. FM is a natural companion to anyone who writes a blog, owns a digital camera or produces content. Take mobile video blogging to new heights today with FileMobile.

A new sutdy by the Center for for Marketing Research at UMASS looks at the time needed to build and maintain a successful blog. Dr. Nora Barnes compiled data from 74 established  bloggers and came up with some interesting results. No surprise here, but a successful blog takes time - much more than the daily average of one hour reported by over 65% of responders.

M:Metrics announced the deployment of M:Meter a unique product designed to measure phone usage and mobile content behavior for American and British users. Volunteers install the software on their mobiles and statistics are uploaded to MobiLens - a comprehensive database which is acessible to M:Metrics' commercial customers. 

Jay Rosen from NYU led the second discussion at BloggerCon focusing on the role of  citizen media especially how to involve more peope in a professional manner that traditional media giants will respect  and where the lines between personal and professional reporting blur. Blogging is a viable media source but it needs discipline and strategy to become professional reporting. And yes, there's also a Dan Rather connection to all of this.

Irish mobile software provider Newbay has acquired Inamobile LTD - a UK handset application developer specializing in image uploads and viewing applications for Java Symbian and BREW platforms. The move enhances NewBay's offerings and attracts mobile operators to its customer base. The PIXOTA client allows single click photo upload potentially increasing picture messaging usage by 20X and uses HTTP vs MMS protocols allowing for increased image quality.

MySpace, Rupert Murdochs NewsCorp's favorite baby is seeking to expand internationally into eleven new markets. Bouyed by the success of it's British venture, mobile friendly Europe and the large untapped Chinese market appear good growth areas for the social networking juggernaut. Not surprisingly, mobile services and music are driving its latest push.

Nokia has partnered with Philippines provider Globe to offer a fully integrated mobile blogging solution for newer NSeries communicator devices. Users of the N91 and N93 can also access this feature via the Lifeblog personal media storage and management platform and upload content directly to G-Blogs. No PC connectivity or intervention is required.

Russian journalists Lagovski and Moiseynko managed to cook several eggs with the radiation and heat emitting from their cell phones. The results of this "unscientific" experiment were republished  by Crorepixels with the authors stresssing people be aware of phone radiation and potential health issues. Personally, I prefer a hands free connection where ever possible.

According to M:Metrics, the British are more likely to use social networking services than the Germans or the Americans by almost a factor of two. Teens 13-17 were still leading content creation across the surveyed regions with males making up almost two thirds (60%) of all users. See more below.

When .MOBI the infamous TLD for mobile devices and content started registration big brand names such as Target, EBay and Ferrari were already lined up at the doors. Within a few hours, other major names including telecoms such as Verizon and media companies such as Turner and Fox had also signed on.