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• GoConnect to launch uctv.fm for mobiles

  Digital media company GoConnect (ASX:GCN) has revealed it will launch a handset-agnostic mobile solution for viewing its IPTV network within one month

• SmartTrans raises $1m to help fund projects

  Mobile software and services company SmartTrans (ASX:SMA) has arranged to raise $1m in a placement, as it works on deployments in Australia and China

• Nexbis signs Maldives contract

  Mobile security solutions provider Nexbis (ASX:NBS) has signed its 20-year contract to supply a border control system in the Maldives

• Nexbis shares slump 5% as rights issue announced

  Mobile security solution vendor Nexbis (ASX:NBS) has announced a three-for-five rights issue to raise $20.9m

• Lack of BlackBerry migration no bar for RIM PlayBook developers

  Although the full application development story is still being ironed out for Research in Motion's newly announced PlayBook tablet, developers are anxious to get their hands on one and start building anyway.

• Microsoft ramps up Windows Phone app store

  Looking to provide the best shopping experience for mobile applications, Microsoft is engaging developers in a phased approach with its upcoming Windows Phone Marketplace relaunch.

• Nexbis hires non-executive director

  Mobile application developer Nexbis (ASX:NBS) has appointed chartered accountant Robert Whitton as its newest non-executive director

• Apple stealing more mobile ad revenue from Google

  While Google is currently basking in an Android smartphone sales spike, even beating iPhone sales for the first time last quarter, the advertising giant is losing ground to Apple on a critical front: mobile advertising, reports IDC.

• MobileActive close to finalising JV deal

  Shares in mobile entertainment company MobileActive (ASX:MIG) have jumped 16% today after it revealed it was close to finalising a joint venture agreement with the UK's 4th Screen Advertising

• MobileActive unit passes 750,000 app sales

  Mobile content developer MobileActive (ASX:MBA) said its RingRing studios unit had surpassed 750,000 app sales

• AutoCAD coming to iPad, iPhone, returning to Mac

  Autodesk is bringing its AutoCAD architecture, design, and engineering software back to the Mac OS after an 18-year absence, the company announced this evening. But the company plans to do more than offer a Mac OS X version of AutoCAD: It says it will release a free version of the software, dubbed AutoCAD WS, for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch that lets users review, edit, and share AutoCAD files on those popular mobile devices.

• Victorian councils mobilise rate payment services

  Some 38 per cent of Victorian local councils are enabling Web-based an mobile access to services for ratepayers over the next 12 months with 75 per cent reviewing their mobile strategies.

• Jumbuck (ASX:JMB) slumps to $2.4m FY10 loss

  Mobile entertainment company Jumbuck Entertainment (ASX:JMB) has posted a $2.4m FY10 loss in a reversal of fortunes from its $4m profit in FY09

• MobileActive (ASX:MBA) launches web dev platform

  Mobile content developer MobileActive (ASX:MBA), through its business-to-business division, has launched mobile web site and application publishing platform Kilrush

• Google Android market looks to protect apps

  Extending protection against unauthorized use of applications, stewards of the Google-backed Android mobile platform Tuesday unveiled a licensing service for applications in the Android Market.