UK-based digital music provider7digitalhas announced that it’s now serving one million active users on mobile devices. The milestone follows deals that have seen 7digital’s services installed on pre-installed on millions of mobile devices. Apps for Android and BlackBerry, plus third-party use of the company’s API have driven the growth, which has also been helped along by partner deals with the likes of Samsung, RIM, Sony Ericsson, Philips and Toshiba. Significantly, 7digital, which offers its own digital music store in Europe and the US, as well as partnerships to sell music through third parties such as Spotify, says that over 20% of its digital content sales are now happening direct to mobile devices such as phones and tablets, indicating that users are increasingly happy with bypassing a desktop PC completely when it comes to music purchases....

It’s no secret we’re now well and truly in the decade of mobile, with over a quarter of adults and almost half of all teenagers now owning a smartphone in the UK. And with smartphones becoming increasingly ubiquitous it seems that this is helping drive e-commerce. Certainly, if the latest figures from eBay are anything to go by. More than 10% of all purchases on eBay UK now take place through a mobile device....

It’s a concern that probably sits at the back of most people’s minds. However, the thought of life without mobile phones is just too depressing to consider. I’ll just come out and say what you’ve all thought about at some point: mobile phonesmightbe bad for your health. The science Many studies have been carried out over the years to try and reach a definitive conclusion on the subject. But the fact is, it’s impossible to know for sure, because it has really only been a decade and a half since mobile phones have proliferated....

If you’ve ever been browsing the Internet via your iOS device and been annoyed at exactly how bad Mobile Safari is as compared to the desktop client then today is a great bit of news. From the stage at WWDC, Apple has announced some great new features for the browser. Reading List Options Find something that you want to read, but you don’t have the time just now? A new option in Mobile Safari will let you strip out all of the document’s formatting and for an easier reading experience when it’s convenient for you....

txteagleengages the world’s next billion consumers via the most widespread technology in emerging markets: the mobile phone. It recently raised $8.5 million from a consortium of investors led bySpark Capital. TNW Africa speaks to the company’s co-founder, Nathan Eagle. txteagleuses the concept of crowdsourcing to aggregate consumer insights about people inemerging economies. The company currently has partnerships with over 220 phone carriers in more than 80 countries, providing direct access to 2....