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http://gigaom.com/2012/01/06/its-becoming-a-mobile-first-world/

It’s becoming a mobile-first world — Tech News and Analysis

In the last day, I’ve gotten two notes from start-ups that began on the web but have seen their businesses transformed by mobile, as users increasingly shift their consumption to mobile apps and browsers.
http://www.qubulus.com/2011/06/07/the-indoor-positioning-market-shaped-list-of-indoor-positioning-companies/

The Indoor Positioning Market Shaped: List of Indoor Positioning Companies » Qubulus - Indoor Positioning Service Provider

As a company you always try to look the best you can and as an outsider cutting through the carefully crafted marketing lingo can be a challenge. In a emerging market like Indoor Positioning this is ever more so true, which is why we were very delighted to see a full review of our technology done by Jimmy Pewtress, who is an independent developer and blogger who on his blog indoor-positioning.co.uk, took it on him to test out the up and coming...
http://blog.greystripe.com/2011/04/1-in-4-iphone-and-android-users-plan-to.html

1 in 4 iPhone and Android Users Plan to Buy a Car in Next Year and 78% Will Use a Mobile Device in the Search and Purchase Process

Over a quarter of iPhone, iPod Touch and Android users plan to buy a car in the next year – and 78 percent will use their mobile device to facilitate the process, according to findings from a recent study Greystripe sponsored. During Q4 2010 and Q1 2011, we conducted an exploration of our touch device users, focusing on auto purchasing and mobile’s role in the auto purchasing process.

Americans prefer to email on the go, social network at home -- Engadget

We do like a pretty chart around here, and these latest ones from Nielsen are positively gorgeous. http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/americans-prefer-to-email-on-the-go-social-network-at-home/
In the past two years, we have gone from a smattering of mobile statistics to an abundance of useful information. But there's still a long way to go, there are still huge gaps in our knowledge, some countries enjoy a proliferation of data sources, while others have little or none; and the quality of statistics varies incredibly.

Global mobile statistics 2011: all quality mobile marketing research, mobile Web stats, subscribers, ad revenue, usage, trends… | mobiThinking

http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats

Mobile gaming in Japan: A different world

http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2006/12/mobile-gaming-in-japan-different-world.html From time to time I like to drop in on What Japan Thinks , a website that translates into English an enormous number of market research studies conducted in Japan.