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Verizon is considering expanding its wireless data pricing plans to include rates based on the speed at which data is delivered -- potentially adding yet another layer of complexity to the rapidly evolving systems by which customers are charged for consuming mobile data.

Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer's not-so-secret meeting with Abode CEO Shantanu Narayen to discuss a joint battle strategy against Apple raised the tantalizing possibility of an Adobe buyout. That deal wouldn't just be good for Microsoft, it would be good for the future of the Web overall.

Consumers are snapping up smart phones like the iPhone 4 and various Android handsets. But the enthusiasm didn't reach Motricity's IPO. A top mobile data player, the company has a robust growth outlook, despite investors' tepid response.

At the GigaOm Mobilize conference in San Francisco Thursday, a panel of CEOs and consultants seeking to monetize the mobile Internet had a clear message for big carriers: Please get out of the way. "There are huge numbers of users who desperately want to use mobile but the right data plan is not...

The dirty little secret behind many new technologies is porn. From cinematography to video cassettes and the Internet, pornography has been a key driver of growth. Now, porn is showing up on mobile phones and it's relentlessly wearing down the wireless carrier's bandwidth. In Japan, where...