Twitter Mobile Users up Over 60 Percent Since April

Twitter's mobile user base has spiked 62 percent since mid-April, thanks in great part to the release of official Twitter applications for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry phones.

IPhone 4 Drives Adoption of BSI Image Sensors in Smart Phones

Backside Illumination (BSI) sensors - the sort used in the mobile camera of Apple's iPhone 4 - are leading the charge in a newly resurgent market for image sensors in general, and other handset manufacturers are likely to follow Apple's bold move to boost image-capture possibilities in smart phones, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.

Mobile Phone Recycling Efforts - Industry Faces a Long Road to "Green"

Given the ubiquity of mobile phones around the globe, it is critical for the manufacturers of these devices to demonstrate their corporate responsibility by working toward greener phones that simplify safe and proper disposal and even reuse of the billions of mobile phones in the market.

Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere

More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.

Bow, arrow used to send phones into jail

POLICE say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with mobile phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side.