• Volantis Systems released its Mobility Server to the open source community under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version three. In all, the company opened 1.2 million lines of code, the result of seven years’ of development, to the community. The company also launched the Mobility Server Project to help developers build out the mobile platform.
• Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group are launching three new mobile Websites. The new mobile Websites focus on Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group’s target demos: kids and tweens, teens and parents and include a selection of kids’ games, pictures and flipbooks; teen-oriented quizzes and blogs; and daily parenting tips as well as access to information on local city family activities.
• Qualcomm’s MediaFLO USA has added to its senior management team: Jonathan Barzilay has joined MediaFLO USA as senior vice president of programming and advertising, and Matt Milne joined as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
• mBlox Chief Marketing Officer Steve Livingston was elected to the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) 2008 North American Board of Directors.
• VoodooVox announced the release of MyVox, a free service that enables software developers to incorporate voice into their applications and Web widgets. Through the MyVox API, any phone can function as a mic, giving mobile developers the ability to enhance Web applications with the user’s voice. VoodooVox also provides a new revenue stream through the In-Call Network, its patent-pending audio advertising network.
• Buongiorno’s BING is racking up users. The company says BING scores more than 20 million messages exchanged per week and more than 1.2 million log-ins. The service first launched in June 2007 in South Africa and Austria and has since been introduced in the U.K., Brunei, India, Indonesia, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Vietnam.