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BURLINGAME, Calif. — We get knocked down, but we get up again — so promises Pat Phelan, CEO of Allfreecalls.net, which is offline now but working hard to reappear.
One of the casualties of the legal pressure brought by AT&T against the Iowa-based free-calling operations, Allfreecalls.net is looking for a new U.S.-based provider partner and hopes [...]

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Mobile video startup MobiTV says it’s passed 2 million paying subscribers, which is double what the company had a year ago. I’m not much of a fan of the mobile video over 3G viewing experience right now, but it looks like more people are signing up.

If you sat through the too-long, too-boring narcissist display of Hollywood’s utter lack of creative imagination this past Sunday, aka the Oscars 2007, you know there is no way you want to watch the self congratulatory drivel ever again.
All you want to do is watch the good bits – like Ellen’s monologue, Beyonce’s rump shaking [...]

Google today added traffic details for more than 30 U.S. cities to Google Maps, showing whether a route is clear or congested. Yahoo Maps, of course, already has this feature. Google has included traffic in its mobile mapping apps, such as the one I have on my BlackBerry, for a while now.

Verizon Wireless is getting all set to launch a new mobile television service based on Qualcomm’s MediaFLO network. The service is going to launch in select markets on March 1.
RCR Wireless first reported the news of the planned launch date, and we have some exclusive details on the new offering that we learned from [...]