Internet data heads for 500bn gigabytes
The world's store of digital content is now the equivalent of one full top-of-the-range iPod for every two people on the planet following the explosion of social networking sites, internet-enabled mobile phones and government surveillance. In 2007, the world's total digital content was estimated at 161bn gigabytes.
The Guardian

Spotify To Expand In The US, Plans Mobile Services
The Swedish free online music streaming website Spotify is planning to launch a mobile version of its service and enter the lucrative US market. In an interview with the BBC, Spotify's founder Daniel Ek said that the company wanted to be everywhere and not limited to one device. Portability, he added, is an important aspect as is interoperability with other devices.
ITProPortal.com

Nokia 5800 Comes With Music on sale this Friday
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has, according to Nokia and GFK sales data, been selling like hot cakes. So what could possibly make the phone-cum-music-player even better? Nokia’s Comes with Music service downloadable content service, of course. And surprise, surprise: Nokia has decided to combine the two with the new Nokia 5800 Come with Music handset.
T3

2Ergo buys mobile services agency Wapfly
Mobile marketing company 2Ergo has acquired Sydney-based mobile services agency Wapfly to boost its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. It also boosts 2Ergo’s mobile internet services capability as Wapfly has built and manages a number of sites for publishers including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, CondéNet and Mixmag. It’s also on Yahoo’s roster of preferred mobile services suppliers.
NMA

Qualcomm launches app store builder
Qualcomm has unveiled Plaza Retail as an add-on to its Plaza Mobile Internet widget platform. The aim of Plaza Retail is to allow application retailers (operators, usually) to give consumers a nice shopping experience on any device, and developers broad distribution, regardless of their development platform.
Mobile Entertainment

Mobile advertising 'not yet challenging the web'
Advertising via portable devices may be a growing sector but it has some way to go before equalling the level of success of other traditional platforms, it has been advised. UK Web Media, which provides access to the latest deals from a host of broadband providers and also owns the mobile-phones.co.uk website, believes phone-based marketing strategies are not yet challenging other systems.
Broadband Finder

Jailed eBay scammer ordered to pay £100,000 compensation
Jonathan Hartley, who was jailed last year for 18 months for fraud, made more than £140,000 from selling defective goods through the online auction site eBay. An eBay spokesman said buyers should use a PayPal account to help protect them from losing money to scammers like Hartley.
ComputerWeekly.com

Intel licensing threat "doesn't concern" AMD
AMD has dismissed Intel's threat to pull their cross-licensing deal, claiming it's "not a one way agreement." The licensing pact in dispute was set to run until 2010 and allows AMD to utilise Intel's x86 technologies so long as they're not transferred to a third party.
PRPro

Businesses to pay to Twitter this year?
Microblogging site Twitter is searching for ways to make money from its popularity, while keeping the service free for everyone, and plans to introduce tools and services by year-end to help businesses serve their customers, and may charge fees for such services.
Silicon.com

Don’t pay for separate anti-spyware says Gartner
Gartner is warning companies not to be ripped off by vendors seeking to sell anti-spyware software as a standalone product. Most security software products include anti-spyware utilities but Gartner is still hearing about companies trying to charge customers extra for anti-spyware software.
Vnunet.com

Norway offers DMB mobile TV for free
Norway’s three biggest broadcasters announced the successful launch of six free to air TV channels via DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) on Monday. Licence-funded broadcaster NRK said that DMB is seen as the best technology in Norway due to its cost efficient coverage of large and rural areas.
Telecoms.com