Largest Mobile Campaign Ever - To Reach Over 1 Billion Worldwide
Mobile operators from around the world have come together to support the 1GOAL: Education for All campaign by giving over 1 billion subscribers the opportunity to join the campaign. 1GOAL is bringing together footballers, fans, charities, corporations and individuals to achieve the ambitious aim of education for everyone.
MobiAdNews

Ballmer: Microsoft wasted time on Vista
In a chat with fellow CEOs at Microsoft's 14th annual CEO Summit, Microsoft boss  Steve Ballmer came close to admitting Vista was a dog. "How do you get your product right? How do you help the customer? How do you be patient?" he asked, as if he knew the answer. What he did know was that Microsoft spent too many years building Windows Vista. "We tried too big a task and in the process wound up losing thousands of man hours of innovation," he said.
ThinQ

Android mobile phones get streaming TV
Yamgo has released beta software for Android users so that they can see live streaming of high-quality mobile TV and video on demand. The outfit claims that this is the first software to do so on the Android operating system. It means that Android can do the same things with video as Jobs' Mobs' iPhone.
The Inquirer

Guardian announces commercial launch of Open Platform
The Guardian today introduced the second phase of its Open Platform initiative, expanding the content-sharing service to commercial partners. A comprehensive set of developer tools and resources, the commercial launch of Open Platform makes Guardian content available for advertisers and brands to tailor to specific online campaigns.
The Guardian

Voda Secures Indian 3G Spectrum
Vodafone has secured 2x5MHz of 3G spectrum in nine circles in the Indian auction for a total price of 11,617Cr Rupees (£1.74bn). The circles include Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and a further three grade ‘A’ and three grade ‘B’ circles, namely, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh E, and West Bengal. This gives a footprint covering 66 per cent of Vodafone Essar’s current revenue base, more than 50 per cent of the urban population, and more than 50 per cent of India GDP.
Mobile Marketing magazine

Pakistan bans Facebook over Prophet page
Pakistan pulled the plug on Facebook yesterday, angered by its hosting of a "blasphemous" competition to draw the best portrait of the Prophet Mohamed. Within hours of the ruling from the High Court in Lahore, attempts to update statuses and upload photographs failed across the country as internet service providers hastened into compliance.
The Independent

Google TV primed for launch
Tie-up with Sony could see the best web shows land on your TV via Android. Google TV is set for an official launch later today. The much-rumoured internet TV service will be touted at Google’s I/O conference, with one hack managing to dig up the news through some tinkering with the search giant’s press site. TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid found news of Google TV by playing with the URL on Google’s journo resource, discovering the line, “Insert Android press release/TV release.” Google is expected to take the stage later with Logitech, Intel and Sony to outline plans for the new platform.
T3

India raises $14.6bn in 3G auction
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular are the provisional winners of India’s 3G auction. India has raised about $14.6bn from its 3G mobile telephone services bandwidth auction. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular have emerged as provisional winners in the auction. Tata Teleservices, Aircel and S Tel are the other provisional winners in the auction, which began April 9. The Department of Telecommunications said the results are subject to the approval of the government. The proceeds from the auction will include payments by state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, who were given bandwidth before auctions and now have to match the winning bids.
Global Telecoms Business

Global mobile phone Q1 sales up 17% to 314.7m, says Gartner
Global mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the first quarter of 2010, a 17% increase from the same period in 2009, while Smarpthone sales increased by 48.7% to 54.3 million units, according to new report from research firm Gartner. Gartner said that the first quarter also saw some movement outside the top five mobile handset vendor rankings, G-Five made its debut into the top 10, grabbing 1.4% of market share in the first quarter of 2010.
CBR

Google Chrome Web Store: iPad battling app market place revealed
Google Chrome and Google Chrome OS are going to get their very own iTunes App Store rival – the Google Chrome Web Store. It’ll let you buy web apps directly from Google Chrome and a clutch of apps revealed in the demo make it clear that Google Chrome Web Store will be a major weapon for tablets planning to take on the iPad. The Google Chrome Web Store is headed for the Chrome browser soon and will be a key part of Chrome OS. Apps can be built with HTML 5, Flash (sorry, Apple) and wide range of other standards. When you download them from the store they’ll be added as shortcuts in Google Chrome but will also work in other browsers.
Electricpig