In a weird way, the lack of enthusiasm around this week’s CTIA Enterprise and Applications show demonstrates just how consumer-driven the mobile industry is at the moment. The technology revolutions of the past were sparked by business demand for computing resources, while this time around businesses are struggling to figure…

The early contender for the all-hype-no-action award so far in 2011 has been mobile payments, and while it still won’t be available until later this year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) at least laid out a plausible plan Thursday for how we’ll soon be able to buy overpriced smoothies with our phones. …

Various reports are forecasting that marketers will spend billions of dollars on in-game ads over the next five years—with some even saying that spending could grow by almost 30 percent to top $1 billion next year (per ClickZ). Meanwhile, the IAB is proposing new standards to help make it easier…

Investors applauded IACI announcement in November that it would split into five companies, but since then the stock has taken a beating, finishing 2007 close to its lows for the year. A new report from Citi analyst Mark Mahaney enumerates the issues the company faces, and at least for now,…