LimeLife and Bravo Partner to Launch New Mobile Game 'Top Chef Challenge'

LimeLife and Bravo Partner to Launch New Mobile Game 'Top Chef Challenge'


LimeLife, a publisher of mobile content for women, announced the launch of "Top Chef Challenge," the mobile game extension for Bravo's reality television series, "Top Chef."
Bravo, the cable network that plugs people into arts and pop culture, will launch the mobile game during this evening's "Top Chef" TV Holiday Special.

Western Union allows money transfer via cell phone (AP)

AP - Money-transfer agent Western Union Co. and British cellular carrier Vodafone Group PLC said Monday that they will test allowing customers to send money to Kenya from Britain using their cell phones.

iPhone to Debut at Wal-Mart: $2 Price Drop (PC World)

PC World - Wal-Mart will reportedly become the second major retail chain - after Best Buy - to sell Apple's iPhone. The iPhone 3G will be sold for $197 for the 8GB version, a whopping $2 cheaper than in AT&T and Apple stores.

White House Rejects Cell-tower Backup Power Plan (PC World)

PC World - The White House has rejected a plan by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to require eight hours of backup power on every cell-phone tower in the country.

Mobile Handset Market to Shrink in 2009, Says ISuppli (PC World)

PC World - The global cell phone handset market will contract next year as consumers hang on to their handsets longer amid tough economic times, market-research company iSuppli said Wednesday.

AT&T landline operations at a glance (AP)

AP - AT&T isn't disclosing where it is cutting 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of its work force. But the company did say one reason for the cuts is a "changing business mix." That refers, at least in part, to the long-term trend in which customers are abandoning traditional landline phone service for wireless options or phone service from the cable company. Here are the 22 states where AT&T provides local phone service:

Nokia gives gloomier outlook for global mobile phone market (AFP)

Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki, 2007. Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, on Thursday lowered its outlook for the global cell phone market this year and offered a bleak forecast for 2009.(AFP/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)

Nokia downgrades market forecast for 2nd time (AP)

AP - World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. downgraded its fourth-quarter market outlook Thursday for the second time, saying the slowdown in the industry was bigger than expected.