... worth noting 5th Sept 2003

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:: Online directory service Yell.com has added 220 new UK locations to its search function. The move is a result of an expansion. The new locations have been chosen by Yell.com users and advertisers for inclusion on the Web site, which includes a database of more than 1.7m businesses.

:: IDC predicts that 1.4 billion people worldwide will be using mobile phones by the end of next year, with 3G increasingly driving sales. According to the latest research from IDC, worldwide mobile handset shipments for 2004 will total more than 500m units.

:: Lifestyle and community Web site Liv4now.com, has integrated its Web and wireless platforms and is re-launch for paying PC, PDA and SPV users, at a cost of £10 per month. The new subscription-based business model has already attracted interest from about 10,000 Liv4now users, with about a third indicating that they will pay to use what the company describes as 'the world's first virtual private member's club'.

:: Microsoft is close to signing a deal to provide software for Motorola handsets using Orange's network

:: A new film by Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy, will become the first to be launched officially over the Internet. The low-budget British film 'This is not a Love Song' is to be streamed from 1800 BST on Friday.