Some of You Need a YouTubePhone

You can do all sorts of amazing things with mobile phones these days. But many of you, it seems, are content to use your handset as a YouTube delivery device. A new study says the site accounts for a fifth of mobile bandwidth usage worldwide.
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Verizon to Butcher Speeds of Data Hogs

What an odd coincidence. Verizon Wireless introduced a new policy today that gives it the right to throttle the data speeds of its heaviest bandwidth users-–just as it began accepting pre-orders for the new CDMA iPhone.

Google Shows Off Honeycomb Features, Android Web Market

Today’s event in Mountain View provided new details on the tablet-friendly version of Android and a new way to acquire apps. Mobilized was there liveblogging.

How to Steal Any Movie You Want on the Web: Wall Street Gets a How-To Guide

It’s easier than ever to download any movie or TV show you want on the Web, for free. Just ask Rich Greenfield. Or better yet, let the Wall Street analyst show you, via a helpful four-minute video .

No Signal: Homes Often Baffle Wi-Fi From Routers

Geoffrey Fowler tests home routers to see which one best delivers a consistent wireless experience. Most are found wanting.

Note: Walt Mossberg will return on December 29th.
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The FCC Votes on Net Neutrality Tomorrow; the Internet Waits

The battle over net neutrality is coming to a head on Tuesday morning with a vote on the latest policy proposal by the Federal Communications Commission.

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IPhone App iTeleport Wants You to Get Excited About VNC

On the go and want to have a look at that spreadsheet you forgot to transfer to your iPad? What about checking on the progress of that movie download? VNC, or virtual network computing, apps have been the solution to those problems since the app store debuted, and one of them is about to make a big bet, go free-ish and try to start a new direction.

Exclusive: Palm Boss Talks Past, Future of WebOS

After his onstage talk at D: Dive Into Mobile, Jon Rubinstein, head of HP’s Palm unit, sat down with Mobilized to talk more about webOS, including changes since the HP acquisition, personnel and a broader focus on more devices.

Palm, Qualcomm Chiefs Weigh Wireless Future

Palm-CEO-turned-HP-exec Jon Rubinstein and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs faced off with Kara Swisher of All Things Digital at a Churchill Club event Tuesday night in an entertaining discussion on the future of mobile tech. Here’s my liveblog of the event.

Former Google China Head–and Now Start-up Whisperer–Kai-Fu Lee Talks Innovation (Works)

Last Friday, former Google China head Kai-Fu Lee dialed up BoomTown from that country for a chit-chat interview about his life since leaving the search giant one year ago and plunging into the world of incubation, recruiting and early-stage funding for start-ups there. Being president of Google’s China operations is far different from being CEO of Innovation Works, which just celebrated its first anniversary and, of course, is trying to create the next Google.

YouTube Saves Money With Text-Only Video

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Apple’s Tablet: MacBook Airbus?

GDrive Actually Google Docs