cell phones


"Revenues from mobile 'adult services' are set to approach $3.5 billion by 2010,"
The growth "will be fuelled by increasing adoption of streamed video and video chat" on phones and "a sharp rise" in the use of "3G" or smart phones that are really Net-connected computers more than mere communications devices. A lot of that new revenue will come from North America because it's an "underdeveloped" market for phone-based pornography, compared to Europe.
Eastern European consumption "is rising at a higher rate than previously anticipated." American Cellphone service providers are cautious about serving the content in North America,  but phones can get it from the Web.
Analysts say that the most popular content is "graphic amateur content" not the "professional" kind.
Teens (Kids) can photograph and share naughty or sexually explicit video of themselves or other kids using the cell phone (who don't know their picture is taken) via the Web or phone and this goes public - forever cause once on the net it never comes off.


Penthouse has just invested $500 million in Various Inc. which has more than 2 dozen sites, the "most popular Web site [being] adultfriendfinder, which describes itself as a personals community for swingers and sex. But Various owns a variety of other social networks like Italianfriendfinder.com, gradfinder.com and bigchurch.com, which offers to help users 'meet people who share the same spiritual beliefs as you'.”


Disney is about to launch a site for UK children and tweens. Disney.co.uk will include social networking for kids. "At its heart [is] a feature called Disney Xtreme Digital" in which users can "customize multimedia content simultaneously while watching and sharing videos, messages, music, and games."