The JumpIn mobile social network now extends to the desktop with a simple, elegant interface that mobile phone users will find immediately familiar. JumpIn developer Red Planet Media, Inc.is enabling a cross-pollination of both desktop and mobile users by providing both groups a similar look and feel. Current members will find the new desktop replicates the experience on the mobile phone and at the same time provides powerful enhancements. For new members, the desktop is fun, easy, and provides the perfect training ground for the mobile experience.

JumpIn’s new desktop experience replicates the look and feel of a mobile phone but at the same time enables new desktop-only features such as uploading pictures and media files directly from the desktop using the industry-standard “browse” and “upload” paradigm. Members can also now use a full keyboard and mouse to navigate the site.

Bebo and Intercasting Corp. announced a new partnership to allow Bebo’s 40 million plus members to produce and share content on their mobile phones.

Bebo.com will now be available through Intercasting’s ANTHEM on a dedicated mobile application, as well as via text and picture mobile messaging. The mobile application gives users deeper integration to carrier phone cameras and phone directories, as well as the Bebo online site. More importantly, ANTHEM will offer Bebo mobile users a simple but powerful user interface that makes it easy to view photos; send and receive messages; post comments; search profiles and more.

Jamba is the first mobile content provider in Europe to offer Digital Rights Management (DRM) free music for the mobile and the PC after announcing its partnership with EMI. In the future, DRM free music from EMI will be available on all Jamba/Jamster portals in EMEA. This is a critical first step for Jamba to move towards delivering its extensive music collection of over 1.5 million songs to mobile handsets entirely DRM free.

Jamba’s music service is available through both mobile handsets and PCs, and the new DRM free tracks will be sent to users through a dual delivery system. This means that a MP3 version will be sent to PCs to ensure top sound quality, while compressed AAC+ files are sent to the mobile. The AAC+ files perfectly balance top quality sound and file size to ensure fast downloading and increased storage.

Yahoo! has announced the upcoming launch of Yahoo! oneConnect, the first mobile product with an open architecture that aggregates communications tools including email, instant messaging, text messaging, and social networks.

It is expected to be available this coming second quarter.

At the heart of this new product is the so-called “socially-connected address book” which provides users the capability to integrate activity from popular social networks, professional networks, and communities into their address book, keeping it always in sync.

Here are some of its exciting features:

An open communications platform – Give users the functionality to communicate via multiple communications tools – such as IM, SMS, and social networks. Widgets will provide users the capability to access their email across major email providers, such as Yahoo! Mail, MSN Hotmail, Gmail, and AOL Mail.

Pulse – Provide consumers the functionality to see a dynamic overview of what friends are up to, including recent photos, their status, profile updates, and recommendations based on their most recent actions on popular social networks.

Social contact card – Allow users to aggregate the most relevant information on any given contact, including archives of past communications, detailed pulse history, and one-click ways to initiate communication.

Microsoft Corp. and Telefonica Espana is collaborating on the use of Microsoft PlayReady technology to power Telefonica’s next-generation mobile entertainment services. Telefonica Espana plans to deploy PlayReady for its mobile music service in the second half of 2008. The collaboration also includes working on video and games services.

PlayReady is a content access technology from Microsoft that enables content owners and service providers to deliver virtually any type of digital content, using a wide range of business models. PlayReady also provides significant improvements in ease of use for consumers looking to access, manage and back up protected content.

Microsoft PlayReady is designed for digital entertainment services, devices and applications, with a specific focus on meeting the needs of mobile operators, service providers and device manufacturers. The technology supports a range of business models that can be applied to almost any type of digital content (music, video, games, ringtones, images and more) and a wide range of audio and video formats (including AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, H.264, Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV)). PlayReady also provides features such as service domains and embedded licenses, specifically designed to make it easy for consumers to enjoy content on all their registered devices, and back up their content just as easily as they would any other type of file.

Juice Wireless announced that JuiceCaster is now available on mobile devices across Europe. The video-based service allows anyone with a camera-enabled mobile phone to create and consume rich-media content from their wireless devices and the web, and automatically share it with their friends and family.

JuiceCaster puts the power of broadcasting in the hands of consumers and professionals on-the-go, enabling them to become news anchors and distributors of original, creative and relevant content, as well as keep in touch with their loved ones. Whether skiing in the Alps or sailing down the coast of France, individuals can capture their fun, memorable moments and share them with friends worldwide. JuiceCaster, currently offered in English, will soon be available in Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

ProGames Network announced the addition of “Godzilla – Monster Mayhem” to its mobile games inventory. The company owns worldwide rights, with the exception of Japan, to the distribution of the game, based on the cult-classic movie Godzilla.

One of the most compatible games created to-date, Godzilla is available for download on more than 683 phones programmed for English, 379 German programmed phones, 559 Spanish programmed phones and 597 Italian programmed phones.

The new Godzilla game can be downloaded to mobile phones by visiting the premium section of ProGames’ Mobile Zone or via mobile devices.

Gameloft announced the launch of games designed especially for touch screen mobile handsets, the first publisher to cater to this new generation of mobile phones.

Using the company’s expertise from developing stylus-based games for the Nintendo DS, Gameloft sought out ways to best utilize the touch screens, which transform gameplay into a more intuitive experience and remove the limitation of small keyboards.

Gameloft already has more than 15 touch screen games in its catalogue, including Block Breaker Deluxe, Brain Challenge and Brain Challenge 2, Bubble Bash, Platinum Solitaire, Chessmaster, Miami Nights: Single in the City, Paris Hilton’s Diamond Quest, Sexy Poker Manga, Catchphrase, Deal or No Deal, Shrek the Third, Real Football: Manager Edition, and CSI Miami. These games were developed for the first touch screen mobile phones available on the market, including the LG Viewty, LG KS20, the HTC touch screen line, and the Samsung SGH-F700. Gameloft’s touch screen games were initially developed in Java, though some will also be developed on the Windows Mobile platform.

Microsoft Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire Danger Inc., the company responsible for the software and services powering many popular consumer handsets. The acquisition will align Danger’s nearly 10 years of expertise in the mobile consumer space with Microsoft’s vision to provide innovative and compelling mobile experiences to a growing base of customers.

Danger Inc. provides services that allow people to keep in touch, stay organized and keep informed while on the go through real-time mobile messaging, social networking services and other applications – all blended together on a single phone that is intuitive and customizable.

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

GyPSii has signed an agreement with Broadway Pvt. Ltd., to offer the full suite of GyPSii services to the worlds second largest and fastest growing mobile market with 233 million mobile subscribers and growing at a monthly rate of over 8 million.

Broadway’s hosted server environment and unique relationships immediately provides GyPSii access to the mobile market and key carriers. Additionally, Broadway provides direct access to the content and advertising reach of India Online Netcom. IOL Netcom is the only company in India today to enjoy a distinct advantage in terms of access to fibre in major metros and a Content Delivery Network (CDN) agreement with BSNL and MTNL.

GyPSii uniquely incorporates a wide range of location-specific functions and services into a single easy-to-use interface that works on GPS and non-GPS-enabled mobile devices. Users can access and use the latest location-enabled services and information from GyPSii to create and share content, connect with friends and communities, search user content, people and local points of interest, and get maps and directions– all from their mobile phone.