Despite prognostications that multi-function mobile handsets would mean the demise of standalone digital cameras and MP3 players, both device types posted respectable sales from November 24 to December 23 last year.

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Canada’s largest independent online recruitment firm JobShark Corp. has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Essex UK-headquartered JobServe Ltd., the world’s first online recruitment company. JobServe has been aggressively acquiring competitors in the US and around the world; JobShark will be its first Canadian acquisition. "The new JobShark is now poised to become the ‘go-to’ online recruitment company across Canada," said JobShark CEO Chris Klotz in a press release. As part of the deal, JobShark’s executive team will remain in place. Financial terms of the deal were not made public.

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Montreal-based Dynasty Gaming Inc. has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing Sohu New Era Information Technology Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Sohu.com Inc. Under the agreement both parties will cooperate on content and marketing related to Dynasty’s mahjong game on Sohu’s casual game platform, and the partnership could be expanded to include other Asian online games provided by Dynasty. Said Albert Barbusci, Dynasty’s chief executive, in a media release: "This signals an expansion of Dynasty’s value proposition from being a single software provider for the world’s most-played game, to that of a provider and operator of multiple Asian games delivered through multiple channels."

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Mobile Monday, an open community of Toronto-based professionals working in the mobile communications industry, is turning the mic over to three hopefuls seeking capital at its next monthly event. On February 5, the trio will pitch their ideas for making money in mobility to a panel of venture capital luminaries including Wise Mentor Capital’s Sean Wise, Brightspark CFO Steven Bloom, and Ted Anderson, managing general partner at Ventures West. "With WiMax, the iPhone and mobile VoIP all coming in 2007, mobile will be Web 3.0," said Wise in a media release. Meanwhile, the co-founders and organizers of Mobile Monday, Jim Brown and Alex Bosika, had this to say: "Canada is a fertile ground for new, innovative ideas in mobile….Providing this opportunity for three entrepreneurs is what Mobile Monday is all about." If you’re interested in making a pitch, you have until January 31 to sign up at www.mobilemondaytoronto.com.

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Sunnyvale CA-based Yahoo Inc. took the opportunity afforded by the recent 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to show off its new Go for Mobile 2.0 in beta form. The search engine and portal heavyweight’s latest offering for the mobile market boasts a "carousel"-style interface, where services such as Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Local, and Yahoo Maps – as well as such content as news, sports, weather, finance and more – can be quickly and easily selected. Go for Mobile 2.0 also includes Yahoo oneSearch, a new search engine tailored explicitly to the mobile environment.
The new product is available for download directly from Yahoo for users of Motorola Inc.’s RAZR line of handsets, and from carrier partners worldwide – including Rogers Wireless here in Canada – for use on more than 70 other phone models. It will also come preloaded on select handset models from Motorola and Samsung later this year. "Yahoo intends to be the number one Internet player globally," said Yahoo’s senior VP of connected life Marco Boerries of the product announcement in a media release.

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