Macromedia is to acquire Mobile Innovation, a privately-held design and integration house in the UK with around 50 staff, for an undisclosed sum. What makes this deal noteworthy is that Mobile Innovation designs phones as well as user interfaces.

So why include video at all? Steve Jobs has long maintained that a video iPod wasn't a good idea. He’s firmly dismissed the market for such a player. Why backpedal now? Could it be that this is Apple's attempt to steer the still nascent market right to their front door?

Wikipedia is fast becoming the number-one online resource for web surfers hungry for context about breaking news, in what must be a sad comment on the ability for traditional news media to keep its audiences well-informed.