The Financial Times thinks we may have something similar to the Marauder’s Map soon: Some of the services mooted by mobile phone operators will place little digital maps on handsets that will alert users to the proximity of any fellow mobile phone users whose names are in our address books. Like Harry Potter looking at …read more!

Reuters reports that Julie Walters, (playing Mrs. Molly Weasley in the Harry Potter movie), was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her role as the dance teacher in “Billy Elliot”.

The Sunday Mail has an article touching upon all the current filming locations for the movie around England and how their getting ready for an influx of visitors due to the attention the movie will bring.

According to the London Independent, the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation is planning a gigantic Harry Potter carnival for May in the city of Bangalore in India. For more information, fill out their contact form or send them an email.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the Hawthorne and Pinney branches of the Madison Public Library will be hosting “Harry Potter Jeopardy” similar to the one held at the Central Branch this past Saturday. Harry Potter Jeopardy. – Test your knowledge of Harry Potter trivia! Join fellow Hogwarts fans for an hour program which will …read more!

In a London Times article discussing how the shortage of microchips is hurting the toy industry, they shed some light yet another Tiger Electronics product not mentioned anywhere else. It may explain the reference in the previous post from the Today Show about a magic picture frame: Tiger garnered most interest from the trade for …read more!

If you missed it yesterday, the Today Show mentioned some of the Harry Potter toys being showed at Toy Fair. There’s even a few toys mentioned that haven’t been covered by other outlets yet: [There’s] All kinds of Harry Potter things. Animated dragon, magic sets, look at this, this is a magic picture frame. …Trading …read more!

The Financial Times discusses viral marketing campaigns and uses Bloomsbury Press as an example. They have a page that lets you send electronic “Owlers” or “Howlers”.

The Denver Rocky Mountain News has a cute editorial about “Pottermania” and the huge amount of Harry Potter-inspired merchandise.

Our apologies for the constant change in details regarding Toy Fair news but as different sources report more information, we blog them as they come in. IGN’s FilmForce has some of the best details (with detailed pictures) of the Harry Potter games so far, confirming what we read in the previous Reuters report. Fair-goers were …read more!