When I made the decision to “go it alone” last week with this blog, that’s exactly what I thought I was doing – going it alone.
But it so happened, that with only a few days notice, the highly respected editor of TheFeature was in Munich last weekend (seeing Siemens) and we arranged to meet for [...]
Archive | June, 2005
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International Herald Tribune of Location Based Services
The International Herald Tribune had quite a good round up on Monday about the current state of play in the Location Based Services market (via the excellent Pasta and Vinegar) and why wi-fi location might be better, or certainly a compliment to, GPS.
The basic problems with the sector are:
1. Lack of usability
Will we never [...]
Normal Service to Resume Shortly
Apologies for the sporadic posting of late, there’s been a lot of things going on. In any case, things will be back to a more normal and productive state here on the MMB very shortly.
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New Marketing
A nice example of new marketing in the form of a Lynx (deodorant) ad
made solely for the web. Will people send it to each other? Well I’m
sending you to see it aren’t I?
Like the recent FCUK work, the brand isn’t even mentioned.
Link here.
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The Mobile won’t be an iPod Killer Claims Dr Bull
Dr Michael Bull, a British sociologist, specialises in studying
people’s listening habits as they’re on the move. So he used to be into
Walkmans and now is known as "Professor iPod". His basic theme (if you
can summarise a man’s work in a sentence) is that people like iPods (or
Walkmans) because it allows them to feel in control [...]
“Ringones Not Just a Fad” Says Sony BMG
Beleaguered record execs are desperate for some good news. Despite
the Grokster case, P2P file sharing will go on unabated and besides
which (as Ben Hammersley points out) it does only apply to the US. A file sharing network is still valid in most of the rest of the world.
One of the straws they clutch at is [...]
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Shot Codes Idea
My friend, The Pondering Primate, has an excellent idea for linking the physical and digital worlds with Shot Codes.
Shot Codes, are codes like the one here. You take a picture of one
with your camera phone, which instructs the phone to open its browser
on a specific web page. The one above is for this site, of [...]
Crandy – The Dark Horse of Mobile Payments
Don’t worry, I will write about other stuff soon, but here’s another interesting story about mobile payments.
Crandy is the first independent
company in Europe to be issued with an E-Bank Licence. This allows them
to operate a mobile payment system and believe me, these things aren’t
easy to get hold of. They’re a German operation, though their website
is [...]
Simpay Throws in the Towel
Simpay was launched with much fanfare about 18 months ago, with the mission to start a Pan-European payments system for mobile phones. It was set up by a consortium of leading operators, mainly Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile and Telefónica Móviles.
The focus was micro-payments (less than Euro 10 or $12). I’m not sure why anyone would want [...]
Here We Go Again
Welcome to my new blog – I’m hoping that the readers from the old one (The Mobile Technology Weblog) will find me quickly enough!
Starting from scratch again is like addressing a large football stadium
with every post (I had 80,000 readers before) and suddenly finding
myself muttering to myself in a darkened room. However, I am [...]
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