I’m here at 3GSM this morning, getting things going, and will be joined by my esteemed collegaues later in the week. Everything’s fixing to kick off, and the announcements are already starting to fly. So stay tuned for plenty of coverage this week, and drop us a line if there’s anything you’re particularly curious about. [...]
Archive | February, 2006
Is That TV You’re Watching on Your Mobile – You’re Nicked!
The UK has rather strange laws when it comes to TV broadcasting. Everyone who owns a TV of any sort needs a TV Licence, which costs GBP 126 ($220). The theory behind the licence fee is that it covers the cost of running the BBC, which can produce world class programming without worrying about commercial [...]
Carnival of the Mobilists at Xellular Identity
Head on over to Xen Dolev’s Xellular Identity to read the latest Carnival of the Capitalists to check out the best writing about mobile this week. MobHappy scored the best entry of the week – thanks Xen, you can host again Isn’t it about time you entered a Carnival? Hope to see lots of you [...]
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Juicy Jobs
I’ve been asked if I know anyone who can fill a couple of juicy jobs. If they’re not for you, pass them on to someone who might be interested. Both positions are in London. 1. CEO of Mobile Start Up This is for a location based marketing company, who are going through a funding round [...]
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Verizon CMO Warns Agencies – Gimme All Your Money
John Stratton, VP-chief marketing officer at Verizon, commands a $1 billion+ marketing budget, so when he talks agencies are more attentive than a dog with a steak being dangled just out of reach. Just watch that Pavlovian response kick in. But he’s not a happy bunny ǃ?Last year I spent well over a billion dollars [...]
Blogging Venture Wire Network Ventures
Aloha. Just letting all my fellow mobilists know that I will be attending the Venture Wire Network Ventures this Thursday February 9th in San Jose, California at the Fairmont Hotel. I strongly recommend that you take a look at the website and if there’s something in particular that anyone would like to see covered, please [...]
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Is She Trying To Tell Us Something?
Belle the Beagle has been trained to help diabetics manage their condition. Her acute sense of smell can tell from her charge’s breath when their blood sugar is low and remind them to do something about it. If the diabetic still blacks out – potentially fatal if no one is around – Belle bites the [...]
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Links for February 8
- Game Maker Finds Itself Short of Cash and Admirers (The New York Times) – Symbian designs 3G phone with Freescale, cuts prices (Reuters) – Symbian halves licensing prices (RCR) – Rabbitpoint: say goodbye to high mobile roaming fees (maybe) (MuniWireless) – Fon Is Just Another For-Fee Hotspot Operator (Wi-Fi Networking News) – EU Urges [...]
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More Photo-Sharing Apps
In response to my post yesterday on cameraphones and photo sharing, a few people have pointed out some different applications or services that might be useful in the space: – MobiLog!, some moblogging server software. – Netomat, a content-sharing service. – Tiny Pictures’ Radar, which launched yesterday at Demo. Feel free to leave others or [...]
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Move Over, Happy Slapping
…and make way for Happy Shagging. Apparently happy slapping — the disgusting practice of capturing violent assaults on cameraphones then trading the videos around — is old and busted (let’s hope so, anyway). The new hotness is happy shagging, where kids film themselves in flagrante delicto, then swap the videos with their friends. It wasn’t [...]
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