m-spatial provide white label local search for the likes of Orange, O2 and Vodafone, as well as personal navigation devices. They’ve just announced a list of the terms users are most frequently searching for on their mobiles. While they don’t release actual figures, monthly searches are in the millions, so the numbers are statistically significant. [...]
Archive | August, 2007
Most Overhyped Mobile Tech
Strand Consulting is one of the analysts who really get mobile, so it was interesting to read over at 160 Characters their take on the current 7 most overhyped mobile technologies. It’s also nice to see that their views are pretty much aligned with MobHappy’s – or should that be the other way around? Click [...]
Happy Slapping Hits Panorama – Follow Up
A couple of weeks back I highlighted the problem of videos of violent real-life incidents being uploaded to YouTube and other far more insalubrious and exploitative video sharing sites. It was only a matter of time before Members of Parliament started to call for a banning of these videos and this happened today, as reported [...]
The Black Swan Comes to TV Phone Ins
I’m reading the fascinating “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It’s very readable, though contains some complex theory, but the central theme is the difficulty of predicting random events (Black Swans), especially when your guide is history. One example is a turkey, who builds up trust in the [...]
A Note About Comments
Like most other blogs, we have to deal with comment spam. Tons of it — on the order of 1000s of messages and attempts per day. We have a few anti-spam measures in place, but some still manages to get through, which is frustrating. Our blog isn’t intended to provide scummy comment spammers with space [...]
Geeky Self-Indulgence
Arthur C Clarke famously said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” While it might be a bit of a stretch to claim this new AdMob feature is magic exactly, it is very, very cool. In fact, there’s a teenager staying with us at the moment who wants to make it into a screensaver. [...]
Carnival 87 Up At Darla Mack
Darla Mack’s got the 87th Carnival of the Mobilists up at her site, so be sure to check it out. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
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There Are Bugs, Then There Are Bugs.
Barron’s Tech Trader Daily blog recapped a Wall Street analyst’s report on Palm, which included the news that its new Fooleo, er Foleo, product will be delayed. The reason for the delay is some software bugs: “These apparently included an inability to synchronize the Foleo with most models of the Treo, in particular the nominally [...]
Google Might Bid On Spectrum, But It Won’t Build Its Own Network
Google’s CEO says that the company will “probably” bid on 700 MHz spectrum licenses in the auction for them early next year in the US. For some time, Google’s been making a little noise (and letting the speculation run wild) about becoming a mobile/wireless provider, and its involvement in some muni Wi-Fi projects has helped [...]
Mobile Advertising’s Contribution to ARPU
One of the wilder claims made for mobile advertising is that it’ll help operators to get back to levels of ARPU (Average Revenue Per User, if you’re not from around these parts) that they used to enjoy historically. ARPU has been in decline for some years, mainly, but not entirely, due to falling voice tariffs. [...]
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