One of my consistent predictions for mobile in the last 5 years or so, has been that innovation in mobile will travel from developing markets into the developed ones. This is because mobile is either the only game in town in media terms or certainly the most important digital device for most people, most of [...]
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Crowd Sourcing by Mocality
by Russell Buckley on 01. Oct, 2010 in Developing Markets, Location Based Services, Mobile Society
Roulette Cricket Scores €50,000 in Vodafone Mobile Clicks
by Russell Buckley on 27. Sep, 2010 in Uncategorized
As I wrote yesterday, last week I was a judge in the final of Vodafone Mobile Clicks in Amsterdam, where €150,000 in prize money was up for grabs to award the best mobile internet startups around. The second prize was won by UK newcomer, Roulette Cricket, who walked away with €50,000. Roulette Cricket started life [...]
akvo’s Smart Idea for Charity
by Russell Buckley on 26. Sep, 2010 in Uncategorized
Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to be a judge at the finals of Vodafone Mobile Clicks, run by the Vodafone Developer Team and held at Amsterdam’s Picnic 2010. The winner and runner up won €100,000 and €50,000 respectively, so it was certainly a prize worth winning and well done Vodafone for [...]
See You There?
by Russell Buckley on 19. Aug, 2010 in Announcements
It’s been a while since I last posted, for a variety of reasons really. There’s been the move to Google, which has taken my eye off the ball. Google are (as you might expect) enlightened about employees blogging, providing that they make it clear that it’s their opinion, not Google’s – please note But sometimes [...]
MMS Officially Huge
by Russell Buckley on 08. Jun, 2010 in Analysis
If you haven’t read our friend, Tomi Ahonen’s post “Everything you ever wanted to know about mobile, but were afraid to ask” over at Communities Dominate Brands, you really should. It’s a little long (no surprises there from our Tomi!) but is worth every minute you invest reading it. This applies if you’re a died-in-the-wool [...]
London’s Calling
by Russell Buckley on 21. May, 2010 in Announcements, Personal
Man alive! As the cool kids are starting to say again. It’s been a while since I posted here – Twitter is a cruel and selfish mistress. Just wanted to write that I’m in London next week for 3 interesting speaking events – all different, but all very interesting. Monday sees me chairing a very [...]
Carnival of the Mobilists #217
by Russell Buckley on 31. Mar, 2010 in Uncategorized
The mighty Carnival of the Mobilists has rolled into town again, this week at Martin Wilson’s Indigo102. Check it out for the very best of this week’s blogging about mobile. If you’re a blogger, you should volunteer to host a Carnival in the next month or two. It’s interesting to do, but it also boosts [...]
Unintended Consequences and the Success of Blackberry in the Middle East
by Russell Buckley on 25. Mar, 2010 in Analysis
I’m attending ArabNet currently, which is a large web conference taking place in Beirut. I’m speaking tomorrow, so if you’re here too let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to cover – and come and say hello. One of the interesting aspects of the region is the huge success of Blackberry over and [...]
Offensive Advertising
by Russell Buckley on 12. Mar, 2010 in Analysis, Marketing
French Connection, (aka FCUK) no stranger to courting controversy, announced today a joint promotion with Chatroulette. If you’ve been on digital hunger-strike recently, Chatroullette is a service which allows you to video conference with a series of random sad blokes and their penises. Rumours of girls using the service are yet to be confirmed by [...]
Carnival of the Mobilists #212
by Russell Buckley on 23. Feb, 2010 in Carnival of the Mobilists
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is out at Terence Eden Has a Blog. If you’re a stranger around these parts, the Carnival features the best writing about mobile from the past week and is considered a “must read” among all true Mobilists. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo
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