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 [...]
Roulette Cricket Scores €50,000 in Vodafone Mobile Clicks
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
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?
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
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 [...]
Euro Mobile Events 2: WIPJam @ IT-Profits, Berlin, June 9
As I said earlier, I’ll be over in Berlin on June 9 for the WIPJam @ IT-Profits, an event running alongside LinuxTag. The focus of this Jam is on mobile business solutions and enterprise development, and the agenda is shaping up nicely with speakers from Xing, Intel, Feedhenry, Visiarc, Getjar, Yoose, Enough Software, Augmented Citizen [...]
Euro Mobile Events 1: Mobile 2.0 Europe, Barcelona, June 17
MH pal Rudy de Waele is once again hosting the Mobile 2.0 Europe event in Barcelona next month. It sounds like he’s put together a great group of speakers covering a host of interesting topics: Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Conference is a one-day event in Barcelona on June 17, 2010 exploring the future of mobile development and [...]
London’s Calling
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 [...]
Catching Up On Things… New Degree, New Job, New City
Many of you know I’ve been working on my MBA here in Las Vegas for the last couple of years. I’m happy to announce that I’m very nearly finished with it, and graduate on Saturday! With that accomplished, there are some changes coming for me. First, I’m glad to say that my wife and I [...]
Carnival of the Mobilists #217
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 [...]
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