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Open Gardens |
Jan 01, 2009 11:15AM
I have been following Skyfire since they spoke at the Mobile Web Megatrends and they are a part of my Mobile Web taxonomy which I am tracking. Recently skyfire launched in the UK(pdf press release). I am keen to hear about any experiences of skyfire in the UK.
A New Mobile Website Every Day |
Jan 01, 2009 10:46AM
We at MobileMammoth would like to wish our readers around the globe a healthy and prosperous 2009. Thank you to all those who continue to contribute your thoughtful insights around the exploding world of mobile apps and websites. We’ve learned so much from our readers, and we hope you learn a bit from us as well. Happy New Year!
google mobileblog |
Jan 01, 2009 09:16AM
Happy New Year!One evening in Zurich, after a late night cake run, we decided that our iPhone app, Google Mobile App with Voice Search, could do with a little bling. The result of this is a few extra options hidden below the preferences on the Settings tab. Trust us, they're down there... it just might take some perseverance to get to the bottom of things. Just keep trying!Does blue not go with your new belt? Use the Theme Color to style [...]
textually |
Jan 01, 2009 08:45AM
Two of UK's best newsmedia have launched free iPhone aps, The Telegraph - covering the latest News, sport, finance, travel and motoring, and the BBC - offering all the news in print and pictures. Watch >BBC app video demo. No video available for The Telegraph.
textually |
Jan 01, 2009 08:15AM
Next Mobile Web brings Craigslist to mobile phones with an iphone app called Craigsphone. Users can post while on the move, upload photos and share location (SF bay area and Manhattan only, for now) Watch the video demo: craigsphone from Next Mobile Web on Vimeo.
dw2-0 |
Jan 01, 2009 04:46AM
The final two hours of 2008 were, for me, the most fraught and tense of any New Years Eve that I remember. A central London car journey that was scheduled to take only 15 minutes became a 2 hour long trauma. We made it to the restaurant 90 minutes late, just one minute before the gongs of Big Ben would ring in 2009.On paper, the plans for the evening looked clear enough. My mum is staying a few days with us, [...]
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Jan 01, 2009 01:45AM
People on Twitter participated yesterday afternoon by starting their tweets with "@IsraelConsulate," and officials responded as best they could (in theory) within the 140 character limit. Going through logs of yesterday's "Citizen Press Conference" reveals the consulate handling questions from supporters and rather aggressive detractors with equally dissatisfying answers. [via Switched]
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Jan 01, 2009 01:15AM
The 2008 Best App Ever Awards is the first iPhone OS Application achievement awards to recognize the best iPhone apps and games released in the iTunes App Store during the past year. The awards, brought to you by 148apps.com, feature 34 categories ranging from the eponymous “Best App Ever” all the way down to “Best Free or Ad Supported Game.” The winners in each category will be announced on January 7th, 2009 at the 2009 MacWorld Expo.
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Jan 01, 2009 01:15AM
TIME reports on iStanford, which launched October 1, enabling users to access a campus map and course catalog, email professors and get news and information about sports teams. But the newest version, slated to arrive shortly, also allows students to add and drop courses, see the real-time whereabouts of the on-campus shuttle bus, review their own grades and course history and perform a variety of other administrative tasks that are normally accessible only over secure campus networks. That's because, in an [...]
Photo: New Year's fireworks over Tbilisi, Georgia by vshioshvili Some Rights Reserved In spite of so-so results with my 2008 predictions, I back to try again. 2009 will be a year of significant changes in the mobile world. The current global recession will have a profound negative effect on all industries. Fortunately, mobile will be affected less than most. Users may cut back on mobile spending but they won't give up their phones and startups will continue to innovate in [...]
Open Gardens |
Dec 31, 2008 02:15PM
This post gives my thoughts for the new year and also outlines the thinking behind our new site Mobile Web Megatrends - which has evolved from our first Mobile Web Megatrends event at the University of Berkeley California last year. I am posting draft copies of my forthcoming books on this site along with other content like videos from our Berkeley event. More details below along with why I think the Mobile Web will be significant going forward this year [...]
2d code |
Dec 31, 2008 11:15AM
Sprxmobile are running a country wide mobile campaign with QR Codes for the Netherlands government funded Nutrition Center (Stichting Voedingscentrum Nederland). The Nutrition Center provides independent information about healthy food and food quality. Sprxmobile have placed QR Codes on 1,500 billboards with the codes resolving to a mobile site with food related quizzes, advice and contact information. Thanks to Steve for the heads up. Post from: 2d code Dutch Government QR Code Campaign
google mobileblog |
Dec 31, 2008 10:16AM
Have you ever left a comment on the Google mobile blog about a new feature or platform that you really wanted supported? Have you ever wanted to cast a vote for another reader's comment to make your opinion heard? Well now you can.While we do read your comments on the mobile blog and help forum, we're happy to announce our new Product Ideas page that will give you a more collaborative way to get your product ideas heard not only by [...]
With only a couple of hours to go in 2008, I’m writing this post to close a very good year and write down some stats for future personal reference. Most of the year I did only those things that I do well and/or am passionate about and do them with people I love & respect, can’t ask for a lot more these days Here’s a brief overview: In 2008, with dotopen, I reviewed some 500 startups in mobile for event participation [...]
textually |
Dec 31, 2008 03:45AM
In an event held today in Nanjing Nokia unveiled the Nokia 6208c, a new pen input device which caters for a number of different customers, specifically those in China. The touch screen on the 6208c is optimized to write Chinese characters and messages in the most natural way, with a pen, a stylus attached to the back of the phone. [via Cellular News]
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Dec 31, 2008 03:15AM
Spotted on Shiny Shiny, 3G iPhone cases designed by Paul Frank.
textually |
Dec 31, 2008 02:45AM
According to Tom's Hardware, Newly elected Thai Prime Minister decided to spam the entire nation of Thailand right before the holidays. Abhisit Vejjajiva was elected the Prime Minster of Thailand on December 15,2008 and was formally emass SMS messagesndorsed by the Thai King on December 17,2008. As one of his first official acts as the political leader of the country was to send to a large portion of the nation’s mobile phone users. He had assigned the deputy leader of [...]
textually |
Dec 31, 2008 02:15AM
Crowd control at President-elect Barack Obama's January 20 inauguration ceremony will present quite a challenge: On top of the 240,000 ticketed guests who will descend upon the National Mall that day, millions more are expected to join. Ten thousand charter buses will converge on the Washington area. Metro riders have been warned to be prepared "to stand in close proximity to several thousand people." To manage all of those people, inauguration organizers are turning to text messaging and Twitter. cnet [...]
textually |
Dec 31, 2008 02:15AM
According to USA Today, the public college is one of a growing number of businesses and organizations across the USA that are shedding traditional land lines and replacing them with cellphones or voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) technology in an effort to save money during tough economic times. There are no national statistics available on how many of the nation's businesses have cut the cord. Lisa Pierce, vice president of Forrester Research, estimates about 25% of businesses are starting to phase [...]
Open Gardens |
Dec 31, 2008 01:45AM
I blogged previously about Jonathan's new book Every single one of us and now Jonathan has launched it into a bigger venture called Every single one of us More details as per this press release from Peggy Ann Salz About EverySingleOneOfUs EverySingleOneOfUs is a communications movement with a vision to enable and enhance interaction between people and commerce. It is a collaborative venture created to safeguard user experience in the ultra-connected world. Global objectives include market research, seminars, consultancy, workshops, master-classes, [...]
textually |
Dec 31, 2008 01:45AM
Things have started to steam up in the App Store. A trio of newly released apps allow you to steam or fog up your iPhone’s touch screen and then draw designs on the virtual fogged up glass. iFog, http://www.igoapps.com/page/detail/iSteam/13574/">iSteam and http://www.igoapps.com/index.php/search/do_search">Zephyr. Blow in your iPhone’s mic to haze the screen, using your fingers to draw and write messages on the steamed-up screen. [via MacWorld]
A slightly different round-up for you this month, a day early, and this time round, we’re looking at the key events of the past year in the mobile marketing world. January kicked off with some good stats and some bad stats. The good ones came from Acision, which released figures showing that global SMS traffic over the 2007/2008 New Year period had increased by 30% compared with the same period the previous year, as no less than 43 billion text messages [...]
A New Mobile Website Every Day |
Dec 30, 2008 09:15PM
If one of your 2009 New Year’s resolutions is to be more productive and in control of your life, you should pay attention to the increasingly popular productivity approach from David Allen called GTD, or Getting Things Done. And if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you should check out the GTD app called Things. It’s $9.99, and it has consistently topped the list among the GTD apps available in iTunes today. iPhone or iPod Touch Application: Things
Micro-blogging service, Twitter is one of the big successes of Web 2.0 in terms of mine share and number of users, if not profits. The simple open social network, where content is limited to 140 character status messages, now has over five million users. The 140 character limit comes from Twitter's origins as an SMS service, but Twitter's elimination of SMS updates in most of the world doesn't seem to have slowed Twitter down. Most Twitter people (Tweeps?) seem to be [...]
google mobileblog |
Dec 30, 2008 01:46PM
We don't always say this, but thank you for reading the Google mobile blog.When we launched last year, we realized that we needed to better communicate what the Google mobile team was up to. Since then, we've been working hard to provide you with timely and useful information. We've also sought to keep our posts personal and engaging by introducing you to the Googlers behind our products, incorporating video, and enabling comments.While we're thrilled that our readership has continued to grow, [...]
