Mobile money will make the world go round
The world has gone m-tastic… m-commerce, m-banking, m-coupons, m-tickets, m-wallets, m-travel, m-retail and many other things pre-fixed with an “m-” (for mobile). All those that are money-related – or...
View ArticleFTC allows Google to purchase AdMob, but the investigation contributes little...
With so much media attention on the Google/AdMob investigation, you might expect the FTC to go to some lengths to justify its conclusion that Google's US$750 million purchase of AdMob should go ahead....
View ArticleThree lessons from Design For Mobile 2010 (Chicago) – an event report from...
The next best thing to attending an excellent event is receiving a blow-by-blow report of the conference highlights. Ian Homer, director of services – and design guru - at mobile agency Bemoko, fills...
View ArticleWin free tickets for MobileSQUARED Roadshow (New York, November 2, 2010)
The MobileSQUARED team has given mobiThinking five free tickets for the New York Roadshow next week to anyone who can answer these questions. All the answers can be found in articles in the...
View ArticleThe false economy of vanity apps and the people who are growing fat by not...
This blog post attempts to explain three things about mobile marketing, mobile ad networks, apps and analysts that have puzzled - and irritated - mobiThinking throughout 2010. With the help of a...
View ArticleMost popular content on mobiThinking in 2010
The top destinations on mobiThinking in 2010 were the Guide to mobile ad networks and the Compendium of global mobile stats with 43,000 and 40,000 page views respectively, followed by the guides to top...
View ArticleThe reality of publishing newspapers and magazines for Apple’s iPad – a New...
With all big news and magazine publishers investing considerable funds into the applications for the iPad, Apple’s tablet computer, it is interesting to read an article in a major newspaper, The New...
View ArticleMobile Web first – the consensus from mobile experts and global brands… pinch...
In 2010, the agenda and presentations at mobile conferences (also mobile awards) tended to focus more on mobile download apps than mobile Web or messaging. This isn’t surprising considering the huge...
View ArticleCarnival of the Mobilists #247: best mobile blogging of the past month
Mobile in the disaster zone The horrifying earthquake/tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, has spurred no shortage of mobile-related stories among journalists/bloggers. Of these, two mobile bloggers...
View ArticleAndroid looks like the big winner from Nokia’s plan to drop the Symbian OS....
UPDATED 08 April 2011: to include Gartner’s projections for smartphone sales. Confirms IDC’s expectation that Android will become the dominant smartphone operating system, now Nokia has abandoned...
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