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Canalys-2011-OS Nokia’s MeeGo shipments were exactly half of its W7 Mango ones

Published on Friday, February 3rd by Tony Dennis

Rating: Bet you nobody else mentions that one

Now that Canalys has released its fully detailed smartphone shipment report for Q4 2011, we bet that everybody else is focusing on about how sales of smartphones outstripped those for PCs for the first time. Even though the company is including pads as PCs rather than jumped-up smartphones. The other trend which other market watchers will gloss over – as GoMo News has anticipated – is that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the figures for RIM – the BlackBerry’s maker. Indeed, Canalys appears more positive about Nokia’s performance with W7 Mango (Windows Phone 7) than it is about sales for its MeeGo handsets. Continue reading →

Job of the day….Business Development Director – Apps Developers

Published on Friday, February 3rd by Aspire Mobile

This global Mobile Advertising player with an exceptionally strong management team is now hiring for an experienced Business Development Director to drive business and partnerships with mobile app developers.

Fore more details, please contact Aspire Mobile, the global leading provider of Mobile Media professionals. Continue reading →

adfonic Adfonic continues global expansion

Published on Friday, February 3rd by Alex Wood

Adfonic, a global mobile advertising marketplace, has launched new local operations in Singapore and San Francisco.

The marketplace is currently driving over 8 billion and 12 billion ad requests in Asia-Pacific and the US respectively.
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gomoQR Augmented Reality – as bad as QR?

Published on Friday, February 3rd by Alex Wood

The onslaught against QR codes from press releases fired our way the continues to surprise us at Gomo.

Augmented reality (AR) has become the futuristic media of the moment, but many consumers, including young, tech-savvy Millennials, are having a hard time figuring it out. In fact, only 11% of high schoolers and collegians have ever used an AR app. Continue reading →

ariya-2ergo Guest Post Ariya Priyasantha, Director of Mobile Loyalty at 2ergo talks about mobile customer loyalty

Published on Friday, February 3rd by Bena Roberts

Ariya Priyasantha, Director of Loyalty, 2ergo

Over the last 16 years, Ariya (also known as Pri) has worked in product management roles and created new businesses in mobile marketing. Pri is passionate about product innovation – and is a thought leader on mobile loyalty.

In 2001, he started Actovemedia Technologies which pioneered mobile marketing in India – launching the first nationwide shortcode in 2001, and in the UK launched the first and most successful mobile loyalty project in the world in 2004 – Orange Wednesdays, and its subsequent rollout into Europe.

In the last year, 2ergo has delivered projects for Visit England and PizzaExpress which have helped the organisations to acquire new customers, build loyalty, increase mobile presence and drive sales via mobile devices. Continue reading →

wifi_protect Android app provides security of Wi-fi links

Published on Friday, February 3rd by Tony Dennis

Rating: Apparently it sees off Cain & Abel, FaceNiff, DroidSheep, and WifiKill

We’ve run plenty of stories about mobile phone security, but we hadn’t noticed that there might be a gap in protection. Yup, attacks over Wi-fi. GoMo News has discovered that there seem to be plenty of these type of attacks doing the rounds. Heinrich Gurke informs us that they mostly come under the category of ‘Man In The Middle (MITM)’ attacks and guess what? He’s built an app that protects Android users from these kinds of threats – it’s called Wifi Protector. Continue reading →

WIMA-logo Borrow an NFC enabled Nokia N603 handset for free

Published on Friday, February 3rd by Tony Dennis

Rating: As long as you’re a delegate to WIMA NFC Monaco 2012

It’s absolutely true. You can borrow an NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled Nokia N603 handset for free. The catch? Well it’s time restricted (to three days) for starters. But the really big snag is that you have to be a delegate to WIMA NFC Monaco 2012. That’s an event which is taking place in Monaco – so you really want to be able to swing this one with the boss. It’s also taking place between 11th and 13th April 2012 – so the weather might be nice as well. Continue reading →

Turkcell_black NFC first for Turkcell with contactless road toll payment application

Published on Thursday, February 2nd by Tony Dennis

Rating: Currently only available via own-branded T11 handset

Turkcell is claiming an industry first by introducing an application which enables Android handset users to pay the tolls when crossing bridges and passing motorway toll-booths contactlessly via NFC (Near Field Technology) technology. Currently the app is only applicable to Turkcell’s own-branded T11 Android handset. The handset is believed to be made for Turkcell by China’s ZTE and is therefore ZTE’s first released NFC-enabled handset. Continue reading →

Guest Post from Mippin “Web app or native app…that is the question”

Published on Thursday, February 2nd by Youlmae Lee

About Nick Barnett, CEO, Mippin

Nick has over 10 years experience of working across a combination of telecoms, technology, online media and advertising and brings a wealth of relevant experience to the role of CEO.

Immediately prior to Mippin, Nick was Managing Director of an innovative company in the online advertising industry, working closely with ad-agencies, publishers and ad-networks across Europe.

Previously he was Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development at O2/Telefonica where he was responsible for leading key operational, strategic development and M&A activities.

Prior to O2, Nick worked at McKinsey & Company, specialising in the TMT sector, working with a range of telecoms operators, equipment manufacturers and telecoms service providers. He mainly focused on new product development and market expansions, as well as managing a number of e-commerce business-builds.

Nick is a keen sailor and an avid fan of tweed jackets – though he would never combine the two! Continue reading →

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