Adding a little bit of Mjoy to life

Rating: Fledgling German service may well succeed

It’s notoriously hard to pick a winner, so who’s to say a new mobile site based in Germany - Mjoy - may not triumph where others have fallen by the wayside? Have a look at mjoy and see.

Will sound files soon become searchable?

Rating: Chris Mitchell reckons he’s cracked this one

If Christopher Mitchell really has cracked this problem, it’s great news. Apparently Mr Mitchell claims to have mastered audio search and reckons he between six and 12 months away from going to market.

Lunch with a Nuance evangelist, Mike Wehrs

Rating: he definitely mentioned at least one unannounced product

It seems that while Bena was happily chatting to Nuance’s Kevin Stone here, the company’s vp of evangelism, Mike Wehrs, was happily spilling the beans about Open Voice Search to yours truly over lunch.

Chrome? You should try mobile says Wapple

Rating: 100 mobile browser variations monthly

In a clear dig at PC-orientated web designers, Wapple CTO, Rich Holdsworth, claims his product is fine tuned for hundreds of different browsers – not just a handful.

Firstrain to hit Europe

Rating: Search-driven research company

What a moment to pick to set up your UK/European office but Firstrain has done just that. It’s speciality is what it calls “search-driven research” and its clientele includes big names like Motorola.

Telcordia gets its message across

Rating: Message in a bottle

In this day and age, getting your message across is extremely difficult. Most of us are overloaded with emails, voicemails, phone calls and even snail mail. So hats off to Telcordia for a novel approach. A message in a bottle.

Next week on GoMo News, Ireland, Manchester, Workshops and Tony Dennis

OK - I have some good news about GoMo coming shortly. But before then, I would like to say that the honourable guru journalist Tony Dennis will be doing some cover work for me next week.

GS1 Mobile Com Group recommends mobile barcodes for mobile applications

I would like to thank Joe Horwood from the GS1 Organisation for submitting a press release to GoMo News and making me of something that must have missed in September.

Mobile Advertising Red Wine with CEO Magnus Jern Golden Gekko

My first German boyfriend (never again) was called Gekko (nickname as he used to die is hair green and it was short and wired). Anyway – I love the name Golden Gekko! Now I know the founder and also have checked out the website it really does suit what this mobile advertising company does.

So with red wine in one hand and mobile phone in the other I did the rounds at the MMF networking party. I had arranged with PR agent Laura Lynne to find and meet Magnus Jern CEO and Founder of Golden Gekko. So, my first question was about three different things rolled into one.