Project Capuchin

Rating: Software Mashup!
Sony Ericsson have announced their own version of the mashup..this one doesn’t contain music but a mashup of the development platform Java ME and the popular content creating tool Flash Lite. The new platform, named Project Capuchin should make it possible for developers to have improved graphics embedded within a Java ME Application.
According [...]

Mobile Barcodes plus Scanbuy plus MTV equals new deal

CEO of Scanbuy Jonathan Bulkeley just sent me and email containing a video of the new advert of mobile barcodes from MTV France.

For some reason I can’t publish it. I can’t send you the exact email because its got some private information on it  - but if you want to see the advert email me and [...]

IEC and Convergence World Magazine Announce Top NGN Innovators at SOFNET 08 in London

Winners of the 2008 Convergence World Awards were honored yesterday in a ceremony on the SOFNET 08 exhibition floor

 
LONDON – 30 April 2008 – The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) recognized the winners of the Convergence World Awards yesterday at its SOFNET 08 conference and exhibition at the Olympia National Hall.  Organized by Convergence World [...]

Marchex VoiceStar call based advertising for AdMob, Ringleader Digital and 4Info

Marchex, Inc. a local online advertising company and leading publisher of local content, today announced that it has extended its local advertising strategy to the mobile market, entering into agreements to provide call-based advertising services to three leading mobile advertising providers: AdMob, Ringleader Digital and 4INFO.

Marchex’s VoiceStar subsidiary will deliver call tracking services to all [...]

Update your social sites and your virtual life via your mobile device with CellSpin.

Rating: I’m spinning around, move out of my way…
If your a social networking junkie like me and can’t keep off Facebook or my bands new Myspace page (yes, what’s that..yes I know its boring..well it is myspace after all!!) then this added feature to CellSpin might be for you. CellSpin is a rich media sharing [...]

BASE May Day Lovers Rates

Yikes. Not rates 4 lovers - I mean Partner card. But come on; doesn’t lover card or lover rates sound so much better?

So, German discount mobile provider BASE has launched a new Partner tariff.
Basically it is cheap and a give away.
BASE Partner Tariff
Monthly                       10,-
Calls BASE to BASE und to E-Plus            0,-
Calls from BASE to Mailbox                  [...]

T-Mobile Mobile Discovery Solutions from Qix

I have liked Qix for a long time. At the same time, I have felt the company has underperformed in Europe so the news that T-mobile is extending its rollout of Qix is good news.

What is T-Mobile doing?
1. It’s extending its range of devices that will have Qix integrated and the Nokia N70 is one of [...]

AdMob, TapTap and now (wait for it) Analytics

First we have AdMob  one very big ad network.
Two we have TapTap its attempt at mobile search and a place to deliver its own AdMob adverts.
Then we had some deal with M:Metrics for analytics.
Now we have AdMob Analytics.

Hmmmm.
From the press release:
AdMob Analytics will offer businesses a free, simple solution to maximize commerce, advertising and content [...]

Zodigo spins off from Zodiac Interactive for mobile content search engine

Zodigo was part of Zodiac Interactive – but no more! Now Zodigo is a mobile content search engine (TV)  in its own right and has been spun off from its parent company.

From the press release
“This is a very good move for Zodiac Interactive and Zodigo.  The proliferation, breath and depth of mobile content is enormous, [...]

Nokia gets educational with M4Girls pilot project.

Rating: Its not all about rock n roll and flirting you know!
In a bold move to turn handsets into a more educational tool Nokia have teamed up with the not for profit organisation Mindset Network and the South African Government’s Department of Education in order to trial a pilot project based around the Nokia 6300 [...]

M.live.com gets updated with Product Search and Dynamic Geo-Location

Rating: hmm I wonder if i can price comparison candy!
The folks at AccuraCast have a piece today about Microsoft’s updates to its browser based mobile search, m.live.com. The new features will apparently bring the benefits of product search directly to the mobile phone giving the end user these features in “the palm of their hand”.

They [...]

The Geovector handset discovered in Earls Court

Rating: Master class at Internet World reveals its existence
I trotted up to London’s Earls Court to listen to a ‘master class’ in mobile marketing courtesy of Inside Mobile’s James Hilton. And I personally discovered the purpose of GeoVector equipped mobile phones.
What GeoVector provides in essence is the ability to sense which direction the owner has [...]

Ad collecting and earn something in return?

Rating: Is the taking of pics of adverts on your mobile phone the modern equivalent of stamp collecting??
They Say: Rolling Stone and Men’s Health magazines are hoping that they can engage you to spend money on your mobile bill in exchange for product information or an offer from an advertiser reports The New York Times.
“In [...]

Are you an old person?

Rating: Txting is so last year!
According to Orange its the oldies who continue to text while the hip young things move to instant messaging such as AIM and MSN Messenger. Recent research by Orange, reported over on textually.org, says “17,000 people in 30 countries revealed that once users adopt mobile instant messaging services such as [...]

Mbarc muscles in on the mobile barcode airline market

I and others might be contemplating whether or not it is NeoMedia or Scanbuy leading the mobile barcode market. But one Dutch company Mbarc is digging its heels into the mobile barcode airline business. During a Mobile Airline conference on the 15th and 16th of April the company sent me a whole load of information [...]

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