Monthly Archives: June 2012
DigiWorld Summit
[ November 14, 2012 9:00 am to November 15, 2012 6:00 pm. ] DigiWorld Summit
November 14th-15th 2012
Le Corum
Montpelier, France
http://www.digiworldsummit.com/
Organiser: IDATE http://www.digiworld.org Continue reading
Marketers to spend circa £340K on mobile projects in near future
Rating: Dissatisfaction driving more projects in-house
Antenna Software has just released the results of research into brands’ mobile projects. The research was conducted by Vanson Bourne, who interviewed 1,000 business decision makers for the survey. The main finding from the research is that marketers intend to invest on average £340,000 in consumer mobile projects over the next 12-18 months. Significantly, the research also found that only on in five UK and US businesses have seen their customer-facing mobile projects adopted by ‘the majority’ of the consumers they were targeting. The research also indicates that investment in the use of outside creative agencies will likely decrease as brands look for more control over the development and management of their mobile initiatives. Continue reading
IDATE launches latest DigitalWorld Yearbook
Rating: It’s an industry Bible and Goldmine of useful stats rolled into one
GoMobile News had the pleasure of attending the launch of the DigiWorld Yearbook 2012 in London. This publication is now in its 12th year and has rapidly established itself as something of a Bible for the mobile industry – although in effect its remit covers the entire digital economy. What we took away from this launch was the publication’s conclusion that there are three big game changers at work within the cellular industry: – mobile everywhere; content in the cloud; and big data. The launch was accompanies by a keynote speech from Olaf Swantee, CEO, Everything Everywhere. He used the opportunity to make an impassioned plea for his company to be able to roll out 4G in the 1800 MHz spectrum. Continue reading
Motorola acquires rump of Psion for $200 million
Rating: One of the pioneers of mobile computing
Well it appears that Motorola Solutions has acquired the remnants of Psion in a deal worth around £129 million ($200 million). Incidentally, that’s not the same part of Motorola which makes mobile phones and was recently sold to Google. That was the Motorola Mobility half of the business. Incidentally, there are rumours that Google may be interested in flogging off the Motorola brand and phone technology (but not the patents) to China’s Huawei. It seems Motorola wants Psion for its expertise in creating ruggedized mobile computers. Continue reading
Digital music sectors hots up with moves from Amazon and Tesco
Rating: Apple’s iTunes dominance is under threat
It seems that Apple’s dominance of the digital music space via its iTunes Store may be weakening as other big instry players try to muscle in on its dominance. Recent news has confirmed that Amazon has just signed a deal with four major record companies in the USA for full licensing rights to their music. The idea is that if music lovers decide to store their own music in Amazon’s cloud based service they can listen to it anywhere. This is particularly appealing to smartphone and tablets users who probably hold the majority of their music collections on a desktop or laptop computer. The other major news last week was that Tesco has purchased a majority stake in We7, a British digital music service. (See our previous story on We7 here). Continue reading
Guest Post: NFC – so near, yet so far
Hwan Chung, CEO at Danal Europe, looks at why NFC has yet to take off and what the mobile payments industry can do to get more consumers behind it
On the face of it, the future for NFC (Near Field Communication) looks very bright. Analysts have predicted that by 2015, one in two mobile phones will be NFC-enabled and that NFC will facilitate transactions worth $74 billion. Yet, despite the impressive forecasts, the industry still has a long way to go before mobile payments even come close to matching the revenues made by cash or credit card. Continue reading
Confusion reigns over RBS Get Cash facility
Rating: Is it restricted to Scottish Android-owning customers presently?
The Royal Bank of Scotland put out the news on June 13th [2012] that, ” From today RBS and NatWest customers can choose to ditch their debit cards in favour of their Android phones, with a new innovation that allows them to ‘GetCash’ from an ATM without needing a debit card.” The Banks customers can request the cash on their mobile and a six digit pin will be generated. This code is entered at an ATM; the amount of cash confirmed, and funds distributed accordingly. Great. Ben Green, head of mobile at NatWest and RBS, commented, “This has never been done anywhere in the UK, and yet is a really simple and secure way to help our customers get cash whenever and wherever they need it.” Unfortunately, it didn’t make it very clear which handsets could use the app and which customers are eligible. Continue reading
GyPSii Reaches into New Devices and Markets With Nokia And Research In Motion
GyPSii Expands Distribution
Press release
February 6th 2009. GeoSentric Oyj’s, GyPSii business unit, has announced that its market leading mobile social networking application is now available on over 25 more Nokia devices, as well as the BlackBerry Bold, Curve and Pearl devices from Research in Motion – a move that extends the reach of GyPSii to millions of potential new customers – available for download at http://gypsii.com/m Continue reading
Nokia disposes of one of its remaining profitable bits – Vertu
Rating: Microsoft probably aiming to do a Sendo on Nokia
What kind of madness is this? Nokia is in dire straights – nobody disputes that. It has just been forced to announce that another 10,000 jobs will have to go at Nokia. The reason is blatantly obvious. Nokia is in the business of making mobile phones. What does the market demand at the moment? Android handsets – that’s what people want. Let’s face it, there’s no way in the world that Apple is going to licence iOS to Nokia which is the only other way out.Android is the only way. So how does the company react? Offer Android handsets? No, it only decides to sell its stake in one of the last and only really profitable parts of its business – luxury handset vendor, Vertu. Continue reading
BCS searches for the Innovative Mobile App of The Year
Rating: Ernest institution wakes up to power of the mobile app
The BCS ( formerly the British Computer Society), which is the Chartered Institute for IT, has begun its search for the most Innovative Mobile App of 2012 as it launches this year’s UK IT Industry Awards, in conjunction with Incisive’s Computing magazine. You’d better huryy, however, because the closing date for entries is 5pm on Friday July 6th [2012]. Judges are looking for mobile apps that run on mobile phones or other devices with built-in 3G or 4G capability. These apps should show an innovative use of the technology in the phones, and possibly of on-line services. They should be publically available – they can be either free or paid-for. Continue reading
Mobile Device Management Conference (UK)
[ September 11, 2012; 8:00 am to 5:30 pm. ] Mobile Device Management Conference
September 11th 2012
Cavendish Conference Centre
London, England
Organiser: Whitehall Media
**This event is supposedly still in stealth mode but the organisers are looking for speakers – from organisations who have implemented mobile device management platforms** Continue reading
Video ad friendly Overblog platform launches into UK
Rating: Gives bloggers the chance to monetise their content
Claiming to be the Number One blogging platform in Europe, Overblog, has now launch of its new platform into the UK. The idea behind Overblog is that it brings together the fragmented social postings of bloggers into a single live stream. Significantly, there are many aspects of Overblog that are entirely mobile friendly. For example, Overblog supports live video streaming from your mobile phone. The major incentive for bloggers to migrate to the Overblog platform, however, seems to be the chance to monetise their content. This facility has been made pssible by a merger between Overblog and Ebuzzing – a leader in social video advertising back in 2010. Continue reading
Adelphic Mobile appoints Ray Colwell as Chief Revenue Officer
Adelphic Mobile adds industry veteran, Ray Colwell to its leadership team
Press release
June 11th 2012. Adelphic Mobile, a leader in scalable mobile advertising, has appointed Ray Colwell as Chief Revenue Officer. As Adelphic’s Chief Revenue Officer, Ray will be working with major brands, media agencies and marketing services companies to help them achieve their mobile advertising goals through Adelphic’s Predictive Data Platform. Ray brings over 20 years of experience in mobile, online and print media sales to Adelphic. Continue reading
Guest Post: Expensive mobile phones and their safe use through insurance
by Muhammad Azam
Smartphones are loved by just about every other person. It is not just the fact that people use their mobile phones for the sake of calling and texting. They now want the newest of all built-in technology features inside their handsets. They do not want to carry too many gadgets – rather they want to have the least number of gadgets as possible with the most features that cover the functionalities of all gadgets. For example, the Samsung Galaxy (designed for humans) is a perfect example of a gadget that is able to provide its owner with the features of a good camera, Internet, 3G, surfing, exceptional apps, and all based on the Android OS. Continue reading
P&G reveals Beauty Recommended mobile app courtesy of Grapple
Rating: We think you have to be female to understand it
If you had an online magazine which already reaches an audience of 1.8 million people, then you’d almost certainly want to create a mobile version of your product. Which is exactly what Procter & Gamble (P&G) has done courtesy of Grapple Mobile. It has just introduced a free mobile app for iPhone and Android called Beauty Recommended. This app features three interactive, virtual tours of London called ’Beauty Spots’. The app is timed to coincide with the swarm of visitors to London this Summer for the Olympic Games. The tours apparently showcase the UK capital’s best known and loved destinations – as well as revealing historical and hidden beauties to even the most seasoned of Londoners. Let’s just hope the general public understand what this app has to offer. GoMobile News was perplexed. Continue reading
