Mobile Social Networking Event: MoSo Rising by Chinwag

I have been invited to moderate at this event on Mobile Social Networking. There is a great line up of speakers and I can’t wait!  It would be good to see you there on 11th November 2008 in London.
MoSo Rising: Event Description
The rise and rise of mobile social networking and services is upon us, but [...]

Huge changes to GoMo News on the way

I have been dropping hints - and all sorts of things. I know in Internet Explorer the site looks bad. But it still looks the same in Firefox. Thank-you for bearing with me - huge changes. Positive improvements and great things happening to GoMo.  The t’s have been crossed but we are just putting the [...]

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.

Why?
Because I have the schedule from hell. visibility mobile is growing fast and very busy. Work or proposals are coming [...]

Dinner with Giannis Gkantaras and Nicholas Zartaloudis from (probably) the best Greek Mobile Operator in the World

So, I started out my conversation with Giannis Gkantaras Section Manager at Cosmote Mobile Communications and Nicholas Zartaloudis 3rd Party Services and VAS Reporting person with “what was that really innovative mobile company in Greece that had that HUGE success with i-mode”.

The answer was Cosmote!
Which was quite funny but lead to some seriously interesting conversation [...]

Bena Roberts and Michael Bayle from Yahoo!

I had a lovely dinner last night and I sat next to some great guys namely Michael Bayle from Yahoo! and two mobile operators (names and photos coming!) form Greece. Unfortunately for GoMo News I had my visibility mobile hat on - but we had a great night and a great chat.

The Silicon Valley China Wireless Technology Conference by Michael Crane

Michael Crane is a Senior VP at the San Francisco based company Golden Gate. But I know him from when he was also the SVP of mobile search company MCN. He bought me a lovely oyster lunch in San Francisco during CTIA and I asked him to blog about some of the Asian conferences that [...]

GoMo News Blog Update

Happy October - the witches have attacked GoMo News - or at least it feels like it as I am having a lot of problems with the back end (and front end) of GoMo News and this template is falling apart …. but am trying to fix it - so bear with me.

Typical blunders around events

Only I can be invited to a Mobixell event in Italy. Spend half the night gossiping with friends to finally turn around to the person next to me and ask “I am so sorry, who are you!  I am a ruthless journalist so be warned”.
He replies - “I am the CEO of Mobixell”.

Then I ask [...]

Bena Roberts in Frascati for Mobixell Event

So, sorry for the slow GoMo News - but I am have had a stressy week of consultancy followed by the Mobile Web event (several great blog posts left to write, including one on a signed copy of Mobile Internet for Dummies).
But I am now in Frascati in Italy (by Rome) and I am having [...]

Update plus disclaimer

I have a lot of hats at the moment but big changes are in place. There will be a clear definition of my role and several GoMo News changes will be happening.  This week however, I got asked to do a small consultancy project for a friend of mine in the German mobile barcode business. [...]

Barclaycard needs an SMS lost or stolen service

So, here I am at the Mobile Web conference in London. I should be drinking tea and writing up reports - but no I am on the phone to Barclaycard and no on is picking up the phone.  An SMS instant lost or stolen service is needed to sort this out as when you phone [...]

GSMA Mobile Asia Congress

I am delighted that GoMo News will be at the Mobile Asia Congress this year in November.
If you are going - let me know. We are going to be having a GoMo party there and I can’t wait to get my teeth into the Asia Mobile space.
 

UpCode latest sponsor on Gomo News

I am delighted to welcome UpCode to GoMo News - they are a new type of multimedia (not banner sponsor) all will be revealed shortly. A huge shout to all our other sponsors and sorry for having a quiet GoMo News today - I have had a catch-up day. I think the lack of sleep [...]

Bena’s CTIA Thank-you notes and more great content from CTIA to come!

So, I have to say that I am jet lagged and exhausted. Last week at CTIA was simply crazy and Rob Knight took over Pitch to GoMo News day as I just was at the end (thank-you). 
But first the thanks for GoMo News
1. To our great sponsors Medio Systems (about five more videos and articles to [...]

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