If you’re going to Mobile World Congress this year (and you should be!), one of my favourite events is the Mobile Peer Awards. I’ve been a judge for the last two years (since they started) and am flattered to have been asked again for 2009. The idea is that each chapter of Mobile Monday, nominates [...]
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Fanta is Strangely Silent
Fanta has just announced the launch of a new mobile game (via New Media Age), which sounds quite groovy, but with an important dash of pure genius. The basic game is virtual tennis, played via Bluetooth and consumers can print out a real court from the Fanta website. That’s the groovy part – appealing to [...]
50,000,000,000
As you can see from my artfully graffitied image above (Banksy, eat your heart out, mate!), a short while ago, AdMob served our 50 Billionth ad. This was quite comfortably within our 3rd birthday and is quite a milestone, as you can imagine. Congrats to all my colleagues at AdMob on a very fine achievement [...]
Happy Birthday Dear MoMo
Last night saw the third birthday of the London branch of Mobile Monday, so congrats to Dan, Alex, Jo and Helen for keeping it going. I know all too well from my German activities that it’s demanding and time consuming, so to keep the London end refreshed and vibrant for that long is a great [...]
Reminder — Win Free Under The Radar Tickets
Just a reminder about our earlier offer of a couple of free passes to the Under the Radar Mobility event in Mountain View on November 12. The organizers are looking for input on a panel in which execs from major US carriers and other big players in mobile will get grilled with your questions. To [...]
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Apologies for the Slow Posting
Just a quick note to say sorry from my end about the slow posting rate of late. My main problem has been lots of travel in the last month and I’m afraid Blogging and exercise are the first two things that get jettisoned from my routine. First I had a little tour of South America [...]
Show Us The Money
If you’ve been living under a stone recently, you may not have noticed that we’re in the midst of a financial crisis. A bank seems to go bust every day, doom abounds and it’s probably the worst time to try to raise capital via VCs since the dawn of history. It’s particularly gratifying then to [...]
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Mobile Event Madness Part 3 — Under The Radar, November 12, Silicon Valley
The final event to tell you about today is the Under the Radar Mobility conference in Mountain View, Silicon Valley, on November 12. UTR picks a number of exciting startups, who pitch their products to a panel of judges and 400 attendees. They’ve announced the first batch of presenting companies, with more to follow, and [...]
Mobile Event Madness Part 2 — Open Mobile Summit In SF, Nov. 19-20
Another event in San Francisco in November, this one a two-day affair on the 19th and 20th, called The Open Mobile Summit. As you might have guessed from the name, it’s focused on the growing interest in “open” mobile networks. The organizers have lined up a list of high-ranking speakers from the likes of Nokia, [...]
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Event Madness Part 1 — Mobile 2.0 in SF, November 3
I’ve got several events to fill you in on today. The first is Mobile 2.0 in San Francisco on November 3. It’s organized by a number of MH pals, like Dan Appelquist, Rudy De Waele, Mike Rowehl and Peter Vesterbacka, and they’ve put together another great slate of speakers and presentations for the event, to [...]
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