Category Archives: Events

Making Money In Mobile – Issues and Strategy

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Photo: Some rights reserved by AMagill One of the recurring themes at this week’s Mobile 2.0 conference was how exactly do you make money in mobile? It was the topic of a couple of panels but no clear answer emerged. In talking with other attendees during breaks I found a fairly high level of frustration about revenue opportunities in mobile. It’s not easy for free lance  app developers and mobile web publishers to make a living from their work. Most … Continue reading →

Mobile 2.0 Business Day – The Yahoo Phone and Innovation From Africa and Asia

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Yesterday’s session of the Mobile 2.0 conference was dubbed the “Business Day“.  The focus was on where the mobile industry is headed and how startups, mobile publishers  and other entrepreneurs can profit from the rapid cycle of  that has characterized mobile since its infancy. It was a long day with over a dozen presentations and panels.  Rather than trying to cover every one of them which would make for a very long post, I’m going to focus on the one … Continue reading →

Mobile 2.0 Developer Day – The Rise Of The Web

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I attended the Mobile 2.0 Developer Day in Mountain View today. It was the sort of great event I’ve come to expect from the Mobile 2.0 team of Gregory Gorman, Mike Rowehl, Daniel Appelquist, Peter Vesterbacka and Rudy De Waele,  a fast paced day filled with lively presentations and panels. Mobile 2.0 is relatively unique  among mobile events in being a grass roots operation organized by people working in the mobile field or as Daniel Appelquist, put it “By industry … Continue reading →

What A Weekend! The E73 Mode Sunset Beach Party

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My weekend was rather special.  It all started with an email last Tuesday from Donna at WOMWorld inviting me to fly down to LA to stay in a house right on Sunset Beach and participate in making a video to promote the new Nokia E73 Mode for T-Mobile USA. I had no idea what I was actually getting into but wasn’t hard to accept an offer to get out of San Francisco’s fog for weekend on the beach. I arrived … Continue reading →

Don’t Miss Event: Mobile 2.0, Silicon Valley Sept. 20 and 21, 2010

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My favorite mobile event, Mobile 2.0,  is less than a month away. The conference agendas have just been posted on The Mobile 2.0 site. The Mobile 2.0 organizers; Daniel Appelquist, Gregory Gorman, Mike Rowehl, Peter Vesterbacka and Rudy De Waele  always seem to bring together the biggest names in the mobile industry for a fast paced, informal day of talks, demos and panels in an intimate venue. Repeating last year’s format there are two sessions.  Sept 20th is Developer Day, … Continue reading →

Picking The AppCircus Finalists

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I just finished  my stint  helping select the 10 finalists for the AppCircus that will be held at the Mobile 2.0 Europe Developers Conference in Barcelona June 17th. The AppCircus is a traveling showcase of new, innovative mobile applications that are presented in front of a live audience with the winners chosen by popular vote. My role was that of one of  32 mobile developers, bloggers and analysts who picked and ranked their favorite 10 apps from 29 contenders. The … Continue reading →

Developers – Demo Your Mobile App At AppCircus – Entries Are Free

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This year’s Mobile 2.0 Europe conference will feature  AppCircus, which is a great opportunity for mobile application developers. Entries are free. If your app is one of the 10 selected, you will have 3 minutes on stage to present to fellow developers and industry experts during the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference. The conference audience will nominate one app for the prestigious Mobile Premier Awards to be held during the 2011 Mobile World Congress. The developers applying for the AppCircus will … Continue reading →

Updated: Google I/O: Android 2.2 and Google TV

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Updated 25-May-2010: Froyo availability information updated including links to Froyo ROM downloads.  Corrected:  Streaming non-DRM music over the air from your PC to the phone is a future release feature and is NOT in Froyo. As expected yesterday’s Google I/O announcements were all about Android. Android OS 2.2 code named  FroYo (“Frozen Yogurt”),  and Google TV, which runs Android, were announced. Neither is available to yet. FroYo: Google is certainly raising the bar with Android 2.2. The major new features … Continue reading →