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Monthly Archives: July 2007

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Russ on “When is Motorola going to get it together?”

On his blog Russ Beattie writes When is Motorola going to get it together?. It is a good write up that I hope the folks at Motorola read. From my perspective, we all know that Motorola is right now going through tough times.…

Carnival of the Mobilists #83

This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists (#83) is at Golden Swamp – great submissions from the blogosphere. Check it out! Thanks to Judy for including my entry The next big thing is Touch. ceo

Jason on “Why i-mode is Bad For The Mobile Internet”

Related to operators dumping i-mode, Jason writes Why i-mode is Bad For The Mobile Internet with a good summary on some of the reasons why i-mode fails to succeed outside Japan today… Another reason is that I believe the success of i-mode in…

Galaxy Zoo – take part in a census of one million galaxies

What a cool project… Galaxy Zoo leverages the human collective intelligence to help classify thousands of images taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: “Astronomers are inviting members of the public to help them make major new discoveries by taking part in a…

The Elements of the Mobile Context

See: The Mobile Context

Beckham playing in the U.S.

So Beckham is playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy MLS team… Having Beckham playing in the U.S. is a good thing. Yes, he not in his 20s anymore, or he might be recuperating from injuries, but there is an important angle to consider……

Google owns you (and me too)

“Given Google’s overwhelming popularity, chances are that most consumers are going to put their privacy on the line. “ In what way do they own us? What we search (Google Search), what we chat (Google Talk), what directions we look for (Google Maps),…

The next big thing is Touch

The next big thing is Touch. Touch is the next Click! NFC will enable for a new breed of Touch-based applications, effectively adding a new dimension to mobility and the meaning of click-through. Touch for payments, using your mobile handset. Touch for learning…

Local-apps as a mashup of media-rich services, or, taking a million non-media rich services, and making them media-rich…

On his blog Mike Rowehl wrote Growing and Managing Off-Portal Communities, where he quotes Dave Harper: “If it doesn’t work on 1 billion phones, don’t bother with it. No rich media experience, all through the browser.” Interesting thought it is… What if flip…

Carnival of the Mobilists #82

Now that I am (almost) done with my move to WordPress, I’m ready to host the Carnival of the Mobilists #82… Woohoo! My apologies for the delay (and for not including an entry this week)… It has been a while since the last…