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Mobility in 2011: Nokia

(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) Related to this see: Reaction to Nokia 2011 Strategy Announcement (and Microsoft relationship) Nokia is in the midst of a major strategy shift; they have to. Nokia has an operational…

Mobility in 2011: Tablets

(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) Traditional Media and Print finds its savior in 2011. And that savior is the Tablet. Tablets will open the door for new possibilities, and more cost-effective opportunities and reach for…

Mobility in 2011 – The Network & Operators

(This is part of a series of blog posts on Mobility in 2011) Mobility in 2011: Networks & Operators Operators will continue their shift towards mobile data and packet services, and value add services, with a large increase on mobile network bandwidth (10X…

Mobile Future15 @ SXSW Interactive 2011

For the last number of months I’ve been curating the SXSWi Mobile Future 15 panel. This is a special kind of short-form panel content, fast-paced sessions, each title reflecting one 12-minute solo speaking slot, which is followed by a short, three-minute break before…

Article: Introduction to jQuery Mobile

My first article for 2011, meet the jQuery Mobile framework. This article provides an introduction to the jQuery Mobile framework. Learn the basics of the framework and how to write a functional mobile web application user interface with minimal or no JavaScript code…

Mobility in 2011

This is my first post of 2011. I’ve been wanting to make this post since early January, but 2011 already has proven to a very busy year. A great year for mobility, 2011 should be. As the year 2011 begins, it is good…

Happy end of 2010, and Happy New Years, 2011…

This is my last post of the year, 2010… Happy New Year! Happy 2011; I wish to you and your family great health in 2011 (and beyond); nothing else is as important. Everything else will fall into place. 2011 will be a very…

Google enters the space program

The title of this post, Google enters the space program, is a prediction… I had this realization, that Google will enter the space program in ways beyond the Google Lunar X PRIZE or similar. Google will enter the commercial space program. Google’s entrance…

Where granted (very broad with prior-art) “Location-based services” patent

If you read my blog, you know that the USPTO granting patents that affect (mobile) innovation when they should not, is a pet peeve of mine. Today I read about a new patent around location-based services. Good for Where. Not as good for…

Help Map the Austin Mobile Scene

Steve Guengerich has been putting together a very nice idea, mapping the Austin mobile scene; excellent! Steve is managing director of BroadBrush Ventures and a member of the founding management team of Appconomy. I met Steve the other day for the first time…