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Today is MobileBeat2009. And congrats to my friend Michael Yuan, who was Mobility Researcher and Lead Developer at eZee Inc. (my previous start-up) and who was invited to present his new start-up company Ringful at the MobileBeat2009 event — see 14 finalists picked for MobileBeat2009 Top Startup Competition. Our apps finalists include two that have … Read more
Yes, that’s right, the SXSW 2010 Panel submission closes tonight at midnight CST (July 12, 2009) — submit your entry at the 2010 Panelpicker website. Submit your mobile panel today!!! ceo
On December 2008 I wrote on my blog Browser Swallows OS, where I pondered on the idea of a Web OS. The machine boots up to a totally web-based experience. The application-bar at the bottom of the screen consists of widgets and icons (links) to web-based applications. One of the apps/widgets in the apps-bar is … Read more
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted by Rudy de Waele at the m-trends blog: Looking back at the many contributions done by so many mobilists till now, this is still what’s it’s all about! The Carnival stays probably the best online resource to read about different views and opinions by industry experts, pundits, … Read more
Feature vs. the Smart-phone. That is the question. There is no straight answer; the lines are blurring too fast. At the end, your definition might be different from mine: Both Feature and Smartphones support voice and data capabilities, including multimedia audio and video, camera, gaming, high-speed networks, GPS and advanced user interfaces. Both are programmable. … Read more
When browsing on your mobile, do you call it browsing “the Internet”, “the Web” or browsing “the Mobile Web”? After an interesting discussion at ForumOxford on one vs. many webs, I’m curious (keeping in mind that the majority of the readers of this blog are mobile techies) on how folks see this. When browsing on … Read more
By now you probably have already seen the video on Layar augmented reality (AR) browser, embedded below: Layar is a location-based, context-aware product by SPRXmobile, a group of very smart folks in Amsterdam that I have been following for a long time; because they get it. I got the pleasure to meet Raimo van der … Read more
VentureBeat is looking to recognize Mobile innovation at the second annual MobileBeat Top Startup Competition. Last year the awards went to firms such as AdMob and Loopt. This year the competition shifts to mobile applications and services, with 50 finalists to be determined and a final 14 to present live at MobileBeat on Thursday July … Read more
Below is a nice illustration on Radio Spectrum Allocations (Yankee Group): …and those with the spectrum, the spectrum-rich players, are in the driver’s seat for Mobile Broadband economics. Radio spectrum is a scarce resource that is critical for mobile communications. The expansion of mobile broadband services places tremendous pressure on available spectrum resources, and typically … Read more
Internal vs. external pressures impact the (potential for) success of your startup in different ways. I’ll argue that internal pressures are the worst… how do I know? I’ve learned this the *hard way*. But remember that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger; never forget that. When building a startup, external forces are not the … Read more