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$150MM for startups that create new and exciting mobile applications, that uses context, location, payments, advertising, music and entertainment… very neat… See Nokia to Invest an Additional USD 150 Million Through Nokia Growth Partners. ceo
The MobileWidget Camp Austin planning is under way. It is going to be a very cool event. We are having unstructured and structured sessions, labs, and a contest at the end of the day for the best Widget. We are having food and drinks all day. We are having speakers come in and present on … Read more
The B for Bluetooth can easily stand for “Big Brother”… Via Guardian (UK), a report on a study being done without people’s knowledge that uses Bluetooth to keep track of people’s aggregate behavior, see Bluetooth is watching: secret study gives Bath a flavour of Big Brother: The data is being used in a project called … Read more
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists #134 is at Justin Oberman’s weblog Mopocket. This week edition comes with essays by newcomers Shaun Zelbers and Ari Zoldan, as well as regulars including as Martin Sauter, Steven Hoober, Ajit Joakar, Andreas Constantinou, and others… Thanks Justin for picking up my entry on NFC. ceo
There is a new application for anyone who must store and/or transmit sensitive data to/from their cellphones. Good examples are hospitals or hospice businesses (HIPAA), lawyers on the field (client data), and as recently learned, even the government users of BlackBerry devices — see UK prime minister’s office acknowledges aide lost a BlackBerry phone during … Read more
A little bit about my middle (older) brother — see List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors (Wikipedia). …he is the brain in the family ;-) (yes, the manned space program is in our blood) ceo
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today has published its best practices and standards for open mobile Web and Web application development. The goal is to help mobile content developers deal with the challenges of designing Web content for a variety of mobile devices – i.e., not just the iPhone or other proprietary platforms. In … Read more
I was quite fascinated by a recent article in the Communications of the ACM written by Web luminaries James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall, Tim Berners-Lee, and Daniel Weitzner titled Web Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Web (Communications of the ACM). The article argues that while the micro aspects of the Web (networking, … Read more
A quick note of another study, this time by ABI Research, that mobile messaging (SMS) is and will continue to be the top use, after voice, for cellphones — see SMS to Garner 83% of All Mobile Messaging Revenues through 2013 (ABI Research). Another important point made by the research is that companies are looking … Read more
The Carnival of the Mobilists #133 is at VisionMobile (Andreas Constantinou’s weblog). VisionMobile is one of the top mobility blogs in the global blogosphere; a must read. This week’s edition of the Carnival comes with mobile technology essays by Justin Oberman, Ian Wood, Ajit Jaokar, Andrew Grill, Dean Bubley, Barbara Ballard, Martin Sauter, and truly … Read more