The NFC Forum has mandated that the four tag types be operable with NFC devices. The NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) specification and four Record Type Description (RTD) specifications were released in 2006. These specifications are also available for download at www.nfc-forum.org/specs. The…
Jyri Engeström’s presentation at Mobile Monday Amsterdam, touches on a number of interesting points including the importance of having well defined social objects (which maps to “purpose” or “goal”), and related verbs or actions — in other words, well defined social objects or…
A new startup company in Austin Texas, eZee inc. (http://www.eZee.com) is looking to fill permanent positions with experienced server developers, mobile developers, quality assurance engineers, and product owners, to help create the next generation of mobile commerce and payment software products and services.…
The Future of Mobile, organized by Ryan Carson and his group, has been announced for Nov 14 in London. A great speaker line up, including Dan, Brian, Chetan, Andrea, Luca, and others. It is going to be a great event. I wish I…
While the majority of us use emoticons to express emotions while typing computer messages, others use HTTP return codes… Yes, that is a Facebook group I encountered, which promotes the use of HTTP return codes as a “better emoticon”. From the group’s description:…
The W3C has released the XHTML Basic 1.1 as a Candidate Recommendation. With it, Dominique has published a useful cheat sheet — the XHTML Basic 1.1 Elements and Attributes reference. From the XHTML Basic 1.1 spec: This revision, 1.1, supercedes version 1.0. In…
Below are a number of good resources by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA): PRIMER, INTROS, ETC. Ø Understanding Mobile Marketing: Technology & Reach*http://www.mmaglobal.com/uploads/MMAMobileMarketing102.pdf Ø Introduction to Mobile Search*http://www.mmaglobal.com/uploads/MMAMobileSearchIntro.pdf Ø Short Code Primer*http://www.mmaglobal.com/shortcodeprimer.pdf GUIDELINES Ø Consumer Best Practices*http://www.mmaglobal.com/bestpractices.pdf (Recently updated on July 16, 2007…
Update 8/6: Experiment has been completed. Chat room has been closed… Update 8/1: Russ has closed his Lingr chat room. I am going to continue experimenting with Lingr, as in my case I see it as a public interaction channel for when I…
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists #84 is at Mobile Messaging 2.0, and written by Debi Jones (of MobileJones.com) … Topics this week include SMS, MoSoSo, the iPhone, Mobile Web, Nokia handsets, Carriers/Operators, Mobile Industry, and International Travel; a great read. Thanks to…
With this new $20M, it totals $65 million in VC funding since it was founded in 2000. Action Engine is one of the promoters of On-Device Portals (ODP). ODP is a fancy name for an end-to-end mobile application (client on the handset, and…
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