Blogs
Users Deserve Control
Submitted by James Whitley on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 18:13
WirelessWeek is reporting today that a judge is allowing the lawsuit against T-Mobile by disgruntled subscribers to proceed. The subscribers are fighting charges against unsolicited text messages because they have no viable way of avoiding the charges.
http://www.wirelessweek.com/T-Mobile-Subscribers-Sue-Text-Messages.aspx
The Problem with Mobile Banner Ads
Submitted by James Whitley on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:32
I have been thinking about mobile advertising quite a bit of late. In my last blog I shared news of the mobile Internet reaching critical mass.
Within that report was a graphic showing the Motorola RAZR as the most popular device for mobile Internet browsing. This news got me to thinking about how the mobile internet is funded, then to thinking about mobile advertising in general, and before long I was thinking about the basic problems with mobile banner ads. Anyhow, follow with me on this one:
Critical Mass
Submitted by James Whitley on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 10:09
Nielson Mobile released a report last week entitled “"Critical Mass: The Worldwide State of the Mobile Web".
http://www.nielsenmobile.com/documents/CriticalMass.pdf
Among their key findings:
Mobile must change the world!!
Submitted by Mounir Shita on Wed, Jul 16, 2008 14:11
I've always been interested in the complex relationship between humans and machines. When I was a kid I used to watch science fiction movies to see the writers' visions of technology. It always fascinated me how story writers envisioned a future where technology was so naturally a part of human life. And it always disappointed me to see how little technology was integrated into real life today.
What makes for good ads?
Submitted by Irene Schwarting on Sat, Jul 12, 2008 20:17
Google announced last week that that their mobile ads are now MMA compliant. At GoLife we, too, have been working carefully to ensure that our advertisements are all compliant with the MMA standards. I see an issue, though, with mobile advertising, which can’t really be addressed by any standards body, no matter how carefully and thoroughly specified.
Microsoft acquires MobiComp
Submitted by James Whitley on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 10:06
Microsoft announced today that it is acquiring Mobicomp, a company with some interesting backup and restore technology as well as an active “ticker” feature. The timing is curious given Nokia’s recent Symbian announcement. Maybe Microsoft is feeling a little pressure?
Nokia buys Symbian
Submitted by Mounir Shita on Tue, Jun 24, 2008 08:45
Some interesting news from Finland today. Nokia has always been the largest stake holder in London based Symbian Ltd with 48% ownership. Today they bought Siemen’s 8.4% stake of Symbian for $109M and they have already offered to purchase the stake of the remaining shareholders. Everyone except for Samsung has said yes though they do expect Samsung to say yes as well.
Study finds strong demand for practical mobile content
Submitted by Mounir Shita on Tue, Jun 17, 2008 15:22
I recently ran across the results of a study that showed consumers’ want practical content on their mobile device.
Beer and Pizza
Submitted by James Whitley on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 09:30
Last week we hosted our inaugural open-house and it was a smashing success. We started at 6pm, but had a crowd by 5:30. The beer and pizza was all gone 8 (note to self – get more beer and pizza). When I left at 10 the diehard folks were still furiously drawing on a whiteboard. I saw pseudo code and took that as my sign to exit the building! 
Why (digital) Me?
Submitted by Irene Schwarting on Wed, May 14, 2008 23:20
Jeff Pulver posted last week on “Life 3.0”, and the “Digital Me”. I think that his post hits squarely on one of the most interesting phenomena of the 21st century: the need for a “digital representation” of the person. But I think that Jeff has missed one of the key aspects of this phenomenon: the mobile angle and its fundamental ramifications for the relationship between people and technology.
