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Apps and open

By admin ⋅ February 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

From Barcelona, nothing new. Seems like the keywords this year was open and apps. Mixed with some paranoid attacks on Google and Yahoo for their strong position in search advertising. Well, most efficient markets are developed when companies can focus on their area of expertise and compete on fair terms. Search was never the reason [...]

Media exec note to self on strategy: mobile mobile and mobile

By pfhagermark ⋅ February 18, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Mobile World Congress is in the midst of its third day. Is the Ericsson party tonight? What deal had that guy from Newbay say he had done last night in the bar? Is there a place to get foot massage nearby? I am sure the questions are many as the mega-over-the-top-exhibition-fatigue sets in. In that environment [...]

Are mobile operators becoming irrelevant?

By pfhagermark ⋅ February 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t know about you, but in my quest to develop new services and revenue streams I spend amazingly little time talking with mobile operators these days. I say amazingly since I thought I would spend more time with them, since they are such an essential part of the ecosystem. I see that as a [...]

Bebo pushing mobile

By pfhagermark ⋅ February 12, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Will 2009 be the year when the established web communities make it big in mobile? We read in Mobilenews and other sources listed below about Bebo‘s push to reach more mobile users. In addition to that we have the rumours that Facebook and Nokia will get cosy with each other as most recetly reported by [...]

10 reasons why you should _not_ go to MWC'09

By pfhagermark ⋅ February 6, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

It’s that time of the year again – Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The marketing machinery from the various stakeholders is in over-drive. I let this list from Juniper Research serve as an example of this as well as a response to why I am not going and why many should consider how they spend [...]

One to watch – mobile film

By pfhagermark ⋅ February 4, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Short format, well produced films for mobile screening rank high on my list of mobile entertainment with a future. I do not have any details about MoFilm that will run on MWC in Barcelona, but at a conceptual level it seems great. By attaching real proven story tellers like Robert Redford and Kevin Spacey the [...]

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