Google Voice: One Number Rings All
As Google continues its exploration to own the life cycle of the mobile consumer. Yesterday, they announced a web app for the iPhone and Palm WebOS devices. I’ve been running Google Voice for months and this new web app is a tremendous upgrade and brings the experience full circle. This is a great example of [...]
2010 Mobile Trends
Below is a great Slideshare deck from TrendsSpotting, discussing the rapid evolution of the mobile device for 2010 and beyond. The Tweet style format covers mobile predictions and facts from some heavy hitters in the technology space including analysts from IDC, Morgan Stanley, Gartner, Mashable, GigaOM, eMarketer, and the Mobile Marketing Association. 2010 Mobile Influencers: [...]
Nexus One Commercial
Here is a great little commercial clip of the Nexus One. As an old G1 customer, I’m glad to see some much needed improvements in the UI and sexier hardware, however there are many reports out there showing lackluster Nexus One sales in the first 10 days of release. Perhaps its not sexy enough for [...]
Mobile Red Sea
The Connected vs. the Disconnected… We just switched phone carriers from T-Mobile (using G1 Android) to Sprint (using Palm Pre). We were pretty pumped to see the attractive packages Sprint is offering these days, and although I know their service can be spotty vs some of the other carriers, the price is right for the trade off. [...]
A VC/Visionary's Recap of 2009
Forget the boring “Top 10 Lists,” listen to Rich Wong, investor in some of the hottest companies in mobile (Admob, Getjar) and social (Facebook, Groupon). Below is a great interview via @scobleizer of Rich recapping 2009 and giving his predictions of 2010; covering topics such as the unexpected growth of social e-commerce, how apps vs [...]
Mobile + Social = Local
The world is certainly getting smaller through the marriage of the mobile device and social networking. With the explosion of social Smartphone apps and dedicated mobile sites
Android and Chrome: Two Peas in a Pod
As businesses continue to thrive from the expansion in web services, it’s amazing how much of our desktop computing is executed in the cloud. With Google strongly positioned as the leader in pro-bono web based computing, I find myself using everything from Gmail for multiple email addresses to GCalendar to Google RSS to most recently [...]
Mobile Marketing: Top 10 Terms Every Marketer Should Know
1.) Short Code – 3-6 number phone numbers for sending SMS or MMS messages 2.) WAP Site – Wireless Application Protocol Site or mobile website 3.) Mobile Analytics – WAP and Application analytics providers such as Motally and Bango 4.) MMA – Mobile Marketing Association http://mmaglobal.com/main 5.) 2D Barcode – Funny looking barcodes that gives [...]
Mobile 2020
Mocom 2020 is an open think tank to envision the future of mobile media and communication. It takes you back to how the mobile revolution began in 1973 when the first mobile phone call was placed in NYC, then into the logical progression of how mobile will usher in a world of disruptive, engaging and [...]
