Back in 2009, after a trip to Sydney (at the time my first in 3 years after having moved to London), I wrote a post looking at the Australian mobile market. Some 4 years on from that post, I was reminded of it when I came across a very funny, and well produced Australian Comedy [...]
News from EE that they are ramping up for even faster 4G speeds, hoping to leapfrong the competition ahead of other 4G launches later this year – the press release announcing the changes is below. Can’t wait to feel the 4GEEEE’s soon in London. If you enjoyed this blog post you may like other related [...]
Hot off the press from EE EE is the exclusive UK launch partner for the first smartphone with an entirely new Facebook experience, called Home, on the ‘HTC First’ The HTC First will be exclusively available this summer on EE’s superfast 4GEE service, with details on pricing and availability to be announced in due course [...]
I have been a big-time supporter of the team at Moo.com - they let you design your own business cards. I’ve had Moo cards for years now as my personal “blogger card” and moved from the half-height ones to a full version as soon as they became available. Recently I read on the Moo newsletter that [...]
“The launch of 4G in the UK will be evolutionary not revolutionary” First up some credentials so you can determine if I am qualified to make this statement. I have a Master of Engineering Degree and I started life as a radio engineer working on satellites and mobile phone networks in the 90s. I have [...]
So Facebook bought Instagram for a cool $1Bn, and now Twitter has launched their own insta-copy and now Intagram say they have the rights to sell your photos! This is why I always say “if the product is free, the product is me”. All the more reason to take full control of all my photos [...]
Recently you may have started to see people like me using their phones to pay for coffee at Starbucks outlets in the UK. This is a very simple procedure using the iPhone app or Android app. UPDATE JULY 2012: The Android Starbucks app is now available in the UK. For Blackberry users you will need to [...]
I read with interest the piece in the Telegraph by Katherine Rushton titled London 2012 Olympics: chaos for mobile phones and the comments underneath the piece from outraged Londoners. For those of us for which this is our first taste of an Olympics in our home town or country, some of the antics such as [...]
NEW YORK— From a story about the best customer service you never knew was possible comes the best hardcover book you never knew was digital. McGraw-Hill Professional’s most recent publication, “The Zappos Experience”, written by best-selling author Joseph Michelli, bridges the gap between the printed and digital world using QR codes embedded in over 15 individual chapters. Link.Me is [...]
[July 2012 update] My 2nd replacement handset crashed for good in July – would not get past the loading screen – the progress bar was stuck at the 2/3 mark. So Vodafone kindly sent me a THIRD replacement Bold 9900 – with the latest firmware. Seems to be ok after a few days usage. [UPDATE] I have [...]
I saw this in a street in SOHO in London, a huge QR code hung on a building. As I took this photo, I overheard some people nearby saying “So what, you just take a picture of it? That’s wicked.” Following my tweet about this, Raimo van der Klein (CEO of Augmented Reality leader Layar) tweeted [...]
MEF calls the expanding mobile ecosystem to congregate in London on July 6 & 7 for 2 days of insights, networking and celebration ‘MEF Global 2011: Mobile Content & Commerce’ event launched MEF CEO Summit & Ruby Wax-hosted annual Meffys set new bar for industry’s top mobile content and commerce players April 21, 2011, London [...]
I was recently interviewed by Graham Brown for an upcoming episode of MobileYouth.tv looking at mobile youth trends for 2011, and my interview together with a bunch of around 29 thought leaders has been put together to form “50 Ideas to Shape 2011”. The result is a 5 part presentation containing over 200 slides covering [...]
Taptu, the social media and technology company, is announcing the release of My Taptu, its new social news aggregator available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices. Aimed directly at solving the problem of information overload (or what’s been called “filter failure”), My Taptu gives you instant access to the latest buzz on all [...]
Research from the Internet Advertising Bureau finds that smartphone users are 63% more likely to engage with m-commerce New research from the Internet Advertising Bureau – the trade association for online and mobile advertising – reveals that mobile commerce has already become widely adopted in the UK, with 51% of mobile owners (23 million people) using [...]
Roll up! Roll up! For the AppCircus 2010 Tour. Step right this way, there’s one coming to a city near you. September 20, 2010: AppCircus (www.appcircus.com), the unique global travelling showcase of the most innovative and creative apps, today announced the launch of its 2010 Tour. Over the next four months, it will be setting up [...]
I received a note via LinkedIn from an old contact Theresa Mascarenhas about a new iPhone app she has developed for Children called “When I Grow Up (Vol.1)”. It sounds like a great use for the iPhone platform so I thought I would promote it here. When I Grow Up is the first personalized children’s [...]
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