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Mobile industry predictions for 2009 part 1

As the year draws to a close, and as I did last year I thought I would prepare some thoughts on what might happen in the mobile industry in 2009. Looking back at some of my 2008 predictions – for some I was pretty spot on – and for others I was woefully incorrect. In [...]

Search goes social as itsmy.com selects Taptu mobile search engine

The lovely Elissa at Racepoint Group sent me a recent release about itsmy.com and Taptu. Recently I had the chance to meet and interview Steve Ives who is the CEO of Taptu so I’m happy to post the release below verbatim.  Well done Taptu! Taptu chosen to provide search functionality for over two million users [...]

mjelly.com mobile directory service launched

I met up with James of the mjelly mobile 2.0 blog at the mashup event at BBH on Tuesday in London and he told me about a new site he’s just launched at mjelly.com (PC) and m.mjelly.com (mobile). mjelly is a directory of mobile web sites and mobile softwaredesigned to help solve the problem of search and discovery [...]

Firxt.com – a new Australian mobile search website

I received an email via my contact form this morning from Andrew Gray in Melbourne about a new mobile search engine called Firxt. As I’m always happy to help Aussie startups, I’ve posted the information here as well as a bit from his about page.  Why not point your mobile browser at www.firxt.com and give a [...]

Yell mobile updates mobile mapping location

Detailed maps, directions and business listings free to your mobile phone Yell.com has announced a significant addition to its suite of free-to-use mobile products, unveiling a much enhanced version that focuses on providing map-based information on businesses and services. Yell.com mobile maps, a downloadable application that offers a range of market-leading product features, enables consumers to [...]

Masterclass in Mobile search at City University London 22nd July

I met Professor Jonathan Raper at the Navigation and Location Europe 2008 Conference in Amsterdam recently and he has asked me to be part of his upcoming masterclass in mobile search at the City University London.  More information is below and also on Jonathan’s Blog.  Perhaps I will see you there? This one day Masterclass on Tuesday 22nd [...]

Carnival of the Mobilists 123 at GoMo news

This week we have a new Carnival publisher, Bena Roberts from GoMo news – but she’s no stranger to publishing! Head on over to GoMo News to read this week’s installment of Carnival of the Mobilists where you can read a collection of fascinating posts on Mobile Search and Android,  Softbank Japan’s $430 million investment into [...]