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Forum Nokia launches £20,000 UK developer contest

Nokia calls on UK developers to drive innovation in mobile apps with £20,000 up for grabs. LONDON UK – The Calling All Innovators competition is back and this time Nokia is looking for talented UK developers to create the next big thing in mobile applications. The competition was announced  at Nokia’s first Ovi Developer Open [...]

Ovi Developer Event in London September 24

While sadly I won’t be able to attend this event because I will be speaking at the Mobile Marketing Ireland Conference in Dublin, I am happy to support and promote this event happening next week in London. It has become so popular that the event has moved venues 3 times – and it is now [...]

The end game: week 19

Introducing a new section here – the end game.  Every week I find things that I’d like to share with London Calling readers – things that are too short for a full blog post, but too long for a tweet. Those of you who do blog will know that it takes a lot of spare [...]

Are app stores just another type of walled garden?

With the flurry of announcements about application stores at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona recently, it got me thinking… At what point does an application store from Apple, Nokia or a mobile operator simply become another walled garden? Let’s check for the signs that app stores are really just a new type of walled garden: [...]