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Category Archives: Mobile
Heading to 3GSM
Barcelona is host to more than 50,000 attendees of this year’s 3GSM World Congress. I can’t think of a much better way to make a great city less inviting but there are lots of interesting things going on in mobile … Continue reading
Mobile giants plot secret rival to Google
Courtesy of my friend Ajit Jaokar comes this speculation, reported in the Telegraph. Europe’s biggest telecoms groups are aiming to create a mobile phone search engine that could challenge Yahoo! and Google, the US giants. Vodafone, France Telecom, Telefonica, Deutsche … Continue reading
Snowmobiles and Cell Phones
I’m at the Polaris Digital Media Summit in Deer Valley, UT. It’s great event with a good mix of portfolio and industry execs. Since snowboarding is not allowed in Deer Valley, a few of us went snowmobiling yesterday. The weather … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Media, Mobile
Tagged Digital Media, Mobile, Polaris Venture Partners
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Madison Avenue Subsidizing Mobile
Thanks to Bill Wittenberg for this pointer to a NYT article looking at how advertising can subsidize some advanced mobile services for consumers. The article mentions Xero, Blyk, Virgin’s Sugar Mama I’ve written about before, etc. Link to Madison Avenue Calling – New York Times
Posted in Advertising, Digital Media, Mobile, startups
Tagged Advertising, Digital Media, Mobile, startups
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The Attention Battle
Many virtual worlds, from Club Penguin to Second Life, combine the best of social networking and immersive gaming to create a great user experience. One of the most interesting aspects of the result is that it requires focus (a fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile, startups, VC, Venture Capital, virtual worlds
Tagged Long Tail, Mobile, social networking, startups, The Long Tail, VC, Venture Capital, virtual worlds
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Being Early in Mobile
Some friends reading this blog have asked me why am I posting so much about mobile these days and when did I first get interested in the space. The answer to the first question has to do with my work … Continue reading
Mobile Payments One Step Closer
ZDNet reports on a collaboration that should bring mobile payments closer to reality. Sony and former Philips chip unit NXP Semiconductors have announced they will create a joint venture to create a secure chip that enables short-range wireless interaction between handhelds, PCs … Continue reading
The Walls Are Starting to Come Down
My friend Ajit Jaokar blogs about Hutchison 3 opening the garden and announcing fixed rate pricing. Either of the two parts of the announcement on their own wouldn’t have meant as much. Carriers in the US have all you can eat … Continue reading
Technology of the Year
A Yahoo! exec friend of mine commented on a call today that Flash should be named “the technology of the year” because it enabled Internet video and let sites like YouTube and Heavy get big very fast. I had never … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Digital Media, Macromedia Flash, Mobile
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Mobile Advertising: Not If, But When And How
People seem to fall in two camps with respect to mobile advertising: those who see it as an imminent opportunity of significant size and those who say it’s a few years off. No one is willing to say that mobile advertising … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile, startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged Industry News, Long Tail, Mobile, startups, The Long Tail, VC, Venture Capital
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