May 13, 2010
Posted by Carl
Cambridge, UK and Cologne, Germany –May 12 2010 – Taptu, the search and discovery engine that indexes touchscreen content, and MsearchGroove, a top 50 influential source of analysis and commentary on mobile marketing, mobile search and social media, have teamed up to produce a Virtual Roundtable discussing the advances around the Mobile Touch Web.
The Virtual Roundtable aims to explain the significance of the Mobile Touch Web and the impact of touchscreen devices on how people access, enjoy and purchase content and services. Taptu and MsearchGroove were joined by a wide range of mobile industry entrepreneurs, authorities and pundits including: Tomi Ahonen (best-selling author); Mark Curtis (Flirtomatic); Carl Martin (Redweb); Andreas Constantinou (VisionMobile);Jonathan MacDonald (This Fluid World); Martin Wilson (Indigo 102); Dan Appelquist (Vodafone UK); Christian Lindholm (Fjord); and Peggy Anne Salz (MSearchGroove). (read more…)
April 6, 2010
Posted by Carl
Mobilists of the world, welcome to Mobsessed, and the 218th edition of Carnival of the Mobilists. Its my first ever hosting of COTM, so feel very privileged to be part of its ongoing success.
We have quite the eclectic mix of posts this week, and for those of you who read this blog more regularly will be glad to hear there is no iPhone bashing from yours truly this week. Le’ts get the ball rolling. (read more…)
February 9, 2010
Posted by Carl
For those of you that don’t know who Tomi Ahonen is, get out from under your rock!
Tomi T Ahonen is an author and independent consultant focusing on the mobile industry and digital convergence, at tomiahonen.com. Tomi is the father or co-inventor of several theories and management tools used by the industry which are referenced in 50 books by his peers. Previously employed as an executive with Nokia and three operators in Finland and the USA, today Tomi’s reference client list includes HP the biggest computer maker, Vodafone the biggest mobile operator group, Nokia the biggest handset maker, Intel the biggest chip maker, Ericsson the biggest telecoms network vendor and NTT DoCoMo the biggest mobile internet service provider. He is widely considered the ‘Godfather of Mobile’.
And Tomi has been ever so kind as to answer a few questions for Mobsessed. (read more…)
February 3, 2010
Posted by Carl
Well Ladies, Gents and Mobsessives. We are back.
Its been a long period of silence I know (*slaps wrist*) but the past few months have not just been incredibly hectic, but I have also been looking into the future of Mobsessed and the way I want my readers and the industry to digest its content. I have some substantial ideas in the pipeline which I hope will make this a staple of your blog reading diet! So for now, please wait with baited breath, as I promise it will be worth it. In the mean time, if you haven’t already seen it, take the time to digest the information in this superb presentation from Rudy De Waele and some of the most brilliant minds in mobile.