Until now much of the discussion around app store platforms and developer communities has been a technical one focused on primarily on APIs (which ones to open to third-party developers when and why), toolchains and toolkits (the optimal level of integration and how to achieve it) and development costs (value for money and how to...

Next week MSG's new contributor Eliza Dashwood takes the helm to summarize the industry stats and reports that matter most. In the meantime, Smaato, mobile ad optimizer and mobile advertising agency, has given MSG exclusive access to latest...

This week the Carnival of the Mobilists – the weekly line-up of the best blogs and bloggers on all things mobile – comes to us via Caroline Lewko and WIPConnector. The new site consolidates all of the sites– including the blog, WIPJam information – into one destination and invaluable resource for developers. Please redirect any links you have to the new URL. The line-up of blogs includes two blogs from COM...

Mobile advertising, location services couponing and crowd-sourcing are just a few of the hot topics we cover in exclusive interviews with the CEOs of Aloqa, Waze, and Yoose, companies that won the prestigious Smaato Mobile Advertising Award 2009. In this series – a collaboration between MSG and Smaato, a mobile ad optimizer and mobile advertising company – the companies speak out on key mobile advertising tren...

A quick roundup of M-Days insights and highlights. Companies mentioned include: Ahead of Time, Rubberduck Media Labs, Service2Media, Out There Media, Fishlab Entertainment, Southend United Football Club, Fjord, Farm Town, Exbiblio, Gedda-Headz, Lufthansa and Velti. I'm back and settled from M-Days in...

Thanks to all the cool companies for reaching out to me over the last weeks with briefings and product demos. Keep those emails coming and I'll pick the best to feature on MSG. A company that has been high on my radar is Nimbuzz, a mobile social messaging app that...