An exclusive podcast with Bob Rosenschein PLUS a look at some recent mobile advertising stats from the U.S., Vietnam, and Japan. The 450+ attendees at Think Mobile that descended on NYC in March can count themselves lucky. We were treated to an excellent line-up of 60+ top-notch speakers, chosen by my esteemed colleague Matthew Snyder, Founder & CEO of ADObjects, a strategic cross-media consultancy, for their...

Mobile social networks (or at least the clever ones) are mapping out business models that allow them to transition from being meeting places for communities to being marketplaces for commerce. It's early days and there are no easy answers - all the more reason to attend Mobile Advertising & the Rise of Social Networking: What does it mean for Brands, Agencies and Service Providers?, a Knowledge & Networkin...

I avoid using the term “mobile guru” to describe myself. (A Philosophy of Science degree has made me humble. “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”-Socrates ) Get the Bango Whitepaper However, I am deeply honored that Bango thinks of me as such: communicated in their press releases, corporate messaging and on the cover [...]...

In theory, it should be a breeze to deliver the right content to the right user over mobile. The mobile is a personal device and marketers can dive deep into data collected by mobile operators and the growing number of companies staking their turf in the mobile services and advertising value chain based on their [...]...

With all the excitement around BREW 2007 it was easy to miss the formal launch of the BREW Consumer Portal, which pairs content discovery with a storefront where users can buy and download content they like. (Details in this release.) However, it speaks volumes about Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) and what we can expect of [...]...

The following is an in-depth examination of the mobile search and content delivery landscape based on the competitive intelligence white paper presented at the March 2007 mobile search conference. 1. Mobile content: More effort than its worth? With an avalanche of pre-packaged and user-generated mobile content slated to come online this year, subscribers can’t say they [...]...