Only days after taking the wraps off MobileAd World Focus, a mobile advertising ecosystem primer endorsed by global mobile organizations and published by MSG and Convergence World, companies across the value chain have reached out to share exclusive case studies and inquire about sponsorship opportunities. It's all work in progress that I will share in the coming weeks, along with in-depth look at a new report from I...

It's a month of milestones at MSG. With the help of the team at Tego Interactive - an experienced team of professionals helping to build businesses (including mine) through converged Web and mobile solutions – I have quietly launched a new-look website and a brand new mobile site that got rave reviews on WAP Review. And with the assistance of Alexander Vlasblom and the rest of the Netsize team I have (once again...

In brief: The discussion of paid content comes to a head with Murdoch's decision to charge for content – no matter what. Is this prudent? What options are available to publishers? We take a look at some ideas and profile a path-breaking new concept from mobile visual search/recognition company Kooaba that may allow old media to leapfrog into new profits. Plus: an invitation to cool digital companies to contact me...

It's a busy next couple of days as I put the final finishing touches to my mobile advertising webinars. First is my contribution (together with Dusan Hamlin, Managing Director of the agency Inside Mobile) to Multi-Channel Advertising, a webinar taking place this Wednesday at 10:00 am CET (GMT +1:00), organized by Mobixell, a provider of a comprehensive range of mobile media solutions enabling service providers to del...

I am honored to have had the opportunity (for the third consecutive year) to be on the judging panels for the Meffys Mobile Entertainment Awards (categories: Search & Discovery and Advertising Campaign). The Meffys are run by the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) and correctly dubbed the 'Oscars of the mobile entertainment industry.' Today I spent much of the day with colleagues David Murphy (Mobile Marketing Mag...

Back as promised with an exclusive podcast to connect the dots in the recent raft of announcements and get the inside track on Scanbuy strategy. Indeed, there are a lot of open questions since Scanbuy, a leader in mobile marketing solutions based on barcodes, surprised the industry in early April with the decision to make the specs for the company's proprietary EZcode 2D barcode symbology "globally available." What d...