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...

Regular readers will know I rave about EContent magazine, where I am a Contributing Editor and regular columnist. I am proud to say some of my best work has been for EContent, inspired by the vision and dedication of Michelle Manafy, EContent editor-in-chief and expert commentator on a range of issues impacting the content industry at all levels. I encourage you to add the site to your list of must-read destinatio...

In-Brief: A trilogy of iPhone-related posts kicks off with a hard look at hard facts. This could be the week that Apple chalks up its one-billionth iPhone application download, according to this post at MoCoNews. Principal Correspondent Tricia Duryee does the math and figures "about 100 apps are being downloaded every second-that's 6,000 every minute, 360,000 every hour and 8.6 million a day." It's a flood of a...

Regular readers will recall that I write columns and commentary for a wide range of sites and publications including MobiAdNews and (beginning in the New Year) Mobile Marketer and RCR Wireless (Analyst Angle). However, it is my collaboration with Michelle Manafy, my editor, esteemed colleague and friend at EContent magazine, that has allowed me to not only analyze trends and companies that matter, but recognize leade...