Regular readers will know that a high point of my year is collaborating with the Netsize team to collect the information, ideas and insights from industry authorities and +25 c-level execs that make the Netsize Guide the industry's number one reference work. This year is no exception. To the contrary, I'm proud to report the Netsize Guide 2010 – the 9th Edition of the Netsize almanac– is widely regarded as the be...
February 23, 2010
Tags: AR, augmented reality, Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft, comScore, Dray & Associates, education, Emfinders, Evernote, Flirtomatic, GeoVector, GetJar, Havas Digital Mobile, healthcare, Informa Telecoms & Media, Innopay, Internet Advertising Bureau, Layar, Marks & Spencers, Memodia, mobile commerce, Mobile Entertainment Forum, Mobile Marketing Association, NearbyNow, Netsize, Netsize Guide 2010, Nokia NAVTEQ, PayPal Mobile, retail, Scanbuy, SFR, Sony Ericsson, Sony Music Entertainment, themedicieffect, UGC, Universal McCann, VisionMobile
Posted in Data Points, Featured, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Content, Mobile Research, Netsize Guide, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
An important update on the Mobile Premier Awards (MPA), the number one global mobile innovation competition organized by Rudy de Waele and the team at dotopen. After sifting through a record 600 submissions from four continents, the list is now down to 48 startups. These startups represent the best in grassroots innovation as chosen by their peers in partnership with MobileMonday, the global community of mobile profe...
January 19, 2010
Tags: Barcelona, dotopen, MEX, Mobile Entertainment Forum, mobile innovation awards, Mobile Marketing Association, Mobile User Experience, MobileMonday, MWC
Posted in Mobile Advertising, Usability | 2 Comments »
Are you a company in a vertical industry (banking healthcare, retail etc...) that has implemented mobile in a new way to improve processes and achieve positive results? Or are you a vendor company with a compelling customer case study to share? If your answer to either is "yes," then reach out to me directly. For the third consecutive year I have been commissioned to research and write the Netsize Guide, a comprehens...
October 12, 2009
Tags: Android, app store, Apple, augmented reality. GeoVector, EMC, Google, Internet Advertising Bureau, iPhone, Liquid Machines, Location-based services, MMA, Mobile Advertising, mobile CRM, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Marketing Association, Netsize Guide 2010, Nokia Interactive Advertising, Ogilvy, SecondLife, Sony Ericsson, Soonr, ThinkBalm
Posted in Location-based services, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Content, Mobile Research, Mobile Social Networking, Personalization, Usability, Web 2.0 | 4 Comments »
In brief: Inma Martinez - a leading digital media strategist, "free radical" and advisor to venture capitalists - is back for the second in the series. Following her last take on Blyk she comes back from lunch with Antti Öhrling, Blyk Co-Founder, with deep insights into the Blyk model. Other topics/companies include: VouChaCha and other startups high on the radar; social media buzz and Vodafone 360; a review of Mob...
September 28, 2009
Tags: app store, Apple, Blyk, eBuddy, Flirtomatic, iSkoot, Location-based services, MMA, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Marketing Association, Mobile Social Networking, Mobile Social Networks, Mobilize, Procter & Gamble, Seedcamp, Spotify, Twitter, Vodafone 360, VouChaCha
Posted in Location-based services, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Social Networking, Podcasts | 2 Comments »
TAPTU MOBILE SEARCH GENERATING 1 MILLION MOBILE SEARCHES a day. The exclusively mobile search engine has revealed new statistics in preparation for the launch of its iPhone application. With 3.4 million unique users in April, generating a million searches a day, Taptu offers users results from sites that have been optimized for the mobile Web. The company's blog reminds us that when Taptu started out, it counted som...
June 5, 2009
Tags: Amdocs Interactive, Apple, BlackBerry, Google, Habbo Hotel, iPhone, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Marketing Association, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networks, Mobile Video, Nokia, Opera, SMS, social search, Taptu
Posted in Data Points, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Research, Mobile Search, Mobile Social Networking, Personalization | 3 Comments »
MSG mobile search research (the profiles and analysis I share on MSG, and the new-release white paper assessing search, which I co-created with my esteemed colleague Peggy Albright) has attracted the attention of a growing community of readers and influencers across a variety of online destinations and industry organizations.
I am pleased to report this work has also sparked interest at Eyefor Travel Research, a b...
May 27, 2009
Tags: AdAge, Apple, commerce, CRM, Eyefor Travel, MCN, MMA, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Marketing Association, Mobile Music, Mobile Search, Smart, SMS, Sponge, Tourism, Travel, white paper
Posted in Content Discovery, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Content, Mobile Music, Mobile Research, Mobile Search, Usability | No Comments »
