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...

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...

Editor’s note: MSG warmly welcomes Carlo Longino, who will contribute a mix of news and commentary starting with today’s Data Points post. Carlo – a writer, analyst and consultant who blogs about the mobile industry at MobHappy.com – has a long and impressive track record in all things mobile. ALMOST HALF OF MOBILE DOWNLOADERS GRAB APPS [...]...

Fresh from Mobile World Congress (MWC), and energized with ideas, insights, and a slew of exclusive interviews. I'm also inspired by the positive response to the Netsize Guide 2009, a comprehensive mobile almanac I wrote that has already been downloaded a whopping 2,000+ times since it formally launched last Tuesday during MWC. Some of you twittered that you had difficulty downloading the 360-page tome, but those iss...