I’m lucky to have hired Liz Stewart to run my projects for me, as we worked together back in the wireless telecom days. The Human Business Works team is spread out across several locations. This means that we rely on a lot of online tools to help us manage our workshifting as well as a few new methods for managing projects. On top of this, I’m not a fan of most of the current online tools for project management (partly because I used to be a professional project manager, and partly because the tools are too rigid in their insistence on date being the key driver of a project).

As long as I’ve got my laptop and a good wireless connection, I’m in business. For any normal person, not connecting online for a short while doesn’t seem odd. In fact, it seems, well, normal. When I notice that someone hasn’t posted in a few days, I assume they are out and about living their lives. When a social media geek like me doesn’t post updates to Facebook or Twitter and too many days have passed since my last blog post, people begin to wonder if I’ve fallen off the face of the Earth. The good news is that gravity has not betrayed me. Right.

Many businesses now offer free wireless internet. This guest post is by Jon Rhodes of Affiliate Marketing Tips. Isn’t the idea of being a full-time blogger great?! You control your own time, and answer to nobody. You don’t have to ask someone for permission if you want to take some time off, or go and pursue a new idea you’ve had. There are many perks to being a full-time blogger. However you must make sure that you are actually enjoying these perks. The problems. Otherwise, what’s the point? The solutions. It’s good for you and your blog. Take a break.

When I moved to my wireless telecom roles, I owned every one of them. Dorothy Parker said, “I hate writing. like having written.” ” I know many people who are like that about their business, their trade. know many more people who love to fantasize about what life will be like when they make it, but they like to skip over the part with the hard work, or they give it a sentence or two. Here’s a hint: the work part is what brings the money part. How to Get Very Lucky In Life. few days ago, I came a lot closer to being able to cross something huge off my bucket list.

Sure, they can afford wifi at home, but they still jump over to the free wireless often! This is a Guest Post by John Saddington of TentBlogger. Like many professional bloggers, my journey started years ago, as I dabbled in blogging for myself and for my friends. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but it did—the date doesn’t matter much here. And, to be completely honest, I had really no idea of what I was doing at the time. Nearly a decade later, I jumped into the deep end, going pro as a full time blogger. Count your pennies. Practical application. Go free or go home.

When I first started at my wireless telecom job, I remember that a lot of people were talking about a “NOC.&# Someone walked me down to the room known as the “Network Operations Center,&# where a bunch of people monitored our wireless network. One thing I know: we never learn something until we’re ready to learn it. learn slower than others, believe it or not. think the reason that it takes me a while to learn is that I learned at an early age to question the status quo and to question authority. Parents know this experience well, don’t we? That was me.

was recently given the opportunity to use a Motorola XOOM for almost 3 months by my good friend Mark Farnen , whose client is Verizon Wireless (Verizon is the carrier providing 3G/4G service for the XOOM). XOOMing in. Going into my trial, I wanted to see if I could effectively make a tablet like the XOOM my computer. quickly realized that wasn’t going to be the case, but that’s nothing against the XOOM. This is because the screen (which is HUGE, in the ballpark of 10.1″) ″) has a keyboard that is smaller than the standard size. But that’s OK. Absolutely.

With the S5, you can control it all wirelessly from your iPhone. The folks at Sonos (affiliate link) were kind enough to send me their new Sonos ZonePlayer S5 to check out. had their older system from a few years ago, but had only unboxed it a few weeks back. Thomas Meyer, my friend over there, said that he couldn’t have me bragging on a two year old system when they’d gone and made all kinds of updates over the last few years. So, he let me see the new one. I don’t show this off, because I live in a one room house and I have a one room office.)

Most technology experts foresee: wireless devices embedded in everything – including us; nearly invisible cameras recording activity in all public spaces; databases cataloguing our online actions; massive data centers that allow that information to be sorted and understood in new ways; changes in work and home environments as the Internet of Things and everyware applications become widespread and immersive, invisible, ambient, networked computing makes us available to more people in more ways. Uploaded with plasq ‘s Skitch ! 27 (Fun!) Ways to Kill Your Online Community.

He hired me away from my wireless telcom role based on what he saw in me from the PodCamp event that I cofounded with Christopher S. The following post is a Sponsored post for American Express OPEN, as part of their Big Break for Small Business program. There’s a contest involved. Swing by Visit FaceBook.com to see the deal. NOTE: The thoughts and opinions of this post are mine and are in no way vetted or edited by any other entity. My Big Break. When people see success, they don’t often think about all the curves in the road that bring one to that place. Giving Back.

Check this out: ' NPR has been experimenting with radio-quality live broadcasts on mobile devices and wireless connections. Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see? "I'm headed to Sebastopol next weekend for a tech event, and apparently they play this game all night long. In fact, we play Werewolf at Bitnorth too. It's the perfect game - poker-meets-debating-meets-logic-puzzle. This article explains the strange game of Werewolf, and tries to understand its even stranger appeal to the technoscenti."

What impact could Starbucks’ brand of wireless connectivity have on consumer behavior? Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Why would Starbucks need their own digital network? Plenty. games that typically require monthly fees. What’s Next (Potentially)? Where would Yahoo!

A recent online survey conducted in behalf of PopCap Games by Information Solutions Group among more than 1,100 AT&T wireless customers (ages 18+), reveals the growing popularity of mobile gaming. Still, looking at the figures – paid games on mobile seem as an early stage market: 1. Most mobile gamers (76%) said they had played free games that came pre-installed on their phone, and a third indicated they had downloaded one or more free games to their phone. Only 24% of mobile gamers had ever paid for a game. mobile games.  Here are the survey results in details: I. mobile games.

or higher, but the interesting thing is the open multiplayer platform framework which supports the different platforms, and also the range of wireless connectivity, including 3G and Wifi. Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Is Open Source the new black? Social networks don’t make students dumb → Live cross-platform mobile gaming arrives July 16th, 2010 · View Comments The idea of gaming with all your friends regardless of which console they use is fairly unusual, even today, but it’s already a reality in the mobile games market. You’ll need to have Android 2.0

Before he started Digital Mind State (whose clients include Flowd , the music lover’s social network) Mike was the driving force behind the brand UrbanWorld Wireless, where he was responsible for planning, business developing, marketing and brokering profitable business relationships with some of the biggest company names in the mobile industry including T-Mobile, Zed, Jamba, Fox Mobile, NBC, Fun Mobility, Nokia, and Microsoft. Mobile apps isn’t the only game in town. ” Look for the youth-focused channel to hit AT&T U-verse, Apple TV and Yahoo Connect TV. 18:05].

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. As children, we learn the concept of permission. We know to ask (and say “please&# even), and we understand that others should treat us the same way. So, why is it some marketers don’t follow these rules when they engage with consumers? This week U.S. regulators floated a Do Not Track proposal for Web users aimed at enabling them to stop advertisers from tracking them online. Predictably, the program has some powerful forces fighting it. As USA Today observes: there is a catch.

tend to put the slides together in the half hour before I get on stage, but given wireless link they could be directly posted. Stuart Henshall futurist + strategist + innovator … making "sense" actionable Blog About This Blog Old MT Blog About Profile Mosoci Phweet Writing Strategic Foresight Networks, Knowledge & Media Market Research Mobility Skype & VoIP My Daily Tweets Networks Twitter Facebook Linked In Del.icio.us attended two conferences in the last week KMWorld and FutureVision. Both were inadequately prepared for social media. Tell the blogger to stop! Brilliant.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Evolution, not revolution. That is what I witnessed first-hand as I walked around South By Southwest (SXSW) , the festival and conference hailed as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies. In 2010, the Next Big Thing was location-based social networking , a mobile-megatrend CNN reminds us was led by the likes of Foursquare and Gowalla. Last year it was all about group messaging services such as GroupMe or Beluga. But what about the business value, let alone the results? Amen. ….

iMedia Connection - ad:tech blog Articles Blog iMedia Blog ad:tech Blog Videos Events People Connection Resource Connection Jobs iMedia UK Home › iMedia Connection Blog › Opinions Opinions The future of publishing: Social News Curation Posted by Uwe Hook on September 27th, 2010 at 6:50 pm By now, you should have heard about Paper.li. If you never experienced a real paper.li Thats just the beginning: C urated.by just launched, collecting and organizing tweets into topic based streams that can be shared or embedded anywhere. What do you think? This Is Guitar At It’s Best!!

Google Affiliate Network Blog Google Reader Rough Type: Nicholas Carrs Blog AdSense for Feeds Mind Mining Medium RCR Wireless News Digital Ethnography The Long Tail Musings of a mobile marketer The Radioactive Yak Sifrys Alerts PressThink Usable Interfaces Jimmy Wales Digital Ethnography Print is Dead The Future of News This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 There’s some works of Auden in there, there’s some Plato in there. Wade on in and you’ll find what you like.&# And if you wade on in, you know what you’d get? United States License.

With the evolution and creation of more input devices and additional wireless access becoming available, I only see more media choices occurring, not less. I like IFTTT ; the lesson (and value) clearly offered by the site is the need to simplify our online lives. As you may already know, IFTTT’s basic algorithmic building blocks allows people to build an easier social network life through automation in the form of “recipes” There are too many social network and tool options to be present everywhere. But sooner or later the peanut butter won’t spread any further.

Four Reasons to Watch for Power Line Communications Several factors suggest the best option for networking homes may lie in wiring — not wireless. GigaOM Research Events Home Apple Cleantech Cloud Collaboration Mobile Video Collaboration Free Twitter Automation Tools Roundup By Doriano "Paisano" Carta Feb. 1, 2010, 11:00am PDT 12 Comments Tweet There are several tools available that can schedule tweets to post at a specific time on Twitter; they can be handy for a number of reasons. Here are some of the better free Twitter automation tools that I’ve seen. Will try them all.

New Millennium Research Council study suggests  39% of the Americans cellphone subscribers are likely to cut back on wireless service if the recession deepens over the next six months. Coping with the global recession has become more of lifestyle adjustment. TrendsSpotting adds to the Lipstick Index and reports five ways recession is changing our daily lives: Latest fad in parenting “potty training&#. We are willing to dump our cellphone contracts & pare back on “extras&# such as texting and mobile web access. At the same time IBISWorld points out healthy 20.1% search

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Last year, among office colleagues, irritation at my “transferable&# have laptop-wireless-will-work anywhere. chrisbrogan.com. Covering social media business strategy and personal power. About. Speaking. Rockstars. Subscribe. Newsletters. Jumping Over a Mountain. May 22, 2008. believe this with all my heart: the way these new tools make the web work for us will (is!) dramatically impact the how/why/when of business communications and collaboration of all kinds. In ways, this impact is not too far afield from what Thomas Friedman talked about in THE WORLD IS FLAT. How far off am I?

Other industries performing well are wireless in social servicing interactions and utility in social marketing interactions.  .  . Social media has been a critical component of how brands are perceived for quite a while now and many brands know this. Just think about the last social media crisis you read about and the subsequent fallout. But there are still too many businesses and brands in denial. Well, the cost of denial is just too steep in 2013. If you don’t believe me, or others who preach this from the mountaintops, perhaps J.D. Power and Associates can convince you.

As one of our nations’ top networks, Verizon wireless takes a lot of pride in their network testing team. Can you hear me now? We should all give thanks to the network testers at Verizon that go the extra mile (literally) to make sure that every call meets your expectations, and that every spoken word comes through crystal clear. They recruit talented men and women to navigate nearly 1 million miles of the most frequently traveled roadways of America. These employees aren’t just on a leisurely road trip though. Over 3.5

The Carnival of the Mobilists (COM), the weekly roundup of the Web’s best blogging on mobile and wireless, is now live at WIP (Wireless Industry Partnership) — the connector in the mobile industry, supporting the overall ecosystem by encouraging discussions, co-creation and exchange. Some of the posts that made the COM this week include: Looking for a mobile app developer? James Coops over at mobyaffiliates launches a new resource to help us find the right partner. If you’re not on the list, then you had better contact James to make your case. Read on and find out!

Downloaded apps are also self-contained, meaning that unless the app depends on remote data to function, it can operate without the presence of a wireless network. The mobile web is blowing up. If you’re alive and breathing air you know this – you see it all around you. We use our smart phones and devices constantly. Now for more than just games and personal productivity, more than 50% [1] of us are using our smart phones to make our lives easier by connecting to the web in real time. We look up store locations and compare prices at the point of purchase. We Google. We Skype.

wrap up by raising my goblet of rock to the great guys at WIP (Wireless Industry Partnership) for publishing The Developer’s Guide to the Parallel Universe, a 100-page booklet that literally lays out everything developers need to know about marketing their app. At m-pulse we kick off a month looking at the App Economy and what developers need to know to turn building apps into a viable and thriving business. To set the stage for a discussion of wider industry trends we go to the ‘go-to’ market analysis and strategy firm VisionMobile and its founder Andreas Constantinou.

The concept certainly sold TeleNav, a leading provider of location-based services (LBS) to consumers, enterprise, wireless service providers and automotive companies with more than 24 million paying subscribers as of June 30, 2011. Today we kick off a new series of mobile search app reviews and road tests with Goby, a mobile search app that helps people find fun things to do nearby. While Google may have sewn up the market when it comes to general or horizontal Internet search, the race to dominate the mobile and alternative search space is far from run. Goby: At-a-glance.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. This week Yahoo’s board fired CEO Carol Bartz , news that rocked the industry and has some debating if the company’s inability to choose between being a media company or a technology provider is to blame. think we need to look elsewhere and ask: Would Yahoo’s shakeup at the top have happened if the company had been innovating in mobile instead of slipping further behind? We’ll likely never know the answer. News site mocoNews provides some worthwhile insights and analysis.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. For years, tech influencers and bloggers have been accused of being blindly in love with Apple. There is even a name these devotees: fanboys. These men and women live to gush about Apple products and bash Microsoft and others in the process. So it was remarkable to observe the tech influencers this week in their near unanimous approval of Microsoft’s new operating system. This headline on msnbc.com stopped me cold: Windows 8 Does What Apple Doesn’t. Talk about an about-face.

Like the true road warriors we are, we take our wireless gear with us wherever we go — and our use of them is unprecedented. According to new data from Boingo Wireless, a leading provider of software and services worldwide, smartphones and tablets passed laptops as the most widely carried Wi-Fi device in airports, reaching 58.9 Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Mobile devices have become nearly as commonplace as toothpaste for travelers in North America and Europe. percent of all devices in June.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Much like I remember where I was when I learned the tragic news that John Lennon had been shot (I was watching Monday Night Football and heard it from broadcaster Howard Cosell), I’ll now never forget where I was and what I was doing when I learned of Steve Jobs’ passing. It’s rather fitting that I was 36,000 feet in the air connected to an in-flight Wi-Fi system working on a MacBook Air at the time. And that brings me to another connection between Lennon and Jobs. Dare to dream.

So, why is indoor navigation enabled by micro-sensor wireless networks moving up the agenda at Sprint (and elsewhere across the emerging business ecosystem)? Indoor navigation — and services that map and understand our mobility patterns - lay the ground work for a slew of exciting new location services that combine advertising, marketing, couponing and analytics to deliver people offers they truly can’t refuse. What is the role of mobile operators? Where are the growth opportunities? mobile operator Sprint. Micro-location marketing. Population movement.

85 percent of the world’s population is covered by commercial wireless signals, providing greater reach than the electrical grid (which covers 80 percent of the population). Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Hands down, the most anticipated presentation for all of us in the mobile and Internet space comes from Mary Meeker, a former analyst at Morgan Stanley and now a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Silicon Valley. Over the years, Meeker has been quoted in a variety of sites and publications worldwide.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Google’s well-publicized philosophy includes the promise to “Do No Evil.” ” With that in mind, is the company out to do good or make money with the launch of GoMo , an initiative positioned as a driver to better mobile web sites produced for brands? In practice, businesses can go to Google’s GoMo website at howtogomo.com to access a so-called GoMoMeter. And, if you need more support, you can find what you need on Google’s blog. believe it’s both. Apps by the numbers.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. It was the brands that told us with their increased marketing spends that 2010 was The Year of Mobile. Now consumers are the ones showing us through their actions — reaching for their mobile phones at every step of the consumer journey, from researching products to making purchases — that this is the Year of Mobile Commerce. retailers. All of the data is aggregated and anonymous. Predictably, we are willing to spend more when shopping on the Internet. Online sales in the U.S percent).

As more people begin to access the Web using a wireless device than they do using a PC, it will become crystal clear to brands, agencies and companies across the ecosystem that they can’t afford to treat their mobile strategy and presence as an afterthought. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Some of the smartest minds in mobile marketing and advertising recently gave their 2012 predictions for mobile during a webinar conducted by Mobile Marketer and sponsored by Hipcricket. That is a great example to follow.

In my view, technology won’t limit how we use, access and enjoy the world (digital and physical) on our wireless devices. Wireless grabbed many of the headlines, eclipsing what was presented as the latest and greatest televisions and audio products. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. This last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas will be remembered for innovation and limitation. haven’t met a person who covered the over 1.85 Innovation abounds. Google is also clamping down. Twitter is worried.

Yes, it is about the efficiencies that RFID and other wireless, smart technology bring to retail overall. Other industry sectors — including the public sector — are moving ahead on approaches that reinforce the growing importance of RFID in all things wireless. National Retail Federation Show, New York City: This week the old Javits Center in the New York hosted retail folk from across the U.S. and shed some light on a technology play that may define a new industry I call Retail 2.0. And, since it is about the shopper experience, it’s clear that winning Retail 2.0 Retail 2.0

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. This was a week for transparency in mobile with something for everyone. For consumers, there was movement on the privacy front with the Mobile Marketing Association releasing its Mobile Application Privacy Policy. The document is hailed as a first, providing precise guidelines that addresses the core privacy issues and data processes of many mobile applications. ” Read between the lines, and his leadership style likely supports the status quo, not transformation. Specifically, Apple sold 37.04

Tofel, Mobile site editor at GigaOM.com, where he covers mobile technology and the global wireless industry. By way of background, Bluetooth is an open wireless technology that allows wireless communication over short distances. Will 2012 be the year we remotely connect to our smart homes using our smartphones? Can Intel crash the mobile party and make its mark with tablets that stand up to ARM-powered devices? Should we expect a shift in the operating system landscape in favor of Microsoft (with Symbian as a back-up plan)? Wearable computing. He lives it. is less clear.

SOLUTIONS FOR A NEW AGE OF WIRELESS MOBILE BACKHAUL –BY MONICA PAOLINI. While reading the collections of mobile 2012 predictions is a great way to gain perspective, I miss deep analysis of these trends that allows us to plan and prepare for the developments likely to impact models and strategies far beyond 2012. Understanding this gap — and the need to collaborate with many mobile authorities , rather than leave such a work to a single writer — GigaOM PRO has published a new report that provides us a valuable roadmap to navigate mobile for the months (and years!) ahead. ” Why?

Chetan has some solid advice: If AT&T and T-Mobile inject marketing dollars into the launch, then Lumia could see a similar growth trajectory to the one that catapulted Android Droid (via Verizon Wireless) into the center of the action. Will 2012 be the year of mobile commerce? If this is indeed a momentous year for mobile retail and transactions of all kinds, then what will happen to the mix of payment options and players currently jockeying for position? Should we expect a showdown between credit card companies, carriers, banks, aggregators and the likes of PayPal?

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. In this column and across my other posts, I have often called out Facebook, Google and other companies  for privacy invasions that torpedo any trust that we as consumers can possibly have in the resolve of these Web giants to respect the integrity of our personal data. ve watched company after company cross the line and have patiently waited for a tipping point where the harm done creates a wave of public protest that forces meaningful change. m still waiting. Samsung’s statement.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Facebook and Twitter advanced their mobile strategies this week, each with an emphasis on providing brands a means to reach and engage with people who use the social networks to connect and communicate. Twitter’s “news’” comes nearly two years after the company introduced the concept of Promoted Tweets. The approach effectively introduces advertising into tweet feeds, an experience that we mostly know from online. But that IF is what will decide it this all fails or flies. We’ll see.

We connect with Caroline Lewko, CEO and founder of WIP (Wireless Industry Partnership) and walk through the Mobile Developer’s Guide To The Parallel Universe , a new resource from WIP that lays out the business basics developers need to follow. At M-Pulse we continue our month-long look at mobile developer issues and opportunities, and focus on the practical marketing ‘stuff’ developers should master if they are serious about marketing and making money from their apps. Rob also looks backs on the ‘social discovery’ startups that left their mark on SXSW.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Change is the universal constant. Some of it gradual and some of it dramatic. Mobile falls into the latter category, with deep and gripping disruption leaving its mark on the mobile industry rocked by surprise announcements on an almost daily basis. Last week Google snapped up Motorola, and this week we learn that Steve Jobs –the King of Disruption — has resigned. There hasn’t been a bigger or better disrupter in this century than the now former Apple CEO. iPhone. Game-changers.

The concept certainly sold TeleNav, a leading provider of location-based services (LBS) to consumers, enterprise, wireless service providers and automotive companies with more than 24 million paying subscribers as of June 30, 2011. Today we kick off a new series of mobile search app reviews and road tests with Goby, a mobile search app that helps people find fun things to do nearby. While Google may have sewn up the market when it comes to general or horizontal Internet search, the race to dominate the mobile and alternative search space is far from run. Goby: At-a-glance.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. This week Yahoo’s board fired CEO Carol Bartz , news that rocked the industry and has some debating if the company’s inability to choose between being a media company or a technology provider is to blame. think we need to look elsewhere and ask: Would Yahoo’s shakeup at the top have happened if the company had been innovating in mobile instead of slipping further behind? We’ll likely never know the answer. News site mocoNews provides some worthwhile insights and analysis.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. For years, tech influencers and bloggers have been accused of being blindly in love with Apple. There is even a name these devotees: fanboys. These men and women live to gush about Apple products and bash Microsoft and others in the process. So it was remarkable to observe the tech influencers this week in their near unanimous approval of Microsoft’s new operating system. This headline on msnbc.com stopped me cold: Windows 8 Does What Apple Doesn’t. Talk about an about-face.

Like the true road warriors we are, we take our wireless gear with us wherever we go — and our use of them is unprecedented. According to new data from Boingo Wireless, a leading provider of software and services worldwide, smartphones and tablets passed laptops as the most widely carried Wi-Fi device in airports, reaching 58.9 Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Mobile devices have become nearly as commonplace as toothpaste for travelers in North America and Europe. percent of all devices in June.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Much like I remember where I was when I learned the tragic news that John Lennon had been shot (I was watching Monday Night Football and heard it from broadcaster Howard Cosell), I’ll now never forget where I was and what I was doing when I learned of Steve Jobs’ passing. It’s rather fitting that I was 36,000 feet in the air connected to an in-flight Wi-Fi system working on a MacBook Air at the time. And that brings me to another connection between Lennon and Jobs. Dare to dream.

So, why is indoor navigation enabled by micro-sensor wireless networks moving up the agenda at Sprint (and elsewhere across the emerging business ecosystem)? Indoor navigation — and services that map and understand our mobility patterns - lay the ground work for a slew of exciting new location services that combine advertising, marketing, couponing and analytics to deliver people offers they truly can’t refuse. What is the role of mobile operators? Where are the growth opportunities? mobile operator Sprint. Micro-location marketing. Population movement.

85 percent of the world’s population is covered by commercial wireless signals, providing greater reach than the electrical grid (which covers 80 percent of the population). Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Hands down, the most anticipated presentation for all of us in the mobile and Internet space comes from Mary Meeker, a former analyst at Morgan Stanley and now a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Silicon Valley. Over the years, Meeker has been quoted in a variety of sites and publications worldwide.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Google’s well-publicized philosophy includes the promise to “Do No Evil.” ” With that in mind, is the company out to do good or make money with the launch of GoMo , an initiative positioned as a driver to better mobile web sites produced for brands? In practice, businesses can go to Google’s GoMo website at howtogomo.com to access a so-called GoMoMeter. And, if you need more support, you can find what you need on Google’s blog. believe it’s both. Apps by the numbers.

Before he started Digital Mind State (whose clients include Flowd , the music lover’s social network) Mike was the driving force behind the brand UrbanWorld Wireless, where he was responsible for planning, business developing, marketing and brokering profitable business relationships with some of the biggest company names in the mobile industry including T-Mobile, Zed, Jamba, Fox Mobile, NBC, Fun Mobility, Nokia, and Microsoft. Mobile apps isn’t the only game in town. ” Look for the youth-focused channel to hit AT&T U-verse, Apple TV and Yahoo Connect TV. 18:05].

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. It was the brands that told us with their increased marketing spends that 2010 was The Year of Mobile. Now consumers are the ones showing us through their actions — reaching for their mobile phones at every step of the consumer journey, from researching products to making purchases — that this is the Year of Mobile Commerce. retailers. All of the data is aggregated and anonymous. Predictably, we are willing to spend more when shopping on the Internet. Online sales in the U.S percent).

As more people begin to access the Web using a wireless device than they do using a PC, it will become crystal clear to brands, agencies and companies across the ecosystem that they can’t afford to treat their mobile strategy and presence as an afterthought. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Some of the smartest minds in mobile marketing and advertising recently gave their 2012 predictions for mobile during a webinar conducted by Mobile Marketer and sponsored by Hipcricket. That is a great example to follow.

In my view, technology won’t limit how we use, access and enjoy the world (digital and physical) on our wireless devices. Wireless grabbed many of the headlines, eclipsing what was presented as the latest and greatest televisions and audio products. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. This last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas will be remembered for innovation and limitation. haven’t met a person who covered the over 1.85 Innovation abounds. Google is also clamping down. Twitter is worried.

Yes, it is about the efficiencies that RFID and other wireless, smart technology bring to retail overall. Other industry sectors — including the public sector — are moving ahead on approaches that reinforce the growing importance of RFID in all things wireless. National Retail Federation Show, New York City: This week the old Javits Center in the New York hosted retail folk from across the U.S. and shed some light on a technology play that may define a new industry I call Retail 2.0. And, since it is about the shopper experience, it’s clear that winning Retail 2.0 Retail 2.0

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. This was a week for transparency in mobile with something for everyone. For consumers, there was movement on the privacy front with the Mobile Marketing Association releasing its Mobile Application Privacy Policy. The document is hailed as a first, providing precise guidelines that addresses the core privacy issues and data processes of many mobile applications. ” Read between the lines, and his leadership style likely supports the status quo, not transformation. Specifically, Apple sold 37.04

Tofel, Mobile site editor at GigaOM.com, where he covers mobile technology and the global wireless industry. By way of background, Bluetooth is an open wireless technology that allows wireless communication over short distances. Will 2012 be the year we remotely connect to our smart homes using our smartphones? Can Intel crash the mobile party and make its mark with tablets that stand up to ARM-powered devices? Should we expect a shift in the operating system landscape in favor of Microsoft (with Symbian as a back-up plan)? Wearable computing. He lives it. is less clear.

SOLUTIONS FOR A NEW AGE OF WIRELESS MOBILE BACKHAUL –BY MONICA PAOLINI. While reading the collections of mobile 2012 predictions is a great way to gain perspective, I miss deep analysis of these trends that allows us to plan and prepare for the developments likely to impact models and strategies far beyond 2012. Understanding this gap — and the need to collaborate with many mobile authorities , rather than leave such a work to a single writer — GigaOM PRO has published a new report that provides us a valuable roadmap to navigate mobile for the months (and years!) ahead. ” Why?

Chetan has some solid advice: If AT&T and T-Mobile inject marketing dollars into the launch, then Lumia could see a similar growth trajectory to the one that catapulted Android Droid (via Verizon Wireless) into the center of the action. Will 2012 be the year of mobile commerce? If this is indeed a momentous year for mobile retail and transactions of all kinds, then what will happen to the mix of payment options and players currently jockeying for position? Should we expect a showdown between credit card companies, carriers, banks, aggregators and the likes of PayPal?

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. In this column and across my other posts, I have often called out Facebook, Google and other companies  for privacy invasions that torpedo any trust that we as consumers can possibly have in the resolve of these Web giants to respect the integrity of our personal data. ve watched company after company cross the line and have patiently waited for a tipping point where the harm done creates a wave of public protest that forces meaningful change. m still waiting. Samsung’s statement.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Facebook and Twitter advanced their mobile strategies this week, each with an emphasis on providing brands a means to reach and engage with people who use the social networks to connect and communicate. Twitter’s “news’” comes nearly two years after the company introduced the concept of Promoted Tweets. The approach effectively introduces advertising into tweet feeds, an experience that we mostly know from online. But that IF is what will decide it this all fails or flies. We’ll see.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Evolution, not revolution. That is what I witnessed first-hand as I walked around South By Southwest (SXSW) , the festival and conference hailed as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies. In 2010, the Next Big Thing was location-based social networking , a mobile-megatrend CNN reminds us was led by the likes of Foursquare and Gowalla. Last year it was all about group messaging services such as GroupMe or Beluga. But what about the business value, let alone the results? Amen. ….

We connect with Caroline Lewko, CEO and founder of WIP (Wireless Industry Partnership) and walk through the Mobile Developer’s Guide To The Parallel Universe , a new resource from WIP that lays out the business basics developers need to follow. At M-Pulse we continue our month-long look at mobile developer issues and opportunities, and focus on the practical marketing ‘stuff’ developers should master if they are serious about marketing and making money from their apps. Rob also looks backs on the ‘social discovery’ startups that left their mark on SXSW.

Downloaded apps are also self-contained, meaning that unless the app depends on remote data to function, it can operate without the presence of a wireless network. The mobile web is blowing up. If you’re alive and breathing air you know this – you see it all around you. We use our smart phones and devices. constantly. Now for more than just games and personal productivity, more than 50% [1] of us are using our smart phones to make our lives easier by connecting to the web in real time. We look up store locations and compare prices at the point of purchase. We Google. We like.

Wireless Android Apple Google HTC Evo iPhone Samsung Epic TouchA little over a year ago I turned off my iPhone 3 and fired up a new HTC Evo Android handset, the initial experience I wrote about  here. recently upgraded my handset from the Evo to the just released Samsung Epic Touch and wanted to share some thoughts about Android after having lived with it for a full year. As you might surmise given that I just upgraded my handset, I’m pretty happy with Android but first let’s get some of the negative comments out of the way. category, keyword, rating, free/paid, etc.).

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The recorded data can be stored on the 8GB of flash memory within the Eyez™ glasses, transferred via Bluetooth or Micro USB to a computer, or wirelessly transferred to most iPhone or Android devices. After a one-time download of the “Eyez™” smartphone and tablet app, users can wirelessly broadcast the video in real time to their preferred social networking website. Wearable technology is on the rise. Want this pair of HD enabled, socially networked, video streaming sunglasses? Eyez™ - the latest innovation in personal video recording technology. via brycedotvc ).

Additionally, traditional wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon are leveraging their “triple-play” bundles to deliver video content across screens and devices. The meteoric rise in the number of connected devices and the advance of hardware and software products by providers including Google and Apple to leverage the three screens – mobile, TV and Internet— has whet consumers’ appetites for new and connected experiences that deliver us content across time, place and platforms. Center stage. The last months have seen a slew of apps from companies across the ecosystem.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. These days everyone claims to be an expert. This week LinkedIn, the destination for business networking, reported that “extensive experience&# is the number one overused buzzword on its site. Other terms that made the top 10 include: “innovative,&# “motivated,&# “results-oriented,&# “dynamic,&# “proven track record,&# “team player,&# “fast-paced,&# “problem solver&# and “entrepreneurial.&#. More importantly, he shares his knowledge.

The organization — headquartered in Bellevue, Washington — was founded by veterans of the wireless industry who wanted to harness the immense power of wireless communications to empower non-profit organizations. A year ago this month the world witnessed a massive earthquake shook Haiti, and the citizens of the world, to their core. The extent of the damage following the disaster on January 12, 2010, quickly reached cataclysmic proportions. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake. It is about empowerment. Jim Manis, The Mobile Giving Foundation.

It’s conceivable that wireless products shown in Las Vegas that fail to get the attention of the press/blogosphere will matter to marketers down the road. poll of industry leaders by well-regarded wireless analyst Chetan Sharma brings us a mix of confirmations (of what we though we knew) and surprises (exposes us to topics that we didn’t figure). Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. This week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was billed as an introduction of new products. But what’s really new? As for me?

He revealed that 25 percent of tweets were via wireless devices in 2010. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Forty percent of all tweets are created on mobile devices. Surely, that’s a data point that shows the convergence of social media and mobile. And then there are the statements made by Twitter CEO Dick Costolo at the close of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week in Las Vegas.  Moreover, he told the audience that 50 percent of active Twitter users are also active on mobile. Why can there be only one?)

AppCircus@Texas Wireless Summit – Famigo Games. Developers: You have one more day to submit your best mobile app and qualify for the Mobile Premier Awards (February 14, Barcelona). The MPA is not only the largest open and global cross-platform app competition in the mobile industry; it’s THE place to network, do deals and connect with professionals and practitioners from around the world. Last year saw 600+ developers submitted their apps, earning the MPA a reputation as a “the point of reference for the startup and developer community.&#. Hillel Fuld – Tech blogger.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Facebook aims to have 500 million mobile users worldwide, a figure it can only reach if it goes after all mobile subscribers — including feature-phone and smartphone owners. This week the company revealed its plans to launch a new mobile app to bring Facebook to the most popular and mainstream mobile phones around the world.  According to Facebook, the app works on more than 2,500 devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG and other manufacturers. Jobs has asked for privacy and he deserves it.

Some of the leading wireless analysts issued reports this week, covering everything from revenue projected from the combination of mobile, social and loca l, to the size of the app business in 2011 and beyond. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. First, a look at what Forrester thinks (views I was privileged to hear first-hand f rom mobile consumer expert Julie Ask during a private mobile marketing summit near San Francisco, where I also had the opportunity to present my views). It’s both. billion downloads in 2010.

HOW I SEE IT: Increased data use on wireless devices has a myriad of implications (good and not so great) for marketers. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. The Daily launched in the U.S. this week, complete with the hype we’ve come to expect from Rupert Murdoch’s endeavors and the reach of content and personalities from within the News Corporation empire. With typical bravado and fanfare, The Daily has burst onto the scene with a mission to provide the best news experience possible. After that, The Daily costs $0.99 a year.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. Whether you are a marketer or a handset manufacturer, you either innovate or fail. Nokia has learned the hard way. In an eye-opening leaked memo from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop , the company acknowledged its missteps while calling for a reinvention. “While competitors poured flames on our market share, what happened at Nokia?” Elop answered this question with an explanation that openly admits what we have suspected all along: Nokia lost the plot. Unbelievable.&#. We had a series of misses.

Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. In the same “well duh&# category as the sun will rise in the east and set in the west, we know that more advertising is coming to mobile devices. The topic was heavily discussed this week in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) with debate around consumer behavior and interests. So where does Google stand? The company staunchly believes that more creativity and higher production values are needed to advance mobile advertising. Will people buy into Twitter’s approach?

Many of us in the industry are gearing up to attend the CTIA Wireless Show in Orlando, Florida. Through a Wireless Week event preview , we know from a CTIA senior executive that we can expect a few surprises. CTIA Vice President of Operations Rob Mesirow told Wireless Week that Soon-Shiong will make an announcement that will shock people. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association. The heartbreaking images from Japan are difficult to view even if you don’t have friends or family in the region. In the U.S.,

Always wary of those who hype the benefits of mobile, I was struck by the keynotes I heard at the CTIA Wireless Show and the assertions that mobile is dramatically improving healthcare and key to keeping the U.S. His comments are in line with the new realization that wireless is indeed a game-changer. “We’re extremely confident of where we’re at with our assets and what we can deliver to our customers,&# Dan Mead, president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, said. Hipcricket also won consecutive annual pioneer awards from CTIA — The Wireless Association.

Will wireless subscribers accept advertising in exchange for price breaks on hardware and services? One of my “go-to&# points in mobile presentations is the fact that a wireless hardware manufacturer (Nokia) is the biggest seller of cameras in the world. The question looms like the next iPhone rumor. This week, Amazon moved to at least partially get an answer, introducing the Kindle coupled with Special Offers for US$114. That’s a savings of US$25. What’s the difference? But this is not without some level of consumer buy-in. It appears that brands like this approach.

Be sure the camera you buy has “mic input&# jack and then use either a lavalier or handheld mic, wired or wireless, depending on your location requirements. We use and love the Sennheiser wireless mic , and it has been a real workhorse in our high-stress windy and salty ocean environment. To speed things along, I am going to post the links mentioned and the recorded Skype video. If you want more info or have questions, please leave them in the comments and I am happy to address them! edited it in iMovie HD to add music and credits. Viddler did the Flash encoding for me.

warm welcome to the latest social media agencies and consultants on the Constructing Social Builders listing added over the past week, including: Social Media Consultants: A warm welcome to the latest social media agencies and consultants on the Constructing Social Builders listing added over the past week, including: Social Media Consultants: Liquid Wireless : An emerging media consulting company Digital Response Marketing Group : A consulting, blogger relations and consulting group. Oh, to count the times I have heard, “Why do I care what someone ate for lunch today?&# Hawai?i

Editor’s note: As an FYI, I removed your link because of your desire to ignore my blog policy and not use your real name, instead opting to rank for some Linksys wireless router page. Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content by Tamar Weinberg on May 1, 2008 Share Last month, I wrote about the ease of FriendFeed to spy on your friends. Or maybe not.) Thanks Tamar. Great post.

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Christmas loot Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house all the gadgets were blinking along with a new wireless mouse… I love all the new loot on Christmas. know it’s about the giving and I did my fair share of that too but I am allowed to be excited about the new toys I got also. It used to be the new firetruck or a video game but as I got older my tastes changed and the toys got more expensive. What was it? Second, the ONE is much thinner and less bulky than the TomTom GO. Leave a comment! receiver.

EmFinders achieves this through EmSeeQ, which combines a small, watch-like, wireless device without buttons or a screen, and a location service that uses triangulation through the cellular network – and with 911 emergency response systems – to accurately determine a person’s location. Ever since expanding the focus of the Netsize Guide , an analysis of mobile trends, to include mobility in verticals such as healthcare and education, I have sharpened my own focus on ways companies can combine mobility, creativity and compassion to help organizations reach out to people in need.

An outreach from Verizon Wireless to developers (via WIP Connector). In brief: As many in Europe embark on a long weekend, here is some required reading in the form of a detailed summary of the best in mobile blogging covering the top posts from the last month. From iPhone stats to the size of the mobile market, from the business value of location to the potential dangers of social media, it’s all here. This time the Carnival of the Mobilists – the line-up of the best blogs and bloggers on all things mobile – comes to us via Holly Kolman. COM #220. real eye-opener! COM #219.

Jumptap beefed up its rich media offer in April through a partnership Medialets and Crisp Wireless. In brief: Following up on news and developments coming out of this week’s explosive and insightful MMA Forum in NYC with a look at Jumptap’s decision to add video to its premium mobile ad network. Q&A with Jumptap CMO Paran Johar connects some of the dots in the company strategy moving forward. Jumptap keeps them coming. Last month it was all about Consumer Intelligence , which MSG covered in detail here. RICH MEDIA PAYS. mobile video ads from jumptap. In the U.S. Palm OS.

This interview with Jerome Nadel, Executive Vice President of Marketing & User Experience at Sagem Wireless, gives us some answers. It’s time for a revolution and Jerome Nadel, Executive Vice President of Marketing & User Experience at Sagem Wireless, has the fresh mindset to lead it. In brief: What’s the next big thing? His radical and revolutionary thinking about devices, services and the role of the brand in the scheme of things points to a mega-opportunity in mobile brands really shouldn’t miss. Mobile isn’t about just mobile anymore! MY TAKE.

In brief: Learn what’s next in mobile NOW. Mobile Future Forward , a high-caliber Executive Summit organized by Chetan Sharma and his team, brings some of the industry’s most influential minds together in Seattle on September 8 to explore the future of the mobile industry. Get thinking about the big-picture issues that define what mobile is (and will be), and network with a “Who’s Who&# of the mobile industry. What are the user experiences and use cases that will drive positive results? What are the challenges and opportunities that face us as we seek answers and solutions?

Novatel Wireless for ‘MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot’. In brief: The Meffy awards , the 10th annual MEM Conference (the Mobile Entertainment Market), and the release of a new must-read Smart Enablers Guide outlining how everyone can/must work together to deliver a good consumer experience and streamline payment. The last weeks have seen a flurry of activity and announcements around the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) – the global trade body for the mobile media and entertainment industry. discuss the key takeaways and progress made with Rimma Perelmuter, MEF Executive Director. Games.

Finally, the Netsize Guide 2010 presents detailed data on the wireless telecoms sector in 41 countries , including revenues, market shares and value-added service offerings for messaging and billing of 194 mobile network operators worldwide. In brief: Moving on with another in the “best of” selection of executive interviews from the Netsize Guide 2010 we examine how innovation in user-centric design and user-centered services are improving lives and livelihoods in developing markets. Susan Dray, President, Dray & Associates , walks us through the real-life examples that set the bar.