News & Comment
Mobile money: its a bit like cash, but with an audit trail
April 13, 2011, by mobiThinking
One attribute of mobile payments that is rarely explored is the audit trail – each and every transaction is recorded. Whether you’re paying for a chocolate bar, a mobile app, a phone call, a ride on public transport, settling a bill, donating to charity, paying your taxes, cashing in an m-coupon, transferring money or gaining entry to an event with an m-ticket it’s all recorded... Read More
How mobile money is changing Africa: interview with Barry Coetzee of iVeri
April 11, 2011, by mobiThinking
Mobile money is still in its infancy with countless providers and big issues with interoperability. But in Africa, where mobile Web is expected to overtake desktop Web before anywhere else in the world and where many people do not have traditional bank accounts, mobile money/mobile transactions has the most potential to change lives... Read More
Five-minute interview: Chris Bourke, Managing Director, Mobext
April 6, 2011, by mobiThinking
• Full profile of Mobext in the mobiThinking guide to mobile agencies. Q1. What is the one thing that gets you most excited about mobile Web, mobile services and/or mobile marketing?... Read More
Android looks like the big winner from Nokias plan to drop the Symbian OS. So should your mobile strategy now focus on Android?
March 31, 2011, by mobiThinking
UPDATED 08 April 2011: to include Gartner’s projections for smartphone sales. Confirms IDC’s expectation that Android will become the dominant smartphone operating system, now Nokia has abandoned Symbian... Read More
Carnival of the Mobilists #247: best mobile blogging of the past month
March 21, 2011, by mobiThinking
Mobile in the disaster zone The horrifying earthquake/tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, has spurred no shortage of mobile-related stories among journalists/bloggers. Of these, two mobile bloggers stand out:... Read More
