News & Comment
DeviceAtlas & HTML5
May 19, 2010, by daniel.hunt
HTML5 is the brand new version of HTML, which contains a number of differences to it's predecessor... Read More
Five-minute interview: Pam Horan, president, Online Publishers Association
May 19, 2010, by mobiThinking
As all of its members have expanded into mobile in a big way, with mobile sites and mobile applications (including paid-for ones), the Online Publishers Association (OPA) now represents some of the largest mobile destinations on the planet. As OPA president since 2006, Pam Horan, needs to keep abreast of what's happening in mobile. Also as she's on the road a lot she's come to rely on mobile for her own news and eating-out needs... Read More
The insider’s guide to banking the unbanked
May 13, 2010, by mobiThinking
Many of those financial services that people in the developed nations take for granted – somewhere safe to keep your money, to receive wages or funds owed, pay utility bills or transfer money to someone else (e.g. your family back home) - aren't available to the majority of people, because less than one third of the world's population have bank accounts... Read More
Mobile Ads Go Mainstream: starring the FTC, Google, Apple’s $1m iAds and a soap-opera story-line that’s has the media hooked
May 7, 2010, by mobiThinking
It has taken just five months for mobile advertising to go from a trickle of coverage in the mainstream media to a feeding frenzy. Since Google announced its plan to buy mobile ad network AdMob for US$750 million AdMob for US$750 million in November, national papers and newswires (in the US particularly) have clambered over each other to report the latest rumor, speculation and hearsay, followed by innumerable me-too pieces in trade journals and blogs... Read More
Meet the boss of Japan’s number one mobile media company: interview with Akihisa Fujita, president and CEO, D2 Communications
April 29, 2010, by mobiThinking
D2 Communications (D2C) was the world's first mobile advertising company, established in 2000 by NTT DoCoMo and Dentsu, the largest Japanese mobile operator and creative agency respectively. D2C ran its first mobile banner ads in July 2000 on the NTT DoCoMo's revolutionary iMode platform and launched its mobile solutions business a year later... Read More
