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Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development
October 18, 2010, by weimenglee
By now, you should already have heard of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. And while many developers are busy developing for Android and iPhone, Microsoft is hard at work, developing its killer mobile OS that could give the competitors a run for the money. Before you dismiss Microsoft as a serious contender in the mobile space, think again. The new OS is now a total rewrite of the older Windows Mobile platform, and sports many features that you have come to expect of a modern mobile operating system... Read More
Last-minute deal on Mobile App World tickets (London, October 19-20, 2010), save 66%. Plus free mobile developer workshops.
October 18, 2010, by mobiThinking
Due to an oversight mobiThinking and the conference organizers failed to organize the discount code for readers – sorry – so we are offering a very cheap ticket for Mobile App World (London, October 19-20, 2010). Two-day conference tickets cost UK £450 (US $715), instead of £1350 ($2,146). Tickets are available today only (while stocks last) by emailing info (at) allisonpinney.com, quoting the magic code MobiThink. Check out the Mobile App World program... Read More
Googles reveals mobile ad revenues of $1bn to help woo big advertisers to mobile, but AdMobs contribution is small
October 17, 2010, by mobiThinking
Talk of US $1bn annual revenues from mobile ad revenues lured mobiThinking into listening to the Google Q3 earnings call as the information wasn’t published in the press release or the accounts. Amazingly for an earnings call, it was compulsive listening. Despite making substantial disclosures about display, video and mobile advertising, mobile monopolized the agenda. Mobile may just be an emerging market for Google, but the company – and the analysts that ask the questions – clearly believes this is the future... Read More
DeviceAtlas & jQueryMobile
October 16, 2010, by daniel.hunt
The first Alpha release of jQueryMobile was announced today, to great fanfare, and the mobile web world is already on fire with the thoughts of what this will mean to them. A little bit of background... Originally developed by John Resig, jQueryMobile's big brother "jQuery" is now in use by pretty much anyone who implements advanced JavaScript capabilities on their site... Read More
Greg Stuart: the mobiThinking interview with the new MMA president
October 13, 2010, by mobiThinking
• Other news from the Mobile Marketing Forum (EMEA) in London, October 2010: MMA Global Awards: 2010 finalists with case studies and videos... Read More
Mobile Apps vs. Mobile Web
October 7, 2010, by ronan
With all of the buzz around apps & app stores it would be easy to assume that mobile apps have unstoppable momentum and that the mobile web is taking a back seat. It's worth taking a step back to see how this is all going to pan out. Will mobile apps dominate completely and overwhelm the mobile web or does the mobile web still stand a chance?... Read More
Smaato Mobile Advertising Awards: 2010 Winners
October 7, 2010, by mobiThinking
Updated October 08, 2010 to include the 2010 winners and add videos where available. Awards: Smaato Mobile Advertising Awards Founded: 2008 Deadline for entries: September 3, 2010 Entry fee: free 2010 Winners announced: October 8, 2010 Prizes (2010): • Mobile World Congress 2011: one free booth (shared)... Read More
Interview: UN World Food Programme feeds thousands of Iraqi refugees with pioneering mobile voucher scheme
October 4, 2010, by mobiThinking
In October 2009, the WFP kicked off the world’s first food-aid program to use m-vouchers. One thousand Iraqi refugee families in Damascus took part in the trial. They received a voucher by SMS every two months that could be cashed in at Syrian state shops for food, including rice, wheat flour, lentils, chickpeas, oil, canned fish, cheese and eggs – fresh food can’t usually be included in conventional aid baskets. Now the scheme is being rolled out to refugees outside the Syrian capital, covering 9,600 families. Interview: Selly Muzammil, World Food Programme, Syria... Read More
How museums can bring their collections to life: an interview with Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ARtours Hein Wils
September 27, 2010, by mobiThinking
Stedelijk Museum is one of the pioneers in using AR mobile technology to bring an added dimension to its art collection. Find out more about how the Stedelijk Museum uses augmented reality at the mobileSQUARED Roadshow in London, on September 29, 2010 (mobiThinking readers get a 25 percent discount this event). How has Stedelijk Museum used augmented reality (AR)?... Read More
Three lessons from Design For Mobile 2010 (Chicago) – an event report from Ian Homer, Bemoko
September 26, 2010, by mobiThinking
The next best thing to attending an excellent event is receiving a blow-by-blow report of the conference highlights. Ian Homer, director of services – and design guru - at mobile agency Bemoko, fills us in on lesson’s learned at last week’s Design for Mobile… It seems we missed an “inspirational conference”. • Also see this guide to mobile design with tips from the speakers at this event:... Read More
