The ‘Taptu iPhone app is baked’ is the subject of the email I got from the ever delightful Vero Pepperrell, the Canadian-in-London that everyone knows and loves. If you haven’t come across Taptu, it’s quite simply, really, really smart mobile search. A few years back, the team sat down and decided to fix mobile search, [...]
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GAP is looking for the next big iPhone App
Got any ideas for fashion store, GAP, on what they should be doing with the iPhone? They’d like to hear from you. So much so, they’ve engaged appstore analytics company, Mobclix, to manage a competition to source the best application ideas that the planet can muster (So reports Mobile Marketer). The grand prize offers the [...]
NumberGarage launches to park and forward your phone number
I had a note in from Matt Mikulla this morning telling me about his new service, NumberGarage. It’s beautifully designed — the service makes we want to sign-up and be a customer, just by looking at the front-page. This is a service for Americans, only. Although I definitely reckon Matt should see if they can [...]
The US National Texting Champion is announced today
Are you a quick texter? I am, if it’s a Blackberry QWERTY keyboard. But on any other device, I’m just a bit better than an 86 year old grandmother who’s never ever touched a mobile phone before. So I didn’t enter the LG texting championships. The prize is a whopping $50k for the winner. LG [...]
WIN Plc: We won’t take commission on charity texts
Mobile messaging service provider, WIN, has woken up and smelt the coffee. Have a read of this press release I just received: Charities could be set to benefit from a campaign to erase commission charges on mobile text message donations. Currently, any mobile user who donates to charity via text message can see up to [...]
4 almost naked girls with iPorn all over their crotches – NSFW
Bet this one becomes the highest trafficked MIR post since I announced (for April Fool) that Google was buying Vodafone, right? This is, depending on where you work, not very safe for work. Although you can use this valid excuse: Ewan from Mobile Industry Review (3.0, I’ll have you know) made me click. That’s because [...]
Dell’s Android gamble should pay off, if they pitch it right
I can’t tell you how bored I became with Dell Mobile when i read, a little while ago, that they were head over heels in love with Windows Mobile. Even today I still can’t quite bring myself to love Windows Mobile. It is most definitely improving. But based on current levels of improvement, it should [...]
Jason from Nokia has $250,000 for you, developers
I had a note in from Jason Black of Forum Nokia this morning. He’s got $250k to give away — as well as a heck of a lot of useful opportunities for anyone in the mobile development space — for their upcoming innovation competition. Don’t discount this as a ‘whatever’. These kind of events and [...]
TwitPub, the premium twitter publishing service, hits version 2.0
If you’ve got a feed of 140-character-friendly data that you’d like to monetise, take a look at TwitPub. It launched 2 months ago and it’s beginning to attract attention. If, for example, you’d like to get daily Feng Shui tips from a master, or if you fancy daily reviews and perspective from an Anim guru, [...]
You should enter for MobileBeat’s startup competition
It’s all kicking off on the 16th of July in San Francisco. That’s the day of VentureBeat’s MobileBeat conference. Not only are the VentureBeat team programming what looks to be an absolutely fantastic array of speakers, they’re also going to be announcing the winners of the MobileBeat Startup Competition. If you’re a mobile startup, stop [...]
iPhone developer needed for 2-3 week quick project
I came across this requirement today and thought it might be useful to highlight for some readers: I am in need of an iPhone developer who can help me finish a project quickly. The timeline is 2-3 weeks. I would only require that you follow my exact guidelines (screenshots and full descriptions of program flow [...]
Why America isn’t entirely out of the mobile wilderness yet
I was just served this advertisement on the Daily Telegraph website, no less. Congratulations to the advertising engine for correctly guessing that I might be interested in mobile technology. But for me, this doesn’t quite qualify as ‘mobile technology’. ‘Mobile archeology’, yes. Here’s the add: Dire, isn’t it. Yes, this is a current T-Mobile USA [...]
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