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Yoni Bloch interviewed at MIPTV’s Connected Creativity

By Ewan on April 14, 2011 in Opinion

I’m delighted that we managed to grab a few minutes with Yoni Bloch, founder of music video startup, Interlude. Yoni amazed MIPTV’s Connected Creativity audience with a demonstration of Interlude’s interactive video technology that enables consumers to dynamically adjust their experience of (in this case) a music video, scene by scene. Here’s Yoni:

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Austin Chang of Frid.ge interviewed at Connected Creativity

By Ewan on April 14, 2011 in Opinion

Find out all about Austin Chang’s startup, Frid.ge which, as he explains, enables users to form instant groups and share photos, messages and events with friends. I filmed this last week at MIPTV’s Connected Creativity conference in Cannes, France. Here’s the video:

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Rebels create their own mobile network in Libya

By Ewan on April 14, 2011 in Operators

An interesting piece in the Telegraph today highlights just how important communications technology is on the battlefield. Previously the rebels were using ‘a primate system of flags’ to communicate with each other. Libyan rebels have access to a mobile phone network for the first time in a month after a secret operation to hijack equipment [...]

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Acision: Mobile tariffs out of step with consumer usage habits

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in Operators, Services

I’m sure you’ll have read the headlines this week about consumers being royally nailed by their operators by agreeing to pay for a price plan that they don’t actually end up using. If not, here’s a bit of a refresher by way of Acision, the global messaging giant: New research from Ofcom-accredited mobile bill analysis [...]

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Keep an eye on Microsoft — Windows Phone is iterating fast

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in Applications, Devices, Operators

Jay Greene over at CNET posted a useful overview of Microsoft’s latest activities with Windows Phone. Microsoft offered today its most detailed look yet into the next version of Windows Phone, code-named Mango, at the companys annual show for Web and phone developers. via Microsoft gives details on next Windows Phone OS | Microsoft – [...]

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3 MiFi success, yet-again, I love it (via Amazon)

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in Devices

I sound like a broken record when it comes to the 3 MiFi units. I’m use mine every day, especially when I’m driving (or, being driven, I should say) up and down the M4. The signal is just brilliant. Obviously the Deltenna WIBE is the daddy but in terms of ultimate portability, the MiFi combined [...]

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MightyPR: Silicon Valley’s newest addition — get in quick!

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in News

I’m a big, big fan of Spark PR who are, if memory serves, the largest independent public relations agency serving Silicon Valley. And boy do they serve. I’ve seen the results first-hand. The connections, the influence, the talent. Two of Spark’s top people, Candace Locklear and Rebecca Fuller, have jumped out into their own small, [...]

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‘At the carphone warehouse, you won’t pay extra for internet’

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in Operators, Services

That headline is a direct quote from a radio advertisement I heard just now from the Carphone Warehouse. Bad news for the market. Bad news for the data crunch. Bad news for the end customer. Very bad news. It’s bad news because it’s educating consumers that the internet has little value. So little value that [...]

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Alex Ljung of SoundCloud interviewed at Connected Creativity

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in Opinion

I managed to grab Alex Ljung, co-founder of SoundCloud at MIPTV’s Connected Creativity in Cannes to find out all about his mobile audio service — it made quite a splash at the event! Here’s Alex’s interview:

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Nils Holger-Henning of BigPoint interviewed at Connected Creativity

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in News, Opinion

I managed to grab a few minutes with Nils Holder-Henning, CCO of BigPoint at MIPTV’s Connected Creativity event in Cannes last week. I asked Nils to give us an overview of his activities in the context of his participation in the conference. Here we go:

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Unlimited Drinks: Supported by Qualcomm!

By Ewan on April 12, 2011 in News

I am absolutely delighted to bring you news that Qualcomm will be supporting next week’s Unlimited Drinks event in London. Thank you Qualcomm! Oh it’s getting exciting now and there’s not long to go. It’s going to be a brilliant evening. I’ll have more for you shortly…

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The speed and security of this hotspot cannot be guaranteed

By Ewan on April 12, 2011 in News

I came across this sign at Earls Court today during the London Book Fair event. I wonder if we will begin to see more and more WiFi signs with this kind of disclaimer? Posted via email from MIR Live

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