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Google+ and the Android Trojan Horse

By Michael Selvidge on July 5, 2011 in Opinion

I was skeptical at first, but I think there is a future in Google+. I’ve been using it this last week, and it’s not perfect, but not bad either. I was skeptical because of Google’s massive social fails in Buzz, Latitude, Wave and +1 (although to be fair +1 on its own is a fail, [...]

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T-Mobile UK: Do you still plan on spending cash with the News of the World? #notw

By Ewan on July 5, 2011 in Operators

Today there’s a challenging conundrum sweeping the social media desks at big brands across the United Kingdom. The Corporate Communications Directors are — as I type — looking expectantly at their social media gurus, demanding answers. Yesterday’s revelations about the News of the World newspaper hacking the voicemail of a missing (and sadly, murdered) teenager [...]

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361 degrees podcast – Episode 10: Bothersome things

By Ewan on July 5, 2011 in Opinion

In the latest episode of the 361 degrees podcast, I receive a virtual yellow card for using the word ‘sodding‘ during the episode (referring to MMS). Ben was not impressed at my language and I could feel Rafe giving me a stare from 3,000 miles away. I couldn’t help it. Anyway, let’s get on with [...]

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Operators, it’s time for 24/7 Twitter service please

By Ewan on July 4, 2011 in Operators

I took the above Instagr.am photo the other day when I was in Baltimore waiting to hop on a plane back to London. I obviously arsed around selecting all manner of different silly filters before deciding the one above was most appropriate. Why, I don’t know. That’s instagr.am for you. I snapped the photo as [...]

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News of the World journalists deleted voicemails on missing girl’s phone

By Ewan on July 4, 2011 in News, Operators

Well then, I’m rather appalled to read that, according to The Guardian, News of the World journalists screwed around with the voicemail belonging to a missing teenager who disappeared back in March 2002. Here’s what The Guardian says: The messages were deleted by journalists in the first few days after Milly’s disappearance in order to [...]

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Did you see me on BBC Breakfast talking mobile roaming at the weekend?

By Ewan on July 4, 2011 in News

Did you see me on the BBC Breakfast News at the weekend, suited-and-booted? There was some discussion in the MacLeod household over the appropriate clothing to wear. Open shirt? Jacket-n-shirt? Nope. Mothers and mother-in-laws were almost consulted before I took the pinstripe decision. You can’t go wrong with a pinstripe. And, as my wife pointed [...]

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Are you coming to MEF Global on Thursday? See you there!

By Ewan on July 4, 2011 in News

It’s all-systems-go on Thursday here in London. MEF Global has come to town. I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed MEF events. The calibre of the other attendees is always extremely high. The last MEF event I attended was a good few months ago now — in Miami — and it was simply brilliant. This week’s event — [...]

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Mobile Developer Titan profile: AlwaysOnMessage

By Ewan on July 4, 2011 in News, Opinion

I’m delighted to introduce the first part of the Developer Titan Series here on Mobile Industry Review, kindly and enthusiastically supported by the BlueVia team. In each post of this series, we’ll be featuring an executive from a noted mobile developer firm. Don’t necessarily expect to see the usual suspects from the consumer technology headlines, instead [...]

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