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Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 7

Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 7

S02 E07 – The Challenge For Handset Makers (mp3) [ Direct MP3 download - 31MB] This week the team re-cap a round-table discussion we were invited to, discussing the challenges and possible solutions for handset manufacturers in the future: Ewan notes Apple’s increasing ‘mind-share dominance’ which exists quite separate to their market share. Rafe longs for beautiful [...]

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World record attempt for most comments on an online news item in 24 hours has started. #comment24 #RNLI

Would you like to participate in a world record attempt? I have. Here are the details — it’ll take just 10 seconds: At 6am Greenwich Mean Time that’s in the the UK an attempt at the world record for the most comments on an online news item in 24 hours began ie this blog post. [...]

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Keep Calm…

Keep Calm…

Created with Keep Calm and Carry On for iPhone Did you see what I did there? A sneaky BlackBerry reference! Posted via email from MIR Live

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Are you ready for some pre-MWC drinks with me and Hotwire PR?

I’m getting my thoughts in line for the upcoming Hotwire PR pre-MWC drinks reception in a few weeks time. If you work in PR or marketing you’re most welcome to come along. [You can, theoretically come along if you're working in another role, just, you might find the discussion about media deadlines and press meeting [...]

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Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 5

Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 5

S02 E05 – Handset Insurance – Saviour or Swindle? (mp3) [ Direct MP3 download - 29MB] After a series of handset losses and breakages Ewan’s been exercising his network operator-supplied handset insurance… something he’d forgotten he’d signed-up for. But do these policies offer good value for money and how should you choose who to buy [...]

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Buy a mini for 50%, pay nothing for two years

Buy a mini for 50%, pay nothing for two years

This is not a spam post! I saw this today advertised in The Telegraph and it made me think about my views of ownership. You see I don’t really want to own much — especially technology, cars in particular but also mobile phones. Car need maintenance and mobiles go out of date within 6 months. [...]

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Today’s iOS gift — House & 30 Rock

Today’s iOS gift — House & 30 Rock

This looks like a pretty good one today from Apple’s 12 Days of Christmas campaign: The pilot episodes of both 30 Rock and House. I’m going to download both later today. How about you? Posted via email from MIR Live

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Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Supplementary episode!

Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Supplementary episode!

S02 SUP01 – MEF Americas 2011: Neil Stiles on “mulit-screen” content (mp3) [ Direct MP3 download - 8MB ] Recorded at MEF Americas 2011 in Miami, Ben interviews Neil Stiles, president of the Variety Group, on producing content for a ‘multi-screen world’. They discuss: Customising content for mobile platforms. Traditional media companies’ delusion that mobile [...]

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Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 4!

Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 4!

S02 E04 – The UK reaches a smartphone “tipping point” (mp3) [ Direct MP3 download - 31MB ] The UK has reached a tipping point – 50% of all mobile devices in use are now smartphones and the trend looks set to carry on, expected to reach 70% by 2015. We discuss the implications of [...]

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Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 3

Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 3

S02 E03 – While we were gone… Apple, HP and Android. (mp3) [ Direct MP3 download - 27MB ] We’re back to the ‘usual’ format for this week’s episode – recapping all the important events that happened between seasons 1 and 2. We discuss: iOS5 and the iPhone 4S – Has Apple ‘grown up’ to the point [...]

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Pre-MWC drinks with me and the Hotwire PR team this January

I hope you’re having a good relaxing week. The chances are if you’re in the United Kingdom, this is the case. This week is very much an irrelevance: For those unlucky enough to be back at work, there’s usually not much going on because the lucky ones are busy sunning themselves in the Alps. Or [...]

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Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 2

Season 2 of the 361 Degrees podcast — Episode 2

S02 E02 – 361 Live at Nokia World (2 of 2) (mp3) [ Direct MP3 download - 23MB ] In this episode – part 2 of the coverage from our live event at Nokia World – we carry on the audience discussion moving on to discuss the US market, Microsoft’s Windows Phone ecosystem and Samsung’s [...]

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