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I came across this rather nifty proof-of-concept video from the Google Latitude team. Latitude, if you’re not familiar with it, is an add-on to Google Maps that (amongst other features) overlays an avatar of your friends on Google Maps. So if you’re out-and-about you can see their location.
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Skydeck heading to Europe. Soon. Ish.
I wouldn’t hold your breath though. Skydeck, the fantabulous ‘your mobile IS your social network’ service that integrates with your mobile operator to get hold of a copy of your calling records, is coming to Europe. Forget the fact that you might find British Gas as your number one rated friend (after the amount of [...]
T-Mobile spreads Android joy across Europe
The following countries are about to get access to the T-Mobile G1: * Czech Republic * Austria * Netherlands * Germany * Poland Have we got any readers from those countries who’re going to go and pick one up? (via Reuters)
New mobile satellite provider for Europe
The EC, it seems, can’t get enough of talking up mobile data and that old nearly-ran mobile TV. The Commission has announced it’s started a selection process for a new satellite provider across Europe, who will be able to sell “high speed data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services under a single European [...]
Flirtomatic expands into Europe — Germany first stop
Flirtomatic, the UK’s sexiest (and leading) mobile/online flirting service has taken another step forward — this time, they’re heading into Europe with the launch of an entirely localised service for Germany. I nodded sagely when I got the news. Germany’s a good choice for Flirtomatic. An mobile-mad country with good penetration of a wide range [...]
Blyk expands into Europe
Blyk has announced that it is hoping to repeat the success it has had in the UK and will be expanding its operation and moving out into more European countries next year. It already told us that it was moving into the Netherlands in January of this year and today it has announced that the [...]
Two free tickets to Mobile 2.0 Europe
So what’s important about July 4th – well it’s American Independence Day of course; it’s *ahem* the day before my birthday and … it’s also the Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference. They’ve got a pretty packed conference with some great speakers and some interesting panels. You can see the full finalised agenda here, but it includes [...]
EU to operators: Two weeks to cut roaming SMS costs
After giving operators numerous warnings to cut the cost of using roaming SMS and data, EC Commissioner Viviane Reding has revealed she’s now going ahead with a plan to cap rates for using data services abroad unless the networks drop their prices voluntarily. According to Reuters, Reding has given operators two weeks to clean up [...]
Air New Zealand goes for in-flight SMS
Europe gave the thumbs up for mobile usage on planes, after Emirates, Continental Airlines and Qantas decided to introduce the service. Now, it seems, New Zealand is next in line. According to the New Zealand Herald, the Kiwi’s national carrier is planning to introduce an in-flight texting service. Meanwhile, several reports have highlighted that despite [...]
Europe give go-ahead for mobiles on planes
After Ofcom decided to allow mobiles on planes last month, the EC said it’s paving the way for more of the same from other European Union member states. The era of pan-European in-flight mobility will be ushered in by two measures announced by the EC this week: a “Commission Recommendation for a harmonised approach on [...]
Europe gives DVB-H the official nod for mobile TV
Good news for Nokia, not so great news for Qualcomm and MediaFLO: the European Commission has given the Nokia-backed DVB-H mobile TV standard the official thumbs up by adding it to the EU List of Standards. Now, member states “will be required to encourage the use of DVB-H”. The Commission has also hinted that it [...]
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