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Are Britain’s mobile operators too busy tweeting to actually sell anything? [Or: Are their Social CRM systems really this rubbish?]

One of the bullet points on my todo list this morning was: Get a new iPhone 4S. I’ve procrastinated enough. Now I need to actually do something about it. It’s time I owned an iPhone 4S instead of playing with test devices. I have accounts on all the UK networks: Everything Everywhere, Three, Vodafone and [...]

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Richard Kastelein of AppMarket.tv talks at Connected Creativity

Richard Kastelein of AppMarket.tv talks at Connected Creativity

Richard Kastelein is founder of App Market TV, an internet portal dedicated to the convergence of media. Richard has been in Social TV since 2007 and he tells us about his experience in Social TV, TV Apps and Connected TV. Here is the video:

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Noel Penzer of AOL talks at MIPTV 2011

Noel Penzer of AOL talks at MIPTV 2011

Noel Penzer, Vice President of Media and Business Development at AOL Europe talks about creating premium content and distributing it across the web. “Content is a key part to every consumer’s journey on the internet.” Here is the video:

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Claire Tavernier of FMX, Freemantle Media talks about the future of Television

Claire Tavernier of FMX, Freemantle Media talks about the future of Television

Claire Tavernier runs FMX, the Freemantle Central Digital Hub. Freemantle is a large producer of entertainment formats such as the “Idols” and “Got Talent”. In this video Claire talks about the future of Television. “Content is key”, but where and how will it continue to exist? More from Claire:

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Oren Agassy of Amdocs Innovations introduces Social Media Gateway

Oren Agassy of Amdocs Innovations introduces Social Media Gateway

Oren Agassy, leader of Incubations and part of the Innovation team at Amdocs looks at Social Media from a service provider perspective. The Social Media Gateway provides a vital link between the Social world and the Telco world by connecting the social identity to the customer identity. This creates a new channel of information which [...]

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I’m giving social media advice at tomorrow’s IAB event

Amy from IAB asked if I’d like to participate in one of their upcoming Social Media marketing events. I readily agreed. The inimitable James Whatley of 1000heads is supervising the panel I’m on — and we’ve got this topic to discuss: Inviting the cool kids: getting the right people to talk about your brand in [...]

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Vodafone’s write-once run-anywhere ‘app store’ for 289m customers

I’ve been hearing lots about Vodafone in recent weeks and I’m delighted to write that their new initiative is now publicly en-route.

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Vodafone UK’s official video unboxing of the HTC Magic

I think Vodafone should do an unboxing video for every single one of their handsets.

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MIR heads to Manchester’s Social Media Cafe

Ricky here! Manchester has it’s own version of London’s Social Media Cafe aka Tuttle Club and on the Tuesday 3rd February 2009, meeting between 6pm to 9pm. I will be down there representing Mobile Industry Review, sadly James, Ewan, Ben and Dan will not be able to attend, however I am sure I will be able to [...]

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The Power of Media Technology

I’m going to avoid delving into the politics of it, but over the past twelve days there has been a reoccurring story in our headlines; the Israel/Gaza issue. It’s one that has sparked outcry, and one that shouldn’t have happened. However, I was watching the news the other day, I think it was CNN or [...]

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Tomi’s new book: Mobile as the 7th Mass Media

Tomi Ahonen‘s got a new book coming — the title is ‘Mobile as the 7th Mass Media’ and it’s shaping up to be a rather interesting read. I always enjoy Tomi’s blog posts so I’ve just pre-ordered a copy of his book. He’s kindly sent over a free chapter for my perusal and I’ve copied [...]

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We’re expanding our mobile portfolio. Know anyone who wants to sell?

That’s the email I got in this morning from a very big, international media company. They’re looking to expand their mobile portfolio with joint ventures and acquisitions. “What sort of mobile services?” I asked the chap. “Anything. We’ll take a look at anything mobile and see if we can do business,” came the reply. So. [...]

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