Here’s another example of enterprise iPad usage — much like the Lowe’s news this week, it’s clear that businesses are ultra keen on putting smart technology such as the iPad in the hands of their customer-facing people. Right now, sales people in shops are often highly redundant beyond issuing a greeting and helping you pay [...]
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Standby to upgrade your Three MiFi
My Three MiFi unit is a business critical tool for me. Routinely, WiFi hotspots are so SHIT that I simply have to rely on my MiFi unit for connectivity. Three’s data network is amongst the best in the business — and the MiFi unit is a brilliant way of unlocking that for all your connectivity [...]
Fraud in the mobile industry: A growing issue for the marketplace
Fraud has been on my periphery for a while. It’s one of those areas of the industry (a little bit like voicemail) that doesn’t generally get a lot of attention but is actually rather important. I asked the team at WeDo to answer my questions to give us an overview of the fraud issue — [...]
Can you locate your device if lost? Sort it out today!
Thanks to reader Mark for sending me over this story from Ars Technica. It describes how author Jon Barrow managed to eventually recover his lost phone using Plan B from Lookout Mobile Security. Jon was lucky because he lost an Android phone — and since it had the latest version of the OS, he was [...]
Did you see me on BBC Breakfast talking mobile roaming at the weekend?
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 [...]
Would you pay €2 to use Facebook on the beach?
So here’s a question for you. I’d like you to have a wee look at this video and see what you think of the concepts demonstrated. I came across it in the ‘Demo Lab’ area at MACH Insights 2011. It’s showing off a MACH product by the name of the Data Roaming Engine which enables [...]
HSBC buys 3UK; announces plans for “true mobile wallet service”– unbelievable! [April Fool]
It’s gone midday in the UK so it’s time to out this story as an April Fool! Well, goodness me. This one is a market mover and simply unbelievable! This morning Nigel Smith, Group Chief Executive of HSBC took to the stage to announce the purchase of the UK’s smallest mobile network operator, 3UK. It’s [...]
My slides from The Big M event in Bath
Here are my slides from this Monday’s presentation at The Big M mobile event in Bath: The Big M – Ewan's Presentation View more presentations from Mobile Industry Review Update: The slides made the ‘spotlight’ section of Slideshare — thanks to the editors there!
Video: My Abroadband SIM has arrived
My Abroadband SIM arrived yesterday — finally. DHL tried to deliver it just a few days after I placed the order but there was no one home hence the delay. I’m delighted to say that it’s everything I expected: Clear packaging, simple instructions, evidently the output of a team of smart people who’ve really thought [...]
Coming soon: Mobile Developer Titans, supported by BlueVia
We’ve got a new series coming here on Mobile Industry Review. It’s called Mobile Developer Titans. It’s supported by Telefonica’s developer programme, BlueVia (more about that below). I’m hunting for 10 mobile developers to profile here on the site. I’m not interested in featuring just any developer in the series, though. I’m looking for developers who’ve [...]
Greasy Food And Petty Crime? It Must Be Barcelona For Mobile World Congress
Hello! Andrew Scott here with a look ahead at Mobile World Congress. We have less than 100 hours to go until the doors of the world’s biggest and best known mobile conference swing open in Barcelona for another year, so let’s pause to see what we have to look forward to. As all good conferences, [...]
Mobile entertainment startup? Apply to present at CC Ventures now!
Calling all mobile entertainment startups! I’ve just sat down with Jef Frenette, the chap who’s managing the rather exciting Connected Creativity Ventures (“CC Ventures”) startup competition. (It’s part of the Connected Creativity at MIPTV event I wrote about yesterday.) Jef is on the hunt for smart mobile entertainment startup companies to put in front of [...]
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- Watch how this one plays out: o2 sending mobile numbers to every website you visit
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T-Mobile’s Full Monty price plan: Unlimited everything — it’s brilliant and it’s the way ahead
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Trying DaaS on my iPad — it really does rock
- Nokia’s six-screen “Agora” Social Visualizer launches internally
- MWC: I just can’t wait for App Planet!
- Baby Number Two is due any moment — So I’m not going to MWC!
- Operators: “Please stop using our network!” (“And, er, thanks for your money!”)
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