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Is Netflix about to be a real problem for the UK’s mobile operators?

I signed up for Netflix this morning after reading Matt’s post over at The Next Web. It’s just £5.99 a month. I’ve used the service in the States a few times and was very impressed. Today’s UK launch is rightly generating a lot of excitement — and given there’s a 1-month free trial (you do [...]

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‪Mobile Video Optimisation: Time for a new era? ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Noam Green from Mobixell caught my recent post about the data capacity crunch and sent in this contribution as a response — along with an infographic (at the bottom). Over to Noam: – – – – – Current approaches to mobile network and content optimisation will fail to address the real requirements of managing the [...]

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Polycom’s RealPresence for iPad 2: Utterly brilliant

This morning I did a video conference call from my office at home in Ascot. My equipment was simply a BT Infinity internet connection along with an iPad 2 running Polycom’s all new RealPresence app. My colleague’s equipment? £15k’s worth of Polycom kit attached to a whopping 42″ screen. He even has a little control [...]

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DevCon Video: Sean from Perfecto Mobile

It’s time for another one of the video interviews I conducted at last week’s BlackBerry DevCon. This time I’m featuring Sean, one of the chaps from mobile services firm, Perfecto Mobile. In this video Sean gives us an overview of the company’s key offerings (in particular, application testing, scripting and monitoring). Over to Sean:

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DevCon Video: Nimrod Cohen from Search 4 BBM

Here’s an interview from last week’s BlackBerry DevCon Americas event. It features Nimrod Cohen, top man at Search 4 BBM, discussing his all new search facility for BlackBerry Messenger profiles. Over to Nimrod:

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50% of users abandon mobile videos half way through watching

I met up with Noam from Mobixell before this year’s Mobile World Congress. I was meant to meet up with him again in Barcelona, but unfortunately he was ill. Anyway, I enjoyed Mobixell’s take on the issue of network congestion – the causes of it (mainly video according to Mobixell) and some ways to try [...]

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Rio Caraeff, CEO of Vevo talks at MIPTV 2011

Rio Caraeff, CEO of Vevo talks at MIPTV 2011

Rio Caraeff introduces Vevo at Connected Creativity, MIPTV 2011. Vevo is a music distribution platform focused on providing video on any place and platform. Owned by the world’s largest entertainment companies, Vevo works with artists like Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Rhianna making content available to everyone. More from Rio:

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Behind the scenes: Why I’m renting my camera equipment in the States

Last year I was temporary delayed at the US border in Los Angeles. It was not a stunning experience. Not after a 12-hour flight. I thought you might like a little bit of background into what goes into delivering some of the content you see/view here on Mobile Industry Review. A few years ago I [...]

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Aviv Goren of SundaySky demonstrates video bill technology

Aviv Goren of SundaySky demonstrates video bill technology

Here is an interesting video from Ewan’s recent visit at Amdocs Miami. Over to Ewan: I popped by the SundaySky stand at the Amdocs InTouch 2011 event to meet Aviv Goren. One of the company’s key products is video bill technology that automatically creates a personalised overview video of your latest bill. It’s aimed at [...]

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Whan Stransom of System Concepts

Whan Stransom of System Concepts

Continuing our video episodes from the most recent Unlimited Drinks event, next up is Whan Stransom. Whan, as a senior consultant at System Concepts is focused on user experience and helping people embrace technology. In this video we asked Whan to talk to us about the importance of user involvement in the design of products [...]

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Darryl Ashing of Ashings.com

Darryl Ashing of Ashings.com

Continuing our video episodes from last week’s Unlimited Drinks, next up is Darryl Ashing. Darryl is a very, very useful chap. There comes a time in all budding entrepreneurial careers when the realities of cash flow begin to hit home only too vividly. Darryl, as founder of Ashings Chartered Accountants, is your man. It’s better [...]

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Keld van Schreven of Diary.com

Keld van Schreven of Diary.com

Continuing our video episodes from last week’s Unlimited Drinks, next up is Keld van Schreven. I’ve known Keld a long time (as he touches upon in the video) so it was super to see him at the event discussing his all new startup, Diary.com. It does what-it-says-on-the-tin: Online diary management that syncs with almost everything. [...]

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