Double Digit Growth of Local Mobile Usage, but what are the Traditional players doing about it?

Published 29th July
Study Shows Double Digit Growth of Local Mobile Usage, Unlocking Access to Younger, Wealthier, On-the-Go Consumers
“A US report published today by Comscore and the Yellow Pages association has shown that Consumers looking for local businesses are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to access Internet Yellow Pages and local sites, while similar local [...]

Mobile Internet exploding, online ads about to take off, says analyst Mary Meeker

Published 8th June
Internet research analyst Mary Meeker delivered a full plate of mobile and online advertising optimism Monday in the form of her 48-page Internet Trends presentation.
Internet Trends 2010 by Morgan Stanley Research
In the Morgan Stanley analyst’s presentation at the Conversational Marketing Summit in New York, Meeker said mobile Internet use is ramping up faster [...]

M-publishing, a future for media owners…

Published 2nd June

Yesterday Camerjam events hosted another great mobile service focused conference. The event titled ‘M-publishing’ focused on the future of publishing in the mobile environment.
The event opened with a great key note from the effervesent Jonathan MacDonald. Below:
The future of publishing June 2010
As you can imagine there was a lot of talk about applications, I don’t how many [...]

The mobile touch web – virtual roundtable

Published 12th May
Mobile. Touch. Web
In the past 15 years technology has changed in ways that no one could have forseen. Now with the convergence of the mobile Web and touch screen technology we’re embarking on another journey into the unpredictable. However… 
A Collaborative vision
If we’re all heading in the same direction why not make use of the [...]

Carnival of the Mobilists #219

Published 12th April
Greetings and welcome to the 219th Carnival of the Mobilists. This week created and hosted by AntoineRJWright.
Our Indigo 102 post on the iPhone was featured and received a best ‘nod’ from Antoine. For the full Carnival visit: 219th Carnival of the Mobilists
The excerpt:
“Indigo 102 diagnoses the “i Syndrome” that’s unfortunately too common in [...]

Manual for the 2nd Internet Revolution – Mobile Mania

Published 9th April
Two videos based on a great publication from Young and Rubicam – presented by Simon Silvester.
MOBILE

Always on
Always with you
Always connected

The world is changing as the mobile becomes the computer.
Part 1:

Part 2:

‘iSyndrome’ – Why limit your slice of the pie?

Published 7th April
iSyndrome (ai sindreum) n. a symptom, characteristic, or belief, that building an iPhone application translates to = mobile strategy.

In conversation with leading mobile search expert Peggy Ann Salz, of mSearchGroove (of which I am a Guest columnist), we ended up talking about some of the fundamental challenges that organisations face when defining and [...]

Carnival of the mobilists #217 – the best of mobile blogging

Published 29th March

Welcome to the 217th edition of Carnival of the Mobilists. This week it is again the turn of leading mobile strategist Martin Wilson of Indigo102 to provide his take on a week in mobile.
A week in mobile is never a dull affair.
The mobile buzz has continued in no uncertain terms; two major US [...]

Real Reasons Why Traditional Media Can Really (Still) Win Big In Mobile Advertising

Published 24th March
Guest post published on mSearchGroove 
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mobile advertising is certain the hot topic at CTIA, where Mobile Web And Apps World Forum (Ajit Jaokar’s CTIA partner event) was standing room only. (Well done Ajit!) Players from across the ecosystem are anxious to explore new models to monetize inventory, apps and services. However, as I [...]

Could mobile search be Bing’s big breakthrough?

Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Google dominates search on the Web, but on mobile phones — where distribution matters and where the lessons of Google’s ways are well understood — Microsoft just might have an edge.
 The escalating rivalry between Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) might be the best thing that happens to Bing this year. Microsoft’s  little [...]