SlashData TeamSep 3, 20073 minGeneralWhat on earth is open source ?[Over the next two weeks leading to the Informa’s open source conference, I ‘ll be looking at five traits which characterise open source...
SlashData TeamAug 31, 20075 minGeneralInterview: AdMob CEO Reveals Stats & Plans For An "Ad Lab" With Apple; Provides Sure-[The Msearchgroove exclusive mobile advertising podcast series in close cooperation with VisionMobile continues with AdMob CEO & Founder...
SlashData TeamAug 30, 20075 minGeneralEXCLUSIVE: Where’s The "M" In CPM? Millennial Media VP Talks About Targeting, Reach Continuing with our mobile advertising podcast series, we take a look at Millennial Media, the cross-platform mobile advertising company...
SlashData TeamAug 28, 20075 minGenerali-mode: the beginning of the endi-mode, once the mobile industry’s role model for data services has been dealt with three swift blows in July from O2, KPN and Telstra....
SlashData TeamJul 26, 20078 minGeneralGPLv3: is anti-Tivoisation flawed?GPLv3 is the latest incarnation of the Free Software Foundation s (FSF) GNU General Public License (GPL), published in June 2007. Its...
SlashData TeamJul 21, 20074 minGeneralFlash-Inside (R)Adobe’s Flash Lite has a enviable history of market penetration. Starting from DoCoMo handsets in May 2003, Flash Lite is quickly...
SlashData TeamJul 6, 20073 minGeneralHow iPhone is impacting the mobile industryAs an analyst working inside the mobile industry I ‘ve witnessed to hubbub of cheering, admiration and idolatry for the iPhone in the...
SlashData TeamJun 24, 20071 minGeneralFive upsell strategies for mobile ISVsMobile software vendors (ISVs) who develop software for mobile handsets are competing in an increasingly crowded market; on-device...
SlashData TeamJun 14, 20076 minGeneralActivating the Idle ScreenWe recently researched and authored an extensive research paper on the subject of active idle screens; that is, the technology that turns...
SlashData TeamJun 3, 20077 minGeneralContainer projects: The next chapter in handset customisationThe history book of the mobile handset industry has gone through two turbulent chapters to date; the first na ve years of manufacturer...
SlashData TeamMay 28, 20074 minGeneralCarnival of the Mobilists 75Welcome to the 75th Carnival of the Mobilists ! This week’s edition is brought to you by Hampus Jakobsson and Andreas Constantinou at the...
SlashData TeamMay 11, 20074 minGeneralFlash Lite: Facts and FiguresAdobe s Flash Lite is widely recognized as one of the most pervasive software platforms in the mobile market. It s fast penetrating the...
SlashData TeamApr 29, 20077 minGeneralPrague or Berlin ? Behind the scenes of the SIM industrySIM cards, the tiny chips that authenticate the subscriber to the network, are a market of 2 billion unit sales per year. A market which...
SlashData TeamApr 12, 20075 minGeneralThe headaches of being a handset OEMSome things remain true: Markets always shift and the lord giveth and the lord taketh. In the mobile handset industry we have seen...
SlashData TeamApr 7, 20075 minGeneralBye Bye BrowserThe mobile browser business has been dealt with a swift blow within the space of a week: Teleca announced that it halts investments into...
SlashData TeamMar 29, 20075 minGeneralTo Build or to buy? To Patent or not to?The mobile software industry is never short of challenges. Manufacturers and software vendors are constantly riddled with the question of...
SlashData TeamMar 14, 20075 minGeneralRethinking application environmentsHandset software is a fascinating topic in the mobile industry, albeit one that is often misunderstood. Application environments like...
SlashData TeamFeb 27, 20073 minGeneralOn-device portals: Sardines in a canIf you were at 3GSM a couple of weeks ago, you would have noticed that the term ODP has become quite widely used. Unlike other...
SlashData TeamFeb 21, 20074 minGeneralReversing Mobile TVOne of the simplest and most brilliant ideas I ‘ve read in a while comes from Deloitte’s telecommunications predictions for 2007. This...
SlashData TeamFeb 5, 20074 minGeneralGet real: Focus on Voice not DataWith voice ARPU steadily declining and data ARPU undercompensating, network operators should re-examine their data services strategies....