SpinVox investor: company has been ‘put up for sale’
The BBC is reporting that SpinVox has been “put up for sale”, according to one of it’s investors. The actual quote the BBC obtained from Invesco Perpetual is: “The business has been put up for sale,...
View ArticleNokia, RIM & Ericsson tipped as SpinVox bidders
Adding SpinVox’s call-centre technology and know-how to an existing product/service configuration will make a lot of sense to quite a few companies. One of my favourite mobile analysts, John Strand, is...
View ArticleHulloMail could have helped Warren Buffett save Lehman Brothers
Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, knows a thing or two about investing money. Sadly, he’s not quite up there with his Samsung handset. Or, an alternative viewpoint: Samsung spectacularly failed him...
View ArticleNokia buys Dopplr. Right on.
TechCrunch’s Mr A has the story on the Dopplr acquisition. Right on. This is very good news for Marko Ahtisaari, co-founder and CEO and former Nokia Director of Design Strategy. 1.25m EURO funding and...
View ArticleEconet Telecom launches ForgetMeNot’s email-by-SMS service for Lesotho
For me, Africa is the content to watch for mobile innovation. Whilst there’s a lot moving in the Far East, I’m ever hopeful that the introduction of reliable and inexpensive communications facilities...
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An unwitting introduction to InTechnology’s ‘pushToexperience’ service
Regularly I get emails with slightly dodgy contents. Indeed a whopping 98% of my incoming email is total spam, or from utter weirdos. Filtering the real from the made up, or mad, does take a bit of...
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Start your car with your iPhone thanks to Viper SmartStart
Yes. There is an app for that. It is flippin’ genius. Here’s how it works. It’s 7am and you’ve just been woken up by some gentle harp strumming from your iPhone. You have a look at your email. You...
View ArticleLondon Underground chap threatens: ‘sling him under a train’
Everyone’s a citizen journalist now. We’re all walking around with devices that can capture brilliant quality video (or in the case of the Samsung Omnia HD i8910, HD video at 720p@24fps). This is...
View ArticleMother tweets whilst her son lies dying
Here’s how the London Telegraph reports the news: As paramedics attempted to revive her son Bryson after he was found floating face down in a swimming pool, Shellie Ross sent out a message on Twitter ,...
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HulloMail launches voice-emails (“Hullos”) and iPhone app: Total genius!
I’ve been using HulloMail as my voicemail replacement for about 6 months and it’s been flippin’ fantastic (not to mention the fact it’s actually free of charge!). I really like the way that voicemails...
View ArticleHulloMail: A trip down memory lane
Just in case you’re wondering where HulloMail comes from, I thought I’d re-post this old Mobile Industry Review video from yonder. It was first published on the 10th of November, 2008 — so it’s well...
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KangoGift: Instant real gifts by mobile phone
I picked up a story from Iconoculture about KangoGift this afternoon. Here’s how they describe it: * Beta site KangoGift is now providing the hookup for what might be called presentexting. The service...
View ArticleMobile Money: Real Madrid makes €14M from 100,000 mobile subscribers
The super Tomi Ahonen has the details…
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Thanks, ipadio!
The ipadio team have very kindly placed my latest phlogs (phone-blogs) on their frontpage today: Have you been listening in? I’ve had quite a few emails from surprised individuals flicking through...
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VoxSciences will keep SpinVox users connected
After my post yesterday about HulloMail, SpinVox users about to be switched off might like to check out the voice-to-text service from VoxSciences. Unlike SpinVox, VoxSciences are profitable — although...
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Has anyone used their mobile on Oman Air yet?
I saw the above add when I was having a look at The Times this morning. Quite apart from the fact that the advert looks a little amateur, it did prompt me to wonder how people using Oman Air have been...
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Flirtomatic: Liberal Democrats surge ahead on Super Snogs
Flirtomatic, the Great British mobile flirting success story has been running a general election poll. (If you’re not up on British politics, there’s a general election due tomorrow) As all of Flirto’s...
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Touchnote embedded on millions of Sony Ericsson handsets
Embedding — where your application or service is preinstalled by a handset manufacturer or mobile operator — is one of the oft-forgotten tactics to Getting Big Fast in the mobile marketplace. For the...
View ArticleBlackBerry World: Samantha Stephens presents LogMeIn
Momchil here, with a video of Samantha Stephens presenting LogMeIn. LogMeIn is a “remote access company” it allows users to access various connected devices over the internet. It is available on...
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Microsoft, smartphones and the cloud – a recipe for success?
Is the cloud and mobile-first strategy making any difference? Microsoft has set its sights firmly on the smartphone market with the acquisition of Nokia. Since the failure of Windows Mobile, its...
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The mobile payments revolution
Mobile payment schemes are a hot topic at the moment, fuelled by revelations about Apple’s forthcoming Pay service which is about to be rolled out in the U.S. this month. The concept is not new: the...
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Apple Pay gains momentum
Apple’s mobile payment system, Apple Pay, was launched last month in the U.S. and despite some resistance from a handful of retailers, initial usage figures are encouraging and confirm the service is...
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Why the Cloud is here to stay
Nowadays, “the cloud” has become a buzzword but some people say it’s the answer to every problem that we face in computing and mobile, while others are convinced it’s a flash-in-the-pan that will...
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Can you run a business from a smartphone?
The demands of running a successful business may mean having to be on call 24/7, and even though laptops and desktop PCs are ubiquitous, many executives are finding they can actually run their...
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The text message turns 22, but are its days numbered?
Earlier this month the humble text message turned an incredible 22 years old. It was on December 3, 1992 that 22 year old Neil Papworth sent the first fifteen character message that simply read “merry...
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