mocoNews Quick Hits: 12.31.09

»  The Apple tablet/ereader rumor now has a name. Or two, to be exact. Various companies with links to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) have registered the domain names and trademarks for iSlate and iGuide, which may even get used in combination as a device and service. [MacRumours.com] »  Mobile operator Orange is introducing a high-definition voice [...]

Tweets from 2009-12-30

RT @neilpatel: Ten gadgets that defined the decade http://bit.ly/4UPz2Z (How many of them have you owned? 8/10 – No Tivo or Treo for me) 11:11:30 @bijan problem is that Twitter does do well for CJK, particularly across diff clients in reply to bijan 09:32:19 RT @ceonyc: New post: Five ways to generate momentum in your [...]

Disney outlines mobile strategy

A Disney Online executive discussed Walt Disney Co.’s multifaceted mobile strategy in an exclusive interview. Go to Source

What You (may have) Missed – Part 50

As is the tradition on Mobile Marketing Magazine, our last monthly round-up of the year comes a day earlier than usual, and looks back at the highlights of the past 12 months in the mobile world. It seems hard to believe that this time last year, AdMob, did not have a tracking service for iPhone [...]

Nuance Buys SpinVox

SpinVox has been bought by Nuance for $102.5 million, (£64 million). Nuance says that by integrating SpinVox’s carrier services with its speech recognition platform, it will further accelerate the growth of its voice-to-text business and scale to meet the needs of a growing, global customer base. Nuance says that as a result of the acquisition, [...]

Network Upgrades Promised After iPhone ‘Explosion’

AT&T (NYSE: T) customers must know exactly how O2 UK subscribers must feel. Many using the network in 2009 have struggled with disappearing data service and unconnected calls. In the FT, CEO Ronan Dunne apologises, blames an “explosion” in smartphone data traffic and promises three fixes – “software modifications to ensure it can better manage [...]

Mobile marketers OK proposed New Jersey bill to ban unsolicited SMS

CEOs of leading SMS marketing firms signalled their approval of proposed legislation from New Jersey to stop unsolicited text-message advertisements to residents of the Garden State. Go to Source

Looking Back At My 2009 Predictions – How Did I Do?

Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks – Photo by Adam.J.W.C. Some Rights Reserved With 2009 drawing to a close it’s time to look back at the predictions for 2009 that I made a year ago. How did I do? I predicted that: 1. At least a half a dozen new Android phones will be released in [...]

Overcoming The Mounting Problem Of Mobile Metric Fragmentation

Advertising in general is a data-driven ecosystem.  Without the appropriate metrics to utilize, any campaign is all but useless.  Such is the problem facing many mobile advertisers- various metrics are in place, yet they come from a variety of sources with no clear-cut form of organization and centralization.  Fragmentation of information is a major hurdle [...]

Amazon Kindle Has Mobileslate Subscription

Last night I reported that I submitted my blog to be viewable on the Amazon Kindle. Got the approval within 24 hours and below is a screenshot: I did not have any control over the price, the default price is $1.99 USD. One would assume that it covers the cost of the Amazon WhisperNet provided [...]

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