Archive for April, 2009
Vodafone Portugal launches a widget contest
It’s called “Concurso Apps Vodafone” and aims for innovation and creation of small web apps (widget’s) in Portugal for the Vodafone app store (soon to launch). The best 5 widgets will get prizes; €20.000 for the best, $5.000 for second place and €2.500 for the last three. The selected widgets could be monetized on the app store and the first [...]
3rd meeting slides
Following last meeting, here’s the slides for Paulo Glórias talk: iphone-livetv_momopt. Diogo Caldeira Pires, “smile, it’s monday”, is available on prezi. I would like to thank all that showed up and stayed for dinner, but specially to Paulo and Diogo for starting the debate afterwords.
Amazon launches shopping app for BlackBerry
Amazon.com Inc. has lauched its latest mobile offering, the Amazon App for BlackBerry, which is now available as a free download directly from its Web site. “Amazon App for BlackBerry is a new mobile application from Amazon that allows BlackBerry users to simply and quickly find the items they want, conduct product research, make price [...]
Virgin Mobile Cuts Price Of Unlimited Plan To $50; Does Not Include Data
Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) has cut the price of its unlimited calling plan down to $50 from $80, joining the US’s second-tier carriers in a prepaid price war, reports AP. The new plan rolls out April 15, and according to Virgin spokesperson Jayne Wallace the move was “definitely a response to the marketplace.”
Recession will cut mobile entertainment growth in half
Unless key markets emerge from recession, user spending on mobile entertainment services will slow dramatically, increasing by nearly $13 billion over the next five years according to a forecast issued by market analysis firm Juniper Research, which previously predicted pre-downturn growth of $26 billion. Other findings from the report include: • Mobile TV is likely [...]
The Open Mobile Summit ’09
There is going to be a summit about the mobile sector where all the big players will participate. It will take place in London on the 10 and 11 of June. For registration and more information please click here, http://www.openmobilesummit.com/
Visa to launch contactless mobile payments
Malaysia is first country get NFC-based system, backed by Maxis, Nokia and Maybank. The commercial launch follows a trial period of the service, which allows people to pay for stuff by waving their handset across a reader. The initiative is backed by local bank Maybank, operator Maxis and 3,000 NFC-enabled 6212 handsets supplied by Nokia. [...]
Develop Conference 2009
There is going to be a Develop Conference and Expo in England. The event takes place from July 14th to 16th at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Brighton. The main focus this year will be the Evolvove conference track, which looks at game development for new platforms including mobile, iPhone, Android and XBLA, new technologies and [...]
Last minute agenda for today’s 3rd meeting
We know that it’s probably way too late to post, but agenda problems with some speakers forced us to change it by last minute: – 18h15 - Smile, it’s monday! by Diogo Caldeira Pires Diogo Pires holds a Business Communication Degree at ISCEM, with academic internships at companies like ideiateca and SIC Online, worked as Marketing and [...]
