Scott Rafer’s Thank You Note from The Gambia
Scott posted a sweet note from a WINKsite user in Gambia (link below). His co-conspirator, David Harper, had shared it with me earlier and I had asked if they c...
Category: The Narrative
Open Gardens on: How mobile phones are transforming societies
Ajit points to a good BBC article on the changes in communications in Nigeria in the past 25 years. The same theme keeps popping up – the mobile phone is ...
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Darla recently wrote about a content aggregator (Wireless Watch, hereafter referred to as ‘that aggregator’) who was not only violating her copyrigh...
David Harper on: How to Free Yourself From Google’s Mobile Transcoding Services in 5 Days or More.
David finally managed to get special dispensation to avoid Google’s all-embracing transcoding mechanism. I am amazed that Google even had such an automate...
The Pondering Primate points out: Verisign Acquires mQube
Mobile marketing. Hoo hoo! Mobile marketing. Hoo hoo! Rock on, 2006! Link: The Pondering Primate: Verisign Acquires mQube. This deal is sending ripples throughh...
A break in our normal program – my WLAN phone
I normally don’t indulge here in gadget bliss, but I wanted to share one thought: I’ve been playing with one of Nokia’s WLAN phones with the n...
MobHappy says: Rudy Can’t Fail
Link: Rudy Can’t Fail at MobHappy. Apologies to Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, but sometimes you just need a title. Anyhow, I just wanted to point to two posts fe...
Amazing growth of mobile subs in Africa
I find it sad that when we say EMEA for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, we really only concentrate on Europe, secondarily on the Middle East, and never on Afri...
SMS isn’t dead yet
What did I tell you? SMS is still growing. Why? Because, among other things, it’s simple to understand and ubiquitous. My friend and I have been working i...
GigaOM on: Mobile Industry Doesn’t Get Consumers
Whoa. And he is so right. Link: GigaOM : � Mobile Industry Doesn’t Get Consumers. My take on this: if you are a wireless carrier, might as well save those milli...