24/02/2010 - Widget on Demand: Interview with Thomas Landspurg, CTO of Webwag

At the Mobile World Congress we met with Thomas Landspurg, CTO and Co-Founder of Webwag, the company that publishes mobile and web widget convergent solutions.

They had a big announcement in Barcelona – they announced that they had become a developer of AFP’s LIVE SPORT NEWS app for the recently unveiled PUMA PHONE.

24/11/2009 - Web & Mobility Summit: European Startups in the Time of Crisis

The second Web & Mobility Summit, the event that aims to bring together Europe’s most innovative web & mobility start-ups, venture capitalists and industry professionals, took place last week in Montreux, Switzerland.

Although it was hard to find any big innovation listening to the presentations of the selected start-ups (they presented rather proven and well-tested ideas), it was noticeable that all of the companies are doing well, moneywise, even during the crisis, and it seems that this was a primary criteria for the selection.

06/11/2009 - Running Web 2.0 Campaign: Interview with Ben Self, Founding Partner of Blue State Digital

Blue State Digital claims itself to be “the leader in online fundraising, advocacy, social networking, constituency development for nonprofit organizations, political candidates and causes, and corporations.” Though just starting in 2004 they've been able to acquire an impressive clientele list to include President Obama, Walmart, Alliance for Climate Protection and Communication Workers of America.

When asked what separates their products and services from the rest, found partner Ben Self had this to say, “the thing that I think makes it really interesting and important is that it has been rigorously tested through our analytics department.”

28/10/2009 - Interview with Robert Lang of TechTour Web & Mobility Summit

TechTour is nonprofit organization that puts on many events and they either have a country focus or they are industry focus, but both welcome investors, startups, and innovators to come together. Each of them repeat themselves every 3 or 4 years providing a cycle between each event and summit.

"More specifically, the Web & Mobility Summit, which takes place on November 18-19, 2009. It is during these events that we pull together a committee from the industry, venture capitalists, and business angels," said Robert Lang, President of the TechTour Web & Mobility Summit, in an interview with Biz-News.com.

26/10/2009 - Mobile Internet in Africa: Interview with Jose Henriques, Vodacom

Mobile internet is no longer luxury in Africa as it has become a valuable tool of global development, this according to Jose Henriques, Vodacom executive head of internet services.

Henriques was speaking to Biz-News.com in Johannesburg last week during the Mobile Web Africa conference whose focus was looking at ways of harnessing the potential of internet and applications on mobile devices.

26/10/2009 - Web & Mobility Summit – Debate the Hot Issues and Network with VCs, Business Angels and Europe’s Top 25 Start-ups

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The second Web and Mobility Summit, (Montreux, 18-19 November) will attack the hot issues being debated on the web and mobility scene today with a series of panels and keynotes, while the 25 top European web and mobility start-ups will be there to present to VCs and business angels. A hand-picked delegation of industry leaders, service providers and academics will also attend.

The 25 selected Start-ups, to be announced at the Summit itself, will come from some of the strongholds of the European scene, such as mobile social networks, mobile publishing, adserving and gaming, as well as Ecommerce, E-business, payment and billing.

22/10/2009 - Young Entrepreneur Brings Openmoko to Africa

INTERVIEW. A young entrepreneur in South Africa has teamed up with Openmoko to distribute the Neo Freerunner to Africa.

Nyasha Mutsekwa spoke to Biz-News.com at the sidelines of Mobile Web Africa conference in Johannesburg of his mission.

The Neo Freerunner is an open-source phone, which allows developers and enthuasists alike access to the source code and hardware schematics to customize the device to their hearts content.

15/10/2009 - Thumbs Up For SA's "Call Me Back" Technology

South African mobile cellular phone companies have been praised for implementing a free “Call Me Back” short messages (SMS) information technology.

The two-day Mobile Web Africa conference was mainly focusing on harnessing the potential of the internet and applications on mobile devices aimed at improving people’s standards of life through affordable and readily accessible technology.

14/10/2009 - Internet On The Go: Interview with Deb Hall, Managing Director at Web2Mobile

INTERVIEW. Web2Mobile is a company that specializes in making your content mobile ready for ease of use for your customers on the go.

In the last 12 months we seen a lot change in the mobile market with a huge transition of users putting their mobile devices ahead of their laptops and desktop computers.

Deb Hall notes that even on a personal level, using mobile devices create a difference in behavior in how we use and read content and how we interact with our devices. In the last ten months she notes that this transition has become more apparent as the iPhone, specifically, has immersed itself into the general populace.

25/08/2009 - Innovation Come to BlackBerry as RIM Acquires Torch Mobile

Research in Motion announced acquisition of Torch Mobile, the Toronto based developer that has created Iris - an open-source browser for mobile devices. As Blackberry users look for innovation, RIM take a bold step in redefining their browser.

20/07/2009 - Mobile Web a "Miserable" Experience for Many Users

Mobile web users have 35 per cent less success completing website tasks on cell phones than they do on a PC, according to a study.
Small screens, awkward input, download delays and badly designed websites were all given as obstacles to a good browsing experience.

28/04/2009 - Zoho Expands Mobile Device Coverage For Business Apps

Zoho has extended mobile support for its free web applications to all the major smartphone platforms.
Initially only available for the iPhone and Windows Mobile, Zoho Mobile now supports Android, BlackBerry and Symbian mobile platforms as well.

21/04/2009 - AQA2U Launches Twitter-like Premium Text Service

Text message answer provider AQA has launched a new mobile service that it claims will allow content publishers to make money by sending text messages.
In what could be seen as a reference to Twitter, AQA's CEO, Colly Myers, describes the new venture as "web 2.0 with a business model".

13/03/2009 - Developers' Dilemma: Mobile Website or Downloadable Application?

Despite the rapidly increasing interest in mobile content - and the revenue generating potential it offers - uncertainty often exists over whether to develop mobile websites or create downloadable applications.
Ameet Shah, sales and business development director with Five Mobile, has raised some interesting points for those considering producing content for smartphones.

27/01/2009 - Mobile Firefox Expected On HTC Touch Pro

A beta version of Mozilla's mobile Firefox web browser - codenamed Fennec - could be launched on the HTC Touch Pro as early as next week.
The move is part of Moxilla's announced intention to move onto Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms.

21/01/2009 - Skydeck Syncs Mobiles' Calls, Contacts, and Voicemails With Web Browers

Skydeck has launched a feature-packed beta that syncs what takes place on cell phones to a web page.
The mobile startup's offering lists all contacts, received calls, missed calls, voicemails and text messages. So much so that the company is calling the new Skydeck "your cell phone, online".

09/01/2009 - Palm Unveils New Pre smartphone

Palm finally revealed its new smartphone, the Pre, along with an exclusive partnership with Sprint to distribute it.
The new touch-screen device and operating system, WebOS, received a positive welcome at CES in Las Vegas.

13/11/2008 - Web Conferencing Coming To Smartphones

PhoneTopp has announced an online conference and collaboration tool for use with smartphones - initially only for the iPhone and the Blackberry Bold.
Gartner estimates that in 2010, web conferencing will be available to 75 per cent of corporate users as standard facility alongside email, presence and calendaring.

16/10/2008 - Global Mobile Web Usage Exploding

Mobile Web and application usage is growing rapidly, according to mobile advertising agency AdMob.
The increase is attributed to a combination of organic growth from AdMob’s legacy publishers and the addition of thousands of new mobile sites and applications to the company’s publisher network.

24/09/2008 - Web Sites Must Adapt For Mobile Access

The rising popularity of smartphones and their increasing use to access the internet means web sites must be prepared for effective handheld viewing.
With the launch of new phones from the likes of Apple, RIM and now HTC, with Google’s Android-based G1, that trend is set to accelerate.