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As mentioned in my previous post, last week I spent a couple of days in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, for the Digital Leaders Forum at CHEIL Worldwide HQ (view the presentation I did on Mobile Digital Storytelling).
It is well-known that South Korea - together with Japan - has one of the most advanced mobile cultures […]

Last week I was invited by CHEIL Worldwide HQ in Seoul - a global marketing and communications affiliate company of the Samsung Group, to do a presentation at the Digital Leaders Forum on Mobile Digital Storytelling.
It was a really interesting trip to learn more about the Korean mobile culture - more on this in a […]

Last Friday I was in Amsterdam for the final part of the Vodafone Mobile Clicks awards - a 100.000 euro competition initiated by Vodafone Netherlands, SPRX Mobile and MobileMonday Amsterdam. Six finalists were selected out of +50 entries after four busy months and 3 jury intensive jury rounds.
Finalists were: TipSpot, Nulaz, MapTheGap, MobyPicture, Exphera and […]

Today Telefónica revealed its pricing plans for the iPhone 3G, tomorrow available in Spain in over 1.500 Telefónica stores and in 15 other countries. Telefónica is distributing the Apple iPhone in 12 Latin American countries and the Czech Republic. This builds on earlier exclusive, multi-year agreements signed between the two companies in the UK […]

A couple of days before the event, some 150 companies registered to attend MOBILE 2.0 EUROPE event, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, mobile application and service providers, bloggers, press and web technologists. If you want to attend the event to connect to industry leadership and broaden your C-level relationships, you can still buy […]

… Germany, Spain and Belgium to go live in 2009 …
Blyk, the new mobile network for 16-24 year olds funded by advertising, announces its next wave of European expansion into Germany, Spain and Belgium in 2009, following its announcement to enter the Dutch market earlier this year. Blyk’s rapid expansion is subsequent to its UK […]

The next Mobile Monday Barcelona on June 2, 2008 will be held at the Auditorium of Barcelona Activa and covers the topic Micromedia, exploring user-generated microblogging content and tools. The session will include Hector Milla from Balzac.TV, Tony Fish from AMF Ventures, Mireia Fontbernat from QIK and Alberto Tognazzi from the Movil Film Fest.
Networking:
As usual, […]

The MOBILE 2.0 EUROPE conference is heating up! More than 50 startups have already registered to participate to the event. The Mobile 2.0 Europe presenting start-ups will be selected in 3 Categories (Seed Capital Stage, Pre Series A and Post Series A) - any start-up with a mobile application can apply. If you haven’t […]

Here are my Mobile 2.0 slides of the keynote I did last Friday in London at the Over The Air event, a great initiative by Daniel Appelquist and Ian Forrester. Over the Air was organised by Mobile Monday London, hosted by Imperial College and supported by the BBC.
Kudos to the whole team who made this […]

The next MobileMonday Barcelona event on March 10 covers Mobile Travel Services. Montse Comaposada, Technical Director Internet of Barcelona City Council will demo the recently launched barcelona.mobi and Diego Bartolomé, CEO of Ta With You, presents a multilingual mobile translation service. Jefferson Wright Chandler will speak about Shozu’s related travel services and Andrea Trasatti, co-Founder […]