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MyStrands has secured $24 million in its Series B2 round of funding. Spanish bank BBVA led the funding along with existing investor Debaeque. The last round of funding closed in June at $25 million, bringing the total capital raised to date to $55 million. You can read the full details of the anouncement at […]

The 3GSM World Congress gives you a good overview of where the actual market is today - still a lot like last year - it looked at first sight…
My first thought to start this years’ 3GSM wrapup was to check what I wrote last year: “It took me a couple of days to be able […]

AWARDS
The GSM Association Announced on Tuesday its 2007 Global Mobile Awards Winners, an Oscar-a-like ceremony to celebrate the best in telecom industry. I was not there so I cannot really say anything about this show, apart from Shozu - which I mentioned yesterday, there are 2 winners I think deserve some more attention.
Most Innovative Technology […]

Many of you have been sending mails with questions related to 3GSM World Congress info, events and parties, MobileMonday and mobilists gatherings happening around. I tried to answer to everyone but sorry if you’d have been looked over, my mailbox looks pretty bold these these. If you want to know where the action is going […]

Last year, as a starter for 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Stuart Mudie came up with the idea to get together with some other mobile bloggers. We hadn’t decided on a place to meet until one week before the event, since we wanted to consider any good suggestion for a cool bar…
Stuart just anounced he […]

Year end goes together with the usual Top 100 of the year (or all times). You can check my most played music of 2006 and a lot more here at MyStrands.com. You can do all this also on your cell going to m.mystrands.com. And check what’s happening around on New Years’ Eve on your […]

Just recovered from MobileMonday Barcelona event on Mobile Social Networks and I’m already off to Paris  for the 1 year anniversary party of MobileMonday France. MMF have invited partyStrands to the party to introduce their interactive music and entertainment service. Utilizing screens, mobile phones and digital music, partyStrands will offer the Paris MoMo crowd a […]

partyStranding at Belchica
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Here below an interactive screen demo of partyStrands application taken at La Botellita - Serrano in Madrid last Thursday.

see who/what is playing
incoming user request (through SMS) influencing music with artist (x)
recommendations of similar style music
users in the waiting queue
another incoming influencing music request
user chat screen (cut)

Below a screenshot of the BAR page at the partyStrands […]

Oliver Starr’s got a thorough writeup of the latest edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists over at MobileCrunch. Check it out for the week’s best blogging about mobile. Check my review of a partyStrands beta-party in Madrid last week at the just launched partyStrands blog.
And here some pictures from host Caroline Lewko from the […]