Search results for: “mobile”
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Mobileye & more stuff
Mobileye public offering by Intel Mobileye S-1 Teardown – by Doug O’Laughlin – Intel looks desperate in this examination of the Mobileye S-1 filing. Israeli origins Mobileye is an Israeli based business acquired by Intel. It specialises in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving. Its EyeQ series chips are used by pretty much…
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The mobile industry and it’s progress
Just over 11 years ago I watched a talk on the mobile industry by Charles Dunstone of Carphone Warehouse at the LSE. I came across the post by accident the other evening and wondered how well Dunstone’s view held up over the past decade or so. On VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol)… I think that…
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Mobile searches + more
Saying a third of mobile searches are local, Google brings “Promoted Pins” to Maps – but still no development platform for third party integration. Google Maps is still behind Baidu Maps in this respect. But the pivot towards local mobile searches offers opportunities for many small and medium sized businesses. More on where 2.0 related topics…
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Shop OS versus mobile OS
I decided to write this post to reflect on the very different visions of digital retailing that consumers are currently experiencing. I’ve labelled these two visions mobile OS and Shop OS respectively. The Mobile OS I went to Wagamama with some colleagues from Racepoint where we were encouraged to all download Qkr!. Qkr! is an application…
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Desktop and mobile messaging
Whatsapp gets into desktop and mobile messaging Over the past few weeks WhatsApp has rolled out a web client to complement its previously mobile-only experience. From a technical point-of-view this was WhatsApp playing catch-up with its rivals. Skype has long been a multi-platform desktop and mobile messaging system that made the leap to phones over…
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John Legere on T-Mobile
John Legere knows how to work his crowd, a technology CEO channelling Lenny Bruce with a mix of common sense and expletive strewn humour. Beneath that showmanship is an interesting analysis from the inside of what its like to run a modern cellular carrier business. Outtakes from John Legere Interesting the way he talks about…
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Swytch & others at Mobile Monday demo night
I just got back from Mobile Monday’s demo night ran at the Thistle Marble Arch featuring Swytch, Quiztix, Mylo, Viewmaker, Pronto and Adsy. This evening’s event used the facilities of an Informa-ran telecoms conference: Service Delivery Innovation Summit. I missed the start of the event so my notes probably miss part of the applications on…
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Mobile data + other news
Mobile data Consumers Want More Mobile Data, But Simply Don’t Want to Pay | Parks Associates – this analysis of mobile data makes me think that mobile providers have failed to articulate the benefits of mobile data. Secondly it is probably also a symptom of the way mobile devices are used a lot in the…
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Mobile laboratory: Hong Kong
According to a commentator in the Hong Kong Economic Times: Hong Kong consumers spend 129 minutes a day on their mobile devices, 90 per cent of that time is using applications and mobile internet-enabled services. According to Hong Kong government statistics mobile penetration is 223% compared to 128% across the EU, though many of these…