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Q&A: 1020 Placecast’s Blair Swedeen On the Future of the Mobile Ad Industry

Yesterday I posted the first part of a chat with Blair Swedeen, the VP of Market Development at location-based advertising network 1020 Placecast. We talked about 1020 Placecast's business model, the user experience in location-based advertising, and how important GPS-enabled phones are to location-based advertising. Today, we go over the...

Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, Location, SkyFire, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jake Swearingen

Blog posts 2008-06-17

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Skyfire Browser Stomps Pocket Internet Explorer

Tired of the anemic Web browser built into most Windows Mobile phones? (Yeah, we're looking at you, Internet Explorer Mobile.) Skyfire promises a more PC-like browsing experience, complete with Flash, QuickTime, audio, and video. Skyfire is a free browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 phones. In addition...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Video, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Skyfire Browser, Web Browsers, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Rick Broida

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Mobile Content Bits: WeMix Rings Up Phonezoo; Skyfire Update; MySpaceID On Vodafone; Amobee; Skype

-- Ludacris's WeMix Partners With Phonezoo: Ludacris is launching WeMix a new user-generated music site with Phonezoo to give independent artists a way to create and distribute ringtones. WeMix is kicking off with a channel on Phonezoo that will include profiles of artists and ringtones. As a whole, WeMix...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Apple, Browsers, Companies, Countries, Entertainment, Europe, Google, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing, Matt Kapko, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Mobile Adv & Mktg, Mobile Music, Music Labels, News Corp., Nokia, Nokia Corp., NYSE Euronext, Operating Systems, Qualcomm, RIM, Skype Technologies S.A., Social Media, Software, Technologies, UK, Vodafone Group Plc., WeMix Partners

External links 2008-12-09

CBS Sports Streams SEC Games Free Online; Charges For Mobile

Earlier this year, CBS Sports tested the mobile live video market with a $4.99 iPhone/iTouch app for March Madness, streaming all 63 games of the famed men’s college basketball tourney. It must have gone well, despite being limited to Wi-Fi access. CBS (NYSE: CBS) won’t release download stats but...

Tags: Mobile, SEC, Video, CBS Corp., CBSSports.com, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Apple, iPhone, CBS, Staci D. Kramer

External links 2009-09-24

Congrats To 2008 Crunchies Winners!

From TechCrunch: The second annual Crunchies are over, and 900 people are across the street at the after-party toasting the winners. For those of you who didn't attend or see it live on Ustream, the nominees, winners and runners up for each category are below. We'll have follow up coverage...

News items 2009-08-07

RIM acquires WebKit solutions provider to enhance BlackBerry browsing experience

Research In Motion has made an acquisition aimed at bolstering the web browsing experience on BlackBerry devices. The company has acquired Torch Mobile, a WebKit solutions provider and creator of the Iris web browser for mobile and embedded devices. Iris currently runs on Windows Mobile phones. It also runs on Qtopia,...

Tags: Web browser, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd.

News items 2009-08-26