Dear colleagues and friends, We are proud to launch the Riyadh Chapter of the global mobile industry networking organization Mobile Monday on September 3rd, Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn at 8:30 PM. Hope you can join us! Our goal is to provide a casual environment every month to mobile industry enthusiasts where ideas are exchanged, [...]

To spur local app developer communities to connect and grow, infoDev – with funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland – seeded eight Mobile Social Networking Hubs (mHubs) in developing countries, starting in early 2011. Today, the enthusiasm around one event attests to their success. MobileMonday, or MoMo, has grown from a monthly gathering of innovators [...]

We recently started co-op with organizers of an awesome upcoming event in Berlin , running 21-26 August, at the former Tempelhof airport. Campus Party is a global technology event, expecting 10,000 participants, with a strong focus on cutting-edge technologies and full-on networking. We are thrilled to invite and welcome Mobile Monday members from all regional chapters for a massive [...]

Southeast Asia has been a trade hub for thousands of years, and is a digital crossroads for Internet and mobile innovation now as well, according to our new research released today. The full report was presented to the media at the Mobile Monday Developer Lounge during the annual Communicasia conference and tradeshow. Titled “Crossroads of Innovation,” the [...]

Jari Tammisto speaks at the Mobile Summit Here’s a tip for any Israeli mobile entrepreneur seeking fame and fortune: Look east, not west; look south, not north. And learn some languages other than English. That tip comes courtesy of Jari Tammisto, perhaps the world’s most knowledgeable expert on the mobile business. With two decades of experience, [...]

The Israel Mobile Summit is MobileMonday Tel Aviv’s annual conference, and simply put, it is the greatest mobile show in town! This event that is a true celebration of the Israeli mobile industry, it features keynotes from top speakers , panels about the hot mobile topics, an innovation showcase and contest of the hottest Israeli mobile startups and plenty [...]

Updated – June 20th A Fantastic week in Singapore – we released our Free Debut Southeast Asia Research Report . We met MoMoista’s from across the region, a few quick pix from our mega-mixer at Molly Malones and the swanky Developers Lounge at MBS – Many Thanks to Nokia and Singapore Exhibition Services ..!! Mobile Monday at CommunicAsia 2012 in Singapore Mobile Monday [...]

It may not have received the attention of “American Idol,” but this week’s Mobile Monday Boston featured a similar type of competition among local mobile app developers. Featuring a three-person panel of venture capitalists, the Mobile Pitch Challenge gave area developers a prime opportunity to trot out their wares in public and receive constructive criticism about [...]

SnipSnap emerged victorious from Mobile Monday’s 5th Annual Demo Night at the Cira Center last night. Part of Philly Tech Week for the first time, Mobile Monday is one of the largest [...]

Branching out from its London base, organisers behind the latest Mobile Monday meet – bound for Birmingham on 30 April – have named the lucky bunch who’ve secured spots at the event. Leading the line will be PapayaMobile evangelist Oscar Clarke, who has previously made a splash at the London shindigs . Clarke’s opening gambit will be followed by [...]

We very pleased to welcome a great team in Belarus who have prepared a fantastic debut event for their new Mobile Monday Minsk chapter. See the launch details posted below and Smile Out Loud! An International forum “Mobile Monday: Innovations and Trends in Mobile Industry from Trend-Makers” will be held on April 30th , 2012 for the first [...]

Nokia is on the hunt for Windows Phone apps. The beleaguered phone maker today launched Code Warrior, a site where Windows Phone users and developers can propose ideas for apps and vote on them. Developers can then battle it out to create the best app for the challenge and earn the bounty that has been put [...]

The 4th Mobile Africa report produced by MobileMonday, released at the annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit, addresses the growing strength of mobile innovation practices in Africa. also see: 2011.pdf – 2010.pdf – 2009.pdf Overview: The focus of the Mobile Africa report this time is on the overall innovation ecosystem, which includes a range of stakeholders: industry, entrepreneurs, government, academia, civil society, donors [...]

Information and Communication Technology Association – Ethiopia (ICT-ET) announced today that Addis Ababa has become the latest member of the Mobile Monday family during the Innovation Africa Digital Summit which was held in Addis Ababa from March 27 to 29. The Summit, which was hosted by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and Extensia LTD, brought [...]

Mobile Monday was launched officially in Guangzhou on the evening of the 19th at Beta Café. The attendance rate exceeded our expectation, with more than 60 participants from various fields such as IT, media, advertising, and product design. One could tell that Mobile Monday is a much-celebrated international event as we had participants of other nationalities [...]

GoMobile will be held in Kuala Lumpur from the 10-13th of May 2012 at the KL Convention Centre. This annual conference, expo and awards event is dedicated to the development and promotion of mobile lifestyle in Malaysia. Leading mobile companies will come together for 3 days to reach and engage the growing mobile generation. This year GoMobile [...]

Barnes & Noble is sponsoring an event for developers in London on March 19, possibly signaling a spring entry of its Nook e-reading and tablet devices into the UK and Europe. The event is hosted by Mobile Monday London , and will feature both a panel discussion with Barnes & Noble director of developer relations Claudia Romanini, a hands-on [...]

James Mwai presentation during Mobile Monday event at the iHub in Nairobi. A Kenyan has won Sh8million (75,000 euros) after his mobile application was voted the best in one of the categories and shared the top spot in another category with a Colombian in a global developers’ contest. Mr James Mwai beat hundreds of developers around the [...]

Hola! – it’s soon that time once again where the mobile world players gather for an iconic week in Barcelona! Naturally there will be plenty of MoMo folks on the scene, we’ve noted their planned activities along with the best list possible – Major Props to Mobile Fringe – of all the action ontap(as). The Belgium booth [...]

Hey – It’s Monday Again Already – Welcome Aboard MoMo Trivandrum So, we could trot out a few stellar excuses for our lack of digital tardiness on this weeks round-up: “Bill Gates ate my homework” or was “distracted by the Super-Duper Sunday” action. Actually, your loyal Happy Bots caught a nasty bug and spent the weekend offline [...]