Month: <span>February 2010</span>
Month: February 2010

Month: February 2010

Beijing

Mobile Monday Beijing #34 – Mobile Social Apps

This auspicious year is also the 4th anniversary of Mobile Monday in China – 34 events, 120 speakers and over 3,000 participants later, the community is more active than ever! To kick-start the New Year, we’ll look into an exciting future: Mobile Social Apps.

Currently booming in Japan on the three local mobile social networks Mixi, Mobile Game Town and Gree – the total market cap of the 3 SNS combined is over 6 billion USD – it is also growing rapidly in the US via Facebook-Connect-enabled apps and in China on mobile communities! Our speakers will share their experience with the different ecosystems.

Global

15 Feb 10: Forum Nokia presents @ MoMo Dallas

MobileMonday Dallas15 February 2010 at 05:00–06:00InfoMart off i35, Please join Forum Nokia at the InfoMart(Big in Japan office) Monday, February at 7PM for an update on Nokia developer offerings and business and distribution opportunities. We’ll be providing an overview of the Nokia web developer experience, including web runtime and Flash, Qt for S60 and Maemo and more. Local mobile developer luminary Kirk Ballou of Flash Widgets LLC will be co-hosting, and showing demos of some of the applications he’s developed for Nokia devices. We’ll also provide an update on the Ovi Store and the Open Screen Project Fund. Food and …

Dallas

Forum Nokia presents: Developer offerings and distribution opportunities.

Join Forum Nokia at the InfoMart(Big in Japan office) Monday, February at 7PM for an update on Nokia developer offerings and business and distribution opportunities. We’ll be providing an overview of the Nokia web developer experience, including web runtime and Flash, Qt for S60 and Maemo and more. Local mobile developer luminary Kirk Ballou of […]

Global

FinnMob and IMA Form Alliance

FinnMob (Finnish Mobile Association) and IMA (Israel Mobile and Communications Association) have agreed to jointly promote their portfolio companies. The associations reprepresent over 200 companies operating in the mobile industry, and aim to offer faster access by global operators, handset and network vendors, and investors to mobile products developed in Finland and Israel.

“We are very excited about the synergies offered by this alliance,” said Ismo Rantala, FinnMob’s managing director. “We have been using mobile services for over 25 years in Finland, and we have gained valuable insights to what consumers want. The research and development teams of our portfolio companies have these insights ingrained in them.”

The alliance will present their portfolio companies at the major mobile industry events, starting at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.

Paris

Mobile Monday du 1er février : les présentations sont en ligne

Luc Potron, CEO, Trias : « La promotion de l’image : du contenu au support » trias.pdf Frédéric Thuard, directeur associé, Geniem : « Editez et gérez vos applications mobiles de marque à partir d’une plateforme unique » geniem.pdf Thierry Hilaire, directeur Business Development, Lexis numérique : « Dispositif de communication sur mobile : Alcootel de MAAF » lexis-alcootel.pdf Ludovic Chayriguès, directeur Business Development, RedShift : « Promotion virale IPhone-to-Facebook autour d’un évènement cinéma » redshift.pdf

Global

Gemalto acquires mobile authentication company Valimo Wireless

French digital security firm Gemalto has bought the Finnish mobile authentication firm Valimo Wireless. The companies did not disclose the terms of the transaction. The acquisition provides Gemalto a position in the growing mobile financial services market.

Mobile operators use Valimo’s software to authenticate financial transactions made through mobile phones. The software is installed in mobile phone SIM cards. Valimo turned profitable last year, and had annual net sales of about 3 million euros.

Jakarta

Finalist of Mobile Premier Awards 2010

The Mobile Premier Awards announces the 20 finalists to the Mobile Premier Awards in Innovation: The best grassroots startup innovation chosen by their peers in partnership with MobileMonday, the global community of mobile professionals.
The finalists were chosen by an international jury of the most recognized mobile industry experts who will pitch their idea, application or […]