Month: <span>February 2012</span>
Month: February 2012

Month: February 2012

Kampala

Ugandan Women in Technology: Opportunities and Challenges

The Women in Uganda Technology (WITU) initiative cordially invites you to the Feb 2012 meeting at Makerere University Faculty of CIT Block B. We have amazing women in Technology who will be sharing their experiences working in this male dominated field.

Theme:  Ugandan Women in Technology: Opportunities and Challenges

To register:  http://wituopportunitieschallenges.eventbrite.com/


We want to tackle the opportunities and challenges Technology has in store for women, how we can explore these and solve challenges to increase the number of women tech entrepreneurs in Uganda. To this effect we have lined up amazing women to share their experiences:

Rosebell Kagumire a multimedia journalist and human rights activist from Channel 16 who will be talking about Women and Media;

Eunice Namirembe of Text to Change, an ICT4D specialist, will talk about the Opportunities of Mobile Technology for Women;

Evelyn Namara, an entrepreneur & programmer, working with Solar Sister, will share her experience from AfNOGChix about Training Women in Technology;

Esther Akello from BoU, who is so passionate about information security, will share with us about What it Means to Work in a Male Dominated Profession.

Last but not least is our very own Google Ambassador and AppCircus winner Christine Ampaire, who will tell her how she made it to the top with Mafuta Go.

Background and history of WITU: Barbara Birungi

Session moderators: Maureen Agena & Lynn Kirabo

Come with a friend and share your ideas and have some questions answered.  This is how we grow our visibility in the tech field.

Contact: Barbara Birungi – birungibarbs@appfrica.org

Maureen Agena – agenamaureen@gmail.com

 

To register:  http://wituopportunitieschallenges.eventbrite.com/

Brussels

MoMo Brussels Mobile Apps for Culture Post Event Report

•Tanguy De Lestré: Intro for MobileMonday.be http://www.slideshare.net/momobxlw/intromobileappsforculture
•Noël Van Herreweghe Coordination Cel e-government (CORVE) http://www.slideshare.net/momobxlw/opendataforum-nvanherreweghe
•Thomas Bonte: Music Hack Day

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfbtspcr_5f69wkhcn

•Pieter Colpaert (OKFN): Local chapter Open Knowledge Foundation (http://okfn.org/community/) http://pieter.demo.thedatatank.com/AppsForCulture/
•Bart Rosseau: Gent and open data initiatives http://www.slideshare.net/momobxlw/opendatastad-gentbartrosseau

Recordings (sound OK; image quality average
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/momobxllive
Recorded stream of 13/2 Apps for culture live demo at minute 54 http://ustre.am/E1Wh #momobxl

Ottawa

MoMo Ottawa – Feb. 27th – Mobile App Showcase

This month we celebrate the great mobile products being developed locally.. 😎 It is time to rise up and celebrate the stellar mobile software being created in Ottawa. Our first App Showcase will feature some of the newest and most innovative Ottawa creations in a friendly environment. This month we are being hosted by Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus in the School of Advanced Technology Building in room T-130 (see the campus map here) NB: If you would like to showcase your app, please apply here. Algonquin College 1385 Woodroffe Ave Ottawa, Canada Monday, February 27, 2012 from 6:00 PM to …

Istanbul

MoMo Istanbul – Feb. 22nd – Mobile Wednesday!

Mobile Monday in February of cumulative Program 18:15-19:00 Networking & Cocktail 9:00- 20:00 Mobile Trends for 2012 Mobile Trends from Europe and Asia Succesfull examples from their regions Tips to make money from mobile business Where do the new innovations come from? How do start-ups get the opportunities and what is needed to make them success What differences can be found in various regions Speakers: Jari Tammisto, CEO at Mobile Monday OY Todor Yalamov, Head of ECABIT Constantin Gherici, Founder at MoMo Romania & Organizer of East Europe Developer Summit

Chicago

MoMo Chicago – Feb. 21st – iTest my Code

This month we are brining you a preview of CocoaConf with Eric’s talk on testing iOS applications. We will also be giving a lucky person a FREE CONFERENCE PASS. Please note the meetup is on Tuesday instead of Monday. Topic: Testing your applications is important! Writing good tests is just as important! This talk will be divided into two main parts. The first part will cover exactly what goes into a good test. The second part will cover the basics of two testing frameworks, OCDSpec and Objective C Slim. Objective C Slim is an acceptance testing framework, and for those …

The Mob Rulz

Mobile Monday Global Events for Week of Feb. 13th – 2012

Hey Vanetinos: Peace, Love and Mobile Monday! That’s right.. an extra reason to smile this week for all you lovers out there as we forecast chocolate showers with hugs & kisses (etc) all ’round. This write-up will be have to be short and ‘sweet’ as we gotta run for our last minute ‘something special’ shopping for Mrs. Bot. Warm Welcome Aboard to MoMo Birmingham on their debut tonite, see events ontap after the jump.. and Smile.. it’s Monday..

Global

Mobile World Congress 2012

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 will be hosting MoMo Brussels crew, Croatia is also offering their best of the best and Ireland does mobi-mixer, Festa Catalana, on 28th. London sends a delegation via ICT Knowledge Transfer Network, Paris did local competition to nominate 4 companies to be featured …

Ann Arbor

MoMo Ann Arbor – April 2nd – Mobile Usage Research

Paul Jacobs, Vice President/General Manager of jacAPPS, will discuss a groundbreaking research project conducted by their parent company, Jacobs Media. Jacobs implemented their ethnographic research methodology to identify where mobile is moving as a platform. They conducted extensive interviews with 18 smartphone owners across the United States. Capturing their mobile phone usage and activities on video, they followed them at work, at home, in their cars, and at play, in a myriad of locations, from offices to retail stores to hair salons to bars – all observing and capturing their mobile phone activities.  Extensive follow-up interviews with each respondent provide clarity and …

Mumbai

MoMo Mumbai – Feb. 18th – Emerging Patterns in Mobile App Usage

Flurry is the leading data-driven mobile app advertising platform and analytics provider. It’s services are used by 60,000 companies including top players like Rovio (Angry Birds), Zynga, The New York Times, Skype, MTV, Google, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Groupon, Shazam and more. The company tracks data across more than 90% of all iOS and Android devices in the market. As a result, Flurry owns more data on how consumers use mobile apps than any other company. The company is a thought leader in the industry on mobile app trends. This session will cover the Mobile App phenomenon with a special focus …

Bangalore

MoMo Bangalore – March 3rd – Mobile Finance & Ads

4Starups is an initiative of NSRCEL. Finance for Startups: There is more to managing the financial health of your emerging start-up than raising money and selling out. The day-to-day financials matter, as they impact every other area of your business. Diagnosing your “full” costs, including those to acquire and serve customers (and projected lifetime value).  It […]