Year: <span>2009</span>
Year: 2009

Helsinki–Marseille – Towards a Promising Partnership in IT

On September 29, Marseilles IT cluster proposes a strategic partnership with Helsinki. As one of the fastest growing cities in southern Europe, Marseille is willing to enlarge its links towards Helsinki, the city which has become, after years of investments, the reference in Europe for their private and public innovative experiences. In its desire to catch-up, Marseille is going to spend more than 7 billion euros in the next five years in infrastructures, equipments, transportation, and high-tech parks — impacting the growth of the local IT industry.

Monday 12th Oct 2009 – Mobile Marketing Pitch Challenge – update!

:: 6.30pm for 7pm start, Mon 12th October 2009
:: Level 3 @ The Blacket Hotel
:: Entry on King Street via the Blacket Hotel. (Here’s a map)

MOBILE MARKETING PITCH CHALLENGE

Heads up – the next Mobile Monday Sydney event will be a live Pitch Challenge with up to five mobile marketing firms pitching ideas to our real […]

How the Rise of Mobile Device Applications Will Shape the Handset Market

The mobile internet applications space is booming. Apple’s AppStore is evidence that mobile apps are hot. And, with the increasing popularity of smartphones, mobile internet apps will continue to be a hot topic. A recent study from ABI Research shows that Mobile Cloud Computing will change the face of the mobile application world by 2014. Mobile Cloud Computing is the new approach to mobile application that uses the mobile Web to support …

Vietnam Telecoms industry offers a Multitude of Opportunities

Hanoi, Vietnam, September 23, 2009 – Co-organized by the National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS) and Frost & Sullivan, the Vietnam Telecoms Growth Conference 2009 kick-started today. Based on the theme –‘Maximizing growth opportunities in emerging markets’ – this is the first time a growth focused conference for the Telecoms industry is being held in Vietnam.  The two-day conference is endorsed by the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam (MIC). Mr. Le Nam Thang, Standing Vice Minister from MIC Vietnam graced the conference as the guest-of-honor.  In his address, he summarised the focus of the conference and …

Turn-It-On: Your Location

Turn-It-On: Your Location The relevance of a person’s geographical location to an application or website has been one of the long praised benefits for mobile users. This MobileMonday in Duesseldorf puts the spotlight on the spectrum of possibilities for applications and current trends on the location front. Speakers confirmed so far * Dr. Nick Allot, Open Mobile Terminal Platform * Stephanie Renda, match2blue holding GmbH * Wolfram Kriesing, uxebu Consulting Ltd. * Torsten Schollmayer, Sapient Event Details Time: September 21, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm Location: Dusseldorf Street: PLATZ DER IDEEN 1 City/Town: 40476 Düsseldorf Original Post via MoMo Dusseldorf

MobileMonday #9 Security in mobile

When: Monday October 5, 2009, 18:00 (program begins at 18:30) to 21:00 Location HES-SO Aula, Berner Fachhochschule, Quellgasse 21, Biel/Bienne Topic Why should users and developers care about security and privacy ? Users expect private information to remain confidential or controlled access, that transactions will be secure and that no malicious code will enter their handsets. Developers care about the impact on their business model and the implications on application design. But handsets can easily be lost, stolen or left unprotected.  Mobile information access increases the exposure of private information. And the number of applications and open operating systems increases …

Canadian Leadership in Mobile and Communications

The global landscape in communications has shifted rapidly over the last 10 years. With changes in technology, regulation and policy, and consumer behavior, opportunities and challenges have emerged for Canadian companies in the mobile industry. The October 5th MobileMonday Toronto session will provide insights from successful Canadian leaders, as they share how Canada can be successful in creating global success stories. In this session, we will discuss: * the present state of Canadian tech companies and industry on the world stage * success stories, experiences, reflections, advice * what changes are required – industry, governmentt, capital, education Moderator: Randall Howard …

MoMo Autumn Program: All about Applications

The era of mobile applications has started! Mobile Monday will talk about mobile apps in three events:Milan 19th October: The Application StoresWe are inviting top-notch guest speakers from big mobile application stores to tell about their business and strategies.Rome 23rd November: The User ApplicationsWe have mobile giants like Telecom Italia and Nokia telling us about the applications they are