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

3rd meeting slides

Following last meeting, here’s the slides for Paulo Glórias talk: iphone-livetv_momopt. Diogo Caldeira Pires, “smile, it’s monday”, is available on prezi. I would like to thank all that showed up and stayed for dinner, but specially to Paulo and Diogo for starting the debate afterwords.

Virgin Mobile Cuts Price Of Unlimited Plan To $50; Does Not Include Data

Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) has cut the price of its unlimited calling plan down to $50 from $80, joining the US’s second-tier carriers in a prepaid price war, reports AP. The new plan rolls out April 15, and according to Virgin spokesperson Jayne Wallace the move was “definitely a response to the marketplace.”

Recession will cut mobile entertainment growth in half

Unless key markets emerge from recession, user spending on mobile entertainment services will slow dramatically, increasing by nearly $13 billion over the next five years according to a forecast issued by market analysis firm Juniper Research, which previously predicted pre-downturn growth of $26 billion. Other findings from the report include: • Mobile TV is likely […]

Develop Conference 2009

There is going to be a Develop Conference and Expo in England. The event takes place from July 14th to 16th at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Brighton. The main focus this year will be the Evolvove conference track, which looks at game development for new platforms including mobile, iPhone, Android and XBLA, new technologies and […]

MobileMonday Oulu opening event tickets are sold out!

Thank you very much for the amazing interest to MobileMonday Oulu opening event. Unfortunately, all tickets are gone. However, if you still would like to attend; please send an email to hello[a@t]mobilemondayoulu.com, and let’s see what we can do. Register to MobileMonday Oulu, follow on Twitter or join Facebook Page for latest news and upcoming […]

Estonian Wins the Grand Prize of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge

Again, good news on Estonian mobile scene. Tigerprises writes that Estonian programmer Raoul Järvis (company T+1 Solutions) has taken home the Grand Prize, over $557 500, including cash and free maps from the 2009 Navteq Global LBS challenge!More on Yahoo News: “The winning application, Taxi4me, is a mobile taxi ordering service that helps consumers anywhere in the world connect with trusted taxi companies. The desired time and destination is sent from a user’s mobile phone to a taxi brokering server. Local taxi companies then submit competitive bids and proposed routes back to the consumer.”