Year: <span>2012</span>
Year: 2012

Year: 2012

Dar-es-Salaam

MoMoDar April 2nd Recap – Great dialogue on mHealth

Last week Mobile Monday Dar es Salaam brought together 40 people interested in mHealth. We had three great presentations: Mr Marcos Mzeru from Ministry of Health and Social Welfare started with an overview of mHealth in Tanzania, followed by Peter Lubambi from D-Tree International sharing their experiences from reducing maternal mortality in Zanzibar with an mHealth approach, and finally Freddie Manento from Push Mobile Media Ltd brought the business perspective into developing mHealth apps. We were requested to share the presentations and all presenters agreed to share them online, so here you have are all the presentations and slides. Marcos …

Tallinn

MoMo Tallinn Latitude 59 Conference 7 – 8th June

LATITUDE 59 CONFERENCEDATES: JUNE 7-8, 2012PLACE: TALLINN, ESTONIAVENUE: Tallinn University of Technology,  Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaThe go-to place for the Nordic and Baltic start-up scene for venture capitalists and start-ups in the spring. Bringing out the alternative views on what technologies and challenges start-ups are tackling. The goal of the conference is to bring together innovators and startup entrepreneurs to meet angel investors, VC partners, lawyers, and those supporting the global expansion of innovative companies from countries three hundred kilometers either side of Latitude 59.The focus of the conference is broader than the usual web and mobile startups. …

Brisbane

MoMo Brisbane – April 30th – Startup Night

It’s Mobile Monday Brisbane Mobile Startup Night! Get Started Right at Mobile Startup Night – for a night of expert panel discussion on the things that matter most to help develop your idea or business around mobile applications and services. Come and hear the latest in relation to development, legal issues, capital raising and more. If you ever wanted to find out how to grow your idea into a successful business or ask the experts then this event is for you! We also want to thank River City Labs for the use of an outstanding venue. * When: Monday, 30th …

Toronto

MoMo Toronto – May 7th – What Makes a Great App?

The ‘app ecosystem’ has become a commonplace term since the introduction of revolutionary smartphones. With so many apps available on multiple platforms, it is becoming harder to discover great apps. But what makes a great app? Is there a benchmark that is used to measure for quality and utility? Our May event aims to cover this in more detail with three stakeholders from the mobile industry. Mark Evans, one of Canada’s best technology bloggers and leading social media expert, will moderate our panel discussion to uncover insights from Windows Phone, SAP Canada and The Working Group. Join us as these experts share …

London

MoMo London Demo Night Event Round Up

In partnership with ICT KTN, Demo Night made its return on the 2nd April … to yet another packed house. We’re very grateful to all the demoers who presented their interesting ideas, and we’re only sorry that we had to turn down so many others. Thanks also to the many attendees who gave feedback on the event, by all accounts it was enjoyable! And now on to our Valentina Ciolino (@MissFog) who tells us more about the serious side of the event. Did you miss April’s MobileMonday London demo night? Too bad – more than a show and tell, more than …

Beijing

MoMo Beijing – April 23rd – Mobile Media Publishing

The whole publishing industry has been strongly affected by smart devices and new content distribution channels with them. More and more people are turning to smart devices as their major means of reading and getting information. Books count as a major app category in Apple AppStore; and the iPhone/iPad Newsstand opened a door for “new age” publishers and traditional media to compete directly on the same stage. Yet we are still at the very beginning of a new age of publishing. Smart devices open a whole world of new possibilities to improve people’s reading experience. And we are far away …

Chicago

MoMo Chicago – April 23rd – NFC with Intersog

In our planning meeting last December, NFC was the number #1 requested topic. So by popular demand, here it is! In case you are wondering, here is the WikiPedia definition “Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimeters.” Monday, April 23, 2012, 5:30 PM Morningstar 22 West Washington Street 7th Floor Chicago, IL About the speaker – Igor Fedulov, the CEO of Intersog will be talking about NFC. Igor has …

Boston

MoMo Boston – Apr. 23rd – Mobile Startups Pitch to VCs

On April 23rd 6:30pm, Mobile Monday Boston is going to have a special event called the Mobile Pitch Challenge. We’ll have some of Boston’s newest early stage mobile startups give pitches to a panel of mobile investors.  The presentations will be followed by commentary and audience voting. Our judges are three of Boston venture finest who also have prior experience on the other side of the fence as mobile entrepreneurs: Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner, Matrix Partners Jeff Glass, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures Jennifer Lum, Co-Founder, Apricot Capital Our presenting companies are new early stage startups: Thumbs Up – www.thumbsupapp.com PrescribableApps …

The Mob Rulz

Mobile Monday Global Events for Week of April 9th – 2012

Breaker Breaker 19 – Seems Spring Has Sprung – All Eyes on Bulgaria. Witness the 1st sign of spring with Mobile Monday hosting Angry Birds under the Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo last week! The 2nd ‘robin’ would be despite best efforts to grep a Trillion+ bytes in the echo chamber, aka FB, Linkedin and Twitter (etc), we could only find one MoMo event – Sofia – planned for April 9th.. clearly it’s time for people put away the woolies and dig-out their BBQ’s.. Enjoy the sizzle.. and Smile.. it’s Monday.. 😎