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We very pleased to welcome a great team in Belarus who have prepared a fantastic debut event for their new Mobile Monday Minsk chapter. See the launch details posted below and Smile Out Loud! An International forum “Mobile Monday: Innovations and Trends in Mobile Industry from Trend-Makers” will be held on April 30th , 2012 for the first time in the National Library of Belarus. Valery Tsepkalo, HTP Administration Director: “Innovations are always moving forward. Mobile Monday Minsk is our next step to create the developers’ community based on the Hi-Tech Park that will promote innovations in mobile industry, inform …

Nokia is on the hunt for Windows Phone apps. The beleaguered phone maker today launched Code Warrior, a site where Windows Phone users and developers can propose ideas for apps and vote on them. Developers can then battle it out to create the best app for the challenge and earn the bounty that has been put on the app. “Just because you’re a developer, does not mean you are innovative,” Chanse Arrington, head of Nokia’s developer and content marketing for North America, said at the Mobile Monday Silicon Valley event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. “Sometimes …

The 4th Mobile Africa report [.PDF] produced by MobileMonday, released at the annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit, addresses the growing strength of mobile innovation practices in Africa. also see: 2011.pdf – 2010.pdf – 2009.pdf Overview: The focus of the Mobile Africa report this time is on the overall innovation ecosystem, which includes a range of stakeholders: industry, entrepreneurs, government, academia, civil society, donors and multilateral organisations. The report also addresses the crucial role of innovator networks and incubators. The material is drawn from interviews with over two dozen digital media experts as well as extensive research from news and market …

Information and Communication Technology Association – Ethiopia (ICT-ET) announced today that Addis Ababa has become the latest member of the Mobile Monday family during the Innovation Africa Digital Summit which was held in Addis Ababa from March 27 to 29. The Summit, which was hosted by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and Extensia LTD, brought together over 400 executives, regulators and ministers within the ICT industry across Africa. Mobile Monday, also known as MoMo, founded by Finland’s mobile enthusiasts Vesku Paananen (‘the father’ of ringtones) and Peter Vesterbacka (marketing wizard of world’s all time biggest mobile game Angry …

Mobile Monday was launched officially in Guangzhou on the evening of the 19th at Beta Café. The attendance rate exceeded our expectation, with more than 60 participants from various fields such as IT, media, advertising, and product design. One could tell that Mobile Monday is a much-celebrated international event as we had participants of other nationalities as well. The founder of FIT Input method and Cloud Notebook, Mr. XiaoDan Wu,  and the founder of 21st Century New Media, Mr. JianXing Li, two magnates of the mobile community were part of the crowd too. We were delighted to hear from attendees …

GoMobile will be held in Kuala Lumpur from the 10-13th of May 2012 at the KL Convention Centre. This annual conference, expo and awards event is dedicated to the development and promotion of mobile lifestyle in Malaysia. Leading mobile companies will come together for 3 days to reach and engage the growing mobile generation. This year GoMobile promises to be exciting, interactive and spectacular. Since the inaugural launch debut in 2008, GoMobile has grown into a leading regional event that celebrates the mobile lifestyle with over 200,000 attending delegates over the last four years. GoMobile is 3-events-in-1, namely the GoMobile …

Barnes & Noble is sponsoring an event for developers in London on March 19, possibly signaling a spring entry of its Nook e-reading and tablet devices into the UK and Europe. The event is hosted by Mobile Monday London, and will feature both a panel discussion with Barnes & Noble director of developer relations Claudia Romanini, a hands-on workshop for Nook developers and a 90-minute period for “networking,” so that UK media and development folks can introduce themselves to the Barnes & Noble team (and vice versa). “It’s a timely moment to look at the market given Wednesday’s much heralded …

James Mwai presentation during Mobile Monday event at the iHub in Nairobi. A Kenyan has won Sh8million (75,000 euros) after his mobile application was voted the best in one of the categories and shared the top spot in another category with a Colombian in a global developers’ contest. Mr James Mwai beat hundreds of developers around the globe with his application dubbed ‘AroundMe’ in the Nokia Create for Millions challenge ‘I know’ category. The winners of the contest that attracted over 1,200 submissions were announced at the Mobile World Congress 2012 which is underway in Spain. His application is said …

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 …

We are thrilled to announce the debut of our sleek new Alliance Platform via the Mobile Monday .net grand central website! This effort targets our well-established network with engagement opportunities from major global supporters, using custom widgets for dynamic updating feeds wrapped in a smooth slider design, to deliver relevant and direct in page content offerings. As noted on the top page when we re-launched here some 18-months ago: While MoMo has traditionally meant face-to-face encounters, the need for digital interaction between stakeholders is increasingly clear. This platform is another step towards addressing the demand for members to connect with …