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Did you miss Gitex 2010 in one of the world’s most powerful technology hubs, Dubai, United Emirates? Techistan only agrees to promote and partner with events that are any combination of the following: elite, empowering, innovative, collaborative, grassroots-level, practical, and educational. On October 20th, Mobile Monday invited hundreds of the world’s most provocative and successful IP communications entrepreneurs to participate in the ever-memorable Dubai DIDX Desert Safari. Representatives from Yahoo!, Oracle, Microsoft, VoIPSwitch, DIDX, MoMo HQ, Zain, Etisalat, Orange and other companies participated. The safari also served as Karachi’s first Mobile Monday meet-up. Rehan Allahwala, a popular and successful entrepreneur …

MoMo is pleased to support the Movember Foundation, a not-for-profit, charitable organisation which runs the annual men’s health initiative, Movember, across the globe. Each year, Movember, the month formerly known as November, is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces around the world, with the sole aim of raising vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.

We managed to get Vesku on video and had him read his original invitation e-mail to announce the very first MoMo! We took a flashback to August 2000 when the brave new mobile world was just coming together, exciting days for the startup scene. He sent 60 invites, with like 2-weeks notice, to join the debut event on Sept 4th and nearly all attended the launch with a great range of profiles on-hand for a few frosty pints at Molly Malones Irish Pub in Helsinki. The key points in his call-to-action still stand solid today: • Regular and informal meetings …

The Austin Technology Incubator, a not-for-profit commercialization unit of the University of Texas, is partnering with UT’s Wireless Networking and Communications Group to host the eighth annual Texas Wireless Summit, Nov. 16 at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin, Texas. The Summit will highlight technologies emerging from industry players, startups and research groups at the core of the wireless industry’s continued innovation explosion. Keynotes, panels and presenting companies will drive the day’s discussion. Speakers will represent industry leaders — from Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs to Grid Net to Texas Instruments — and academic institutions at the forefront of wireless research — …

Vodafone has said that Mobile Gadgets are fun, educational and functional. This was shown during an event organised by Mobile Monday where all those attending tried out the latest technological mobile devices that were on display as part of Vodafone’s gadget lab. The gadget that attracted most attention was a remote controlled car running on an android application developed by one of Vodafone’s employees. The HTC Desire Smartphone acted as a remote control for this model car. Vodafone and Mobile Monday said that they are both committed in educating the general public about all the benefits that the latest mobile …

This year, Abu Dhabi and ADSIC (Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre) will be generously hosting the first edition of the WSA-mobile Winners Celebrations. The unique networking event showcasing the most outstanding mobile content from all over the world and organized in close cooperation and back to back with the Global Forum of the United Nations DESA GAID will take place from December 6-8, 2010 bringing together a wide range if experts from the industry, governments and the UN, along with the creative community.

In collaboration with several valuable partners, MoMo HK will organize a massive networking event on the evening of November 15th — welcoming a wide-range of the most relevant mobile industry players who will be attending the annual Mobile Asia Congress. Working together with Mobile Monday chapter organizers, now active in over 100 locations worldwide, we are pleased to extend a warm and open invitation for all interested parties to attend our MoMo Mixer @MAC. We are targeting about 300 delegates, including a well-targeted media list, will attend the event representing a unique and exciting opportunity to engage with a wide …

Mobile Monday is organizing the Desert Safari for selected international mobile business influences and visionaries who attend Gitex 2010 conference in Dubai.

Mr Alex Nyika, a Ugandan software developer based in Kenya, on Monday, 26th September scooped the top prize at one of Europe’s most prestigious mobile communication innovation awards. Mr Nyika won the Base of the Pyramid award at the 2010 Mobile Monday Peer Awards that took place in Helsinki, Finland. Five finalists including United States-based Super Technologies, which emerged runner up in the category competed for the award. The award recognises young and outstanding mobile companies that are making a difference in mobile health, education, payments, employment trade and entertainment. Software developers from 37 countries across the world participated in …

Mobile community now covers all continents with 108 chapter locations Helsinki, Finland September 30 – The global mobile entrepreneur community MobileMonday celebrated 10 years of collaboration and innovation in Helsinki and Tallinn this week. The three-day summit gathered close to 500 mobile industry influencers and visionaries for a round of debates and judging competitions. The 108 chapters cover 57 countries and all continents of the world, reflecting Mobile Monday’s maturity as a global community to network and share the most recent developments and innovations in mobile. Finland and Estonia’s own mobile giants like Nokia, Rovio and Skype were showcased, along …