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Vancouver

MoMo Vancouver April 4th M2M (Machine to Machine)

Smile it’s Monday! Mark your calendar for the next MoMoVan on April 4. The topic, another one requested by the wireless community, is “M2M (Machine-to-Machine)”.  Machine-to-Machine (M2M) refers to technologies that allow both wireless and wired systems to communicate with other devices of the same ability. At the recent CTIA 2011 in Florida, according to Wayne Ward, vice president of Sprint’s Emerging Solutions group, “M2M is the fastest-growing sector of the entire telecom industry right now.”  Wireless operators are racking up partners to embed machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity in a range of devices. Wireless M2M communications is a rapidly growing market, as …

Sao Paulo

Martin Restrepo participa do “Mesh com Moedas Criativas”

A Cidade do Conhecimento, grupo de pesquisas da Escola de Comunicação e Artes (ECA) da USP, realizou entre os dias 22 e 26 o ciclo de atividades “Mesh com Moedas Criativas” . O evento reuniu especialistas e empreendedores para debater o tema “Fronteiras do Valor na Economia do Conhecimento”. Houveram discussões sobre as redes de colaboração Mesh nos negócios, na cultura e na pesquisa, abordando idéias inovadoras e as principais tendências no mercado, além de palestras e uma oficina. Mesh é um tipo de rede de Internet de baixo custo, de fácil implantação e bastante tolerante a falhas. Martin Restrepo, …

Global

Mobile Monday Health Forum at College of Physicians

The second annual Mobile Health Forum event will take place Monday night at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Part of the Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic series, the event will explore challenges faced by health-care providers and patients, and the role of mobile technologies in addressing them. Founded in 2007, Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic is the local chapter of a nonprofit global community of wireless industry professionals. “Mobile technology is helping to address the health-care needs of a changing population and is an essential enabler of remote preventative care,” said Robert Jarrin, senior director of government affairs for Qualcomm Inc. and a …

Kampala

Programme for MoMo Kampala’s 28th March Meeting

Mobile Monday, or MoMo, is a global network of mobile industry professionals, visionaries, developers and entrepreneurs, in over 100 cities around the world. Each city chapter discusses issues specific to the local needs in monthly forums; given the global nature of the mobile industry there is an exchange of ideas and speakers from around the world. Monday 28 March, MTN Nyonyi Gardens Chair Sean Krepp, Country Director Grameen Foundation Uganda Mark Pickens, CGAP Executive – Keynote Address Outlining the Framework Olga Morawczynski, Financial Literacy Project Manager, AppLab Gerald Begumisa, MD Yo! Uganda, Yo! Payments: Aggregating Mobile Services Matt Krueger, M-Banking …

Johannesburg

MOMO Joburg March 28th Biggest Event EVER!

Here at MOMO Joburg we feel like a little kid before Christmas! We have over 200 people registered for tonight’s launch event of MOMO Joburg Tech and 15 Startups have confirmed they will be presenting/pitching/demoing their awesome stuff!

MOMO is growing bigger and bigger and its all thanks to all of you, I hazard to say that MOMO Joburg is just about ( if not already ) the biggest community group/event focused on mobile in South Africa!

We cant wait to see you all there tonight and join us for an evening of exciting startups, networking and mobile fun!

 

Taipei

Next MoMo Taipei Event on May 2, 2011

“Pushing Boundaries: NFC enables e-wallet and mobile advertising opportunities” (and China Global Mobile Internet Conference Debrief) When: Monday, May 2, 2011 Where: Taipei City Admission: 250 NTD (includes 吃到飽 buffet and 1 alcoholic drink) Check-in: Starting 6:45 PM Presentations & Discussion: 7:30 PM Networking Time: 8:00 PM Speakers: Laurent Renard, CEO, Toro Development Senior executive, mobile advertising agency (TBD) Senior executive, brand (TBD) Laurent Renard predicts the end of credit cards is coming. Pull don’t Push: How NFC Smart Posters will affect advertising and marketing. Mobile contactless services and NFC Smart Posters are about to change people’s daily lives. NFC …

Brisbane

Mobile Monday Brisbane April 18th is Demo Night!

It’s new, it’s exciting, and it’s’ mobile. Oh, and there will also be beer. How could you refuse? Mobile Monday Brisbane is pleased to announce our first-ever demo night. Instead of speakers, our April 18th meeting will consist of 8-10 local developers showing their wares via three-minute demonstration sessions. There will be questions, answers, and at the end of the night the audience will vote for the best demo of the evening. Come join us for what promises to again be an inspiring gathering of the local mobile community. Note: If you’re interested in participating, be quick – we need …

Frankfurt

MoMo Frankfurt 21st March Mobile Social Media – Slides

Download the Slides from our “Mobile Social Media” @MOMO Frankfurt Event of 21st March 2011 The Future of Mobile Social Media and Marketing – Trend Report from SXSW 2011 by Sebastian Gerhard, Social Media Strategist from Hundert Grad Kommunikation GmbH Download Slides PDF 10 years of  Mobile Social Media without Apps by Marcus Ladwig COO und Co-Founder of Peperoni GmbH Download Slides PDF Mobile Customer Loyalty using the example of Lufthansa Miles & More MemberScoutby Stephanie Renda, CEO of match2blue holding GmbH Slides could not be presented because of customer rules Usability is king at Social MediaAndré Lönne, Executive Director DACH at HTC Corp …

Kampala

How will Mobile Services Play in Achieving Financial Inclusion? Blog

I had no sooner sat down at the boardroom table when my colleague started to paint the landscape, revealing to me the extent to which financial exclusion was effectively choking opportunities for the vast majority of the people of Uganda to improve their own lives, 82% to be precise. With only as many as ten percent of the people having proper bank accounts, and another eight percent enjoying the benefits of owning accounts in microfinance institutions (MFIs), and savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) there was a lot of work to be done to achieve financial inclusion. However mobile money was …

Amsterdam

Introducing Tim Heineke

Tim Heineke (@timheineke) is the co-founder Shuffler.fm, prior to that music start-ups Twones and Fuga. Also co-owner of indie record label Kindred Spirits and co-organiser of Music and Bits and Music Hackday Amsterdam. 1) Who/what is your source of inspiration regarding the things you do? I love design from graphic design (or art) or furniture, […]