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In keeping with the growing mobile boom in Asia, the Digital Empowerment Foundation along with the IT ministries of India and Sri Lanka recently hosted the first ever mBillionth Awards in New Delhi. In June this year, over a dozen jurors met in Colombo and spent three days going through 165 nominations from across South Asia. A one-day conference was also held that week in Sri Lanka, which featured speakers including Jari Tammisto, CEO of Mobile Monday. Participating countries in the awards included Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Awards were given to mobile applications and …

The networking organization Mobile Monday Boston assembled a group of CEOs in the private dining room at Barbara Lynch’s recently-opened Menton, in the neighborhood previously known as Fort Point Channel. I moderated a very informal conversation among the attendees, who were mainly there to network, swill wine, and dine on tasty salmon or beef. Two things we talked about: favorite mobile apps (just about everyone named apps that run on the iPhone or iPad), and predictions about the future of the mobile ecosystem. glass.jpgPredictions first: some participants felt that as more smartphones can access the Internet at high speeds, the …