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Sep 11, 20073 min read

Mobile Linux is not about free software

[part 3 of the series on five traits of open source and its impact in the mobile industry. See also part 1 and part 2.] Linux is by far...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Amobee CMO Talks Up New Models For Selling Mobile Content; Is The Pay-Off Bigge

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Sep 8, 20076 min read

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Amobee CMO Talks Up New Models For Selling Mobile Content; Is The Pay-Off Bigge

[The Msearchgroove mobile advertising podcast series and close collaboration with VisionMobile continues with a look at ad-funded content...

Turning corporate software development on its head

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Sep 5, 20073 min read

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Turning corporate software development on its head

[part 2 of the series on five traits of open source and its impact in the mobile industry. See also part 1] Open source is in many ways...

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Sep 3, 20073 min read

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What on earth is open source ?

[Over the next two weeks leading to the Informa’s open source conference, I ‘ll be looking at five traits which characterise open source...

Interview: AdMob CEO Reveals Stats & Plans For An "Ad Lab" With Apple; Provides Sure-

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Aug 31, 20075 min read

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Interview: AdMob CEO Reveals Stats & Plans For An "Ad Lab" With Apple; Provides Sure-

[The Msearchgroove exclusive mobile advertising podcast series in close cooperation with VisionMobile continues with AdMob CEO & Founder...

EXCLUSIVE: Where’s The "M" In CPM? Millennial Media VP Talks About Targeting, Reach

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Aug 30, 20075 min read

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EXCLUSIVE: Where’s The "M" In CPM? Millennial Media VP Talks About Targeting, Reach

Continuing with our mobile advertising podcast series, we take a look at Millennial Media, the cross-platform mobile advertising company...

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Aug 28, 20075 min read

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i-mode: the beginning of the end

i-mode, once the mobile industry’s role model for data services has been dealt with three swift blows in July from O2, KPN and Telstra....

SlashData Team

Jul 26, 20078 min read

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GPLv3: is anti-Tivoisation flawed?

GPLv3 is the latest incarnation of the Free Software Foundation s (FSF) GNU General Public License (GPL), published in June 2007. Its...

SlashData Team

Jul 21, 20074 min read

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Flash-Inside (R)

Adobe’s Flash Lite has a enviable history of market penetration. Starting from DoCoMo handsets in May 2003, Flash Lite is quickly...

How iPhone is impacting the mobile industry

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Jul 6, 20073 min read

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How iPhone is impacting the mobile industry

As an analyst working inside the mobile industry I ‘ve witnessed to hubbub of cheering, admiration and idolatry for the iPhone in the...

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Jun 24, 20071 min read

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Five upsell strategies for mobile ISVs

Mobile software vendors (ISVs) who develop software for mobile handsets are competing in an increasingly crowded market; on-device...

SlashData Team

Jun 14, 20076 min read

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Activating the Idle Screen

We recently researched and authored an extensive research paper on the subject of active idle screens; that is, the technology that turns...

Container projects: The next chapter in handset customisation

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Jun 2, 20077 min read

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Container projects: The next chapter in handset customisation

The history book of the mobile handset industry has gone through two turbulent chapters to date; the first na ve years of manufacturer...

SlashData Team

May 28, 20074 min read

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Carnival of the Mobilists 75

Welcome to the 75th Carnival of the Mobilists ! This week’s edition is brought to you by Hampus Jakobsson and Andreas Constantinou at the...

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May 11, 20074 min read

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Flash Lite: Facts and Figures

Adobe s Flash Lite is widely recognized as one of the most pervasive software platforms in the mobile market. It s fast penetrating the...

Prague or Berlin ? Behind the scenes of the SIM industry

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Apr 29, 20077 min read

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Prague or Berlin ? Behind the scenes of the SIM industry

SIM cards, the tiny chips that authenticate the subscriber to the network, are a market of 2 billion unit sales per year. A market which...

SlashData Team

Apr 12, 20075 min read

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The headaches of being a handset OEM

Some things remain true: Markets always shift and the lord giveth and the lord taketh. In the mobile handset industry we have seen...

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Apr 7, 20075 min read

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Bye Bye Browser

The mobile browser business has been dealt with a swift blow within the space of a week: Teleca announced that it halts investments into...

To Build or to buy? To Patent or not to?

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Mar 29, 20075 min read

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To Build or to buy? To Patent or not to?

The mobile software industry is never short of challenges. Manufacturers and software vendors are constantly riddled with the question of...

SlashData Team

Mar 14, 20075 min read

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Rethinking application environments

Handset software is a fascinating topic in the mobile industry, albeit one that is often misunderstood. Application environments like...

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