Tag Archive | "lisa whelan"
May 12, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile
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I went to the Apple Store in Walnut Creek, California on Saturday to buy what I KNEW would be the best birthday present ever for my uncle… An iPhone without the contract. Now, before you gasp, gulp, and bemoan the fact that I’ve never bought YOU such an extravagant birthday gift, let me digress for […]
May 7, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Review
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I was pumped when I heard that the Nokia E71x on AT&T was finally available. I’d tried the unlocked Nokia E71 (the model without the “x”) and thought it was great. All indications from AT&T were that the E71x would be even better than the unlocked E71 because it would be loaded with additional software. […]
May 5, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers,
Enterprise,
Mobile,
Review
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I’m a big fan of the Pulse Smartpen from Livescribe. If you’re unfamiliar with this work of genius, it’s a computer in a pen. It allows you to record what’s being said as you take notes and links the two together, which makes it much easier to listen to everything someone is saying rather than […]
May 4, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Consulting,
Enterprise
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In a deflated economy, the number of people calling themselves “consultants” is on the rise. Plenty of job seekers are “consulting” while trying to find a full-time, “permanent” role. Taking on an interim consulting project is a good option if you’re trying to pay the bills while looking for full-time jobs, but consulting isn’t for […]
April 22, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Uncategorized
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Your Tango gets the award for “most viral video of the day”… 200,000 hits on YouTube and counting:
April 22, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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Do you shutter at the mention of the word “Twitter”? Have the words “My Face” or “Spacebook” ever crossed your mind or (gasp) lips? Do you know someone who falls in one of the above (or similar) categories? Take a deep breath. You’re not alone… There are tons of good people out there who “just […]
April 16, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers,
Enterprise,
Monetization,
Review,
Social Media,
Uncategorized
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Ahhh… It’s a new day, and there’s yet another 3rd party developer jumping on the Twitter train… TwitPub is a 3rd party developer that is leveraging Twitter’s infrastructure to monetize tweets through subscriptions. TwitPub is run by AdExcel Online Networks Sdn. Bhd., which is based out of Malaysia. TwitPub operates a bit like a premium […]
April 15, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers,
Review,
Social Media
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Fox Interactive Media (FIM) recently soft launched Twitgoo, a new media hosting site that makes it easy to post text, images, and video to Twitter. Twitgoo was incubated inside of Photobucket, and unlike many of it’s competitors, it was built to scale, leveraging the same core infrastructure as Photobucket and Tinypic (which process more than […]
April 14, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Advertising,
Developers,
Financing,
Mobile,
Monetization,
Social Media
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If you’re a Facebook user in the US with a pre-paid mobile phone, there’s a new app called “Embee Mobile Minute Wallet” that can help you earn, buy, redeem, share, and manage top-up minutes – all through Facebook.
April 9, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers,
Mobile,
Monetization,
Review
(1) Comment
Last week at CTIA in Las Vegas, I met someone from “Billing Revolution“, a company that is trying to make mobile payments easier…a lot easier….and cheaper. If you’ve ever tried selling something from a mobile phone, you know how much of a hassle it usually is. Arranging sales through premium SMS or integrated carrier billing […]
