Below are the highlights from my tweets last week. To read all of my tweets, visit me on Twitter. Read More…

The mobile app store landscape is growing and evolving quickly, and keeping up with the latest information when you’ve already got a day job is tough.  One of the most useful ways to keep up-to-date is to watch what some of the mobile analytics vendors are writing about on their blogs and white papers.  One of the best and most recent cross app store information resources I’ve found is from Distimo.  Read More…

Apple is making its big (rumored Tablet) announcement tomorrow, and the folks at StageTwo and I are organizing a tweet-up afterward to chat about whatever is announced and the impact it will have.  Whether you’re going to the Apple event or wish you were, everyone is welcome.  We’re also thinking of this tweet-up as a pre-cursor event to meet others who are heading to Barcelona for  Mobile World Congress in mid-February. Read More…

Here are a handful of my tweets from last week.  To read all of my updates, follow me: @lisawhelan on Twitter. Read More…

I’m looking forward to attending Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona this February.  It’s going to be a great show… This year, apps take center stage, and GSMA has taken a huge step forward, investing a lot of time and effort in showcasing them in App Planet, and making sure the conference agenda appeals to the people that are shaping the mobile ecosystem.

I’ll be moderating two panels on Monday, February 15, 2009 in the “Mobile Applications – Innovation Vs Fragmentation” stream.  A few of the details are still being confirmed, but here’s what’s been announced so far… Read More…

• Fierce Wireless reports that a phishing app was found on Android Market. 1 of the few problems w/ an “open” marketplace: http://ow.ly/VbcS #
• I’m at #momosv at the W hotel in #SF. Panel tonight is about mobile virtual currency & virtual goods. #
• Panelists are from Mig33, flirtomatic, zynga, hi-mobile… Interesting stuff. #momosv # Read More…

Randy Ksar from Motorola (the face of MOTODEV on Twitter) is running the San Francisco Half-Marathon on February 7, 2010 to raise money to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  You can learn more about Randy’s fund raising efforts on his blog or make a donation on his page on the Team in Training website.  Please consider making a donation (no matter how small) or sending word of encouragement to help Randy in his efforts to support this great cause.  You can also become a Fan on Facebook and follow @teamksar on Twitter.

UPDATED: 2/12/10 6:32 CST: Last year, I created a list of networking events and parties at Mobile World Congress. This year, I’ll be doing the same, updating the following list and the Socialize Mobilize “Events” page until the Congress kicks off in mid-February 2010.  If you have a party or event you’d like me to add to this list, please send me the details and RSVP requirements. Read More…

Last night, I attended Mobile Monday Silicon Valley networking and panel at the W Hotel in San Francisco, California, sponsored by Hi-Media.  The topic was “Virtual Goods and Micropayments on Mobile and Beyond.” The panel was moderated by Justin Smith – Founder of Inside Network, and the panelists were: Lex Bayer – General Manager Payments Business at Playspan, Doug Bewsher – CMO at Mig33, Mark Curtis – CEO of Flirtomatic, Steven Lurie – General Manager Mobile at Zynga, Pooj Preena – CEO of Hi-Media USA, and Roger Wood – CEO of Orca. Read More…

Yesterday, I attended the AT&T Developer Summit at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.  It was one of the best mobile developer events I’ve attended in recent memory, not the least because AT&T shared some of it’s best announcements with mobile developers first… Read More…