Tag Archive | "lisamwhelan"
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 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 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
(10) Comments
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 […]
April 6, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Uncategorized
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With so many people now talking about Twitter, it’s about time someone came up with a great parody. Enter Flutter – a 26 character “nano blogging service”. This viral video is too good to pass up – especially on a slow news morning on the first Monday after CTIA.
April 2, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers,
Events,
Mobile,
Uncategorized
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In January, at CES, Palm said it would launch its new phone, the Palm Pre, on Sprint in the first half of 2009. The press was a twitter with praise for what looked to be an amazing device, though no one from the public or press (that I’m aware of) was allowed to touch the […]
April 1, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Uncategorized
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I spotted the following interesting mobile accessories/gadgets on the CTIA show floor today as I wandered between meetings…
April 1, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Review,
Social Media
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Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to test drive three of Nokia’s latest mobile phones: E71, E75, and N97 and see the latest “Nokia Messaging” app in action.
