Archive for the 'Mobile' Category

February 16, 2009

[Mobile] Mobile World Congress 2009 on the go

The GSMA Mobile World Congress is currently happening in Barcelona, Spain (16 - 129 February 2009). Apart from a live video feed on the front page of its site, there’s a dedicated online media room.
But for raw on-the-ground reporting, you may following the following South Africans media and mobile media professionals on Twitter:

Simon Dingle, technology [...]

October 13, 2008

[Mobile] Catch MobileActive08 Summit on Twitter

Find out what’s happening at the MobileActive08 Summit through microblogging tool Twitter. The summit has more than 350 confirmed delegates from over 40 countries (380 people from 45 countries, according to Grocott’s Mail on Twitter) and is being held at the Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg, 13 - 15 October 2008. The theme is “Unlocking the [...]

August 4, 2008

[No Comment] Biz gets some ‘mojo’

Having just returned from the United States and interacted with some of the best B2B media brands in the world, I can honestly say that our digital B2B media brands are up there with the best globally: innovative, engaging with consumers and early adopters of mobile media platforms. So I’m particularly proud to announce what [...]

January 4, 2008

A mobile reporting revolution in Kenya

Bizcommunity.com is monitoring Kenyan blog sites and tracking the development in reportage by citizen journalists and reporters via mobile – sms and video – and news sites such as Sky News via internet broadband video.
The journalist of the future has arrived… by Bizcommunity.com MD, Robin ParkerAs far back as 1996 at a Highway Africa conference [...]

November 22, 2007

[Reshaping Media] Mobile is the future media

The hugely popular and effective ‘Reshaping the Media’ seminars hosted by Stan Edwards’ Platypus Productions provide us all with the latest on the future of all media, from film to online and especially mobile lately.
Stan has just returned from MoCollywood, about what’s new in mobile globally, and in his report back first up at today’s [...]

November 20, 2007

[Mobility 2007] 3G is the story of 2007

The emergence of the 3G data card is probably one of the big stories of telecommunications in the corporate and SME environment in South Africa in 2007. This and the improvement in technology, thereby providing cellphone users with access to more and more services via their cellphones, was the highlight of Mobility 2007, the annual [...]

November 20, 2007

[Mobility 2007] Impact of mobile

The impact of mobile and wireless technology on South African corporations and SMEs is the subject of Arthur Goldstuck’s latest research into the mobile landscape. Mobility 2007 is the title of the research study being presented at a press conference at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg this morning, from where I [...]