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Entries from February 2008

NGT Influencer Interviews: Czech Republic

by NGT

In this week’s Influencer Interviews, courtesy of Monika Vesela of FH-Prague, five young Czechs tell us what’s hitting their radars. While this group is less into social networks and TV than others,  they are big on fun, fashion, healthy living, and, in some cases, themselves. 

Name: Barbora Bobkova
Age: 28
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation: Account Manager at […]

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Teen Girls, the New Cyberpioneers

by Allison

An article in today’s New York Times that talks about “digitally effusive teenage girls” as the “cyberpioneers of the moment” is getting a lot of buzz around the office here. It says:

The “girls rule” trend in content creation has been percolating for a few years — a Pew study published in 2005 also found that […]

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Tags: Teens · Web · Youth Trends

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Carriers as Media Companies: Myth or Reality?

by Allison

There has been a lot of discussion, some on these pages, about carriers turning into media companies. The topic was raised at OMMA Mobile the other week on a panel called “Myth Busters: The Major Misconceptions about Wireless.” The “myth” is that carriers are a technology business masquerading as a media business. However they […]

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Tags: Wireless World

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NGT Influencer Interviews: Singapore

by NGT

Trendy Singaporeans list their favorite things and clue us in on what’s hot in Southeast Asia. Our group reads print mags and blogs, plays mahjong, goes green, dresses to impress, and travels everywhere (but you can be sure to find them all on Facebook.)

Name: Johahn Bhurrut
Age: 29
Location: […]

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Piping Up on the Dumb Pipe Debate

by Allison

In the mobile industry, it’s near impossible to go a day without hearing the words “dumb pipe.” So at OMMA Mobile, the phrase came up—a lot. It refers to the fear carriers have of becoming vehicles for mobile content delivery but without a real say in what or how it is delivered. Here’s an analogy: […]

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Tags: Wireless World

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