Entries from February 2008
February 26th, 2008 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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Tags: NGT Influencer Interviews · Youth Trends
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February 21st, 2008 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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February 20th, 2008 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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February 18th, 2008 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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February 14th, 2008 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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