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Entries from February 2008

Look to Gen Y for Mobile’s Killer App

by Allison

At last week’s OMMA Mobile, Roger Wood from Amobee speculated on the elusive yet inevitable mobile “killer app”, claiming that it will be created by someone born after 1990. “A Facebook will happen to messaging,” he said. He’s not alone in thinking this. Kanishka Agarwal from Fierce Wireless put it thus:
Early adopters we are, but […]

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Tags: Wireless World · Youth Trends

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Mobile Marketing Needs Better PR

by Allison

Ah, the irony… But it’s true, mobile could use a boost. As we noted previously, one report had 3/4 of U.S. consumers wary of ads on the handset. Many brands still need to be sold on the idea as well. At OMMA Mobile yesterday, Jordan Berman from AT&T asked the keynote panel, “How can we […]

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Tags: Marketing & Branding · Wireless World

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OMMA Mobile: Jeremy Wright from Nokia

by Allison

We’re at OMMA Mobile today where we just saw Jeremy Wright speak on Advertising on the 4th screen and win the longest title contest. The creator of Enpocket is now the Ad Business Global Director of Brand Solutions at Nokia. He did a great job of summing up the state of mobile advertising, here’s a […]

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Tags: Wireless World

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A Sex Scandal for the Digital Age

by NGT

In the last week of January, scandalous pictures of Hong Kong superstar Edison Chen together with a whole list of Hong Kong female artists were circulated over the internet. (Americans might recognize the actor/singer from The Grudge 2.) At first, his reps announced that the pictures were manipulated and were probably fake. However […]

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Tags: Asia · Marketing & Branding

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Launch of Mobile Content Community YuuZoo

by Allison

There has been a lot of complaining about mobile content. Much of it is not well-organized, compelling, compatible…
A new mobile site called YuuZoo, a client of our parent group FH Youth and Mobile, aims to tackle these issues. With plenty of content, YuuZoo is looking to be one-stop shopping for on-the-go entertainment. They are taking […]

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Tags: Entertainment · Wireless World

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