Watch the Full Video Archive of Mobilize 2010
Mobilize 2010 was not what you might call a focused conference. So here’s some good news: the entire conference is already online, available for your viewing pleasure at your leisure. Read more »
Tango to the Top
Tango, an app that allows you to make video calls over 3G launched at our Mobilize 2010 conference last week. Since then it has become the top free Social Networking app in Italy, Belgium, France and Luxembourg and ranks at number 3 in the US. Read more »
Mobilize by the Numbers: 10 Takeaways from the Conference
The dust has barely settled from Mobilize, but what did we learn from the event? These insights and stats, shared by the mobile tech’s thought leaders yesterday, put the industry in perspective and show how quickly it has grown over the past decade — and is still growing. Read more »
Unity and StartTalking Win GigaOM’s Mobilize Launchpad 2010
To conclude a great day at GigaOM’s Mobilize 2010, 10 startups competed against each other in front of our audience and a panel of VC judges. Unity Technologies won the judges’ vote, with Jiepang in second and Vive in third. StartTalking was the audience favorite. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Distribution Is Pain Point for Mobile Apps
There’s plenty of new innovation in the mobile space, as development has become easier than ever before. But while today’s mobile startups are finding it easier to create and release applications than in the past, VCs said marketing those apps is still a huge issue. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Virtualization on the Go
To virtualize or not, seems to be the question for most operators and handset manufacturers, according to our mobile virtualization panel at our Mobilize 2010 event. The panel appeared divided, wondering what the use case is that will lead to the widespread of virtualization on handsets. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Touch Has Won the Interface War
The touch interface has effectively taken over, thanks to the success of the iPhone, and every mobile device maker is trying to catch up and figure out how to use it, mobile designer and former Nokia staffer Christian Lindholm told the GigaOM Mobilize conference on Thursday. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: The Next Big Idea Gallery
Cloudmade, Where, Placecast, Evri and Apigee presented their bids for the “next big idea” in mobile at today’s GigaOM Mobilize conference. If they’re an accurate sample, the future of mobile is all about location, smart filters and APIs. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Don’t Build Devices, Build Service Avatars
We are entering a time when many devices are connected to the web, and entrepreneur/author Mike Kuniavsky is promoting the use of “Service Avatars” to heighten the user experience for connected devices. Kuniavsky is the CEO of ThingM, and the recently released book “Smart Things”. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Down With Feature Creep, Says Yves Behar
Designer Yves Behar, president of fuseproject, says “design creep” is strangling gadget and product development. His advice: delight in the simple experience. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Native Mobile Apps Will Be With Us For Some Time
In a death match between native and mobile web apps, which one walks away the victor? That was the heavily paraphrased question posed at the Mobilize conference today and while a panel of experts did its best to weigh in, the less sensational answer is that there’s room for both. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: San Francisco To Get LTE by Year’s End
Residents of San Francisco, take note: you will have the option of a 4G mobile data network by the end of the year. That is, if you make the jump to the LTE network offered by pre-paid mobile carrier MetroPCS, according to COO Tom Keys. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Networks Must Change When Mobile Meets the Cloud
As the demand on wireless networks increase thanks to more data consumption and more smart phones how can operators manage it, and will LTE be enough are the questions facing wireless operators as well as those building products as mobile devices meet cloud based applications. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Qualcomm Says It’s the Processor, Stupid
It’s not just the bandwidth on mobile networks that slows your mobile browsing down; sometimes it’s the processor that prevents your phone from providing the full and best mobile experience, Steve Mollenkopf, EVP and general manager of CDMA Technologies at Qualcomm, said at Mobilize today. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Ford Embraces the Cell Phone
There’s no question that the broadband connected car will be a massive market opportunity. But there’s two diverging scenarios, one dominated by embedded computing in the vehicle, the other is led by cell phones. At Mobilize, Ford says it will embrace the cell phone. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Microsoft Sells Developers on Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7′s launch is just around the corner but the battle for developers is well under way.
At Mobilize, Matt Thompson, GM of developer and platform evangelism for Microsoft, talked about the progress of the platform and why developers will want to support it. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: To NFC or Not to NFC
On a panel of mobile payments providers at GigaOM’s Mobilize 2010, everyone was happy to agree that mobile payments are finally getting their day in the sun due to the growth of smartphones, mobile application platforms, and the sheer market size of 5 billion phones. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: The Next Big Idea
New mobile services and devices are affecting the way users interact with each other and how business gets done. Today at Mobilize 2010, executives from Rebtel, iPass, Skyhook and Motricity shared their views for how new mobile Internet capabilities are changing the world. Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Data Networks Are Getting Smarter
As bandwidth use increases, the key to generating value from telecom data networks is the ability to understand the context of the users on those networks, what they are doing and what they want, Openwave Systems CEO Ken Denman told the GigaOM Mobilize conference today. Read more »
Mobilize: Live Coverage
Today the GigaOM crew will be coming to you live from Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco with coverage of our third annual conference devoted to all things mobile, Mobilize. The GigaOM crew will be live-blogging the panels and keynotes, so check here for more. Read more »
Where to Watch Mobilize 2010 Online
Today’s Mobilize 2010 conference, organized by GigaOM, is taking a look at the future of the mobile web. Speakers include Nicholas Negroponte, Mike Kuniavsky and Ken Denman. No ticket? No worries. Each and every session, keynote and red carpet interview and panel will be streamed live. Read more »
GigaOM’s Top 15 Mobilize Influencers 2010
Ahead of our Mobilize 2010 conference next Thursday, we’ve compiled our second annual list of those who are influencing the direction of this transformation of the web. They may not know all the implications of this new web, but they’re helping shape it. Read more »
8 Reasons You Should Attend Mobilize 2010
GigaOM will host its Mobilize conference next Thursday in San Francisco to help make sense of some of the opportunities available in the rapidly-changing market. Even if you think you know where the mobile industry is headed here are eight reasons to attend. Read more »
Give Us a Day, and We’ll Show You the Future of Mobile
Meet the future of mobile in real time at Mobilize 2010, taking place in a few weeks. The conference has sold out every year. We’ve planned a day-long, content-rich look at the future of the mobile web. Claim your spot today! Read more »
Mobilize 2010: Game-Changers Talk About Mobile Internet's Future
The Mobilize 2010 conference on Sept. 30 will be a high-level meeting of mobile stakeholders — from technology executives to VCs — who’ll discuss and debate the most game-changing aspects of the mobile industry. We wanted to highlight three topics and speakers that will cover them. Read more »
