In an interview with the BBC , Tim Berners-Lee has strongly come out against the idea of an ISP being able to sign him up to any form of advertising based on his personal web surfing habits.
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The European Union has adopted technology made by Nokia as the preferred standard to be used by member states in a move that it hope swill provide a degree of certainty and stability in an emerging market.
Intel have recently released their new processor , known as Atom , that has specifically been designed for powering devices that can run on the mobile internet.
The BBC has completely revamped its main website ( not for the better . in my opinion !) and in the process has taken the opportunity to revise and re-launch its mobile site for smartphones and pda’s.
Aptly named the iFund , Apple have teamed up with a firm of venture capitalists to launch a $100 million fund which will invest in software developers who come up with good business ideas for the iPhone.
Return2Sender was Ireland’s first Mobile Marketing agency , founded in 2000 , and seemingly at the forefront of being involved with the development of the mobile internet in Ireland.
They have produced what they say is the first made-for-mobile ad in Ireland and possibly the world.
Not entirely sure it works for me , but is a great thing to have done !
In light of the story about how we are going to have 90 million MID’s by 2012 , this is a really interesting follow on .Ubuntu is a community of developers , around since 2004 , which makes open source software , based on Linux.Their latest product is Ubunto Mobile and they are targeting companies aiming to deliver MID’s this year.
A study by market research firm ABI has estimated that there will be a growth in MID’s ( Mobile Internet Devices ) from around the current figure of just under 3.5 million to around a whopping 90 million by 2012 , world wide.
An american company is using weather balloons to provide cell phone coverage to rural areas of the United States in a move that could mean internet access will eventually become accessible to pretty much everyone, irrespective of how remote the area in which they live.
The term behavioural targeting one of those awful phrases that is set to become embedded in our language and culture as it embraces the different ways companies will look to collect information on consumers with a view to selling them more specifically targeted goods