Monthly Archives: March 2009

Instant Mobilizer up for Emerging Technology Award

Posted on March 17, 2009 by miker

The dotMobi folks are up for an emerging technology award at CTIA for Instant Mobilizer. Instant Mobilizer is the evolution of Mowser, so of course it’s got a special place in my heart. The dotMobi folks have done an awesome … Continue reading →

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Mobile Payments Proliferation

Posted on March 14, 2009 by miker

I’m seeing more and more mobile payments systems getting used in actual products. Stuff like Zong, Paymo and Mobillcash. Surprisingly enough, the places I’m hearing about systems like this being used are in social games (for example social applications using … Continue reading →

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The Subjective Meaning of "Platform Maturity"

Posted on March 4, 2009 by miker

I posted yesterday about wanting to use my phone to publish my location in realtime, and I got a bunch of fantastic responses both in the comments and as emails (thanks folks!) I fooled around with some of them with … Continue reading →

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Sharing Location Info

Posted on March 3, 2009 by miker

I’m planning to go on an extended motorcycle trip in May. Whenever I leave to go somewhere for more than a few hours and my friends know about it I tend to get a lot of calls. They get very … Continue reading →

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