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Mobile Streams launches developer facility

August 11, 2009 Written by @telecoms

Mobile content specialist Mobile Streams has launched a smartphone research and development centre in Hong Kong which will focus on application development for smartphone platforms such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone.

Tags; app stores, Apple, BlackBerry, Mobile Streams, Simon Buckingham, Android, App Stores, Apple, Content & Applications, Handsets & Devices, News & Analysis, Operator, iPhone

Back to basics

May 21, 2009 Written by Mike Hibberd

Commoditisation is an inevitability in the mobile industry, says entrepreneur Simon Buckingham, CEO of content firm Mobile Streams and also of Zoombak, a mobile subsidiary of investment house Liberty Media that sells cellular-based tracking devices for consumer use. What isn’t inevitable, however, is the timing of that commoditisation.

Tags; GPS, location, Mobile Streams, Simon Buckingham, vodafone, Zoombak, Americas, App Stores, Europe, Interviews

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Features

Social spending

Over The Top providers have become the staple wildcard in almost any sector set on a collision path with mobile. By and large they are very good at what they do: connecting a user with their chosen content or service by whatever means available.

Tags; Social Networking, Content & Applications, Features, Money

The Magic Touch

Global sales of NFC-enabled handsets increased ten-fold in 2011

SIM-based NFC remains the holy grail of mobile payment for cellular operators. The NFC community has its sights set far wider than simple mobile financial services, but it is taking time for the technology to get to market.

Tags; NFC, Cloud, Features, M2M, Money