I’ve identified around 240-250 mobile social networks. I’ve been steadily trying to install their little apps. One after another have failed. I of course, assumed it was the telco blocking ‘em or my mobile was out of date (Nokia N95) or a problem with the security certificates or … But no. My mobile phone date has been set on 2007 since the first week of January. Completely by accident. I haven’t been able to understand why old SMS messages (from late 2007) were listed first, before the 2008 stuff. I couldn’t work out why security certificates were failing. I just Continue Reading…
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:18 pm Tagged with: cellphone, cellular telephone, high tech area, mobile, Mobile social networks, Nokia N95, sms, social networks, telecommunications
Feb 132008
Happy Valentines Day! Please send chocolate! Mars gift application to launch on Facebook by Julia Buchanan LONDON – An application allowing users to send vouchers for Mars confectionary to friends on Facebook is to launch on Valentine’s Day in the UK. The application, named Celebrate, means Facebook members can buy a Mars product using Paypal and send a message to a selected friend. The recipient receives a request for their mobile number and they are then sent an SMS containing a unique voucher ID. Vouchers can be scanned and redeemed at participating retailers with PayPoint. Celebrate is being hailed as Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:39 am Tagged with: cellular telephone, Facebook, friends real products, Light Agency, london, Mars Snackfood UK, mobile, mobile phones, retail partners, Rituals, Sainsbury, Sara Miles, selected retail partners, sms, social networks, spokeswoman, three, three technologies, United Kingdom, Valentine's Day, web 2.0
There’s all sorts of conclusions you can reach about Social Networks, ain’t there? Warning: rant coming up. Funny article in AdNews (always good for a laugh) : Web 2.0 gets nasty (by Nina Lees)Web 2.0 obsessive uptake of social interaction, user generated content control and unbridled interactivity has meant the lunatics are running the asylum.That’s according to Melbourne adman Simon Hammond, chairman of Photon-owned communications agency Belong …the lunatics are running the asylum. That would be us. 21 million Australians – man woman and child – 2.1 million of whom (over 18) have signed up for Facebook. God only knows Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 8:25 pm Tagged with: Advertising, agency Director, anti advertising, anti marketing, cellular telephone, Chloe Adams, Herald Sun, Herald Sun daily columnist, mobile, Online Communities, SEE, Simon Hammond, sms, Social Media Australia, social networks, user generated content, web 2.0
Twitter is a wierd little network tool. You post up information in 140 characters or less. People can then ‘dine in’ – read the updates on the webpage. Or they can ‘Take Out’ – choose to receive your status updates on their mobile or cell phone, on an RSS reader, or get the update elsewhere such as Facebook. (dine in/take out blog post) So my three things: 1. Testimonials and Status Updates (people) One, Twitter is good for getting a brief update on the status of the people in my social network. They are either eating, applying for jobs, moving Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:20 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, communication network, Duke University, Facebook, laurel papworth, mobile, Social Media Australia, social network, social networking parlance, social networks, Twitter, United States, wierd little network tool, youtube
A new study from IpsosInsight (pdf), but I gotta say, this PR blurb makes it look like same-old, same-old. Eg. Europeans are more advanced than Americans with using mobile technology. So, I won’t be paying the 2000 bucks for the report. But if you do, and they’ve just marketed the report poorly, lemme know? I’ll reconsider then. Here is the blurb from their site: New York, NY — Web 2.0 and Social Media is all the rage but what does the Social Networker really look like? And how does visiting a social network really impact technology ownership, mobile phone features, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:45 pm Tagged with: Brian Cruikshank, broadband, cellphone, cellular telephone, digital media consumption, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, feature-rich mobile devices, GPS, Ipsos Insight, mobile, mobile devices, mobile social networking, MP3, NEW YORK, Online Communities, online music, online/mobile behavior, sms, social media, social network, social networking site, social networks, social-networking sites, Technology, technology ownership, United States, web 2.0
Oct 202007
you guys have seen this on the right hand side of my blog, right? It’s been there for months.Well now it’s available in Facebook- MyPhone. What is MyPhone? With MyPhone, Facebook friends can call your phone or leave you a voice message from their phone while you keep your phone number private. Is it free? Yes! It is totally free to add MyPhone to your profile. Can I screen/block unwanted calls? Yes! MyPhone keeps your real phone number private and allows you to control who can call your phone from Facebook. Does it work with my mobile phone? Yes! It Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:59 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, Facebook, jaxtr Inc., mobile, MyPhone, Online Communities, online friends, social networks, telecommunications
I think Google’s project to privatise the moon – cutely called Moon 2.0 – is a big mistake. The Google Lunar X PRIZE seeks to create a global private race to the Moon that excites and involves people around the world and, accelerates space exploration for the benefit of all humanity. The use of space has dramatically enhanced the quality of life and may ultimately lead to solutions to some of the most pressing environmental problems that we face on earth — energy independence and climate change. For more information, please visit www.googlelunarxprize.org It’s not clear enough quickly enough why Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:49 pm Tagged with: Advertising, Al Gore, anti advertising, cellular telephone, energy independence, exhibitionism, firewall, Google, Microsoft, mobile, Search, Social Media Australia, space advertising, web 2.0, www.googlelunarxprize.org, youtube
OMG. Oh. My. God. If anyone ever asks you to chair a conference DON’T DO IT! Seriously. It’s really hard work! (And we’ve already established that I’m lazy). I’m involved with a Enterprise 2.0 conference at the Crowne Plaza and we’ve got about 12 speakers per day. My job is to introduce the speakers – but not read their bio out loud because the attendees have already read them – but I don’t know some of these people! So I ask them if they are on Facebook, or submit to YouTube or blog and introduce them that way. Then I Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:41 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, Chair, Chris Gilbey, Crowne Plaza, Damian Smith, Darling Harbour, Deakin University, Dwayne Thompson, Facebook, finance, great speaker, Head, Helen Benge, Hugh Martin, Jeffrey Cook, king, media industries, mobile, online conversation, online/offline integration, Pippa Leary, Queen, Ron Weasel, Ross Monaghan, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, sooooo Web, Sydney University, Talkback Radio, telecommunications, the Brits, the guardian, Victorian Public Service, Viva La Web, web 2.0, youtube
Seven years ago, I lived in Singapore. I was there for nearly two years. And even back then, their adoption of technology was impressive. If I rang for a taxi, the automated system would ask me if I was 1. calling from home 2. calling from work, or 3. calling from elsewhere. Then it would ask me the same questions about where I wanted to go (home, work or elsewhere). If I was a work and wanted to taxi home, it would auto-give me the plate registration of the pickup cab. I heard that the GPS/LBS services now are such Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:39 pm Tagged with: 2.0 technology, AOL, blog search engine, broadband, cellular telephone, Google, GPS, Michael Arrington, Microsoft, mobile, New Zealand, Online Communities, Richard MacManus, Russell Crowe, search engine, search engines, Singapore, Social Media Australia, social networking events, social networks, things Web, trial site, vibrant Web, web 2.0, Yahoo!
Mike *Fang* Seyfang asked an interesting question on Facebook a month or so ago, and got some diverse answers. “Is FaceBook a Walled Garden“. I want to ramble on a lot longer than Facebook let’s me, so am going to think out loud on here. Short Answer: Walled Garden – the host or service provider restricts access to content (e.g. mobile phone content providers), products and services, other members and tends to control navigation. Gated Community – the members restrict or open access to their private profiles, private groups and private products and services by choosing themselves who gets access Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:43 am Tagged with: Amazon, cellular telephone, Etiquette, Facebook, garden of WAP, Google, ISP, Japan, mobile, MySpace, Newscorp, Online Communities, online community, privacy, private products, Rules, social network, social networks, telstra, walled garden, WAP
Jul 042007
Found this on the ‘net so it must be true (from ITFacts): 174 mln users to get into mobile social networks by 2011 ABI Research found that “mobile social communities” currently count nearly 50 mln members worldwide, a number that is expected to reach 174 mln in 2011. Metrics 2.0 have also picked up on the figures: Social Communities Go Mobile: 50 million to Become 174 million The rapid rise of online social communities and the companies behind them (such as MySpace and Facebook), has found a natural extension to the mobile phones. There are currently nearly 50 million members Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:33 pm Tagged with: AirG, cellular telephone, Clint Wheelock, co-founder and director, Facebook, Frederick Ghahramani, mobile, mobile phones, Mobile social networks, Online Communities, online social communities, personal networking, portable wireless devices, sms, social networking, social networks, vice president of research, wireless social networking
Jul 042007
What mobile widgets and apps do you have and which service provider are you with? Does anyone else find having a Twitter widget on a mobile a bit, well, redundant? This one only works on Mobio network. Do the impossible – right from your phone 50+ FREE & cool mobile widgets! – New! twitter on Mobio- New! digg on Mobio- New! My RSS- New! Kaboodle- locate Cheap Gas- find live music events- stop getting lost with 1-click maps Wow, how nice of them to give out free widgets – that you have to pay to access. :pHow do you feel Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:13 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, convergent device, Google, Java, mobile, mobile phones, Mobile social networks, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks, telecommunications, telstra, vodafone, WAP, web browser, wireless, WLAN
Lots of chatter in online communities on this one – mostly from marketing people, not teens though: SPRITE PIONEERS NEW CONSUMER CONNECTIONS THROUGH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY The “Sprite Yard” is the first “community-to-go” that combines photo sharing, message board, planner, and digital downloads in one simple interface for mobile phones ATLANTA, June 6, 2007 – The Coca-Cola Company is redefining the relationship between consumers and their sparkling beverages with the launch of the Sprite Yard, a real-time digital “on-the-go” community that provides social connections and downloadable content via their mobile phone anytime, anywhere. This mobile marketing breakthrough launched in China on Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:45 pm Tagged with: ATLANTA, cell phones, cellular telephone, China, Coca Cola, Denis Sison, instant messaging, mobile, mobile phones, obesity, Online Communities, online destinations, planner, social networks, Sprite Global Brand Director, Sprite Yard, The Coca-Cola Company, United States, WAP
I know I have been blogging on and on and on about TV lately but it’s such an challenging area. I really want to know definitively – will TV survive the next few years? I mean, better than offline newspapers? And if it does survive, what form will it take? How much a part will online, personalisation, and dialogue with and between the media consumers play? The convergence seems to be accelerating since the beginning of the year. Look at this project – four days old- called justin.tv. – Justin wears the camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:40 am Tagged with: cellular telephone, Google, media consumers, Police Department, policeman, social networks, StartUp School
Feb 112007
I haven’t read anything of Stan Beer‘s in a while: Zune and Wi-Fi versus iPhone and carriers?When you hear news that a consortium that includes Microsoft, Google, HP, Dell and Intel, among others has filed to submit a wireless handheld Internet access prototype device developed by Microsoft to the Federal Communications Commission, you know something is up. When you also hear rumours that the device may be based upon a Zune then you suspect a war is brewing and it involves telcos as well. When Steve Jobs took the stage last month at Macworld to announce Apple’s relationship with Cingular, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:27 am Tagged with: Barcelona, cellular telephone, convergent social networking devices, Dell, Federal Communications Commission, Google, Greg Joswiak, handheld Internet access prototype device, Intel, Internet access, Internet capability, iphone, iPod, Microsoft, mobile, mobile carrier, prototype device, social networks, staid conservative telecommunications carrier, Steve Jobs, United States, VOIP, VP iPod products, Wi-Fi, wireless Internet access space
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