Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

The problem with Murdoch’s media

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Henry Porter discusses some of the key criteria as to why Vince Cable has such an important contribution to  make in controlling total media and therefore political power currently wielded by Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. This follows on ...

tattoos, identity and meaning [2]

Saturday, October 9th, 2010I am writing this post as my old friend David O'Hanlon asked a question to my post on Tattoo's, identity and meaning that I think requires a somewhat in-depth response. Patrick Skinner is a PHD student at Cambridge University, his ...

Bigging it up for iCheki

Thursday, October 7th, 2010Lars Cosh-Ishii from Wireless Watch Japan posted this and I couldn't help myself and take a peak @iCheki as I had just got back from Africa having been working on a very interesting mobile strategy project.Lars writes,Nice write-up on Alix ...

The Mobile patent wars [3]

Thursday, September 30th, 2010Interesting development shortly after my last two posts on mobile marketing and patents (Mobile Patent Wars), (Mobile Patent Wars 2).Legal battles between Apple and Nokia have been ongoing in the US over smartphone technology but the fight has just moved ...

The mobile patent wars [2]

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Where has the puck patent been for mobile?In my last blog I wrote about The Mobile Patent Wars and how it will also impact Mobile Marketing in the near future. It is an accepted view that patents will play a ...

A people will only be free when their control their own communications Mr Murdoch

Sunday, September 19th, 2010The headline is a quote from Frantz Fanon someone who was recognised as an authority on post colonial rule, Fanon's statement about people, society, communication and freedom is encapsulated in the point Will Hutton makes, link to Observer story (here), ...

Journey’s in augmented reality

Sunday, September 19th, 2010Picked this post up from Layar co-founder, M. Lens-FitzGerald. Urban Augmented Realities and Social Augmentations that Matter: Talking with Bruce Sterling, Part 2The post is well worth a read, and I picked this nuggetJesse Schell described the importance of AR ...

The mobile patent wars

Monday, September 6th, 2010It is well recorded that one one of the reasons Apple decided to put their antenna on the outside of their iPhone was because Nokia has such a comprehensive patent portfolio on antenna's in mobile devices, it shied away from ...

The system known as the kisha club

Thursday, August 26th, 2010In No Straight Lines I talk about the systemic breakdown of models of control and organisation that were defined by an industrial era. Jay Rosen tweeted this article which is a fascinating insight into the Japanese media world, that was ...

How enterprise can benefit from mobile – Blackberry roadshow

Sunday, August 8th, 2010Tuesday night sees me flying to Brazil, to start the first leg of my tour with Blackberry through Latin America. My job to evangelize mobile communications that should today be a key and core component of enterprise strategy in this ...

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