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  • NFC Battle Recalls Betamax-versus-VHS Struggle

    Near Field Communication Should See Off Rival Technologies It's amazing how NFC mobile payments continue to divide opinions in the industry. While many players, such as Google Wallet and Visa, ...

  • Revelations from the Undersea Internet of Things

    Finding the Right Whale on Mobile Devices I recently attended a media event announcing a Whale Alert app for the iPhone and iPad. Picture an Urban Spoon-type app. You know ...

  • A Closer Look at Mobile Apps

    Developers Reconsider Multi-Platform Support with the Advent of HTML5 As Apple counts down to a whopping 25 billion downloads from its App Store, others are still trailing in its wake. ...

  • Smaller Asian Phone-Makers Enter a New World

    Turning the Spotlight away from the Big Names at Mobile World Congress Here at Mobile World Congress much attention is paid to "tier one" brands like Nokia and Samsung (as ...

  • Daily Insight: Day 3, Mobile World Congress 2012

    Summary and Analysis of Announcements on Wednesday 29 February 2012 This post reproduces the Daily Insight sent to our clients on the third day of Mobile World Congress 2012.The views ...

  • Daily Insight: Day 2, Mobile World Congress 2012

    Summary and Analysis of Announcements on Tuesday 28 February 2012 This post reproduces the Daily Insight sent to our clients on the second day of Mobile World Congress 2012.The views ...

  • Daily Insight: Day 1, Mobile World Congress 2012

    Summary and Analysis of Announcements on Monday 27 February 2012 This post reproduces the Daily Insight sent to our clients on the first day of Mobile World Congress 2012. The ...

  • The Japanese Are Coming…

    Europe's Smartphone Market Awaits the Re-Entry of Once-Powerful Brands This week seems to be the one in which Japanese companies formally unveil their intention to return to the European smartphone ...

  • Nokia Scores a Hit with Yandex

    Mapping Deal Will Help Bid to Broaden the Reach of Nokia's Location-Based Services Nokia announced at the end of January that it had struck a licensing deal with Russian search ...

  • Five Firms to Watch at Mobile World Congress

    Our Pick of Selected UK Innovators in the Run-Up to Barcelona Last week I spent an enjoyable afternoon in London at a pre-Mobile World Congress event hosted by UK Trade ...