http://www.paulpoutanen.com discussions on technology, crowd sourcing, Mob4Hire, and the future Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:08:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just found out I am going to be an improv panel for MobileJam in Las Vegas Mobile Jam How does the Improv Session Work? Based on Mobile Jam Barcelona – they work well! See the photos. Chairs are placed in six (6) circles around the room, with each topic designated to a ... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/03/23/mob4hire-to-be-on-improv-panelat-mobilejam-in-las-vegas/ "Google Inc. has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among mobile phone users in recent months since the company has introduced faster Web services on selected phone models, fuelling confidence the mobile Internet era is at hand, the company said on Tuesday." Google sees surge in Web use on hot mobile ... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/03/23/google-says-more-traffic-from-mobile/ Holy cow! Apple is teaming with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to launch a $100 Million iFund for iphone and ipod touch applications. "A revolutionary new platform is a rare and prized opportunity for entrepreneurs, and that's exactly what Apple has created with iPhone and iPod touch," said John Doerr, partner at Kleiner ... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/03/07/100-million-ifund-for-iphone-application-developers/ Openmoko is raising the ante not only by offering a free operating system and software, but is its handset design as well. Openmoko has posted the computer design (CAD) files on its website and people are invited to muck about with them to make personalized cases. http://http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080304.WBcyberia20080304133308/WBStory/WBcyberia/ This is super cool. I might ... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/03/04/3d-printer-needed-for-case-design-of-freerunner/ While in Barcelona, I went to the Mobile Jam put on by Rudy de Waele and Caroline Lewko. This was a great event. The mobile developer space is in a bad state.  Chaos in the industry is frustrating the developers. There was about an hour discussion on testing and the difficulties ... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/03/03/mobile-jam-developers-conference-at-3gsm/ I was in Barcelona for the 3GSM Mobile tradeshow and met Margaret Gold from www.betavine.net "Betavine is an open community & resource website, created and managed by Vodafone Group R&D, whose mission is to support the wider development community in stimulating ideas, developing, testing and launching great new applications for mobile ... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/03/03/betavine/ There have been a couple of events recently which have showcased the Calgary hi-tech scene.  Check out Stephen King's blog on techvibes. As well check out the list of Alberta startups on techvibes as well. I pleased to announce that Mob4hire is on that list. :) http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/01/16/calgary-hi-tech-hotbed/ There will be a press release today at Macworld. How will Roger's price the data package is the interesting part of this story. This didn't happen.... Expect late spring for a new announcement from Rogers. http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/01/15/iphone-to-be-released-in-canada/ As predicted, Google will entering in the FCC auction for wireless. Other players include Verizon, AT&T and Vodafone.   Interesting times..... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2008/01/15/google-gets-approval-to-bid-on-700mhz-fcc-wireless-auction/ I am pleased to announce that NEWT won the $500 tester registration contest on Dec 15th.   Here I am on the right presenting (the real check to NEWT) to Eric Larson, Marketing director. The next contest will be DOUBLED! Yes that is right. Sign up before March 31, 2008 as a tester ... http://www.paulpoutanen.com/2007/12/31/newt-wins-500-tester-registration-contest-at-mob4hire/