I could hardly sleep at night knowing there was a meetup I’d never been to, and I’m happy to report that my visit to Mobile Monday (MoMo) on 3rd Aug was a delightful and enlightening experience. For those of you still out of the loop, MoMo Edinburgh is a new group for anyone interested in the mobile scene, and folks meet monthly for lunch in Centotre to discuss the latest happenings. Turns out they’re a lot of fun!
It was a very friendly and welcoming bunch, and the cozy size (6 of us on this occasion, as holiday appeared to be a priority for others) made it easy to have group discussions. I was brought up to speed on Blyk, the mobile phone company that offered free minutes/texts to the youth market (more…)
The winners of the Informatics Touch competition were announced last Thursday (30th July 2009), with yours truly having a stake in the competition …
Last week, Spotify announced their App for Apple’s iPhone. Unfortunately Apple is known for controlling tightly the Apps available to iPhone users. As Spotify is a service changing the way people consume music, it could potentially harm the already in difficulty music majors, and compete with Apple’s hugely successful music store: iTunes. The Spotify people, knowing this, have made sure to make the release of their App a matter of public interest involving as many press agencies as possible. The spotlight is now awaiting Apple’s reaction. 
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The harder you fall, the better the story, and it seems that tales of failure are a very strong social currency at the moment. With outlets like 
At the end of May, Microsoft unveiled its search engine, Bing. Then last week Google announced that it would launch an operating system for laptops in the second half of 2010 with the first version to be targeted at netbooks. Microsoft have since retaliated with their recent announcement – the launch of a free, web-based version of MS Office 2010 which will include lighter versions of Word, Powerpoint and Excel. While this could 
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