Mark Littlewood's blog

Print media is dead! Or is it?

Newspapers are finally waking up to the importance of new business models and the opportunities that new channels deliver. Nice interview with some interesting examples of new and creative ways of driving new revenues at newspapers with Director of Mobile at Telegraph Media Group.

http://thebln.com/2012/02/director-of-mobile-telegraph-media-group-on-new-business-models-and-opportunities-for-print-media/

Mobile banking in the ‘first world’ is so, well, ‘third world’.

Today Barclays launched Pingit, a new service that allows you to send money via your mobile phone to other UK bank accounts. You have to be a Barclays customer to send money. It seems astonishing in 2012 that this is heralded as a, ‘new’ service in the UK. MPesa, has operated very successfully, initially in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan, since 2007.

http://thebln.com/2012/02/mobile-banking-in-the-first-world-is-so-well-third-world/

I’m liking the new honest approach Vodafone is taking in its advertising. Must be Yoda.

"We taxes don't pay"

http://thebln.com/2012/02/im-liking-the-new-honest-approach-vodafone-is-taking-in-its-advertising-must-be-yoda/

Making it Mobile Judging Panel. Entry deadline for private UK companies 1st March. If you are a mobile business, you probably want to get in front of buyers like these...

http://thebln.com/2012/02/meet-the-most-influential-people-in-mobile-mim-award-2012-judges/

Great slides and report from Altimeter Group, (the future of technology research by the way), on mobile retails strategies.

http://thebln.com/2012/02/attention-all-retailers-whats-your-app-really-about/

I think Tim Bradshaw at the FT has picked up on a piece of that puzzle as he notes Bango’s share price boosting (40% jump on day) deal with Facebook that possibly allows Facebook to offer direct-to-carrier payments for virtual cows, sheep etc and thus find a way to by-pass the awkward Apple rule about paying 30% of revenue through iPhone and iPad apps…

http://thebln.com/2012/02/facebook-bango-deal-might-give-big-clue-to-facebooks-mobile-strategy/

Oooh! A no BS event about how mobile is actually being used to make companies money. How unusual - and EARLY BIRDS close today.

The BLN MiM Forum brings mobile buyers together with companies and investors who are delivering mobile today. March 22nd, London.

http://makingitmobile2012.thebln.com/

The three best videos you will watch this week – pole dancing, rap & formation nano quadrotors.

http://thebln.com/2012/02/the-three-best-videos-you-will-watch-this-week-pole-dancing-rap-formation-nano-quadrotors-awesome/

Lessons learned – Tesco and mobile customer experience.

http://thebln.com/2012/02/lessons-learned-tesco-and-mobile-customer-experience/

Apple, Bill Gates & Patagonia. Corporate greed, philanthropy & the perils of doing good.

http://thebln.com/2012/01/apple-bill-gates-patagonia-corporate-greed-philanthropy-the-perils-of-doing-good/