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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

GOOG-411: Toll-Free Directory Assistance From Google

It’s free. It’s easy-to-use. And, it’s making telephone company provided Directory Assistance programs obsolete.

It’s 1-800-GOOG-411, the new voice-enabled wireless directory assistance service from Google. Of course, aside from being convenient—and did we mention, free?—it also offers enhanced services including delivery of detailed driving directions and a map sent to your mobile phone.

Watch this video from the voice researchers at Google as they explain the new service. Then, check out the GOOG-411 Frequently Asked Questions to learn more.


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Nokia Chases iPhone With Release of Nokia N97

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

At Nokia World December 2, the popular mobile phone maker announced the Nokia N97, the company’s answer to the Apple iPhone. According to a press release, “the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5” touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an ‘always open’ window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia’s flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their ‘social location.’” Learn more.

Technology guru Robert Scoble posted an interesting video interview about the new device which he calls, “the ultimate Facebook device”.

Are You Failing to Mobilize Your Metrics?

Friday, October 03, 2008

"There is no question that mobile is becoming ubiquitous,” writes Evan Gerber for Molecular. “It is critical that smart marketers begin to understand how to reach their audience on the emerging third screen. Measurement becomes increasingly crucial as marketing budgets tighten, and it’s ever more important to quantify successes. As this channel evolves, it’s crucial that marketers measure their mobile campaigns; these data will provide the fundamental learnings that can drive real-time changes, as well as provide insight to guide future forays into the blossoming mobile landscape.” Read the article to learn more.

Call for Presenters: Intelligent Content 2009

Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Intelligent Content 2009 has announced a call for presenters. The event, to be held January 29-30, 2009 at Le Parker Méridien Palm Springs, needs presenters who are creating, managing, and delivering intelligent content and who can present on such topics as:

  • Adaptive content
  • Content mining
  • Context aware behavior
  • Dynamic device adaptation/multichannel publishing
  • Integrated social software and semantics
  • Personalized content
  • Semantic retrieval

The organizers are seeking submissions—presentations, case studies, panel sessions, workshops and interactive demonstrations—that are visionary and practical. But, more than anything, the organizers are seeking sessions that will help attendees learn something useful—something they can use when they return to the office. Case studies of content projects (web, print and/or mobile) are highly desired, as are presentations on content problems solved by social networks or via mashups - anything goes. If you are doing some really forward looking work let the organizers know

Apple’s MobileMe: Hot or Not?

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

In this article from PeachPit Press, author Terry White < ahref="http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1235053">shares his likes and dislikes of Apple’s new MobileMe service. If you are interested in cross-platform, cross-device content reuse and syndication, you’ll want to learn more about MobileMe.

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