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Cisco Telepresence Onstage

Jon Byous — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:14:59 +0000

This Cisco video is two years old, but it’s still a view of the world to come.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcfNC_x0VvE

Is Every Week Going to Be This Big?

Jon Byous — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:23:48 +0000

Gang,

I know, there’s a hotter market for day-old doughnuts than for day-old news. But just scan the headlines below: major mobile marketplace eruptions that have occurred this week. We are entering an astounding time of “mobile value growth” in all corners.

Foursquare Courts Business Users with Checkin Analysis Features

All local retailers, read this one: Up-to-the-second IDs & stats on your in-store visitors, coming from Foursquare.

Thanks to Mashable’s Jennifer Van Grove:

At the end of the day, the business features further contribute to Foursquare changing the world as we know it.

iPad Pre-Orders Begin at 5:30 A.M. PT on March 12 (today)

Thanks to Mashable’s Samuel Axon

Google Mobile Product Search Now Does Local Inventory Check

Thanks to Mashable’s Christina Warren

Barnes & Noble to Launch E-Reader App for iPad

Thanks to Mashable’s Barb Dybwad

Twitter’s Website Now Attaches Location to Tweets [PICS]

Thanks to the reason I started reading Mashable The Social Media Guide in the first place, their Co-Editor Ben Parr

Google Apps Marketplace: 6 Great Apps to Try Now

Google launched the Google Apps Marketplace Wednesday night. This could become a significant enterprise app ecosystem connecting desktop and mobile. The evening of the launch, I counted just nine Financial apps. Hah. Just wait.

Thanks to Mashable’s Christina Warren

Google Fiber Sparks Online Competition Between Cities Nationwide

Thanks to Mashable’s Features Editor Josh Catone

Target Stores to Bring Mobile Coupons Mainstream

Thanks to the good gang at Mobile Marketing Watch: Posted by Adena on Mar 9, 2010 in Mobile Marketing

And take your pick of great mobile announcement headline news for the last week at FierceWireless.

But here’s my Favorite of the week’s announcements for mobile app developers: The relaunch of AppBoy – Dashboard, Apps, Ideas:

Appboy is a social outlet for mobile app lovers. Got a great app or a unique idea? Get feedback and use our community to get the word out.

Thanks to Mashable’s Christina Warren for her Appboy update coverage.

Being Productive on Twitter

Jon Byous — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:24:05 +0000

A lot of people are struggling to understand the answer to, “Why Twitter?”

Here are three simple ways I use Twitter:

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As a blogger – advertise my content: I have friends on Twitter, and I use it to let them know, “Hey, here’s a new post on mobile madness….” It’s like a quick billboard, bus card, or taxi board moving across their PC or mobile screens. All biz, no waste.

As a researcher – advertise other people’s content: Almost every day I find a relevant, credible info source in my field. It may not merit a blog post, but it’s more important than a bookmark. So I Tweet it with a contextual comment for my friends to see. You can scroll through my Tweets in the blue window, top right. See something interesting? Click and go.

As a researcher – to find content: On a good day, I’ll explore 160 web pages. One day last week was 279. How do I find them? I use Twitter as a search engine. At Twitter, you can search topics by putting a “#” (called a “hashtag”) in front of the search term, in the right-hand column search bar – try #mobile developers, or whatever. Zoom. You get a long list of real human search results, most of them pointing to a fascinating web page – on topic. [Beware: hypnotic time suck.]

I follow a bunch of specific people and companies in my interest areas. It’s easy to segment them by “Lists.” My Lists: mobile apps, mobile analytics, web analytics, social media. You can see ‘em at jonbyous on Twitter. It’s mobile-friendly.