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Qualcomm Ventures QPrize Competition : More than $ 500,000 in Early Stage Financing for Companies and Entrepreneurs

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:08:20 +0000

More than $ 500,000 in Early Stage Financing for Companies and Entrepreneurs

Qualcomm Ventures Launches QPrize Business Plan
Competition Supporting Global Entrepreneurship

QPrize is an initiative to identify and strengthen novel business ideas while in the concept stage.

Business Sectors

QPrize competition is open to international entrants whose business plans accelerate wireless technology development in the following business sectors:
• Consumer/enterprise applications and services
• Communication devices
• Semiconductor and component technologies
• Mobile platforms
• Digital media and content
• Healthcare technologies and services
• CleanTech

Additional details on candidate eligibility and submission guidelines are available at www.qprize2009.com
Timelines
May 7th, 2009 Public Launch
July 31st, 2009 Deadline for submitting completed business plans
August 28th, 2009 Notifications will be sent to all semi-finalists
September 2009 India Regional event to pick India Region Winner
October 16th, 2009 Deadline for submitting revised business plans for the final competition
November, 2009 Finals at San Diego, CA

For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com/ventures

YouTube mobile uploads grow 400% following launch of iPhone 3G S

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:45:45 +0000

User-generated video aggregator service YouTube announced its mobile uploads have increased 400 percent a day in the week since Apple released its iPhone 3G S, the first version of the iconic smartphone to offer video capture capabilities. Writing on The YouTube Blog, YouTube product manager Dwipai Desai and community manager Mia Quagliarello note that in the last six months, the firm has seen uploads from all mobile devices increase 1,700 percent. “This growth represents three things coming together: new video-enabled phones on the market, improvements to the upload flow when you post a video to YouTube from your phone, and a new feature on YouTube that allows your videos to be quickly and effortlessly shared through your social networks

Source: Youtube Blog

What Google thinks about the future of mobile ?

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:25:01 +0000

Google’s Andy Rubin thinks this of the future of mobile:

* Smart alerts: Your phone will be smart about your situation and alert you when something needs your attention.
* Augmented reality: Your phone uses its arsenal of sensors to understand your situation and provide you information that might be useful.
* Crowd sourcing goes mainstream: Your phone is your omnipresent microphone to the world, a way to publish pictures, emails, texts, Twitters, and blog entries.
* Sensors everywhere: Your phone knows a lot about the world around you.
* Tool for development: Your phone may be more than just a convenience, it may be your livelihood.
* The future-proof device: Your phone will open up, as the Internet already has, so it will be easy for developers to create or improve applications and content.

* Safer software through trust and verification: Your phone will provide tools and information to empower you to decide what to download, what to see, and what to share.

Source: Google Blog

Mobile VAS Job postings from 14th June to 19th June -VASJobs.com

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:34:59 +0000

Starting this week we will be bringing you Mobile VAS Jobs from VASJobs.com - world’s 1st dedicated global mobile VAS Jobs board

Most recent VAS Job postings from 14th June - 19th June 2009

Mobile VAS Jobs in India

- Group Product Manager at Intuit Technology Services India Pvt.Ltd in Bengaluru/Bangalore
- Product Manager - Mobile VAS at Fillers’ Client - A Top Telecom Company in Gurgaon
- Account Relationship Manager - Mobile VAS Sales at Netway India Pvt. Ltd. Astroyogi.com in Delhi
- Manager - Voice (IVR) Content at Indiatimes in Gurgaon
- Web designer at MaxMobility Private Ltd. in Kolkata
- Software Engineer (Symbian C++) at MaxMobility Private Ltd. in Kolkata
- Software Engineer (J2ME) at MaxMobility Private Ltd. in Kolkata
- Wanted Kannel and sms applications expert at Padam Gupta in Delhi
- Business Development Executive at MaxMobility Private Ltd. in ‘Kolkata & NCR, India‘
- Manager-Key Account (VAS) at MaxMobility Private Ltd. in Kolkata

Mobile VAS Jobs in Singapore

- VP of Marketing at Bubble Motion in Singapore

Mobile VAS Jobs in USA

- Perl Developer, mobile messaging programs in Boston at Mobile Messaging Solutions
- Project Manager, mobile messaging programs in Boston at Mobile Messaging Solutions

To post a Job or to Apply to a Job visit VASJobs.com

Revenue from Telecom Sector in India to cross $30 billion by 2013

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:52:31 +0000

According to Gartner, a global information technology research and advisory firm, the revenue from India’s telecom Sector will cross $30 billion by 2013.

The total mobile services revenue is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5 percent during 2009-2013 to exceed $30 billion. At the same time the telecom subscriber base is expected to cross 770 million connections by 2013, growing at a CAGR of 14.3 percent from 452 million in 2009.

The factors supporting this increase are:

increased focus of operators on rural areas
increased adoption of value Added Services
availability of cheaper handsets
entry of consumer durable and electronic companies into the mobile handset segment

The number of prepaid subscribers is expected to cross 740 million ( about 96 percent) by 2013. At the same time the postpaid subscriber base will exceed 29 million subscribers by 2013, growing 2.5 percent from 2008. Gartner also predicted that the churn rate (the rate at which a subscriber switches from one operator to another) will cross 59 percent in 2013 from 53 percent currently.

Source: ET

Video:Interview with Nokia designer Mark Delaney

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:00:30 +0000

Interview with Nokia designer Mark Delaney

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Nokia N97 Official Demo Video

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:54:38 +0000

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Nokia N97 Official Demo Video

Facebook is now No.1 and Myspace No.2 social network

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:48:43 +0000

In May 2009, Facebook became the most popular US social networking site. Facebook totaled 70,278,000 unique visitors, up 97% from May 2008 to May 2009. MySpace hits shrank 5% over the same timeframe, fading to 70,255,000 unique visitors.

MySpace still dominates Facebook in one important respect—advertising. MySpace visitors viewed 31.8 million ads in April 2009, accounting for almost 47% of the total social network advertising space. Facebook was second, serving nearly 25 million ads and making up about 37% of the sector.

MySpace also led the revenue category, predicted to earn $495 million in 2009, 115% more than its rival.

Source: eMarketer

Over half of Nokia users downloading Ovi Store content

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:33:23 +0000

Fifty-nine percent of Nokia device users have begun downloading content from the handset giant’s fledgling Ovi Store since the application storefront went live late last month. According to a user survey conducted by Nokia, 31 percent of Ovi Store users have downloaded between two and five pieces of content from the store, and 6 percent have downloaded more than 10 pieces. However, 36 percent of Nokia users have yet to download anything from Ovi Store, and 5 percent admit they don’t even know what the Ovi Store is.

After launching with just over 1,000 apps, Ovi Store is now approving about 100 applications per day, Nokia vice president of media Marco Argenti tells Forbes. The store currently supports 75 different Nokia models, and–accounting for variations in screen sizes, memory, processing power and operating systems–there are about 2,000 pieces of content available for most users, including apps as well as ringtones and wallpapers.

Source : Nokia Blog

IBM To Invest $100 Million In Cell Phone Research

Sidhaarthaa Bezboraa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:26:53 +0000

IBM, long synonymous with the personal computer, hopes to become equally influential in the world of mobile computing.
The company plans to announce Wednesday a $100 million investment pool to develop new services for mobile phones. The company provided few specifics about its research goals but said it broadly hopes to improve mobile payment methods, security, privacy, and user interface and, chiefly, to enhance the ability of corporations to used mobile devices to interact with customers and employees.

Source: Bits Blog