So theres another new social payments kid on the block with an interesting twist that we like. Kwedit is a virtual loan shark of sorts. Although these guys dont break your virtual legs (although that would be an excellent option for Mafia wars).
Basically they loan you the money to buy virtual goods – and when you pay it back or refer a friend you earn some kind of virtual credit score which is good for your game rep. If you dont end up paying them – no biggy – but you will earn a bad score and it will affect your in game status according to the game.
MichaelArrington from Techcrunch certainly seemed excited by the concept saying “Its unreliability is what makes it so attractive to social game publishers and other people selling virtual goods. It’s also a great way to let the unbanked masses out there pay for stuff without getting sucked in to scamville-type scams.”
Arrington is also excited as this is a step away from the kind of activity that leads to users being pulled into the now infamous “scamville” type deals which he campaigned about late last year.
Its a great post read the entire post here or read our highlights and screen shots form the techcrunch review below.
And if it turns out the kids with no credit cards aren’t actually good at paying you back – you could always break their virtual legs!
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The product is called Kwedit Promise.
Here’s how Kwedit works: they let users take on fake debt instead of paying for virtual goods with real money (or via scammy or legitimate offers). A user promises to pay later. It’s not an enforceable promise, and there is really no consequence if a user doesn’t pay. But there are built in incentives to pay it off, and Kwedit expects some percentage of people to actually do so.
As users take and pay off, or default, on Kwedit promises, a virtual Kwedit score moves up and down just like a real-life credit score.
Users get more credit (err, Kwedit) when they actually pay the stuff they agreed to. And if they don’t pay, the kwedit score goes down and getting more Kwedit becomes difficult. There’s some risk that users will try to sign up under another name to start fresh – but since most of the virtual games are on social networks and tied to established identities, that won’t work very well.
Kwedit also makes it very easy to pay off promised amounts. Most users won’t have credit cards, so they can’t pay via normal online methods. But users can print out (or save on their phone) a bar code and take it to any 7-11 store in the U.S. for payment. Or they can mail in cash via a pre-printed postage paid envelope (called the Kwedit mailer). And there’s a third way as well – users can ask others to pay the Kwedit for them via “pass the duck.” It’s a social payment feature that sends a message to a friend or family member asking them to pay.
What do I think of this? I think it’s brilliant. Social gaming companies like Zynga have said that they can only monetize a few percentage points of users via direct payments. They try to increase that number via offers, which is a slippery slope towards Scamville. Kwedit falls in between direct payments and offers. And even if users default, the Zyngas of the world aren’t out any cash. They’re just giving away virtual stuff in exchange for the Kwedit, after all.
If Kwedit’s early days are successful, look for all the gaming companies to jump on board quickly. And I also think this is a great idea for other virtual goods services – like online music. I’d love to pay for music on iTunes or MySpace music via Kwedit. At some point, we may just be able to. At launch Kwedit is available on 100 social games, and also as an option on Social Gold.
Is Kwedit unreliable? Yep. Is it Brilliant? Absolutely.
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Another great Mobile list: The best Mobile Web Browsers
Another day another great mobile list. This time a list of the top web browsers for your mobile. This time courtesy of the excellent About.com You can see the full article here or the highlights below. Keep the feedback and comments coming – you guys are loving the lists!
Happy new year to you all! Another post – another useful list I came across today. Was shopping around for an alternative to my current twitter app for my iPhone. This great list of twitter applications for your cell phone is courtesy of the excellent Digital inspiration with their “The Best Mobile Applications for Twitter”. What apps do you use for your mobile?
1. Twitter Apps for BlackBerry
1a. OpenBreak – Originally known as TwitterBerry, OpenBreak is one of the most popular Twitter apps for BlackBerry. You can take a picture with your BlackBerry camera and directly post it to Twitter via TwitPic or yfrog using TwitterBerry.
The app will automatically recognize #hashtags in the tweets and a notification icon will show you the number of new messages in your Twitter timeline just like your BlackBerry displays notifications for unread emails or missed calls.
1b. UberTwitter – Another popular Twitter client for BlackBerry, UberTwitter is location-aware so it can automatically update your location based on the cell tower information even if your BlackBerry phone doesn’t support GPS (like Google Latitude). The latest beta of UberTwitter also includes support for Twitter Lists.
1c. Seesmic – With Seesmic, you can track all your saved searches and Twitter lists inside your BlackBerry phone. Just like most other BlackBerry apps, Seesmic can run in the background and notify you of new direct messages and @replies via the famililar notification icons.
2. Twitter Apps for Nokia Phones
2a. Tweets60 – As the name suggests, Tweets60 is a native Twitter client for Nokia S60 smartphones that is available in both free and pro versions. This application is primarily for users who just want to quickly update their own status on Twitter as well as follow what their other friends are saying on Twitter.
The pro version supports additional features like the ability to post images to TwitPic and follow search terms on Twitter.
2b. Gravity – Gravity is a hugely popular and powerful Twitter client for Nokia S60 smartphones. With Gravity, you can manage multiple Twitter accounts, save links from tweets to your delicious account, post pictures to any of the Twitter-friendly photo sharing site like TwitPic of YFrog and it obviously supports all the other Twitter functions like retweets, direct messages, favorites, etc.
You can download a 10-day trial version of Gravity from the Ovi Store.
2c. Snaptu – Snaptu is an all-in-one application that lets you manage your Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and even your Google Picasa account from the mobile phone. Snaptu’s Twitter application provides all the basic Twitter functionality – status updates, direct messages, @replies – while their Facebook component lets you update statuses and you can also read and write messages using Facebook email.
Snaptu works with any Java-enabled mobile phone including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola models.
3. Twitter Apps for Windows Mobile
3a. Tiny Twitter – This is a free Twitter application for Windows Mobile that provides all the basic Twitter functionality. One of the unique features in Tiny Twitter is that you can temporarily suspend a Twitter user so that his tweets won’t appear in your timeline though he would still remain in your follow list.
3b. PockeTwit – This is another popular Twitter client for Windows Mobile with support for multiple accounts. You can take a picture from your camera and post it directly to Twitter via PockeTwit. The application features a nice sliding interface so you can drag the tweets to the left to see all the actions that you can take on that tweet. PockeTwit is free and open-source.
3c. Twikini – The app integrates with Windows Media Player so you can tweet the name of the song that you are currently listening to. Twikini can shrink URLs using Bit.ly or TinyURL so you have more space for text and it also displays Twitpic images inline. If you have a GPS enabled mobile phone, you can also add your location to the tweet with Twikini. The app costs $4.95 though a 14-day trial is available for free.
4. Twitter Apps for Android Phones
4a. Twidroid – This is probably the most popular Twitter app for Android phones – the basic version is free but you’ll have to get the PRO version in case you want to manage multiple Twitter accounts from the same application.
Twidroid supports all features of Twitter including Twitter lists. You can shake your Android phone to fetch the latest tweets but this again requires the pro edition.
4b. Seesmic – With Seesmic for Android, you can capture photos or record videos and share them on directly Twitter via yFrog. The app will also let you share you current location on Twitter. You can configure Seemic to notify you with a custom ringtone (or a blinking light) when there’s a new @reply or direct message for you on Twitter.
5. Twitter Apps for iPhone and iPod Touch
5a. Tweetdeck – TweetDeck is a brilliant application that you may use to manage both Facebook and your multiple Twitter accounts from the iPhone or iPod Touch.
The app will automatically sync with TweetDeck Desktop so if you have created any custom search columns on the desktop, they’ll also become available inside the mobile app (and vice-versa). Just shake your iPhone to check if there are any new updates.
5b. Tweetie – This $3 app is one of the most popular Twitter client for iPhone with a very impressive UI. There’s an offline mode so you can do things like reading past tweets, following new people, replying to tweets, etc. even without a data connection. You also get a bookmarklet that lets you post links from Safari directly to Twitter via the Tweetie app.
5c. Twittelator – One of the unique features of Twittelator is that it lets you record and tweet both audio and video clips from your iPhone. You can even tweet the name of the song that’s currently playing on your iPhone. The basic version of Twittelator is available for free on the iTunes store.
5d. Echofon – This is light-weight Twitter client for the iPhone that is free and supports nearly all the basic function of Twitter. The $5 pro version of Echofon supports push notifications so you’ll get an alert when another Twitter user sends you a direct message or mentions you in his or her tweet.
Screenshots of Twitter Mobile Apps
More ways to use Twitter on mobile phones
If you can’t find a decent Twitter application for your mobile phone, you should check out Dabr. This is like an improved version of Twitter’s mobile site.
Dabr will display a more detailed profile of Twitter users so you can quickly decide whether or not to follow a particular user. It will auto-convert Twitpic and other picture URLs into thumbnails so you can view images directly in your Twitter timeline without having to click the click. And since Dabr is a mobile website, you can use it from just about any mobile phone, not just a smartphone.
Another option is email. Just associate your Twitter account with Posterous and then you’ll be able to post updates on Twitter by sending emails to twitter@posterous.com. Whatever you put in the email subject will be converted into your Twitter status.
This email to twitter option will be quite handy if your phone plan allows unlimited email but you need to pay for every extra byte that you download on the phone (lot of BlackBerry plans are like this).
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More proof the Facebook juggernaut is set to continue; Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya has just announced that Facebook Mobile has topped over 100 million users!
This is an extraordinary feat and Chamath was quietly chuffed in a recent blog post where emphasised the breadth of their service with partnerships with just about every mobile network globally, most of the network operators and expanded mobile browser access in over 70 languages.
For more on the Facebook Mobile milestone you can read the full Facebook Blog entry here orwe have included the key text below:
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We want as many people as possible to be able to access Facebook all the time, regardless of where they live or what device they carry. Today, we hit another milestone toward that goal, with more than 100 million people actively using Facebook from their mobile devices every month. This usage happens on almost every carrier in the world and comes less than six months after we announced 65 million people on Facebook Mobile.
Through this growth, we have continued to try to improve the experience of these mobile products. We work with every major device manufacturer and many operators to ensure that we can provide the best possible mobile experience across the thousands of different devices, mobile operating systems and carriers you rely on.
With every new feature or product we bring to mobile, our goal is to offer the same value and user experience that people know on Facebook. Here are some of the recent mobile products we’ve launched with that goal in mind:
touch.facebook.com
Mobile websites: Our mobile sites m.facebook.com and touch.facebook.com have been redesigned, enabling people to access Facebook from any mobile browser in more than 70 languages. With the explosion of smart phones, we want to make sure people have a great Facebook experience that scales with their device especially as people have begun to upgrade their devices more frequently.
Text messages: More than 80 operators in 32 countries enable millions of people around the world to stay connected and communicate with their friends on Facebook using SMS text messages. Recently we also launched a URL-shortening service called FB.ME that makes it even easier for people to share content. With FB.ME, you can share and access more through services like SMS that limit the number of characters in messages.
Applications: Facebook is already one of the most requested services on mobile, and we work with every major device maker and mobile operating system to bring applications and integrations to all platforms. We’re always improving these applications and have recently released updates for our applications on Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia and Samsung. We also support a broad range of new Facebook experiences on devices from HTC, INQ, LG Electronics, Palm, Sony Ericsson and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile.
No matter which mobile device you own, you can always stay connected through Facebook using our mobile applications, sites or SMS. Find the right Facebook Mobile product for you at www.facebook.com/mobile.
Chamath, Facebook’s vice president of user growth, mobile and international, is getting ready for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
SMS is still the king! We at prizeKing love SMS are pleased to report that SMS will continue to be a core driver for mobile data revenues for some time to come, despite gloomy economic conditions. This according to the latest market research report “Mobile Messaging Futures” released by Portio research.
We havent forked out the 3000 odd clams yet that Portio is asking for a copy – but Leading mobile news gurus Fierce Wireless reported some of the key stats as:
Worldwide Messaging Revenues set to exceed USD 233 billion by 2014
In 2009 worldwide SMS traffic topped 5 trillion messages, and that figure is set to exceed 10 trillion in 2013
MMS revenues for 2009 amount to almost USD 27 billion
Mobile IM revenues to be worth USD 18 billion by 2014
The future is bright indeed!
You can read more of the Fierce Wireless story here or see some of the selected highlights below:
SMS Continues to Confound Expectations as Worldwide Messaging Revenues set to exceed USD 233 billion by 2014
Despite the recent economic carnage experienced the World over during the last two years mobile messaging revenues continue to rise and the sector as a whole looks to be in excellent health. The appetite for mobile messaging continues unabated and is likely to be sustained for the foreseeable future.
The new edition of the report, ‘Mobile Messaging Futures 2010–2014’, discusses the vast mobile messaging industry worldwide, currently generating revenues in excess of USD 150 billion, and set to continue growing to more than USD 233 billion by 2014. The performance of SMS over the last five years has been staggering and remains so mainly because it is cheap, easy to use, convenient, discreet and universally acceptable to some 4 billion consumers worldwide.
During 2009 SMS continued to grow in all markets and the report confidently predicts that it will continue to do so for several more years. In 2009 worldwide SMS traffic topped 5 trillion messages, and that figure is set to exceed 10 trillion in 2013.
Today MMS, often cited as a failure, is a massive revenue-generating segment of the market. Full year revenues for 2009 amount to almost USD 27 billion, an impressive figure, and lest people forget, not far off what SMS was generating a mere 5 years ago. MMS is growing fast in all major regions around the world as affordable camera-equipped handsets flood the market and increasingly become the norm.
Mobile email has come of age and the report predicts aggressive growth with revenues predicted to triple over the next 5 years. Enterprise email not surprisingly accounts for between 70-85 percent of current revenues as more and more devices meet strict corporate security requirements. Rapid adoption of smartphones with high end features and bundled data plans characterises the consumer segment.
Despite the popularity of SMS mobile Instant Messaging (mobile IM), especially popular with the youth segment that has grown up with the Internet equivalent, is growing fast. Portio predict huge growth for mobile IM with nearly a billion regular users by 2014. This massive growth in users will be accompanied by an equally impressive increase in revenues worth USD 18 billion by 2014.
Apple have done it again with their latest revolutionary product – the iPad. So we at prizeKing thought we’d get on the bandwagon along with every other blogger on the planet and take a closer look at the iPad. We live in exciting times indeed!
But seriously though – with…
No multi tasking
No flash support
No camera
No HDMI out
And as many of our team will attest as avid iPhone users – will most likely contain a measly battery which will go flat in 30 milliseconds
… you’ll forgiving us for not throwing ourselves at the gates of our nearest Apple super store to buy an iPad.
Dont get us wrong we do love Apple – the iPhone rocks – but somehow I doubt its going to set the world on fire like the iPhone did.
And if it does fail to live up to the hype – Apple could always try branching into stylish easy to use feminine hygiene products.
Looking for the best applications for your mobile?. Yes its another day another handy prizeKing mobile list. Today the best applications for your mobile phone. Many of these services have been around for a few years – but the fact they are still alive and kicking is a good sign! Todays list courtesy of Makeuseof.com see the original post is in full here or see a summary version below:
1 UnwiredBuyer – Receive last minute eBay notifications and place bids directly from your mobile. Definitely a must-have for every eBay junkie. (US and Canada). Video Demo.
2. Soonr – Need to access your PC directly from the handset? Enter Soonr, a free mobile client that brings remote PC access to your phone: search files, view documents, check emails, run programs and more. US only. Video Demo.
3. Mosio – How old is Yoda? What was Einstein’s IQ? … and for all other questions simply send SMS to Mosio and get a quick reply shortly after. Screenshot. US only.
4. Plusmo – Super-fast mobile feedreader with lots of cool features. Video Demo. Another similar app is Viigo.
5. Fring – Really cool mobile app that lets you place free calls or chat with anyone from your Skype, ICQ, Google Talk, MSN, Twitter, or SIP contacts. Video Demo. You can also get same stuff with Nimbuzz.
6. Mobical – Over-the-air mobile data backup and restore service. Store and backup your contacts, synchronize data between multiple handsets and more.
7. Jajah – Dirt-cheap international call from your handset. Video Demo.
8. AllFreeCalls – Not just dirt-cheap but totally free international calls to over 50 countries. Available in US, UK, and Ireland.
9. Emoze – This one lets you push emails to your mobile. Works both with web-based emails (Gmail) and desktop clients (Outlook). I have covered a bunch of email to mobile apps here.
10. Directory Services - These services offer everything from the nearest Dominos and Movie theater schedules to the driving directions and maps to any address of your choice. There are plenty of good ones: Free411, Goog411, TellMe, and DialDirections. Although i have to warn you in advance, all of them are for the US only. European? See below.
11. Google SMS – Via SMS directory service with lots of extra features: dictionary lookup, currency converter, translations, flight schedules, stock quotes, etc. . Europeans can try Google SMS.
12. Foonz – Handy service to make group calls and send group SMS messages for free.
13. Nutsie – This ingenious app brings your iTunes music library to your mobile. Video Demo. Also check out MunduRadio to access hundreds of digital internet radio stations from any web-enabled mobile phone. Video Demo.
14. Podlinez – Any podcast any time from your handset. Completely FREE. Sorry folks, again US Only.
15. mShopper – Lookup prices and deals for any product right from phone. Quite handy for price lookups while window shopping Video Demo.. US only.
16. Trumpia – Send message to friends and get it delivered to their email, instant messenger, and mobile phone. Recipients can send replies from email, IM program or as a text message. Video Demo.
17. SoLow – Addictive auction service where the winning bidder is the one who has the lowest unique bid. Today’s auctioned items: 250$ cash, Vail Ski Holiday, and Necklace by Laura Shape. US only.
18. BooksInMyPhone – The best mobile book service out there. Comes with an excellent book reader app that makes mobile reading quite convenient. Also see DialyLit.
19. Jott – Voice-to-text transcriber with a bunch of cool features. Dial toll-free number and “Jott” yourself memo notes, Or “Jott” messages to a group of friends. Jott will transcribe your messages and send it to indicated emails.Video Demo. US only.
20. Qipit – Use phone camera to capture documents and convert them to well-formatted PDFs. Forward ready PDFs to your email or even send fax it anywhere you want. Video Demo.
On the back of the great feedback we recieved on our last prizeKing mobile industry twitter list - we thought we’d share another one. This is a more generalised mobile industry list that we came across on the excellent Twibes
Its a mobile industry twitter list with a difference – its self selecting. So users readily identify themselves as being in the mobile industry and then rankedby follower count. You can see the list here - or we have reproduced it in full below ranked in order of follower count:
mdh47 Mark Hirsch 24,539 followers Bio I work for Inventec Corp, I’m an American living in Taipei, Interested in Mobile High Tech news and trends, not selling anything here, just trying to network Location Taipei Webhttp://www.mdh47.com/ Other lists:tech-news, trends
robinjewsbury Robin Jewsbury 14,460 followers Bio the founder of eyemags and co-founder of mippin Location London Webhttp://eyemags.com
#5
TextBuzz Thomas Hearl Mobile 13,197 followers Bio A mobile marketer who is fascinated with the world of sms text message marketing and it’s potential.. Location Orlando, FL Webhttp://www.textbuzz.b… Other lists:mobile-marketing
WHEREitsAT WHERE.com 8,654 followers Bio Your Friends, Your Favorite Restaurants and Local Events. Find them with WHERE. Available on iPhone, BlackBerry, Android & Palm Pre. Location Boston, MA Webhttp://www.where.com Other lists:blackberry, iphone
#9
Sarik Sarik Weber 8,539 followers (1 on this list) Bio Founder of cellity.com, acquired by NOKIA, serial company builder (eProfessional.de, XING.com, cellity.com), keynote speaker and startup investor Location Hamburg Webhttp://www.cellity.co… Other lists:startups, technology
#10
wmdev WM Dev Team 7,695 followers (1 on this list) Bio We’re the Windows Mobile Developer team. Come chat with us, give us feedback & ask questions. Location Redmond, WA Webhttp://developer.wind… Other lists:developer, microsoft
#11
fring fring 7,509 followers Bio fring is a mobile internet service and community that enables you to access and interact with your social networks on-the-go Location fringland Webhttp://www.fring.com Other lists:mobile-internet
#12
nimbuzz nimbuzz 5,962 followers Bio Multi community mobile social messenger: chat, messaging, cheap calls (VoIP) and more for all Connect and interact with all IM and social networks at once! Location http://www.nimbuzz.com Webhttp://blog.nimbuzz.c…
#13
HilzFuld Hillel Fuld 5,466 followers Bio Tech blogger-Technmarketing.com, Forex content manager-Dailyforex.com, and a nice guy who likes to tweet. Also chose BlackBerry over iPhone, at least for now! Location Between Jerusalem n’ Tel Aviv Webhttp://technmarketing… Other lists:israel
#14
nokconv Nokia Conversations 5,342 followers (1 on this list) Bio A team of Nokia tweeters. Follow us for various updates, info, and the occasional banal banter. Location Finland Webhttp://conversations….
nkugelman Nick Kugelman 4,691 followers Bio Sales and Marketing Ninja for MobileFrame, Mobility Expert, Gadget Freak, love hanging with family, JiuJitsu, dogs, and soon to be a daddy Location Boise, Idaho Webhttp://www.corporateh… Other lists:software
#17
VirginMobileUS Virgin Mobile USA 4,274 followers Bio Lisa here, Tweeting for Virgin Mobile USA baybee! Also find me @VMAngel Location USA Webhttp://www.virginmobi…
#18
guyglover guy glover 4,207 followers Bio Using Mobile Carriers and Mobile Marketing to help the environment (greenmobiles.com.au). Plus I have become an iPhone geek! Location iPhone: 1.282950,103.846649 Webhttp://iphonestar.com Other lists:mobile-marketing
mtrends Rudy De Waele 3,912 followers (1 on this list) Bio Entrepreneur @ dotopen.com. Mobile 2.0 & beyond. Keynote speaker. Founder MobileMonday Barcelona + Madrid, Mobile 2.0 Europe, Mobile Peer Awards, Mobile Sunday Location Barcelona, Catalonia ES Webhttp://m-trends.org Other lists:innovation, strategy
#21
Firemint Firemint 3,772 followers (1 on this list) Bio Game studio hoping to put a bit more fun into your day Tweets by Alex. Location Melbourne, Australia Webhttp://www.firemint.c… Other lists:iphone
ryenyc Ryan 2,984 followers Bio A ZAGAT Guy: Check out nru on Android, the #1 Grossing iPhone Travel App Zagat To Go 2.0 & ZAGAT.mobi. Manhattanite. Also I like pudding. Location Manhattan, NYC Webhttp://www.zagat.mobi Other lists:android, iphone
#26
david_cao Android iPhone Mobil 2,942 followers Bio Android iPhone BlackBerry Enterprise Mobile product & solutions. CEO of ExtendLogic. Android iPhone BlackBerry Developers, consultants, contractors, developers. Location Santa Clara Webhttp://www.extendlogi… Other lists:iphone
EricssonLabs Tor Bjorn Minde 2,818 followers Bio Open innovation, developers, API’s, new enabling technologies, mobile, applications, messaging, content push, maps, location, streaming Location Sweden Webhttp://labs.ericsson…. Other lists:developer, technology
#31
AndroidGuysCom AndroidGuys.com 2,809 followers Bio Beating the Android drum as loudly as possible Location ukite: 40.85074,-81.434598 Webhttp://www.androidguy… Other lists:android
#32
MobileZeitgeist Heike Scholz 2,803 followers (1 on this list) Bio mobile zeitgeist is the leading online magazine on mobile business in German-speaking countries. Heike, founder and publisher, is twittering here. Location Hamburg, Germany Webhttp://www.mobile-zei…
#33
kiwanja Ken Banks 2,656 followers Bio Where [mobile] technology – and @frontlinesms – meets anthropology, conservation and development Location Rural Cambridgeshire, UK Webhttp://kiwanja.net Other lists:africa, anthropology
textingforward TextingForward.com 2,389 followers Bio Founder and CEO for TextingForward.com | Mobile Marketing and Mobile Service Solutions, & More Mobile Location Orlando, FL Webhttp://www.textingfor… Other lists:startups
#37
baloss Alessandro Galetto 2,380 followers Bio Lost in Telecomms, falled in love with mobile phones and still enjoying it so much! Well, most of the time. Head of Product Development at 3, lot of fun! Location Milan, Italy Webhttp://www.dotdust.co…
#38
ilicco Ilicco Elia 2,355 followers (1 on this list) Bio Head of Mobile, Reuters, having worked for Reuters since i was a boy (however my thoughts are my own) also part of #CozyTweetUp Location ÜT: 51.440361,-0.163279 Webhttp://www.linkedin.c… Other lists:journalism
#39
mpression Mobile Advertising 2,267 followers Bio UK’s leading mobile advertising agency inc O2 UK, Virgin Mobile, The Guardian, Autotrader, Evening Standard and more… Location London Webhttp://blog.mpression… Other lists:advertising, mobile-advertising
#40
JoergLand Joerg Land 2,212 followers Bio Responsible for the development of the first real web 2.0 addressbook (www.cellity.com) and now working at Nokia. Location Berlin / Hamburg Webhttp://www.facebook.c…
#41
motodev MOTODEV 2,105 followers Bio Motorola’s Developer Program Location Sunnyvale, California Webhttp://developer.moto…
#42
cgiorgi cedric giorgi 2,096 followers Bio Working at Goojet http://www.goojet.com, french mobile start-up Location Paris, France & Toulouse, Webhttp://www.cedricgior… Other lists:social
#43
toms Tom Limongello 1,980 followers Bio JD Power & Associates’ best Twitter profile 2009. mobile, advertising, NYC, china, failwhale Location iPhone: 40.960399,-72.192293 Webhttp://uwsjournal.com Other lists:mobile-advertising
#44
sendmemobile SendMe Mobile 1,898 followers Bio If you’re an artist, DM us! We want to interview you for The SendMe Stage http://blog.sendmemobile.com. We blog about hot new music, movies & mobile news. Location Webhttp://blog.sendmemob… Other lists:mobile-news
#45
Handango Handango 1,879 followers Bio Handango is the leading provider of mobile apps worldwide. Location Irving, Texas Webhttp://www.handango.c…
#46
LBSzone LBSzone 1,874 followers Bio Leading news and tech resource covering mobile technologies, GPS, mobile maps, Geospatial tech, and location-based services (LBS) Location Colorado Webhttp://www.lbszone.co…
TylerReed Tyler Reed 1,820 followers Bio Entrepreneur & Speaker on all things web and mobile. CEO & Founder of TinyImpact. Location South Africa Webhttp://tyler.im
#49
WirelessWoman Meg A. Hertz 1,814 followers Bio As the CTO for BearCom, Meg A. Hertz creates wireless solutions every day. But when emergencies arise, Meg transforms into Wireless Woman and saves the day! Location Dallas, TX Webhttp://www.WirelessWo… Other lists:car-rental
#50
PocketGamer PocketGamer 1,794 followers (1 on this list) Bio Mobile, iPhone, PSP, DS, Android and other handheld news and reviews ‘R’ Us Location Webhttp://pocketgamer.co… Other lists:gaming, iphone
#51
pingdroid pingdroid 1,793 followers Bio Pinging the intertubes from cell phones everywhere… Location Monterey, CA Webhttp://www.pingdroid….
#52
MoMoLondon Mobile Monday London 1,769 followers (1 on this list) Bio Running mobile networking and knowledge events since Nov 2005 by @torgo @jorabin @alexcraxton & @technokitten Location London Webhttp://www.mobilemond…
#53
adamsmall Adam Small 1,739 followers Bio CEO of a Mobile Marketing company based in Indianapolis, IN. Location Indianapolis, IN, USA Webhttp://www.connective…
#54
bck Brad Kellett 1,726 followers Bio Senior UI Developer at Cuil, web/design/UX guy Location Sydney, Australia Webhttp://bradkellett.co… Other lists:australia
#55
titanas Stefanos Kofopoulos 1,718 followers Bio Full time blogger, social media weirdo, event organizer, entrepreneur, dreamer, the man you hate or madly love. WordPress & bad boy for life Location Athens, Greece Webhttp://pestaola.gr
Ericssonpress Ericsson Press 1,686 followers Bio Ericsson is the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Location Stockholm Webhttp://www.ericsson.c…
#58
palmsolo Matthew Miller 1,685 followers Bio Father of 3 amazing girls, husband to awesome wife, mobile blogger, naval architect, Jesus lover, conservative Location ÜT: 47.58275,-121.917227 Webhttp://blogs.zdnet.co…
#59
ribot Ribot 1,667 followers (1 on this list) Bio CEO of Ribot – ideas lab for mobile interfaces. Mobile designer / developer, food photographer and lover of rustic objects Location London Webhttp://ribot.co.uk Other lists:ux
#60
geekyouup Richard Hyndman 1,657 followers Bio Mippin CTO, family man and Android fanatic. Tuttle club and PS3 ftw. Location London
#61
bbjunkies Blackberry Junkies 1,380 followers Bio Location Nashville, TN
jsmakr Johnny Makkar 1,370 followers Bio I’m in like with the internet, gdgts, cars, and digital marketing. Location New Jersey Webhttp://attentiondigit…
#63
mob4hire mob4hire 1,343 followers (1 on this list) Bio Worldwide crowd sourced mobile application testing …and early stage marketing feedback. Winner of 2009 Red Herring Top 100 Companies for North America. Location The Earth Webhttp://www.mob4hire.c…
bensmithuk Ben Smith 1,303 followers Bio IT consultant, mobile tech blogger, @reallymobile co-founder & @uktrains creator. Full bio & contact info: http://about.benjam.in Location London, UK Webhttp://benjam.in Other lists:consultant
#66
andrewjscott Andrew J Scott 1,302 followers Bio Digital entrepreneur in London, CEO Rummble, Non-exec UnLtdWorld.com, Founding board m.Love & lover of all things mobile! Location City of London Webhttp://blog.urbanhori…
#67
reyes Mauricio Reyes 1,297 followers (1 on this list) Bio Soldier of fortune (well, in a freelance software test type of way). Web. Mobile. Gadgets. This is how I roll. Location Islington Webhttp://reyes.mp/
#68
kirkballou Kirk Ballou 1,281 followers Bio CEO of Flash Widgets Flash Lite Development and Mobile User Experience Design Location iPhone: 34.051274,-118.253933 Webhttp://www.flash-widg…
#69
my3G Gareth Whiteside 1,258 followers Bio 3G mobile technology news Tweets. Location Manchester Webhttp://www.my3G.co.uk
#70
feebeyer Fee Beyer 1,252 followers (65 on this list) Bio Passionately working on mobile innovation encompassing location-based-services and the social web. Mobile Monday Berlin Founder Location Berlin Webhttp://www.feebeyer.c… Other lists:innovation
#71
Chrizzieman Chris Bannink 1,250 followers Bio Consultant on Innovation and Mobile Strategy, active blogger Location Leiden, Netherlands Webhttp://www.mobilecowb…
#72
gomonews gomonews 1,237 followers Bio GoMoNews.com breaking news on mobile web and mobile services Location Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany Webhttp://www.gomonews.c…
#73
dalelarson Dale Larson 1,233 followers Bio Startup advisor. iPhone, interwebs, social networks, marketing, advertising, travel, fitness, publishing. Recovered Amiga software engineer, former CEO. Location San Francisco, CA Webhttp://dalelarson.com Other lists:startup
#74
MrMobiletech Mobiletech 1,229 followers Bio Mobiletech is a Norwegian company providing software and services enabling all aspects of mobile internet. Incl. mobile sites, bulk sms/mms,billing,metrics+++ Location Oslo Webhttp://mobiletech.no/
#75
joshdhaliwal Josh Dhaliwal 1,223 followers Bio An expert on helping brands and ideas connect successfully with young people! Brighton resident. Location London, Brighton Webhttp://www.mobileYout…
#76
Xtify Xtify 1,211 followers (1 on this list) Bio Xtify provides persistent user location information for use by marketers, business developers, and web application providers. Location NYC Webhttp://www.xtify.com
#77
tarek Tarek Esber 1,165 followers Bio New Media & Mobile Evangelist/Consultant/Blogger. Formerly Senior New Media Analyst @ Al Jazeera. Currently New Media Guru with the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. Location Doha, Qatar Webhttp://www.tarekesber…
#78
mparaz Miguel Paraz 1,158 followers Bio Geek in Residence Location Philippines Webhttp://paraz.com
Firemint Firemint 3,772 followers (1 on this list)
Bio Game studio hoping to put a bit more fun into your day Tweets by Alex. Location Melbourne, Australia Webhttp://www.firemint.c… Other lists:iphone
ryenyc Ryan 2,984 followers Bio A ZAGAT Guy: Check out nru on Android, the #1 Grossing iPhone Travel App Zagat To Go 2.0 & ZAGAT.mobi. Manhattanite. Also I like pudding. Location Manhattan, NYC Webhttp://www.zagat.mobi Other lists:android, iphone
#26
david_cao Android iPhone Mobil 2,942 followers Bio Android iPhone BlackBerry Enterprise Mobile product & solutions. CEO of ExtendLogic. Android iPhone BlackBerry Developers, consultants, contractors, developers. Location Santa Clara Webhttp://www.extendlogi… Other lists:iphone
EricssonLabs Tor Bjorn Minde 2,818 followers Bio Open innovation, developers, API’s, new enabling technologies, mobile, applications, messaging, content push, maps, location, streaming Location Sweden Webhttp://labs.ericsson…. Other lists:developer, technology
#31
AndroidGuysCom AndroidGuys.com 2,809 followers Bio Beating the Android drum as loudly as possible Location ukite: 40.85074,-81.434598 Webhttp://www.androidguy… Other lists:android
#32
MobileZeitgeist Heike Scholz 2,803 followers (1 on this list) Bio mobile zeitgeist is the leading online magazine on mobile business in German-speaking countries. Heike, founder and publisher, is twittering here. Location Hamburg, Germany Webhttp://www.mobile-zei…
#33
kiwanja Ken Banks 2,656 followers Bio Where [mobile] technology – and @frontlinesms – meets anthropology, conservation and development Location Rural Cambridgeshire, UK Webhttp://kiwanja.net Other lists:africa, anthropology
textingforward TextingForward.com 2,389 followers Bio Founder and CEO for TextingForward.com | Mobile Marketing and Mobile Service Solutions, & More Mobile Location Orlando, FL Webhttp://www.textingfor… Other lists:startups
#37
baloss Alessandro Galetto 2,380 followers Bio Lost in Telecomms, falled in love with mobile phones and still enjoying it so much! Well, most of the time. Head of Product Development at 3, lot of fun! Location Milan, Italy Webhttp://www.dotdust.co…
#38
ilicco Ilicco Elia 2,355 followers (1 on this list) Bio Head of Mobile, Reuters, having worked for Reuters since i was a boy (however my thoughts are my own) also part of #CozyTweetUp Location ÜT: 51.440361,-0.163279 Webhttp://www.linkedin.c… Other lists:journalism
#39
mpression Mobile Advertising 2,267 followers Bio UK’s leading mobile advertising agency inc O2 UK, Virgin Mobile, The Guardian, Autotrader, Evening Standard and more… Location London Webhttp://blog.mpression… Other lists:advertising, mobile-advertising
#40
JoergLand Joerg Land 2,212 followers Bio Responsible for the development of the first real web 2.0 addressbook (www.cellity.com) and now working at Nokia. Location Berlin / Hamburg Webhttp://www.facebook.c…
It appears that the Scamville saga continues to hurt the reputation of the major social game developers Zynga with legal news site Findlaw reporting Zynga and Facebook too have been filed with a class action.
Lead plaintiff, Rebecca Swift, claims that she was fleeced of over $200 responding to offers of an I.Q test and green tea in exchange for in game credits of leading Zynga game YoVille. Zynga has previously repented somewhat for these kinds of offers, but it remains unclear what liability they will exposed to on this.
USA today reporting on the issue made an interesting point on ethics underpinning the class action:
There is no governing body to specifically regulate the social-gaming industry, which puts the onus on developers to police themselves, says Steinberg of Digital Trends. “It comes down to a question of ethics,” he says.
prizeKing has spoken previously about Zynga and their CPA deals. We at prizeking believe that providing a better value prosition for virtual currency users in the form of loyalty incentives would go a long way to avoiding the reputational nightmare that a “class action” can bring.
See Findlaw’s full legal post below or you can read it here
This suit may well disappear quickly. Zynga is looking at a possible IPO sometime next year. A class action suit on the books could seriously effect the stock price, and that would be game over for company execs.
A selection Mobile and Payments Industry twitter lists for your enjoyment
We at prizeKing love social media. In all forms. Twitter is a particular favorite. We also love the mobile industry of which we are part. So combining the two is a great thing.
Here is a great list we have found in our travels. Some of the key mobile industry executives are on this twitter list.
By the way you can also follow our wonderful tweets here and here
Updates voor Sony Ericsson Satio en Aino beschikbaar: In Nederland zijn beide toestellen ondanks enkele software pr… http://bit.ly/8n4HZl about 11 hours ago
New blog post: Happy Quotes to Help You Forget Your Worries http://mobiworld.info/2009/12/happy-quotes-to-help-you-forget-your-worries/ about 9 hours ago
Black Friday Sale @ WireFly! New Blackberry Bold 9700 Smart Phone FREE! Ends Midnight tonight! http://cli.gs/mpZYeg http://bit.ly/7OufQ6 8:43 AM Dec 1st
Infinita releases “Wake Up World” on Dec 3. Social. Video. Alarm. The world is your alarm clock! http://tr.im/GMm6 /via @kei_shimada 11:44 PM Dec 7th
mobiletrendspot Mobile Trendspot | Wherever mobile happens.Following
TweetLarge.com – Offers Twitter users the ability to gain new followers fast http://is.gd/52ktp 4:40 PM Nov 24th
tequilamobile Tequila Mobile | Wroclaw, PolandFollowing
Sprint launches our award-winning Kissing Frenzy game (mobile version). Available now from Sprint’s Digital Lounge -> http://bit.ly/TMDOW 6:02 AM Sep 30th
Black Friday Sale @ WireFly! New Blackberry Bold 9700 Smart Phone FREE! Ends Midnight tonight! http://cli.gs/mpZYeg http://bit.ly/7fgGVQ 8:41 AM Dec 1st
Copenhagen meet is indeed “opportunity the world cannot afford to miss”… if there is a failure how long will it take for the next meet 1:55 AM Dec 8th
avecmobile Avec Mobile | Mobile phone near youFollowing
Compact waterproof camera that can shoot HD video – value 4.5 out of 5 http://www.avecmobile.com/index.php?id=1486 about 16 hours ago
widgetpad mobile widget html5 | Seattle WAFollowing
Just published a #iPhone style toggle switch UI in #HTML5 + #CSS3. http://widgetpad.com/954/ new #jQuery plug-in. #widgetpad #opensource 2:13 PM Oct 29th
RT @nookdevs: who has a #nook and wants to help me root the sucker? irc://irc.freenode.net/#nookdevs. also watch nookdevs.com as i docum … about 5 hours ago
googleandroid Talk Android | United KingdomFollowing
Motorola Milestone (Droid) To Launch In The UK December 7th? – http://cli.gs/Pj7Sn #android 11:16 PM Dec 1st
An MID loaded with Android : an offering by Eston: Another company that is going the Android way is Eston. The c.. http://bit.ly/17o6KE 6:13 AM Aug 12th
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SamsungMobileUS Samsung Mobile USA | USA (Dallas, TX)Following
Enter for a chance to win a Behold II every hour of every day until 12/23! http://bit.ly/hWFCg about 3 hours ago
IPOD TOUCH FOR SALE – Go to http://tinyurl.com/l8lorl 2 months ago
youtubemobile YouTube Mobile | San Bruno, CAFollowing
If you have an Android, an iPhone, or a Palm Pre, visit http://m.youtube.com and click on the link at the top. Let us know what you think! 5:42 PM Jul 17th
Silly silly egg on face atheist. http://www.pulltheplugonatheism.com/ 10:37 PM Dec 5th
Yahoo_Mobile Yahoo! Mobile | Sunnyvale, CAFollowing
@ billllane Hi, are you still having uploading issues with Flickr app? Could you provide Yahoo! ID so we can investigate the issue? Thnx! 3:03 AM Sep 15th
O2 expands its Joined Up offer: O2 is to expand the service by including broadband and the ability to add DDI numbe… http://bit.ly/818gLp about 11 hours ago
@Zelbinian Yeah, u need a CREDO phone to use CREDO; but, c our holiday sale w/ most of our phones free! action.credomobile.com/dec09/1.html about 2 hours ago
Thanks! RT @macman2256: @2degreesmobile Just thought I would say that I think you guys have the best Commercials on TV! Great ads,keep em up about 4 hours ago
Zhone Technologies Makes Impact with Telecommunications Platform: INTERVIEW. Zhone Technologies specializes in mult… http://bit.ly/5ukVIw 1:07 AM Dec 8th
RT @the_ape: @wmdev I must admit, the htc HD2 is just plain awsum, have iPhone friends saying how good it is! – It is amazing isn’t it? ^LU 1:40 PM Dec 3rd
mobienthusiast Holly Kolman | San Diego CaliforniaFollowing
@VirtueIMC that is for @SugarJones’ tweetup thx but not #JammyJam about 12 hours ago
Mobile ad campaigns drive sales via @adage http://bit.ly/81DUkw about 7 hours ago
MobileMktg MOBILE MARKETING | San FranciscoFollowing
It seems like QR codes have been around forever! Can the Internet Giant get them to take off in the U.S.? http://j.mp/7L6S86 6:43 AM Dec 8th
garafulic Marko Garafulic | Austin, TexasFollowing
Android’s growth is a double-edged sword, reminds many of Java’s unfulfilled promise to “write once, run anywhere” http://bit.ly/s0KsC 1:28 AM Nov 20th
I’m sorry but the often praised Facebook app is pretty lame. I get tons of notification that link to nowhere (album comments, activities…) about 3 hours ago
@Stuwhitt The best place to get help is the Funambol Forge: http://bit.ly/6ea9n9 – Try searching or ask a question. Our community can help! about 8 hours ago
sfmobilejobs SF Mobile Jobs | San Francisco, CA 94115Following
HBO Director, Web Application Development (HBO.COM CINEMAX.COM) – Time Warner – HBO – New York, NY: technology p… http://twurl.nl/bq3i4r 19 minutes ago
mobiliser Jan Michael Hess | Berlin, GermanyFollowing
For €130.000 you can become a short-term astronaut for 2,5h and fly into space with http://www.virgingalactic.com – branson & rutan rock! about 17 hours ago
RT @neolectum_telco: Caspian Telecoms 2010 Regional Conference and Showcase of Telecoms and IT technologies http://bit.ly/caspian #in about 13 hours ago
Our Certified Training Prgm offers a range of high quality educational programs to the global WiMAX industry http://bit.ly/4szJ9A #WiMAX #4G about 11 hours ago
field_assets Field Assets App | Apple App StoreFollowing
Samsung Pn42b430 42″ 600hz Hdmi Widescreen Plasma Hdtv « HDTV Auctions: 110 lbs. Click for more shipping d.. http://bit.ly/5zh7xv #gis 11:24 AM Dec 6th
DAILY TIP (Blackberry):Looking 4 an easy way 2 increase memory on ur phone? Remove languages u aren’t using, details-> http://cuthut.com/dHl about 8 hours ago
Non-wireless: Publishing giants create “Hulu for magazines.” http://bit.ly/4MNp1v Waiting for the “iTunes Store” for it? #Hopethisworks about 7 hours ago
RT @techdailydose: Mobile Emergency Alert Standards Adopted: The FCC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Monday .. htt … 7:49 AM Dec 8th
@raubeelack so, are gov telcoms developing second-tier rural SLOW CDMA mobile networks then? Are we seeing a new rural/urban mobile divide? about 3 hours ago
So you’re a Verizon customer & you want to know how green we are. Case studies, news, videos — it’s all here: http://bit.ly/86Wq0C ^ac about 2 hours ago
Over the river and through the woods, Nokia knows the way: Navigate the holidays with the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edi… http://bit.ly/5PQl4T about 10 hours ago
@height8 My definition of a “small amount of money” ranges from 1k to 5k as an investment. If a company doesn’t need it it’s not a problem. 12:31 PM Aug 3rd
The Embaze Else – more Linux on more phones. A new smartphone using the Linux-based OS from ACCESS. The company that bought Palm the Palm OS 7:12 AM Nov 25th
ABI_4G ABI Research – 4G | Oyster Bay, NYFollowing
RT @WirelessWoman: “I do not think that the wireless waves I have discovered will have any practical application.” –Heinrich Rudolf Hertz about 1 hour ago
Testing out Android Market vs App World. There are so many free apps in the Android Market it’s crazy. App World is… http://bit.ly/6I81fq about 5 hours ago
Kwedit also makes it very easy to pay off promised amounts. Most users won’t have credit cards, so they can’t pay via normal online methods. But users can print out (or save on their phone) a bar code and take it to any 7-11 store in the U.S. for payment. Or they can mail in cash via a pre-printed postage paid envelope (called the Kwedit mailer). And there’s a third way as well – users can ask others to pay the Kwedit for them via “pass the duck.” It’s a social payment feature that sends a message to a friend or family member asking them to pay.
Connect and interact with all IM and social networks at once!
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