Yesterday Dee Dutta, CMO of Sony Ericsson was let go. The company had recently given a profit warning indicating a serious missing of targets in Europe. The CMO was busy spending money on a womens’ tennis tournament when the competition took strategic initiatives in a game where Sony should have had a lot […]
Sony Ericsson Needed to Keep an Eye on the Ball
Published in March 26th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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Documill Enables Visual Document Search
Published in March 24th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
(Disclaimer: these guys are actually one of my clients - but you have probably not heard of them yet so keep on reading.) Documill, based in Finland, has a search engine server add-on that enables a keyword search over PDF and MS Office document arhives, producing instant page level results. Those results are […]
First American Mobile Porn Company Goes Public!
Published in March 12th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
Reading an interesting piece: Twistbox Entertainment completed a reverse merger with OTC-listed Mandalay Media. Twistbox is the parent company of Waat Media who until very recently were openly promoted as the leading mobile adult content publisher and distributor and the ‘trusted advisor’ of mobile carriers worldwide. Currently the website is very modest and mentions only […]
Apple on-Track with iPhone Sales Target?
Published in March 11th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
I own three phones on my AT&T family plan: Nokia N95 (voice, camera, video capture), Blackberry 8830 (email) and a iPhone (web, product demos). I think more people should do the same - this is a killer combination and really shows that you cannot have one single device to satisfy all your needs.iPhone […]
MVNOs - Another Wireless Thing Americans Remain Clueless about
Published in March 7th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
I am a frequent reader of John Strand’s reports. He’s a guy who has analyzed the European mobile market inside out and stuck with his often fairly controversial views and proven that he’s right. One of his ‘babies’ is mobile value added service and the other one distribution strategies. Both areas are extremely well-developed in […]
Marketing by “Throwing It Out There” Hurting Nokia?
Published in March 3rd, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
MocoNews recently reported on the T-Mobile clash with Nokia’s Ovi service and its ambitions. T-Mobile is threatening to pull Ovi-compatible devices from its handset selection. This sounds a bit like a negotiation tactic facilitated by the press but also like the good old ‘cold war days’ in the clash between carriers and Nokia. […]
Claiming my blog on Technorati
Published in March 1st, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
Not sure how this works but we will try… Technorati Profile
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