The Future of M-Payments

There is no lack of mobile industry events going on at the moment, from Sydney’s launch of Mobile Monday next week, to the Mobile Consumer Education Campaign tomorrow and ACIF’s Future Mobile Forum. Now here’s another AIMIA MCIDG event: The Future of M-Payments

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MCIDG: The Future of M-Payments
Tuesday, 10th October, 2006 Telstra Auditorium

Evolution or Revolution for the Australian mobile content and service providers?

Are m-payments the next killer application for the mobile industry? What is the future of m-payments in Australia? How can content providers and publishers be m-payments ready? How can mobile content providers and publishers use this platform to drive revenues?

This October 10th, AIMIA gives you the chance to hear the latest perspectives from thought leaders in the m-payments industry.

This two hour lunch time forum reviews the technology, solutions, & international experiences, with cases studies and insight into how m-payments is set to change our lives as consumers of products and services. Featuring speakers from VISA, GFG Group, and News Digital Media discuss how the Australian mobile content industry harness this powerful enabling technology to drive your business growth.
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Rumors: Google Talk + Skype Interoperability

Om Malik reports that there is talk about Skype and GTalk interoperability
Now that would be cool!
I am a huge fan of IM both for personal and work use, consolidating Skype and GTalk would mean one less client application on my desktop (I currently use iChat, Skype, GTalk [through iChat] and Yahoo! IM).

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Flickr + Maps = Goodness

Photos associated with locations, nice!

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World Usability Day 2006

It’s a way off (14th Nov), but preparations are beginning for World Usability Day here is Sydney. Different are hosting a BBQ this Friday afternoon to get ideas started.

If you would like to attend the BBQ, please RSVP via email to clarissa.mattingly [at] different.com.au no later than COB Thursday 31 August.

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Educating the Australian Mobile Customer

The AIMIA Mobile Content Industry Development Group is launching an industry campaign to educate the customer about what mobile content is, how to access it, and what to do if they can’t.

We are kicking off with an event to get industry backing on Thursday 31st at 3pm at NineMSN (Lvl 7, 264 George St, Sydney). If you’re interested, come along!

Shane’s got more information on the event

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Two books should get me started

I always take a while to get around to reading the ‘must-read’ books. For my upcoming trip I just bought JPod and Freakonomics. With all the security issues through London and the US at the moment that might just get me through all the long flights and some extended airport waiting time.

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3 years old

Ideal Interfaces turns three today
It’s been busy, but it’s been more fun and more liberating than I could have ever expected.

…maybe it’s time I got around to redoing that company website, heh!…

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YomoBlog

Dave Winer has created a little app, called YomoBlog, to blog from a mobile device. There is even an associated Yahoo! Group to help him iron out the issues.

I can’t use it at the moment as my Blackberry web browser is having issues connecting to the net for some reason…

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My resistance is futile

Great! Now they have scientific evidence I should buy a 30inch Apple Cinema Display… (pdf, 730kb).
No one can argue with increases in productivity and ROI

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Doc on River of News

Doc has a great little overview on the River of News stuff going on from Dave Winer. River of News is a different way of looking at simple news content on a mobile device. It’s basically like a news wire feed displayed on a mobile device. It’s good for mobile because it can be text only and is therefore quick and cheap to download and relatively easy to read on mobile.

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