Tuesday, April 14, 2009
This week's industry headlines include the launch of the world's first commercial NFC mobile payment system. Iain, Mark and James take a closer look at mobile payments and also talk about other news from the last 7 days.
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Mark Windle, head of marketing at OpenCloud, predicts that this year’s reduction in the number of traditional telecoms operators in some countries will provide an opportunity for other operators to innovate and capture market share in 2016.
He says next year will be a year of rapid change for telecoms… whether it’s MVNO disruption, competitive tariff pricing or simply defence from the ‘dark art’ of hacking.
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James Rosewell shows me a colourful roll of paper that's the width of an iPhone but well over three metres long. When I look closer, I can see it's a printed copy of the Wall Street Journal's mobile website. That's a lot of scrolling to do... and a pretty unfriendly user experience for anyone reading the news online. Why does it work so badly?
We're squeezing plenty of news into this week's podcast, starting with a warning about so-called 'unlimited' data tariffs and ending with a new online gallery that hopes to put art into smartphones.
This week we're covering a wide range of news stories, from Adobe's mobile Flash plans to the iZettle payment app. We discuss eBay's plea to the UK government, a new UK 4G trial, a potential new threat to iPhones... and much more.
Eddy Willems, Security Evangelist at G Data, talks about mobile security threats. With the amount of mobile malware reported to have increased by 273% this year, Eddy explains what smartphone users can do - and what the mobile industry should be doing, too.
There's good news and bad news, as Best Buy Europe announces plans to close its 'big box' UK stores and Everything Everywhere cuts 550 jobs - while Jawbone UP hits the shops and the Simply Tap mobile shopping app goes live.
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