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A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000 (£41,000).

"It's all about the mobile web, and advertising is their bread and butter," said analyst Michael Gartenberg.

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"Other confirmed speakers include Antti Rainio (National Land Survey of Finland, Mark Kramer (http://www.mamk.net/) and Joanna Saad-Sulonen (Urban Mediator). Teemu Kurppa (Huikea), Mikko Hämäläinen (Grey Area) and Mika Raento (ZenRobotics) will join together in a panel discussion on the possibilities of location data and media. "

"According to technophiles, experts, and that whispering voice in your head, 2010 will be the year that augmented reality makes a breakthrough. In case you don't know, "augmented reality" is the rather quotidian title given to a smart, gizmo-specific type of software that takes a live camera feed from the real world and superimposes stuff on to it in real time."

"Mobile navigation for everyone Ovi Maps takes you where you want to be and shows you what you want see, with navigable maps for over 70 countries worldwide. All this with only one click. And it's all free."

"Nokia App Forum ist eine Initiative zur Unterstützung der EntwicklerInnen mobiler Applikationen. Neben der Aggregation der Berichte ausgewählter BloggerInnen gibt es einen Contest rund um Applikationen & Ideenkonzepte. Im Rahmen einer Conference bietet Nokia schließlich im März die Möglichkeit zum direkten Austausch aller Entwickler und Anwender."

In short, Orb provides the ability to "MyCast". MyCasting gives the user instant access to photos, music, videos, live television, and other digital content on their home PC at anytime and from any internet-connected device, such as a mobile phone, PDA or laptop. MyCasting is media anywhere.

Mobile application uptake yet be truly popular and a global reality - Ericsson

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Video Streaming Air Video can stream videos in almost any format to your iPhone and iPod touch. You don't need to copy your videos to the device just to watch them. Live Conversion If the videos in your collection are not in format supported by iPhone, Air Video will convert them on fly*. You don't need to wait until the entire video is converted. You can start watching it almost immediately! * Live Conversion requires iPhone or iPod touch with firmware 3.0 and a sufficiently powerful computer (Intel Core 2 duo or equivalent processor is recommended).

Bisher war es nur ein Gedankenexperiment, bald soll es im Laden stehen: Das erste Netbook mit dem Google-Betriebssystem Android: Über dessen technische Ausstattung lässt sich streiten, über den Preis nicht. Spätestens in drei Monaten soll es in den Läden stehen.

Androidguys stumbled upon a video of a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Mini netbook running Android over at vimeo.

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Gary also introduces briefly some projects to illustrate his approach to mobile interaction design in Africa. One of the applications he mentions is Big Board - a public display that allows people to download media for free - which he also presented at the MobileActive08 conference.

"The augmented reality industry is in its infancy, and it is going to need the support, resources, and infrastructure of venture capital to grow into a mature, world-changing industry. I feel like most technology venture capitalists still haven't heard about augmented reality (you would think that these guys would be watching industry news, twitter, and blogs like hawks looking for new opportunities, wouldn't you?), or they have already formed an opinion based on stuff that is a year or more old, or that they simply don't understand the tecnology and the potential of AR. Ok, no problem. We can fix that."

Typically one of the year's most interactive events, the activity at South by Southwest was a sure sign that location is one of the most influential digital trends affecting the mobile landscape.

CCTV that can automatically monitor criminal behaviour and track suspects is being developed by UK scientists.