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Time: February 6, 2012 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Dusseldorf
Street: RIVERLOFT, Konkordiastrasse 20

Social networking has become an indispensable part of our digital life. Not a single day passes without an invitation to enter somebody

else’s circles, “friends” or other networks:

‘Social’ has become a currency in the global fight for eye balls and advertising dollars.

And now social has gone mobile: From Online giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter to Mobile-only Players like Foursquare and Qype, to name but a few.
Where is ‘mobile social’ going? Who has run successful campaigns in combining social, location and mobile? Time for MobileMonday to take a closer look at

“SoMoLo” in our next event in Duesseldorf on the 6th of February!

Speakers on the schedule will be

-          Ossi Urchs (Internet Guru and MoMo Co-Founder)

-          Holger Mannweiler (Match2Blue)

-          Patrick Bosteels (TCS Digital World)

-          Felix Schul (Coupies)

-          More to be announced!

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We know that mobile payments are redefining commerce, but will our phones soon replace our wallets?

PayPal seems to think so. The payments giant boldly predicts that the wallet will be dead by 2015.

PayPal isn’t the only one getting into the game though. Google recently launched Google Wallet, the search giant’s mobile payment system, and Visa recently made a strategic investment in Square, the mobile payments platform now worth more than $1.4 billion.

We decided to look deeper into mobile payment trends and created this event that tracks what experts and analysts believe will happen to mobile commerce in the next four years, including what will happen with near field communication (NFC).

Speakers confirmed by now:

• HSBC
• inMobi
• Metro Group
• PayPal
• Vodafone

More speakers to be announced soon – stay tuned.

Time: September 19, 2011 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Dusseldorf
Street: PLATZ DER IDEEN 1 (at Grey GmbH)
City/Town: Dusseldorf

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MobileMonday Germany

Mobile Internet usage has finally broken into the mainstream mass-market. And that is also and especially true for mobile social media, networks and platforms: 200 Million out of 600 Million Facebook-members use their social network on the go. And more than 50% of the German mobile Internet audience use one or more social apps on their handsets.

Increasing numbers of social apps on the Web make more sense when you use them on the road. What is true for Foursquare and Qype is also true for the better part of Twitter: You have more to talk about on the road than from your desktop.

And in that process location is becoming something like the general “killer-parameter” for all for all mobile social activities: Out in the wild it’s your friends nearby that count and the place to meet them is what makes all the difference.

Time: July 4, 2011 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Dusseldorf
Street: PLATZ DER IDEEN 1 (at Grey GmbH)
City/Town: Dusseldorf

Speakers:

Wolf Kunert is responsible for building HTC’s new Business Solutions for Enterprises use of smartphones.

Markus Bokowsky is founder and CEO of Bokowsky & Laymann GmbH in Munich

Dr Lutz Kohl is „Chief-Nerd“ with a special expertise in server-side implementations of business logics at Match2Blue, a leading developer of mobile B2B solution.

What more trends, technologies and interfaces (think: “Augmented Reality”) will shape the way we all will use the mobile Internet will be up for presentation and debate on 4th of July (got that?) at Düsseldorf’s next MoMo.

There has been a recent buzz on NFC

All major smartphone manufacturers are demonstrating their interst to ship their NFC enabled devices to the market. However, what is the value that this brings to the mobile customers?

What are the applications that will take benefit of NFC? Is there any business in NFC and which of the players will attract it?

These are but a few questions that people might have.

For certain, the forthcoming MobileMonday in DUSSELDORF will have interesting presentations and discussions on this matter. As usual, we will convene in the natural home of MobileMonday DUSSELDORF, which is at Grey, Platz der Ideen.

For sure MobileMonday DUS will have the answers ready for you to discuss.

• Klaus Jansen-Knor, CellPoint Mobile Inc., SVP Business Development
• Torsten Wichura, Business Manager Social Location, Service Sales & Marketing Nokia GmbH
• Martin Scattergood, Managing Director SES RFID Solutions GmbH

If you want to prepare yourself a bit before have a look Here.

Time: February 28, 2011 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Dusseldorf
Street: PLATZ DER IDEEN 1 (at Grey GmbH)
City/Town: 40476 Düsseldorf

I've gathered some ideas I'd like to share with you about what we'll see this year and at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona coming up in February.

We are reaching the sweet spot as VCs say when the penetration of a new technologies reaches 20%. Consumers start to really want and enjoy mobile data! With a great selection of user friendly smart phone, affordable data plans (no more bill shocks, at least within the EU) and service, in particular apps that people really want badly, mobile data is about to explode. And it is still getting better ;-)

1. Devices. Devices. And more Devices. The consumer will be the winner during the smart phone race. She and he will be offered a thrilling number of new and better devices. The only downside: too much choice. It's going to hard to find her or his perfect device... What OS? Which brand?

2. More sensors. Sensors are cool, like if you point the device in a certain direction and the map turns. Devices will have more and more sensors like gyroscope, rotation vector, linear acceleration, gravity, barometer, humidity. New apps will take advantage of those... possibly there will be nothing really great coming out in 2011 for human users, maybe this will prove more exciting for analytical and observational devices feeding to other systems.

3. What about tablets and e-books? I usually like to think of mobile devices as devices that can be operated single handed and even while walking. I do not consider tablets and e-books real "mobile" devices rather they are more like laptops to me (event though they my be instant on). Still they will juice up mobile devices indirectly: Since applications running on the new tablets and e-books will be more often than not made available on smart phones as well.

3a. Tablets are the new kids on the block. It looks like many manufacturer were caught by surprise (remember the astonishment when Asus launched the Eee PC 2007/08?). High-end tech addicts will have one (probably with mobile data inside) and occasional users will start buying one to replace their PC or laptop as main device at home. I am skeptical about applications on tablets outside the iPad - let's see how Android 3.0 will be received by the consumer and what Microsoft will do about it.

3b. And then there are e-books. As such - not so interesting. However, connected e-books (and some tablets) enable social reading - that is user interacting about what they read, sharing emotions or notes, discussing amongst each other or engaging with the author: just a hype today and a real revolution tomorrow. Many e-books apps are available for smart phones thus reaching a huge potential user base.

4. Apps. Apps. And more Apps. Browsing apps, downloading, possibly paying and owning them seems to be a great paradigm for mobile. The HTML5 and more capable browsers many apps merely required an app icon as a browser bookmark. Still, based on the users' behavior I believe apps will further dominate the mobile services in general. Plus:

5. With smart phones as new platform 2010 has been the year of Mobile Gaming with games like Angry Birds achieving over 50 Mio. downloads. We'll see more shooting stars in 2011. Lovely.

6. Mobile Advertising is growing with the apps market with in app advertisement being one of the main drivers.

7. Eventually, NFC (Near Field Communication) will be integrated into some mainstream devices. What has been the norm in Japan for years with Felica is coming to the Western consumer. Combining NFC with other technologies allows for many proximity-based services: information, advertisement, identification and access, loyalty schemes, payment. Many new services to users, organizations, merchants, and advertisers will be developed, however, due to multitude of existing channels adaptation might be slow. In Japan public transportation in Tokyo was one of the main drivers. What will be the killer app in the Western world?

8. LTE (quasi 4th generation: based on the definition only LTE-advanced expected in 2012 will meet the criteria of 4G) will have a slow start in niche areas like rural areas or business users. User may not want to pay more than for earlier generations of mobile data (HSDPA).

9. Mobile Data will have another big year, obviously even bigger than 2010. More and more people will want to be always online. And still many are waiting to be convinced. Mobile data will also be offered by existing DSL /cable companies complementing their offering. Thus the mobile operator is partially competing against its own white label solutions. Operators in 2011 might further reduce prices while testing new price differentiation models. For what services are consumers willing to pay extra? Roaming options, VoIP, P2P, ultra fast reaction time (e.g. for gamers), premium / preferred service when network is clogged? What is technically feasible?

10. What are your thoughts? What is missing? Leave a comment...

Dear MobileMonday friends & followers,

The year ends and we will have our final MoMo in Düsseldorf for 2010 on November 15th: Wireless Health – Keep the doctor away!

Opportunities in the global mobile healthcare market are estimated to be worth around € 40 bn in 2010 (McKinsey & Company), prompting operators and other giants out of the wireless industry to step up their initiatives in this emerging sector. A large proportion of the over four billion people using mobile phones today struggle to gain access to good quality and affordable healthcare, both in emerging markets and more developed societies. Mobile healthcare is clearly an opportunity to improve healthcare, manage costs and at the same time drive growth. It is something that mobile operators, hospitals, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, technology players, health insurance companies and governments too should all be looking at closely – as well as MoMo in Germany! Timing couldn’t be better: On November 17th, Medica – the world biggest medical fair & exhibition – opens the doors in Düsseldorf, and there will be a complete pavilion just on the topic of wireless health.

Our speakers are:
Clint McClellan, Sr. Director, Business Development Wireless Health, Qualcomm
Eyal Lewin, Managing Director SHL Telemedizin Germany,
Ulrich Schulze Althoff, Mobile healthcare – from measurement to management”

Time: November 15, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Dusseldorf
Street: PLATZ DER IDEEN 1 (at Grey GmbH)
City/Town: Dusseldorf

More speakers will be announced soon, so stay tuned and make sure you’ll be there on 15th of November.

Your MoMo DUS team!

P.S. And don’t forget our partner event in the same location – the first Mobile Unconference in Germany – please have a look at http://www.mobileunconference.com/

Dear Mobile Movers & Shakers,

Welcome back from the summer break! On September 6th we have a special topic dedicated to the VC market in the Mobile Sector. So if you are in the starting phase of your business you should pay special attention:-)

Venture capital funding took a nosedive in 2009 but is set to come back, especially in the Internet and Mobile sector, as entrepreneurs look for business opportunities in cloud computing, social networking and mobile technologies. The collapse of credit markets after the failure of banks like Lehman Brothers in 2008 forced business to stop making capital expenditures, and blocked exit strategies such as IPOs and mergers and acquisitions for venture capitalists. “Now that the economy has begun to show signs of improvement, we expect to see dollars flow more freely back into those sectors that offered the most promise before the recession began,” said Mark Heesen, president of the US based National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The U.S. market tends to drive similar trends in Europe. The first European countries to adopt new trends are usually Germany and France, analysts say. More money is expected to flow from venture capitalists as they see that exit strategies — such as IPOs, that essentially allow them to cash out and, potentially, reap profit — are starting to present themselves.

Under the slogan “VC-Dating: Get yours now!” we have a great line-up of experienced speakers and panellists:
- Thomas Look, Managing Partner, Laukaz Analytics & Investment
- Inmaculada Martinez, Investment Advisor, Stradbroke
- Stefan Tirtey, Principal, Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
- Sarik Weber, Managing Director, Hanse Ventures

So if you want to get real insights into the VC market for Mobile Start-Ups in Germany and beyond, and even more important, if you want to get answers on your burning questions regarding funding your company, join our VC-Dating!

Time: September 6, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Dusseldorf
Street: PLATZ DER IDEEN 1 (at Grey GmbH)
City/Town: Dusseldorf

See you in Dusseldorf at Grey’s “Platz der Ideen”.

Your MoMo DUS Team

Original Post via MoMo Dusseldorf

Imagine a situation where the world around us is intelligent.
There are sensors and actuators everywhere, which communicate with each other and with servers for proper management and operation of the machines. The stoplights regulate the flow of vehicles automatically, feed by traffic information received from sensors installed everywhere. The vending machines are automatically sending requests for replenishment when needed. The elderly people are under constant observation of doctors who are updated regularly with the condition status. The cars are be intelligent enough to prevent collisions with other cars and city infrastructure.
Welcome to the world of M2M. Welcome to our “Mobile Minority Report”.

Come and join us on May 31st and learn the latest developments in the fast growing M2M market.
Listen to:

- Enno Borchers, International M2M Sales Development, Deutsche Telekom AG

Other speakers still have to be confirmed.

Event Details
Time: May 31, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: Dusseldorf
Street: PLATZ DER IDEEN 1 (at Grey GmbH)
City/Town: Dusseldorf

Original Post via MoMo Dusseldorf