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Android Experience 2010 – Layar Business Models and the Android Ecosystem

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I was fortunate being invited to attend the highly succesful first edition of the Android Experience, an event that adresses the Android ecosystem from different perspectives. In this article I will briefly summarize some of the highlights of Android Experience 2010 @ the Amsterdam Convention Factory.On the MobilityMinded website I have written an extensive event report, inline with the following structure:The importance of openness for innovation - Vincent Everts, … [Read more...]

Project Natal for Xbox 360 – A Controller Free Gaming Experience

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Last year I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but unfortunately I do need to miss one of the best technology shows on the planet this year. Since I'm passionate about Windows Phones and other Microsoft products I didn't want to miss the Microsoft CES 2010  keynote with Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach. While Steve Ballmer announced to the public that the HTC HD2 will become available in the US via T-Mobile in upcoming spring, I was far more excited by an announcement made by … [Read more...]

Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report

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In November it was time for the annual invitation-only Möbius conference, and I was one of the very fortunate ones to be invited for this great event. The Möbius conference 2009  was held in Seattle, and I was very excited about my first visit to one of the top 10 tech cities in the world.    In this article I will provide a short section with background information about Möbius, and than focus on this year's Möbius conference and the discussed contents (which I'm allowed to … [Read more...]

Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente

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On October 21st 2009 student association Stress, from the faculty School of Management and Governance, organized a symposium with the central theme "Vision on the Future". According to the symposium leaflet the goal is "to give you as a student an impression fo what the market will look like in five years. [...] most students will be looking for a job by that time [...]" In the concluding section Iwill evaluate if this goal has been met for me personally. Let's kick-off quickly with the first … [Read more...]

Steve Ballmer keynote: Join the New Efficiency @ TechNet_Live Netherlands

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Microsoft TechNet_Live, an event for IT  Professionals and Technical Decision Makers, is held on October 8th in the World Forum Conference Centre, The Hague (Netherlands). During the Microsoft TechNet_Live Event Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 are launched for the business market in The Netherlands. The session that I personally was most excited about is the keynote  "Join the New Efficiency" from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.1.  IT More Critical Than … [Read more...]

Windows Phones Launch Event Netherlands – Event Impressions

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October 6th is an important day for Microsoft and Windows Mobile in particular due to the launch of the new brand Windows Phones, the new mobile operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 and two services Microsoft MyPhone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. I was fortunate to be invited by the Windows Mobile Team in the Netherlands to attend the local launch event at the Lute Suites in Amstelveen (near Amsterdam). In his article I would like to share some thoughts on- and impressions of this … [Read more...]

iPhone Application porting to Windows Mobile – Discussing an interesting case study !

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Constanze Roman -a Community PM with the Windows Mobile Community Team- has published an interesting article on the Windows Mobile Team blog with the title:  "Ready to Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile?" Although I'm not a developer,  nor having a formal Information Technology & Computer Science education, I would like to have a detailed look at this cool case study from a business administration- and entrepreneurial perspective. It might be a good starting point for discussion, … [Read more...]

MindMeister – Collaborative Online Mind Mapping (on your iPhone)!

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A few weeks ago Jason Langridge wrote an article on his blog "Online Mind Mapping" which caught my attention and covers a great online service for Mind Mapping called MindMeister. Last year I attended a traning of Marc Tigchelaar which I covered in the article: "Speed reading, mindmapping & braintraining", and during the recent "Business Model Knowledge Fair & Book Launch" I could experience the power of visual (thinking) techniques in business communication myself by applying it … [Read more...]

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