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Paul Lamb

A Big Week in Mobile and What It Means for Media

This week VOIP provider Skype announced a new free phone to be available in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere (not yet the U.S.). Meanwhile, Google is hard at work on its own open software platform for mobile phones (code named Android) likely to be available soon. It is reported that the Google standard platform will be made available to anyone who joins their Open Handset Alliance. This means you aren't necessarily locked into the features that come with a phone, but can download any number of new features and even develop your own. Apple will be releasing its own freely available...

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Media companies been trying to use technology to build new audiences and business models for ages now. Feels like too little, too late.

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