Convergence Herd

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Convergence Herd was created by the employees of Racepoint Group UK to be a friendly and welcoming community where discussion about converging technologies designed to make life easier happens.

We welcome and actively encourage jargon-free contributions from anyone, anywhere.

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Welcome to Convergence Herd

Members

  • James
  • Arthur Blackpudding
  • Natasha Holloway
  • Francesca Alexandra Scicluna
  • Natasha
  • Gemma Griffiths
  • Alison O'Leary
  • Kersti Klami
  • John Mc Intyre
  • Frank O'Connell
  • Alice Jackson
  • Roberta Main-Millar
  • Simon Hilliard
  • Lucie Smith
  • Keith Courtenay
  • Katy Askew

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Simon Hilliard

The everyman phone and the no-man search engine





There’s been a few murmurs around Nokia and Yahoo recently, seemingly inferring the two will come together in an effort to overpower the might of Google and Apple – which have taken big chunks of market share from both companies for themselves.



These murmurs have come to… Continue

Posted by Simon Hilliard on May 27, 2010 at 10:52am

Lucie Smith

Location Based Competition

Location Based Services (LBS) has been widely touted as the next big thing in mobile marketing. It enables brands to team up with mobile network providers and app developers to offer you coupons and highlight services based on your location and preferences.



So in theory, if you’re walking down your local high street, a voucher could be sent to your phone to inform you that the nearby clothing store has an end of season… Continue

Posted by Lucie Smith on May 26, 2010 at 11:38am

Benjamin Philipson

Bandwidth to start trading on the stock exchange

Well, not yet, but it should do because it's becoming such a scare resource. Everyone knows someone who has experienced the 21st century's quintessentially gotcha moment: the unexpected budget-breaking mobile phone bill. Most aren't as bad as the Massachusetts man having to pay off the balance of an $18,000 Verizon Wireless cell phone bill his son racked up when he connected his phone to a laptop to get Internet service. In Verizon's… Continue

Posted by Benjamin Philipson on May 24, 2010 at 11:05am

Benjamin Philipson

Wilmurrrrrrr. Breathe!



It's a problem as old as time: you're biking somewhere, and you need to charge your mobile... with your bike.



Okay, maybe not. But if someone told you that right here, right now, you could in fact do just that, well, you'd be willing to listen...right?



Which brings me to the E-Werk, a gizmo that powers your gadgets through your… Continue

Posted by Benjamin Philipson on May 20, 2010 at 4:25pm — 1 Comment

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The everyman phone and the no-man search engine

There’s been a few murmurs around Nokia and Yahoo recently, seemingly inferring the two will come together in an effort to overpower the might of Google and Apple – which have taken big chunks of market share from both companies for themselves.These murmurs have come to fruition, with the two scrappy underdogs getting…See More
Blog post by Simon Hilliard May 27, 2010
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Lucie Smith commented on Benjamin Philipson's blog post 'Wilmurrrrrrr. Breathe!'
Love it. Sadly I don't cycle so could someone please invent a gadget that will charge my phone when I'm walking?!
May 26, 2010
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Location Based Competition

Location Based Services (LBS) has been widely touted as the next big thing in mobile marketing. It enables brands to team up with mobile network providers and app developers to offer you coupons and highlight services based on your location and preferences.So in theory, if you’re walking down your local high street, a voucher could be sent to your phone to inform you that the nearby clothing store has an end of season sale. Or…See More
Blog post by Lucie Smith May 26, 2010
 
 
 

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