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Cian O'Sullivan

Company: GoMo News

cian@gomonews.net

Can Mobile Help Save Chocolate?

March 11th, 2011 11:36

by Cian O' Sullivan You might not be aware, but we’re heading towards a global chocolate crisis. I’m not kidding – a combination of factors is driving a massive decrease in the amount of cocoa beans being grown. Today, three bodies have announced the launch of a mobile phone program designed to provide essential information to Ghanaian cocoa farmers. What’s...

Just How Many Mobiles Can Use HTML5 Anyway?

March 7th, 2011 23:41

It can hardly have escaped your attention that everyone is talking about HTML5 these days. It was the topic-du-jour for MWC, with developers, marketers, publishers and more talking excitedly about it (for an overview of what HTML5 is and what it can do, take a look at our guide). But cross-platform development company Netbiscuits has released a report that suggest...

Mobile Payments: Premium SMS is a Force to be Reckoned with

February 18th, 2011 06:09

This week I interviewed Dmitry Polyanovksy, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile micropayments company SmsCoin. Based in Israel, but run by Russians, the company powers millions of mobile transactions by Premium SMS every month in over 90 countries. We sat down to talk about the potential, and limitations, of this mobile money channel. What does SmsCoin do, exactly? ...