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I’m overseas – and I’m totally roaming my face off

Data roaming is one of the last remnants of the ‘old’ mobile order – of a time before VoIP and OTT services. Now, prices are falling. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing for the world’s operators, says Tim Green (on a ‘free’ tariff overseas) … This week…

Tim GreenAugust 4, 2016

Opinion

The nightmare of getting the shopping in

After 10 years, m-commerce sites should be easy to use. If you think they are, find a nearby octogenarian and try online shopping with them... Have you ever stopped to think about what it might be like to be over 80 and trying to use the internet? Maybe you ARE…

Tim GreenJuly 28, 2016

Opinion

Would you like an app with your pint?

Why should a bar owner take a punt on your mobile payment app if no customers are using it? A knotty problem. But still the startups come. Tim Green ponders a very overcrowded market… I got a sobering email this week. It was from DropletPay, a British startup with an…

Tim GreenJuly 21, 2016

Opinion

Pokémon Go: how Nintendo ignored then won mobile gaming

Nintendo is a stubborn company. For years it said a big ‘no’ to mobile games. But when it finally relented. its game sent millions of people into a frenzy. Tim Green reflects the obstinacy that gave rise to Pokémon Go... By now, you’ll know all about Pokémon Go. Unless you’re…

Tim GreenJuly 14, 2016

Opinion

Don’t you dare talk to me, I’m paying by mobile

Mobile payment wants to replace cash and cards. But will it also also phase out human interaction? Tim Green ponders the demise of small talk on the high street... There’s something I find endlessly fascinating about mobile: its unforeseen consequences. Take the camera phone. When it came along, most people…

Tim GreenJune 30, 2016

Opinion

Ten jargon-free ways to think about that LinkedIn deal

Did you hear? Microsoft bought LinkedIn. Yes you did. But do you know why? Well, Tim Green has sifted through lots of plausible reasons so you don't have to... Last week Microsoft endorsed the skills of LinkedIn. It endorsed them so hard, it cost $26 billion. Yes, you all know…

Tim GreenJune 23, 2016

Opinion

Snap chat – Google, LG, Moto and the new breed of clip-together phones

Modular phones are back! LG's G5, Moto Z and Google's Project Ara are reviving a concept that - OK - was probably never here in the first place. Will the pieces fall into place? Tim Green weighs the arguments... Everyone agrees that phone design has become boring. They all look…

Tim GreenJune 16, 2016

Opinion

The soft option? Operators prep the programmable SIM

It used to be accepted that turning the physical SIM into software was bad for operators: customers would change networks on a whim. But now operators are behind the idea. And it's all because of IoT, says Tim Green... A few days ago a 16-year-old girl from Thrissur in India…

Tim GreenJune 8, 2016

Opinion

Google’s vision for the future of apps: no stores and no downloads

Imagine if you could click a link to jump straight inside an app - and never download it? You'd never need to visit an app store. Or download an app at all. Tim Green ponders the mind-boggling implications of Android Instant Apps... Has Google just started the post-app age? After…

Tim GreenMay 26, 2016

I’m overseas – and I’m totally roaming my face off

The nightmare of getting the shopping in

Would you like an app with your pint?

Pokémon Go: how Nintendo ignored then won mobile gaming

Don’t you dare talk to me, I’m paying by mobile

Ten jargon-free ways to think about that LinkedIn deal

Snap chat – Google, LG, Moto and the new breed of clip-together phones

The soft option? Operators prep the programmable SIM

Google’s vision for the future of apps: no stores and no downloads

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