Mobile Advertising

An interesting article from Business Insider.

What We're Going To Do With Mobile Now That We Own AdMob...

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/weve-officially-acquired-admob-heres-whats-next-2010-5#ixzz0pU2NUSv3

Top 10 smartphones of 2010

Smartphones are hot right now and no matter what carrier you are with there are excellent choices available. Check out these press photos of the top 10 available or announced and stay tuned for even more great phones coming soon. http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13630_11-426342.html?tag=nl.e004

EPMO – Status Reporting

The EPMO status reporting process is a method for reporting and reviewing project / portfolio status within the framework of a program or project management office.

The basic process steps are –
• Collect Project Status information – Discuss with Plan Owners
• Transfer Project Status line
• Update Project Actual in MSP
• Generate Verification Report
• Review Verification Report with stakeholders
• Revise Project Actual in MSP
• Generate Project Performance Report – Project level / Account Level
• Analyze schedules and Status information
• Review Status with stakeholders

Required Tools
• MS Project Professional Server and Client Tools
• MS Office [Powerpoint, Excel etc]
• Sharepoint Server

Do these for efficiency in results
• Always use your MS-Project status information for reports
• Review reports with stakeholders and discuss + escalate risks
• Publish performance reports and discuss about improvement for productivity
• Publish RAG Status Reports for Backlog and Dependencies
• Publish status reports, revised schedules, Risks and Issues in common share-point portal – include clients to provide better visibility.

Using EPMO Reporting in efficient way improves the deliverable performance, limits the risks, and provides valuable visibility to stakeholders.

Social Gaming and booming Opportunities

Social Gaming is a next generation gaming platform, for playing computer games as a way of social interaction. The popular examples are Care World, Farmville etc from Facebook Games section. These types of games are becoming more popular not only with youngsters but also with many, who ever using social network for various purposes. It’s a great mind relaxation technique, many doctors say.

Now days, these games are in internet enabled computers, and in near future, it goes to mobile and televisions through 3G and broadband television networks. Just like any game development model, the social gaming zone is also having plenty of openings for experienced and also for newbie. There are many types of Social Gaming include Role Playing Games, Alternate Reality Games, Board Games, Social Casual Games etc. Each model will have its own fundamental graphical / logical / technical framework to build multiple concept games.

The possible openings at first level are

1. Graphic Designer – with knowledge in Photoshop, Flash, animations, graphic design
2. Programmer – Action-script, SOA, XML, Network Programming, C++, Java is also required
3. Concept Analyst – with Game theory, Logical Model Development and Integration knowledge
4. Game Engine expert – Game engine development and framework configuration knowledge + SOA + Knowledge about multiple delivery media including Mobile and Television Networks.
5. Testers – Knowledge in testing games with multiple criteria, devices, environments etc. Knowledge in strategy building for efficient test automations.

Come – lets work on the new booming industry. It is going have a big impact with multimedia based development in near future.

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Nokia is looking for innovative applications

Nokia is looking for innovative applications that raise the quality of living across various spheres of human life.

Select any of the categories and submit your entries before 10 th June 2010

Eco/Being Green
Entertainment
Productivity
Life Improvement
Growth Economy Venture Challenge

What you can expect to win
Grand Prize : 30,000 USD in cash.
2nd Prize : 15,000 USD in cash.
3rd Prize : 5,000 USD in cash.


Plus some special prizes:
Best application for the Nokia N900 : $50,000 (USD) in cash.
Best cross-platform application using Qt : $50,000 (USD) in cash.
Best mobile computing application: $50,000 (USD) in cash, plus the winner of this special prize will be included in a multi-million dollar global marketing campaign that will be used to help promote the winning app.
Best locally relevant application with global potential : $15,000 (USD) in cash.

Cash of course matters but a chance to work with Nokia is simply priceless !
Details of the contest are available at www.callingallinnovators.com

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Mobile: the tiny big space for advertisement. More opportunity for designers and content managers. http://bit.ly/cmJBJ1

Google's new look for mobile. ...

Google's new look for mobile. Try this and share your comments. Expecting from msn and yahoo. #in http://bit.ly/b7fpIB

Accenture warns against false ...

Accenture warns against false job offers. Verify your offers before you follow it. #in http://bit.ly/bL5dvM