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Wonderful weekend in Venice including excellent cheap meal near the new University
Wonderful weekend in Venice including excellent cheap meal near the new University [Jun 1, 2007]
Inside Telefonplan: the site for the new Hyper Island, Stockholm
[May 29, 2007]
Hyper Island is coming to Stockholm
[May 29, 2007]
Music hall revisited in Osborne's The Entertainer at the Old Vic
[May 25, 2007]
Last minute feedback for Mobile Business
I have had a chance to look through your mobile business case study answers and here are some tips for the exam: * When you are asked to name your client, I want you to tell me the name of the company... [May 14, 2007]
Answers to last week's TRUE/FALSE questions
Here are the answers to the TRUE/FALSE questions from last week. After each one I have added the % of you that got it right and where lots of you got it wrong I have added a comment. WiFi Provides medium... [May 13, 2007]
Watching Eurovision in a bar in Vilnius, Lithuania
[May 12, 2007]
Revision activity for mobile business
For each of the following questions, indicate whether each the following statements is true or false. This is not the same format as the exam which has more conventional multiple choice questions but... [May 6, 2007]
Correct answers for MCQs
Here the correct answers and some short comments. Refer back to the activity if you are unclear of the alternatives). 1. Which of the following CORRECTLY describes how GPS works? b. GPS device calculates... [Apr 26, 2007]
Trends in mobile (lecture 10)
In this final lecture session we will explore some of the changes that have happened in the marketplace since the start of the module. Take a look at the new Nokia N95 Integration: camera, music players... [Apr 26, 2007]
RFID: spychips or useful devices?
Outline * What is RFID? * What are the applications? * How could this be combined with other technologies? * Spychips? * Should we be worried? What is RFID? Radio Frequency Identification... [Mar 29, 2007]
Week 9 Activity - sample MCQs
This week's activity is a few sample multiple choice questions and they should not take longer than 30 mins. Here is the link. Make a note of your answers so that you can work out your own score later... [Mar 26, 2007]
Planning a mobile business for your case study (Lecture 8)
This week’s session is based on your answers and questions to the last couple of activities. Some comments on your ideas * Make sure that you have chosen a named client and not “any university” or... [Mar 22, 2007]
Week 7: Build a mobile site activity
In this week’s activity I want you to build a simple mobile site for a client of your choice. As I showed in last week’s lecture, this can be achieved using MobiSiteGalore although if you are braver... [Mar 16, 2007]
Behind the scenes at a digital media agency
This session has been designed to provide students with an opportunity to discuss what really happens inside a new media ecommerce company. I will use examples from my agency 10 questions to answer... [Mar 15, 2007]
Short messaging (lecture 7)
In this session we will have a discussion of SMS and explore some of the issues involved. SMS is deceptively simple and very powerful. As many of you have chosen to use this technology for your case... [Mar 15, 2007]
Redesigning the web for mobile devices (lecture 6)
This week’s lecture looks at the mobile web and at how companies need to change their Internet sites to make them suitable for access from phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. Why bother? * Growing... [Mar 12, 2007]
Week 5/6 Activity: Preparing for your case study
I am sorry that publishing this week’s activity has taken longer than I expected. I was stuck in research meetings all weekend and had no opportunity to create this activity. I will therefore extend... [Mar 8, 2007]
Wet weekend in Brussels preparing for Tuesday's EU project review
[Mar 3, 2007]
Mobile Business Case Study/Exam Preparation
As described in the module guide this module is examined using a Case Study that you must develop before the exam. You will create a report and take that with you into the exam. We have not yet covered... [Mar 1, 2007]
