http://blog.fortumo.com Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:48:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of our clients have asked what are the next countries and when are we planning to launch the service there. Well, we have been preparing some countries for some time already. During this summer Fortumo is expanding to several countries in different continents. In the 1st phase we decided ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/08/14/fortumo-available-in-china/ Beijing 2008 Olympic games are getting all the attention this week and the next one. Are you also keeping an eye on some event? Great thing is that it is fun to predict who will win and keep the fingers crossed all the time. What do you think - will Michael ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/08/13/beijing-olympic-games-and-sms-services/ Uniteddogs.com and Unitedcats.com are fun and positive-minded online communities for dog,- and catlovers all over the world. Create a profile for your dog or cat, upload photos, post comments, pat other dogs, communicate with other dog,- and catowners and send virtual gifts to other dogs and cats. These are just ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/07/31/fortumo-user-tells-a-story-uniteddogscom-unitedcatscom/ Starting from this week, we have put a live stats counter on top of the Fortumo.com frontpage (currently only seen in the English version). This counter tracks the number of users and number of new services in real time. Lets work together on growing these numbers! http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/07/25/fortumo-has-nothing-to-hide/ Technology is interesting and it allows people to create different value adding solutions. Unfortunately only few of them get noticed and inspire others. So we thought we should do something to change this situation. A lot of Fortumo users have came up with interesting ideas how to integrate SMS-services to ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/07/01/fortumo-user-tells-a-story-enternumnet/ Today we can see businesses using SMS for different purposes - marketing, notification, news, text to win campaigns and so on. In those cases usually SMS is a small part of a big project. However, there are plenty of businesses where SMS is in the middle of the business case ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/06/19/top-4-innovative-sms-based-businesses-cases/ I am start getting more and more surprised about how the big companies are gathering interest in the bluetooth marketing. In Paris, for example, you can easily find "interactive" advertising box that ask customers to activate the bluetooth on their mobile phones, in order to send them some interesting content: ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/06/04/bluetooth-marketing-in-australia/ This is an idea that came out from Volkswagen, and it is somehow an extension of their policy about polling about all the usual customs of the people. For example, Volkswagen knows that 73% of the people want to take the tiny soap and shampoo from hotel rooms. They also ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/06/01/sms-poll-in-times-square-ny/ Today, when credit card frauds have increased significantly and even moved to social networks like Orkut, it is wise to consider extra payment forms. It all depends on the service you are running, but the overall trend shows that people are thinking seriously before they are providing credit card data. ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/05/22/sms-billing-as-an-additional-payment-form/ This week we launched some important improvements that you have been asking lately. Check them out and we hope you will like what you see. New short code in Latvia - 1897 To make end-users’ life easier we have opened new short code in Latvia - 1897. From now on, you can ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/04/18/new-things-in-fortumo/ For most of the people Web 2.0 is just a buzzword - round corners, a bit childish web design but nothing too special. But there are some key elements that make Web 2.0 different from yesterday's web (Web 1.0). Major difference is that Web 2.0 websites allow users to ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/04/13/what-comes-after-web-20/ Just wanted to let you know that Fortumo will be attending CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas on 1-3 April. If you happen to be there as well, then we would love to set up a meeting or just have a cup of coffee somewhere. Please e-mail rain.rannu@fortumo.com to get in ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/03/24/fortumo-at-ctia-wireless-2008/ We are very happy that Mobile Monday finally launches in Tallinn, Estonia. Fortumo is obviously there, as well as many of our customers. The opening event will be held at 18:00, Omega Hall, Olümpia Conference Centre. Mobile Monday is a world known networking format for everyone in the mobile business. Meetings ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/03/17/first-mobile-monday-in-estonia/ 7th february Vodafone & Myspace partner to develop mobile social networking Vodafone inks an exclusive deal with MySpace allowing mobile users in the U.K. access to the social networking website on the move. The Vodafone deal with MySpace marks the first time that the Fox Interactive Media unit of News ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/03/12/top-10-facts-about-mobile-industry-in-2007/ At the moment there are more than 3.3 billion mobile phone users worldwide it makes 50% of total population, compared to 20% of internet's. That is why experts are predicting great changes in mobile social networks’ field. According to Pyramid Research's "Social Networking Goes Mobile" report the number of consumers ... http://blog.fortumo.com/2008/03/12/mobile-social-networks-future/