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Shazam: How this music discovery app is about to disrupt the television industry starting with the Super Bowl – with David Jones

We’ve all used this app, Shazam, but what we failed to see from the start is just how this one app that helps us discover music is now poised to take on the advertising industry and it has the reach and users to do just that. David Jones, EVP at Shazam Entertainment is in the middle of all of this and took some time to talk the past, current and future of this little app that could.

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Kevin Tofel

M-Pulse: GigaOm’s Kevin C. Tofel Talks Smartphones, Smart Homes & 2012 Mobile Predictions

Will 2012 be the year we remotely connect to our smart homes using our smartphones? Can Intel crash the mobile party and make its mark with tablets that stand up to ARM-powered devices? Should we expect a shift in the operating system landscape in favor of Microsoft (with Symbian as a back-up plan)? This week’s [...]

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Mobile experts from Nokia, Coca-Cola, Variety Group, OnStar, MTV and VISA weigh in on the next 12-18 months in mobile

What happens when you ask a single question – what excites you about the next 12-18 months in the mobile industry – to some of the most forward thinking minds in mobile? You get some great insight into where they see this industry going. Here are their answers.

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Schneidermike on why he is obsessed with location and why you should care about the SoLoMo movement

I’m not sure this session needs an introduction – certainly not the other guy in the episode: Mike Schneider, AKA Schneidermike. Schneidermike, SVP at the digital incubator inside of Allen & Gerritson, is a leading leading leading thinker in the location-as-dialtone world we are entering and is the co-author of the most comprehensive book on [...]

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chuck martin

The Third Screen: How mobile is changing the game and why businesses need to get on board…Now – with author Chuck Martin

For an industry that is gaining in momentum, awareness and adoption there seems to be a lack of books available about mobile that cover the business case and not the technology that drives it. That’s why I invited Chuck Martin, author of The Third Screen on to UNTETHER.tv. The book swims across all the relevant [...]

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Ge Wang of SMULE

The impact of mobile on music and learning an instrument with Ge Wang of SMULE

This is part of an on-going year-long special series examining the impact that mobile is having on certain sectors of the economy. These sessions bring industry experts to UNTETHER.tv to offer their thoughts on how mobile will be shaping their industries In this session, Ge Wang, founder of SMULE, discusses the impact that mobile is [...]

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The Future of Social is Mobile – with Amber MacArthur

This was actually a show I did called Rebel Voice but thought it relevant to this crowd. Amber MacArthur is one of North America’s foremost experts on social media and social marketing. An author, technology journalist, television host, entrepreneur and podcaster, Amber has seen the tide change when it comes to impact that mobile will [...]

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Mark Donovan ComScore

Understanding how comScore data services helps build effective mobile strategies with Mark Donovan, Senior Vice President, Mobile.

UNTETHER.tv was the official broadcast partner for the recent Mobile Innovation Week and this is one of the sessions we had while on location in Toronto. Mark Donovan is the Senior Vice President, Mobile at comScore and, if you’ve never heard of him or heard him speak you are missing out on pure mobile knowledge. [...]

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Dragan Nerandzic

Why Ericsson’s vision of 50 billion connected devices, once achieved, will change the definition of communication with Dragan Nerandzic, CTO of Ericsson Canada.

UNTETHER.tv was the official broadcast partner for the recent Mobile Innovation Week and this is one of the sessions we had while on location in Toronto. It’s not often you get to spend 20 minutes with the CTO of

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