Achieving ROI in LBS - The Eventual LBS Revenue Model

The upcoming MobileMonday Singapore event will feature Skyhook Wireless.  For those who are unaware, both the latest iPhone and iPod Touch uses Skyhook's WiFi positioning feature as its main mapping application. 

Our speaker, Mr Young Joon Baik, Senior Director (Asia Region) of Skyhook Wireless, will provide an overview of Skyhook Wireless, including its background and funding. He will then discuss the basic technology and it’s SDK, followed by an overview about the Developer program. Young will conclude by demonstrating apps that use Skyhook, and discuss how the relationship is beneficial for developers.

Date: Monday, 25 May 2009

Venue: The Geek Terminal

Time: 6pm - 9pm

Programme:

6pm-6.30pm: Registration and pre-networking

6.30pm-6.35pm Opening Speech, CTO IDA, Dr Tan Geok Leng

6.35pm-6.50pm: Presentation by Skyhook Wireless - Mr YJ Baik, Senior Director, Asia Region

6.50pm-7.30pm: Mobile Developer Panel Discussion on "Evaluating Successful Deployment of LBS Services and Optimising partnerships with Operators".

7.30pm-9pm: Networking and Breakout Demos

Developer Panelists:

* Douglas Gan - CEO, ShowNearby

* Tan Yung Yih - CEO, HungryGoWhere.com

* Antony North - CEO, Foosti

Breakout Demos:

1) Zhou Wenhan - SGMalls & Mallment

2) Willson Cuaca - Foyage

3) Jon Peterson - BuUuk

Kindly register here for the event.

Young Joon Baik's Bio

YJ Baik is currently the Senior Director of the Asia region at Skyhook Wireless, and manages business development across Asia. Prior to joining Skyhook Wireless, Mr. Baik was VP at Giuliani Security & Safety Asia where he lead cooperate security and anti-terrorism. Prior to that, Mr. Baik served as Director of Product Management at Business Objects. Before Business Objects, YJ was Principal Engineer at i18N OpenMarket Inc. for four years. Mr. Baik also held the position of Product Manager for Microsoft Japan KK, where he defined the specification of the first version of Japanese Word. Mr. Baik holds a BS in Computer and Information Science from the University of Oregion.

Forum Nokia Calling All Innovators

Submit your application for Forum Nokia’s Calling All Innovators contest and win!

Forum Nokia is challenging mobile and web application developers worldwide to submit best-in-class applications for use on Nokia devices in the 2009 Calling All Innovators contest. Winning applications will be featured in Nokia’s new Ovi Store, which has the potential to reach 50 million Nokia devices globally when it launches in May.

The top submission in each category will receive cash and prizes that include:

    * Premium placement of the winning application in Nokia's Ovi Store, where consumers will find the best mobile applications and content for their Nokia devices;

    * Paid travel to demo the winning application at a Nokia-specified event; and

    * The winning applications will be reviewed by Nokia for possible preload on future Nokia devices. 

Total cash and prizes for winning applications are worth more than $250,000!

Developers can submit applications in three contest categories:

* Internet Innovation – Transform consumer-focused ideas into real applications on Nokia devices using standards-based web technologies.

* Flash –Build compelling applications that expand the capabilities of Flash Lite on Nokia devices.

* Emerging Markets and Mobile Necessities – Create innovative applications that cut across mobile technology platforms. All applications will be considered, including those developed using Java, Python, or open source. 

In the Flash category, there is an additional prize of $10,000 USD, for one application that also received money from the Open Screen Project Fund this year.

Details about the types of applications that can be submitted, along with the judging criteria, are available on the contest website.

Contest entries will be accepted until midnight (EST) on 30 June 2009.

Finalists will be announced on 17 August 2009, and the winners will be announced at Nokia World in early September.

Submit your application for Forum Nokia’s Calling All Innovators now »

Why You Should be an iPhone Developer

MobileMonday Singapore and CocoaHeads Singapore invites you to our joint event to feature a series of innovative iPhone developers and forward looking enterprises who have exploited the unique capabilities of the iPhone to offer mobile users in Singapore a unique mobile experience. 

Our first series will feature speaker: Joe Goh, from FunkeeMonk Technology.

Date: Thursday, 30 April 2009

Time: 7pm-9pm

Venue: iShop Cineleisure (8 Grange Road, #03-04/05-06)

Joe Goh is a Mac OS X and iPhone software developer who formed his company, FunkeeMonk Technology, in 2006 as one of the only companies in Singapore writing Cocoa-based software for the Mac. Since then, Joe has released PhoneJournal for the Mac and has worked on several iPhone applications for multiple clients

Attendance is free of charge.