TWIA #54: All over CommunicAsia, Nokia & InMobi

The TWIA crew in our virtual studio, sets off this week on two major events: CommunicAsia 2010 & Nokia Connection. With a flurry of talking points on the future direction of Nokia and how the mobile landscape is shaping up in Philippines similar to the Indonesian one, the crew also looked at how InMobi, the Indian mobile ad network is moving into the US and the usual Chinese sightings: TenCent to acquire Comsenz? and FourSquare is now banned in China. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs.

• Event – CommunicAsia 2010: How have the exhibitions and conferences fare this year? Is the conference losing focus or becoming more and more diverse? The TWIA crew examines the annual event that rocked Asia this week.
• Event – Nokia Connection: The announcement of X5, X6 and N8 phones and the news that the C3 is completely sold out in Indonesia with delegates all over Southeast Asia and India turned up in Singapore for the event. We also examine how Nokia needs to step up the fight in the smart-phone space.
• Social, smartphones shaping Philippines mobile landscape: With the success of how the Indonesia mobile landscape, we review how the same business models and mobile usage are replicated in the Philippines.
• InMobi announces 2M Developer Fund: InMobi, the Indian mobile ad-network has finally stepped onto the shores of US with investments from KPCB, and open a new front to the Google-Admob vs Apple war. Will their independence and also the new developer fund change the mobile advertising landscape?
• Tencent to acquire Comsenz?: So, web 1.0 online BBS forums has been popular in China and is the top social networking service Tencent acquire or invest in this company?
• FourSquare banned in China: Yes, FourSquare has joined the list of banned services in China. We have inside stories on how people got a swarm badge in Tiananmen which led to the service being banned and not to mention, the emerging clones of FourSquare in China.
• Open Web Asia 2010 in Kuala Lumpur on 13 and 14 July and you can register with our own promo code: TWIA

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