On one sunny day in London mobiThinking interviewed nine experts heralding from the different worlds of publishing, advertising, government, digital agency, mobile agency and mobile ad networks. We sought their opinions on the importance of mobile – their attitudes to mobile Web were of particular interest, given the recent preoccupation with native apps – and asked for their best practice tips on all aspects of mobile strategy. read more

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Nine video interviews on mobile Web, strategy, advertising, HTML5 and ad networks with lots of best practice tips and advice

The GSMA announced this week that the city that hosts its annual conference from 2013 to 2017 will also be crowned Mobile World Capital . The shortlist includes six European cities that would make great places for a big conference, but aren’t necessarily the first places that mobiThinking would have expected to be Mobile World Capital: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cologne, Milan, Munich and Paris. read more

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Mobile world capital: so what is the DNA of a truly mobile city and which cities really vie for the title?

Welcome to Carnival of the Mobilists (COM), your round up of the best mobile and wireless blogs and one completely average one. Last week the itinerant COM was hosted by Antoine RJ Wright , next week COM drops in at MJelly . If you want your blog to be considered, submit it to mobilists@gmail.com . read more

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Carnival of the Mobilists (No 243): music, psychology, consumer behavior, apps, ads, movies, handset share and more

The MobileSQUARED team has given mobiThinking five free tickets for the New York Roadshow next week to anyone who can answer these questions. All the answers can be found in articles in the MobileSQUARED newsletter . 6.9 percent of US consumers that view a mobile ad go on to purchase the item, but what ethnic group is most likely to make a purchase after viewing an ad: a) African American; b) White; or c) Hispanic? read more

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Buoyed by the popularity of our Guide to mobile ad networks , we have launched a new guide: • The mobiThinking guide to mobile agencies . read more

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Which are the world’s biggest and best mobile agencies?