Matthaus Krzykowski
Matthäus is a freelance writer for VentureBeat covering the mobile space. He is also a startup founder, consultant, conference organiser and regular speaker on the global circuit. At VentureBeat, Matthaus writes many of the analysis and trend pieces on various mobile themes. For example he broke the news that MySpace and Facebook had overtaken mobile-only social networks in terms of traffic. Also, he was part of the team which ported Android on a netbook. In addition he was coordinating the MobileBeat conference in San Francisco for the second year running. He is either to be found in San Francisco or Maastricht, the Netherlands. Follow him on Twitter at @matthausk, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.
Recent Posts
Behold, marketers — some iPhone numbers you can work with, finally
It seems like a report comes out every week with new statistics on the Apple App Store phenomenon. And the story is almost always the same: The App Store is huge and getting bigger.
Today, comScore released the newest such report breaking down the cumulative base… Continue Reading
Verisign brings extra security to the iPhone
Worried that someone could steal your online identity, financial assets or data when you sign into accounts on the iPhone? Then Verisign’s free VIP Access app may be just what you’re looking for.
VIP Access, now available in the Apple App Store, adds an extra layer… Continue Reading
Kinoma makes finding mobile content a snap on Windows, Nokia’s Ovi
Mobile developer Kinoma announced that its Kinoma Play mobile media browser will be available in Nokia’s Ovi Store and the Windows Marketplace (which will be included on all phones based on Windows Mobile 6.5 this fall). Microsoft has signed Kinoma Play as an anchor application,… Continue Reading
Conveneer’s infrastructure service marries your phone with the web
Apple’s MobileMe and Microsoft’s recently announced MyPhone services focus on giving mobile users more seamless access to internet data services and the mobile address book. Conveneer, launching later this year, wants to help other carriers and manufacturers do the same — or better. The Palo… Continue Reading
MySpace’s John Faith on mobile revenue and mobile data opportunities
MySpace has seen some impressive traffic growth for its mobile web site and its mobile applications over the last year. And the social network is capitalizing on it by developing new revenue streams and new ways to get its users’ data on more devices.
This is… Continue Reading
MySpace’s John Faith sees half of all its users going mobile
MySpace has seen impressive growth in its mobile services over the last six months, especially outside the U.S. At the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, I recently caught up with John Faith, the vice president and general manager for the social network’s mobile services, to… Continue Reading
Android and iPhone are all over MWC (even if Google and Apple aren’t), but where are the U.S. startups?
At last year’s Mobile World Congress I learned something: Given the amount of rumors leading up to the event, you usually don’t know what the conference is actually about until it’s over. That’s why I thought I’d share what I’m actually seeing at this year’s… Continue Reading
Mobile Peer Award winners
Updated.
The judges have just finished awarding the Mobile Peer Awards here at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
I wrote earlier about the competition. As mentioned, I was on the jury of the early stage startups (with a second set of jurors looking at so-called “emerging” companies).
A dozen mobile startups to pitch at Mobile Peer Awards
Some 50,000 members of the mobile industry will be visiting the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this coming week. It’s the industry’s largest event. And one of the show’s highlights is the Mobile Peer Awards, for which 12 young mobile companies have been nominated.
The… Continue Reading
O2 Germany alone has 6 to 8 Android phones planned this year
Basic Thinking, the recently sold “German TechCrunch” quotes an O2 product manager saying that “we want to get out 6 to 8 Android devices this year.” (the post is in German). The quote was made yesterday at an official press conference at the O2 Innovation… Continue Reading
DLD Conference: Europe and U.S. executives debate economy, politics
I’m here at the DLD conference in Munich, Germany, which has become one of the high-end meetups for the European business crowd — and I’m prowling for stories, which I’ll share if I get them.
DLD stands for “Digital, Life, Design.” The conference focuses on those… Continue Reading
An FAQ about those Android netbooks
Since our post yesterday about Google’s Android platform running on netbooks, we’ve been asked a lot of questions. Here are the most frequent questions, along with our answers.
Do you think Android could run on laptops or PCs?
The simple answer is “yes, with an asterisk.” The… Continue Reading
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
[Update: Since posting this story, we've had a lot of inquiries from readers, with questions ranging from whether Android is ready for laptops and full-scale PCs, why Android can't rely fully on Linux, and so on. See our follow-up Android FAQ post.]
The image above shows… Continue Reading
Interview with Litmus James Parton on the launch of O2 UK mobile developer program
The UK carrier O2 UK will launch a developer platform called Litmus tomorrow, giving international developers potential access to O2 UK’s 18 million subscribers.
Developers can upload their applications into an app store to get user feedback and sales from a pre-selected, early adopter Litmus community…. Continue Reading
Interview with Symbian’s David Wood: We can match iPhone’s success
The Goliath of the mobile world, Nokia, is holding an event for its partners today, that will likely further outline the action plan for its phone operating system, Symbian, for the near future.
The Symbian Partner Event, as it’s called, takes place just two days after… Continue Reading
Mobile ad spending rises as iPhone effect kicks in
In recent weeks, we’ve been hearing rumors that companies are canceling their mobile display advertising budgets. But when we looked into it, we found that overall demand for mobile display advertising is actually increasing.
What we’ve started seeing over the last few months is that advertisers… Continue Reading
Applications are reshaping mobile industry competition
Remember when consumers picked their network carrier first and their phone second? When mobile phone makers competed based on what functions they’d built into their devices — screen size, battery life, camera, and handy carrier-selected applications? Well, those days are all but gone. As independent… Continue Reading
T-Mobile does the talk: Third party applications will be able to get on its app store “in days”
“Historically, we, as carriers, have been been very difficult with doing business with,” says Venetia Espinoza, T-Mobile’s Director of Mobile Applications and Partner Programs, today at GigaOm’s mobile conference, Mobilize.
She disclosed details for a new “flip-through agreement” for third party applications in the new app… Continue Reading
Android roundup: Google’s web-wide plan, Ericsson to join OHA?, and more
The hype is continuing to build as Android’s launch looms next month. Here’s the latest:
Google wants there to be more internet on more devices — Google’s strategy is becoming clearer as more details emerge. The single best way to reach mobile users today is by serving… Continue Reading
Mobile advertising: Nielsen’s Jesse Goranson on risks and opportunities
Our coverage of the CTIA continues. This is a Q&A with Jesse Goranson, Senior Vice President of Mobile Media, Nielsen (pictured). Nielsen is a leading source of data for the mobile industry. VentureBeat’s mobile expert Matthaus Krzykowski led the questioning. This is the second part of… Continue Reading