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Following on from the recent series regarding Machine 2 Machine, Nicholas Herriot, Solutions Architect, Vodafone Group R&D gives us an overview of how you can apply M2M to everyday applications.

Only 4 weeks ago I made a short presentation about how easy it was to create a door controller using prototyping embedded controllers.
Within the R&D department our bunch of cables and controllers did not quite galvanise and enthuse with the possibilities of such a system. We decided to create a real miniature door complete with Yale lock, controller, solenoid, modem and software. Our crazy door has gone ...

In support of the Vodafone Smart Accessibility Awards, Vodafone, Mobile Monday, in conjunction with NDRC Inventorium have partnered with the NCBI Centre for Inclusive Technology and the Irish Internet Association (IIA) to run a two-day workshop 21-22 August from 12:00 - 18:00h to stimulate the generation of smartphone app ideas to submit to the competition for a share of €200k worth of prize money.

The two-day workshop will explore the challenges, problems and commercial opportunities that exist for developers and entrepreneurs when building smartphone applications that consider the needs of this significant demographic.

For more information about the Dublin ...

Vodafone India has signed up with Vserv.mobi to provide App Monetization to its developer partners.

Vserv.mobi is a leading Global Mobile Ad Network with strong presence in emerging markets. Vserv's pioneering technology AppWrapper powers One Click App Monetisation for 10000+ Apps across Android, WP7 & J2ME platforms. The AppWrapper is the World’s Simplest App Monetization - it enables premium advertising & innovative pricing models on any app, without coding, in just one click.

Dippak Khurana, Co-Founder and CEO, Vserv.mobi said “AppWrapper is a first-of-its-kind platform that enables both - free and paid App Monetisation models in One Click, without ...

Update 12:45 (CET) 17th July 2012 : Service is up and running again.  

We are planning scheduled maintenance to our Apps Publishing Platform (http://developer.vodafone.com/upload) and as a result the platform will be taken offline from 10:00 (CET) 17th July 2012. Expected time offline will be a couple of hours. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for looking to distribute your apps with Vodafone, and for your continued support!

Hopefully you will already have heard about the Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards 2012, the competition that calls for developers across Europe to design smartphone applications which take into consideration the needs of older people and people with disabilities. In support of the competition we wanted to let you know about a series of Smart Accessibility workshops being run in conjunction with Mobile Mondays. At the first workshop, which will take place in London on 19th July, you will be able to learn about user perspective and personal experience, follow a technical session with demonstrations of tools and applications, simulate ...

On the evening of 27th June Vodafone developer in collaboration with Group R&D had the pleasure of hosting a recurring Meetup called The Internet of Things.

Are you bursting with ideas for the latest and greatest mobile app? Do you just need an opportunity to build & showcase your idea to the world's leading operator and reach out to millions of customers across several countries!

Then don’t delay, here is just that opportunity! An opportunity for all technology professionals – Software Developers, Software Architects or students - working and residing in Egypt, Lesotho, South Africa, Qatar & Tanzania to put forth your ideas, build that wonderful app and prove your mettle.

"AppStar" is a unique mobile app contest where you get to showcase your talent by building, uploading ...

On 14th June 2012, Vodafone xone™, the incubation center of Vodafone R&D and Expertmaker, a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) software company, announced the winners of the first AI Hackathon held by the two companies over the weekend. A total of ten AI-integrated apps were created and three winners were chosen by the panel of judges which included Fay Arjomandi, Head of Vodafone xone; Lars Hård, CTO and Founder of Expertmaker; Ben Parker, Verizon Wireless Director of Network Planning and Design; and Michel Burger, Vodafone Head of Product Architecture.

See the event video and interviews here - http://youtu.be/-0XDg1isjqE ...

If you’re keen to take a look at what Rich Comms can do for your app and would like to see just how easy it is then our new guide and video will certainly help.  The guide and video provide a heads-up view to help you start exploring the potential of Rich Comms in your own apps, covering topics such as,

• joyn on Vodafone
• Jibe Mobile App-to-App APIs
• Rich Comms under the hood
• Jibe Mobile SDK overview
• How to get started
• Sign up for the Vodafone developer Jibe Mobile SDK trial
• Download the Jibe SDK
• Register your test devices ...

June 1^st to 2^nd saw OverTheAir taking place at Bletchley Park. Representing Vodafone at the event were Nicholas Herriot and Ashley Mills from Vodafone Group R&D. Below is Nicholas’s trip write-up from the event.

OverTheAir is a neutral space where hackers, academics and commercial organisations can get together and be creative! There were a number of big players at the event including Google promoting their new Google + API, Facebook doing much of the same, Blackberry with their new QNX operating system and it's platform, Lego Mindstorm, Blue Via, AppsFuel, Marmalade and many more new kids ...