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Mobile Monday is for geeks who love everything about mobile
phones and the wireless industry. With
more than 55 chapters around the world, the global community fosters networking,
idea sharing, and interaction. Miami’s chapter, which began meeting in 2008, is focused on not only connecting
South Florida and Latin American companies but also developing the local
mobile tech scene, which is ringing in some substantial success.
Here’s just one example: Myxer (@myxer), one of the mobile industry’s coolest startups, is based right
here in Silicon Beach — actually Deerfield Beach, to be exact. The
office building is literally next to the Atlantic Ocean. Myxer makes ringtones, wallpaper, video, and other
mobile content available absolutely free. So far, millions of users have downloaded millions of pieces
of content from the company’s menu of offerings. Myxer started four years ago
to help indie music bands upload and share their content on mobile spaces. Today, more than 100,00 bands share their
tunes with fans.
Mobile Monday usually meets once a month on — you guessed it — Monday, but this week there’s a special presentation Thursday in conjunction with Frequencia, a
series of Latin American mobile industry conferences in Coral Gables.
The meetup will take place at the Westin Colonnade (180 Aragon Ave., Coral
Gables) at 6:30 p.m. As with all Mobile Monday meetings, registration is free. To register, visit the Eventbrite page.
Sponsored by Nokia Latin America, this month’s Mobile Monday
meetup is a panel discussion about marketing mobile software to consumers.
To learn more about Mobile Monday Miami, follow the group on
Twitter (@momomiami), Facebook, and the chapter website, MoMoMiami.
Mobile Monday Miami is led by local geek movers and shakers
Alex de Carvalho (@alexdc), Brian Breslin (@brianbreslin), Jeff Sass (@sass),
Michael Tangeman (@michaeltangeman), Florian Seroussi (@florianseroussi), Edwin
Hernandez, and Ana Maria Yumiseva.
