Worldwide facebook mobile usage up 300% in last 12 months. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Orange and facebook have a common goal of providing mobile social access to people throughout europe and africa, said henri moissinac, head of mobile business at facebook. View dan hills profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Associated press and national geographic to create apps using the ovi sdk beta and ovi apis and is collaborating with facebook on mobile social. Facebook s director of mobile, henri moissinac, said that since the websites launch in 2004, facebook membership had soared to more than 250 million. Our goal is to make sure that facebook is available to users when they are out and about, on the device of their choice, said henri moissinac, head of facebook mobile. Mr moissinac brings with him a wealth of international experience in consumer digital, mobile and e.
Thanks to the new sdk, apps can be coded that run across the nokia range, and. The social networking firms head of mobile business henri moissinac spoke in london yesterday, explaining how the company will grow. Henri moissinac is strategic advisor at expon capital henri is the cofounder and head of business of urbanmobility startup dott, based in amsterdam. Telstra customers are required to activate their mobile service on facebook to receive the updates. Accessing multiple dynamic data bases that are constantly updated. Dropbox has hired henri moissinac, the longtime facebook director of mobile partnerships, as part of a bulking up of its business development unit. The penny starts to drop with companies that social marketing intelligence is the black gold of the 21st century 3. Gemalto, a global leader in digital security, says facebook for sim lets anyone use facebook despite their handset even if the device lacks a data connection or. Facebook wherever they are, said henri moissinac, head of mobile business, facebook. Aside from steve jobs, the list includes henri moissinac, director of mobile, facebook. I was lucky to start and grow facebook mobile from just a few users to one billion.
About a quarter, or 65 million, used the site from mobile devices in august, according to henri moissinac, director of facebook mobile. Airtel partners with facebook, provides access to accounts. Social networking sites have indeed captured more than just a slice of social butterflies lives. Log into facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. Henri moissinac, director of mobile, facebook most. With this announcement, gemalto brings facebook to millions of mobile phone users regardless of their handset type. Augmented reality becomes the new band wagon, with much misinformed digital ink spilt 2. Previously, he led business development at ofo for emea, after leading mobile business development at uber for emea. I just spoke with snaptu ceo ran makavy and henri moissinac, director of facebook mobile, who shared some additional details. More than 20 million facebook users currently access the site through their mobile devices. Airtel mobile customers can now update their facebook status for free and enjoy additional activities for only 1 rupee day without activating data services. One such website that enables these users to stay in. Increase decrease text size cbr staff writer 14th february 2011.
Dan hill redhill, united kingdom professional profile. Mobile internet for dummies web site the computer web site for everything you need know to go mobile. Now you can use your facebook account through sms gupshup, sms gupshup is indias largest social messaging platform announced that it is working with facebook, the worlds largest social network, to enable indian facebook users to go mobile. We have worked closely with htc for several years on bringing facebook to their devices and htc chacha and htc salsa are the next stage, said henri moissinac, head of mobile business for. Facebook s head of mobile has claimed that android and other mobile platforms are just as important the iphone. Uk, london just eat plc today announces that henri moissinac has been appointed as an independent nonexecutive director of the company with effect from 1 august 2014. Facebook teams with snaptu to launch rich app for feature phones. This number has quadrupled over the last 12 months and we expect it to continue to grow as more people begin to connect with their friends and family through facebook on innovative mobile devices, like the inq, said henri moissinac, director of. Henri charles sellier 22 december 1883 24 november 1943 was a french administrator, urban planner and socialist politician. Erick has a long track record of building engaging experiences for people on mobile devices. Facebook s head of mobile has claimed that android and other mobile platforms are now just as important as the iphone to the social network. Naveen tewari one of only three indian business leaders part of the global power list india, singapore, 17 january 2011 naveen tewari, founder and ceo of inmobi, the worlds largest independent mobile advertising network, has recently been named one of the 50 most important people in mobile content by mobile entertainment me. Debates and panellists the hot topics events team is pleased to announce the following speakers.
These phones and our ongoing collaboration with orange will offer an opportunity for people to easily connect and share with their friends on facebook anytime. Fellow mobile internet for dummies coauthor daniel appelquist is a member of the mobile 2. Reliance to release an exclusive facebook mobile app for its subscribers. Airtel launches the worlds first ussdbased facebook access service in india facebook by fonetwish. Prior to this, henri spent 6 years with facebook, where he led mobile partnerships across the world and helped facebook grow.
Users come in via the browser and are presented an app to download to the desktop. Henri moissinac, head of mobile business at facebook, says he. Nokia ovi sdk plus navigation and maps apis launched. Henri moissinac, director of mobile, facebook most powerful. Erick has a long track record of building engaging experiences for people on mobile devices, facebook says in a statement. Mobile world congress, barcelona, feb 14, 2011 gemalto euronext nl0000400653 gto, the world leader in digital security, announced facebook for sim, which enables anyone to enjoy the service on all handsets, even if without a data connection or data subscription. Inmobi ceo named as 50 most influential executives in mobile. Facebooks mobile usage has tripled this year to 65. Despite mounting competition from upstarts like twitter, foursquare.
The mobile space is high on its agenda and facebook has other gotomarket strategies, according to facebook mobile director henri moissinac. Htc chacha and salsa bring facebook phone rumors to life. Today at the nokia world conference in stuttgart, facebook s director of mobile, henri moissinac, announced that facebook s worldwide mobile audience just crossed 65 million active users. Mobile entrepreneurs and developers should think about heading to the mobile 2. Nokia ovi sdk plus navigation and maps apis launched slashgear.
Facebook pushing smsbased social networking via new. The facebook connect service has now a mobile version, so developers can produce better. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Neeraj is also the recipient of mes award for outstanding contribution to mobile entertainment in 2009. They include david marcus, vice president of facebooks mobile messaging business, sebastian picardo, former chief financial officer of netaporter, and henri moissinac, who has worked at ebay, facebook and now uber. Makavy and henri moissinac, director of facebook mobile. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. The social network site has now a partnership with nokia. Reliance to release an exclusive facebook mobile app for. New gemalto app to allow facebook access in any handset.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates. Frederic court forms european, fashionfocused venture firm news. Dropbox steps up business development with hires from. Henri moissinac, director of mobile, facebook most powerful people in wireless.
Henri moissinac will remain facebook s director of mobile. Airtel launches the worlds first ussdbased facebook. Facebook for sim accessible on all handsets through. The annual power list is based on an industry poll and.
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Brian dunn, ceo, best buy most powerful people in wireless. It what amounts to another expansionary effort in the world of social networking, gemalto has unveiled facebook for sim at the mobile world congress in barcelona, spain. Henri moissinac, director of mobile, facebook, said, since its release in june, the facebook application for nokia is available for download in more than 150 countries and is currently one of. Find business leads and view companies information. The new facebook application brings the popular features and user experience already deployed on facebook mobile applications for smartphones to the worlds most popular feature phones, and is optimised for speed and performance on starhubs nationwide 3. Facebook just announced 250 million users last month. Facebook teams with snaptu to launch rich app for feature. At facebook, we are always exploring ways to enable people to easily connect and share with friends on facebook wherever they are. Now, to be clear, this is not facebook officially getting into the game itself yet, but its big enough that henri moissinac, facebook s director of mobile, will apparently be using his keynote. This can be done by texting fb to 019832665, at the cost of a standard sms. Im interested in stuff with a dna made of consumer mobile and ecommerce marketplaces with network effects scalable growth international where product is the. Join facebook to connect with henri moissinac and others you may know. Henri moissinac, head of mobile business, facebook said. According to lee epting, director of content services for vodafone.
Just eat announces henri moissinac to board as independent. Class of 2014 new neds in the ftse350 by korn ferry issuu. Henri moissinac remains the companys director of mobile. Mr moissinac is also to be appointed as a member of the companys audit, nomination and remuneration committees.