Mobile World Congress

The Improbable Dream of an 'Open Self' in a Hyper-Connected World

Rodney Collins | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Tech
Rodney Collins

At this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we at McCann Truth Central launched our latest global study, The Truth About the Connected You.* The study assesses the state of human connections in an increasingly mobile, connected world and comprises a quantitative survey.

Michael Rundle

NFC Spends Another MWC Looking For A Problem To Solve

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK Tech

NFC - near-field communications, or 'that thing where you tap a phone to a thing and it does a thing' - was out in force again at the Mobile World Con...

MWC: 'We're Still Relevant'

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Tech

One of the organisers of Mobile World Congress (MWC) has hit back at critics who said the event was not as important as it once was, saying "it's the ...

Michael Rundle

Top 10 Ideas, Trends, Devices And No-Shows At MWC 2013

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Tech

It was a sign of the times, perhaps, that this year's Mobile World Congress was dominated by what was missing rather than what was on the stands. A...

Michael Rundle

How Firefox OS Might Change The World - From The Bottom Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.02.2013 | UK Tech

It's tempting - particularly for journalists - to fixate purely on the fastest, most expensive and biggest mobile devices at MWC. But, arguably, t...

Michael Rundle

Asus: The Method Behind The Madcap

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK Tech

Asus used MWC 2013 to announce a big range of surprising - and occasionally slightly strange - products which are set to build on its reputation that ...

PICS: Asus Announce Basically Everything And Anything At MWC

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Tech

Asus have announced a strange line-up of new phone-tablet hybrids. The Taiwanese tech giant used its press conference at Mobile World Congress in B...

Michael Rundle

What Does Sony Xperia's Quest For A 'Breakthrough Year' Really Mean?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Tech

Sony has unveiled its latest flagship tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, promising a "breakthrough year" for the bran...

Michael Rundle

HANDS-ON: Samsung's Enormous Galaxy Note 8.0

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Tech

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Note 8.0, its latest and arguably most ridiculous phone-tablet hybrid. This 8-inch behemoth is still technically a ...

Nokia Announces Lumia 720

Engadget | Engadget | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nokia Announces Lumia 720...

Worlds Fastest - And Biggest - Phones Among Early News At Mobile World Congress

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Tech

The Mobile World Congress conference has kicked off in Barcelona, with an absolutely enormous Samsung mobile phone-tablet hybrid among the first annou...

MWC: Where Are All the Women?

Belinda Parmar | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Tech
Belinda Parmar

Less than one in five UK tech positions (17% to be exact) are held by women. You'd think that an internationally respected event like the Mobile World Congress would be keen to represent the industry in the best possible light, yet their lineup of speakers has failed to match even the poor gender ratios of the UK tech industry.

Mystifying Tech Teaser Lands Spaceship On Beloved Church

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Tech

The next massive tech conference - Mobile World Congress - takes place in Barcelona next week, and various mystifyingly vague teaser trailers are alre...

Top Ten Gadgets From Mobile World Congress

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Tech

The massive tech love-in that is Mobile World Congress has drawn to a close for another year. The stars of 2012 include the new HTC One range of s...

Microsoft Windows 8 Preview Launched - Try It Now

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 29.02.2012 | UK Tech

Microsoft shared Windows 8 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. "The first thing you're going to see with Windows 8 is that it's beautiful...

Eric Schmidt Keynote Speech At Mobile World Congress

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Eric Schmidt , the executive chairman of Google, launched a straightforward attack on internet censorship and the digital divide in his keynote speech...

Nokia Unveils 41-Megapixel Smartphone

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK Tech

Nokia has unveiled a 41-megapixel smartphone. And no, that's not a typo. The Nokia 808 PureView, announced at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barc...

Sony Xperia P And U Phones Announced At Mobile World Congress

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 27.04.2012 | UK Tech

Sony has launched its "first ever" smart phone range - the Xperia P and U - at the first major event at Mobile World Congress 2012. The phones are ...