Dr Richard M Marshall

I've always liked to build things. Since I outgrew Lego I've been building software, development teams and most recently companies.

I'm Founder and CTO of Rapid Mobile Media Ltd in Edinburgh, Scotland. We founded the company in February 2004. We mobilise applications, but are now focussing on Ad360 Mobile Advertising Platform.

I like to think of us as creating mobile applications that people actually use, but we go much deeper than that.

This blog, however, is much more about my observations on the last frontier, the world of mobile technology. And anything else that crosses my path.


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Is pacman on Android the best we can do?

People are getting excited because there’s pacman running on an Android demo box. Gosh. So a 30 year old game is the best we can do? Compass mode is a cool toy, where the streetview changes direction when you move the device, but what practical use is it? Looks like something you show to your friends and say, wow look at this, and then never visit it again. The rest of the UI looks like an iPhone without the odd restrictions.

Where is the real innovation?

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