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Simon David Buckingham (born in Oxford, England) is an English information society theorist and the originator of the term "unorganisation". [1] Buckingham has been based in New York since 2005.
Buckingham created and published in 1996 the unorganisation philosophy. Subsequently, he became a serial entrepreneur. He founded his first start up in 1999, [2] Mobile Lifestreams, which started out as a research and consulting company. Buckingham authoring the "Yes 2 SMS" report that accurately predicted the success of the SMS text messaging service. [3] Buckingham registered and launched the domain name and service ringtones.com. [4] Mobile Lifestreams was renamed Mobile Streams and completed its initial public offering in February 2006 (LSE:MOS). [5] At the same time, Liberty Media, the U.S. content company became a strategic investor in the company. [6]
In January 2006, Buckingham become the CEO of Zoombak, [7] a provider of GPS devices and services for family safety and enterprise applications. Zoombak was owned by Liberty Media but managed by Buckingham and Mobile Streams. More than 100,000 Zoombak devices had been shipped by October 2009. [8]
In 2010, Buckingham founded his third start up in New York, Appitalism, an open app store, that launched in September 2010 in 51 countries.
In 2019, Buckingham founded his new start up in Florida, Nonvoice, https://www.nonvoice.com, a 5G and Augmenented Reality apps and services company https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/apps-home-banner/app-agency-seeks-to-build-5g-market which launched many services such as its Alive 5G consumer portal https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2200755/tuc-nonvoice-alive-alliance-deliver-portal-of-5g-ar-apps
A location-based service (LBS) is a general term denoting software services which use geographic data and information to provide services or information to users. LBS can be used in a variety of contexts, such as health, indoor object search, entertainment, work, personal life, etc. Commonly used examples of location based services include navigation software, social networking services, location-based advertising, and tracking systems. LBS can also include mobile commerce when taking the form of coupons or advertising directed at customers based on their current location. LBS also includes personalized weather services and even location-based games.
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Securus Inc., was a Cary, North Carolina based provider of GPS tracking and personal emergency response technology.
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The Nokia Asha 310, also known as the Nokia Asha 3010 or the Nokia ASHA 310 RM-911, was released in March 2013. It is the first in the line of the Asha range of phones to have dual subscriber identity module (SIM) slots and Wi-Fi connectivity. It was a reinvention of the Asha range to remain competitive with new Android devices. It cost $102.00 at its launch date. It has a touchscreen, comes with either a 2 or 4 GB micro SD card, and has 64 MB of RAM, a 2 MP camera and a battery that can last up to 600 hours in standby mode. The phone can play music for up to 54 hours or video for up to 9.5 hours, and has a maximum of 17 hours talk time (2G).
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