Simon Buckingham
Simon David Buckingham (born in Oxford, England) is an English information society theorist and the originator of the term "unorganisation".[1]
Biography
[edit]Buckingham created and published in 1996 the unorganisation philosophy. Subsequently, he became a serial entrepreneur.[2]
Mobile Lifestreams and Mobile Streams
[edit]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]
Buckingham led Mobile Streams as chief executive for over a decade, during which the company established subsidiaries in a number of overseas markets and formed partnerships with third-party content and technology providers.[7]
In 2019, Buckingham founded Nonvoice, a Florida-based technology company focused on developing applications and services using 5G and augmented reality technologies.[8] The company subsequently launched Alive 5G, a consumer portal designed to aggregate 5G-enabled augmented reality applications.[9]
Zoombak
[edit]In January 2006, Buckingham become the CEO of Zoombak,[10] 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.[11]
Appitalism
[edit]In 2010, Buckingham founded his third start up in New York, Appitalism, an open app store, that launched in September 2010 in 51 countries. Discussing the venture, Buckingham said the idea grew out of his earlier work with ringtones.com and Mobile Streams, drawing a parallel between the decline of the ringtone business and the emergence of the smartphone app market, and described Appitalism's aim as bringing together the "islands of apps" scattered across different device platforms and stores.[7]
Nonvoice
[edit]In 2019, Buckingham founded Nonvoice, a Florida-based technology company focused on developing applications and services using 5G and augmented reality technologies.[8] The company subsequently launched Alive 5G, a consumer portal designed to aggregate 5G-enabled augmented reality applications.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Unorganization". 3 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 November 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- 1 2 "Management Team". Mobile Streams. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ Cummings, Laura (1 May 2003). "How mobiles made me". BBC.
- ↑ "How to turn £20 into over £100m". Intent Media.
- ↑ "MOS Mobile Streams PLC". London Stock Exchange.
- ↑ "Mobile Streams within Liberty Media Capital Group". Liberty Media.
- 1 2 Jordan, Jon (16 December 2010). "Simon Buckingham on connecting app store islands with social discovery play Appitalism". www.pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 Boyadzhieva, Yanitsa (7 July 2020). "App agency seeks to build 5G market". Mobile World Live. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ Tortermvasana, Komsan (20 October 2021). "TUC, Nonvoice Alive alliance deliver portal of 5G AR apps". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ "Executive Team". Zoombak. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ "Zoombak Ships 100,00th Personal GPS Locator". Zoombak.
- ↑ Tortermvasana, Komsan (20 October 2021). "TUC, Nonvoice Alive alliance deliver portal of 5G AR apps". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
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