Congratulations to both Thumbplay and mobileStorm. Both companies won the AlwaysOn/Vator OnMedia "game-changers" competition. Recall that the competition sought the best new companies changing the marketing and advertising landscape. Interestingly enough, both Thumbplay and mobileStorm are not only changing the advertising landscape, but they're both in the mobile industry, suggesting that AlwaysOn judges and the Vator community believe the growth in marketing and advertising is going to come from the mobile platform. As the winner of the AO competition, as chosen by the AO judges, Thumbplay (whose video pitch is posted here) won the opportunity to present at the AlwaysOn OnMedia competition in NYC this week.  Even though I didn't have a chance to meet with Are Traashdahl, Thumbplay's CEO ... [ Read more ]