Do you like creating apps? Do you like working with a lot of data? Do you like Italy? Well, then you might want to apply for the App Camp of the European Space Agency. Participants can be from all over Europe (including Turkey – and, more surprising, Canada). ESA will be paying expenses.

The Mobile World Congress kicked off today and we knew it would bring some big announcements. The rush started with the first press conferences even before one of the world's most important mobile events took off. Until now, there are a number of mobile devices introduced by HTC, LG, Nokia, Sony and others. From megapixel record breaking cameras to quad core brute processing power, we will just have a general overview of where the MWC is taking mobile communication.

The biggest event in the mobile world is the Mobile World. Mobile World Congress, that is. Last year we reported live from Barcelona, where the complete mobile industry meets yearly (except for Apple, traditionally). This year we will not be present but will keep you posted on the most important announcements. Naturally, everybody is keeping a low profile before the event kicks off on Monday but until the event is over on March 1st, we should hear some more or less groundbreaking announcements. What are the upcoming highlights? We have compiled them here.

The final deadline for the Ericsson Application Awards 2012 is less than two weeks away. Developers can submit their apps under the motto "Apps for the Networked Society" until February 28. The top prize is €15,000 plus the exposure via Ericsson's distribution channels. Meanwhile, European regulators have given green light for Sony's takeover of the Ericsson half of the joint venture.

This year's edition of the Droidcon Berlin is about to kick off March 14. The program for the two-day Android conference is now online. For those who want to mingle with likeminded Android developers, Berlin offers the perfect location for mobile startups.

We have been at the App Circus event in Vienna, so an Austrian "representative" for the Mobile Premier Awards in Barcelona is decided on, now it is up to Slovenians to take their chance.

Google has announced a new date for the Google I/O 2012, and extended the conference from 2 to 3 days. Furthermore, there will be some kind of selection process to ensure only real developers register.

Yesterday's Mobile Monday was special. It hosted the Viennese edition of the AppCircus, the travelling showcase of mobile apps. Ten finalists got to pitch their app before an audience of mobile conaisseurs. The prize of a nomination to present at the Mobile Premier Awards 2012 in Barcelona. One app came out victorious: mobile-pocket.com won ahead of MyTaxi. We were there to cover the event and got a chance to talk to the winner.

Attention Windows Phone developers or the ones thinking to become one based in Vienna. There is a workshop coming up next Friday, November 18th about Windows Phone Mango and what's behind it. The workshop goes in-depth about the user interface, the development tools and the novelties in the Mango update. The event is free and registration is still open.

The Viennese edition of the MobileMonday will be hosting the AppCircus Vienna (previously known as Demo Night) on November 21st. 10 developers will get the chance to demo their app or mobile service.

The Google/Samsung/Ice Cream Sandwich/Galaxy/Nexus Prime event is about to kick off in a few hours. The mobile tech world waits in anticipation to see what Android's answer will be to the iPhone 4S/iOS 5. The two leading mobile OSs will be measured by their features and the hardware to run it. Can Android make an impact after the iPhone 4S sold so well in the first days after the launch? Not as groundbreaking, but still relevant, will be Motorola's "Big Innovation" event, kicking off in less than one hour.

Tim Berners-Lee was speaking at the future.talk 2011 of the Telekom Austria Group. The "father" of the WWW called upon the participants to remember the basics, the internet was built upon: openness & decentralism. Misuse of data and the patent craziness were also amongst the topics discussed by Berners-Lee and other panellists.

It has been 10 year since Eclipse has been released by IBM. It was made an open source project, which eventually became the IDE of choice for Java. The upcoming EclipseCon conference in Ludwigsburg, Germany, will be held November 2-4 to pay tribute to the development environment with a number of high profile speakers.

Registration for the Google Developer Day in Prague is open now. The one day event addresses mobile as well as desktop developers and will present new developments in Android, Chrome, HTML5, Cloud et cetera. It will take place October 18th. Developers can also register for a Moscow event, while registration for the "GDD" taking place in Berlin will open in two weeks only.

The IFA 2011 in Berlin is about to set off this Friday. One of the largest trade shows in the area of consumer electronics is expected to bring a lot of announcements in the mobile world. The companies are not revealing too much, not to spoil the show, but there is some information about the upcoming products out there. We have collected some of the more important ones around mobile devices and wrapped them up for you.