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HTC Pledges To Pump Up ‘One' Production While Samsung's New Flagship Ships Like Crazy

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Chris Velazco

17 May 2013 | 6:33 pm

Oh HTC. You’ve produced one of the finest Android smartphones ever (seriously, just look at all these reviews), but you’ve faced more than your share of challenges when it came to actually pumping your top-tier One smartphone. As it happens, that may all soon change. FocusTaiwan reported earlier today that HTC is preparing to pump out more of its wonderful Ones in short order — Jack Tong, the company’s North Asia president, noted that this month’s production capacity for the flagship device is twice that of April, and that surge will only continue into June.
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Jared

17 May 2013 | 1:54 pm

Let’s face it. Today’s marketing tools, tactics, and technologies are wholly unfamiliar to marketing professionals of a bygone era. But so rapid is the evolution of today’s marketing landscape that 40% of current CMOs feel unprepared for the challenges ahead. That’s according to new research from Accenture. “CMOs also said they found it more difficult in 2012 to improve the efficiency of marketing operations (up 8 percentage points compared with 2011) and to improve their workforce’s responsiveness to digital shifts (up 10 percentage points compared with…
LG Nexus 4 shows up in white at Google I/O (hands-on)

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Brad Molen

17 May 2013 | 12:31 pm

A checkerboard-style glitter pattern with a white background? Yes, please. We've always been impressed by the elegant look and feel of LG's Nexus 4, announced alongside Android 4.2 last October, and now Google is making an ivory version of the device available to (hopefully) the masses. The twist: it still hasn't been officially announced, despite the fact that a conference like I/O would be the perfect time and place to do so. While Google chose not to take advantage of the situation to show the unicorn Nexus to the world, real-life units have been discovered floating around Moscone West.
iPhone 5S’s Latest Fingerprint Reader Coming Soon

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30 Apr 2013 | 3:00 am

The iPhone 5S’s latest fingerprint reader has been mentioned in the news a lot these day. It is the latest addition to the parade of features offered by Apple although Samsung and others competitors may have their say about this. Though it has been been given much hype and has already been publicized, fans and spectators must wait until fall before the fingerprint reader will be unveiled.Continue reading iPhone 5S’s Latest Fingerprint Reader Coming SoonOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 30/04/2013
Massive Shift to No Contract Cellular in Q1

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Sam Churchill

16 May 2013 | 8:54 am

New wireless customers are choosing no-contract over contract by 10 to 1, reports Fierce Wireless. The 10 to 1 margin in favor of prepaid in the first quarter is quite significant, says Roger Entner. Tracfone, a no contract operator, became the fastest growing carrier in the United States with 839,000 new customers, in the first quarter of 2013, followed by Verizon Wireless with 720,000 and a resurging T-Mobile with 579,000. The industry grew by a total of 1.36 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2013. Sprint, Clearwire and Leap were the only carriers losing customers. Sprint lost…

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Stitcher adds car mode to iOS app, encourages responsible driving

Sarah Silbert

18 May 2013 | 12:06 am

Stitcher just announced a new car mode for the iPhone version of its radio and podcasting app, bringing a simplified interface that works in both portrait and landscape positions. Accessible by tapping the Stitcher logo at the top of the screen, car mode offers a pared-down version of the app's standard UI, with bigger buttons and only the essential audio controls. It's nowhere near as flashy as Stitcher's BMW integration, mind you, but the point is to keep your eyes on the road and off your iPhone's screen. The app gets a few other updates this time around: a front page with top headlines,…
BlackBerry software chief on updates and BB10 for healthcare and financial services

Michael Gorman

17 May 2013 | 5:53 pm

During BlackBerry Live this week we got to speak with Vivek Bhardwaj, BlackBerry's Head of Software, about the future of BB10. In light of the the platform's first major software update rolling out to its devices, we asked about the plans for future releases. Bhardwaj told us that the plan is for them to come at a regular cadence of one major code update per year, with other, incremental updates for specific devices sprinkled in as needed. A particular focus is to do so while delivering devs fully realized hardware and to avoid fragmentation in the code base -- making it easier to create BB10…
Google Glass 'prescription edition' makes a cameo at Google I/O

Myriam Joire

17 May 2013 | 4:20 pm

Google I/O is always full of surprises, and we came across yet another elusive bit of hardware on the show floor today: Google Glass "prescription edition". No, it's not actually called that (we made up the name), but what you're looking at is definitely Glass that's been neatly integrated with a pair of prescription glasses -- in fact, it looks a lot like the version of Glass that Google recently mentioned on its blog. We don't really know anything else about this device, but we've reached out to Google for comment. Is this a custom design built by combining Google Glass Explorer Edition…
Lenovo's Intel-powered K900 smartphone on sale now in China, ships internationally this summer

Darren Murph

17 May 2013 | 3:52 pm

It arrived with a bang, but it's been dead silence ever since. Lenovo's Intel Clover Trail+ smartphone, the Android-based K900, is finally ready to make its grand entrance into the consumer realm. The 5.5-inch powerhouse will ship with a dual-core Atom Z2580 CPU (2.0GHz) within, a PowerVR SGX 544MP2 GPU, a 1080p IPS panel slipped behind a coating of Gorilla Glass 2 and a 13 megapixel camera. Despite the sizable display, it weighs just 162 grams and measures 6.9 millimeters thick, and should be available across greater China right now for RMB 3,299 (around $536) -- or RMB 2,999 if you're…
LG Nexus 4 shows up in white at Google I/O (hands-on)

Brad Molen

17 May 2013 | 12:31 pm

A checkerboard-style glitter pattern with a white background? Yes, please. We've always been impressed by the elegant look and feel of LG's Nexus 4, announced alongside Android 4.2 last October, and now Google is making an ivory version of the device available to (hopefully) the masses. The twist: it still hasn't been officially announced, despite the fact that a conference like I/O would be the perfect time and place to do so. While Google chose not to take advantage of the situation to show the unicorn Nexus to the world, real-life units have been discovered floating around Moscone West.

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BBM Vs. Google Hangouts: What's At Stake

17 May 2013 | 9:02 am

BlackBerry and Google have both expanded their messaging services to competing platforms, but for different reasons.
Smartphone Theft: What Is Best Defense?

17 May 2013 | 6:06 am

While mobile network operators are creating a global database to track stolen smartphones, some police say that's not enough. New York's Attorney General wants more from smartphone makers.
Google Lets You Send Money With Gmail

16 May 2013 | 12:34 pm

New service integrates Google Wallet with Gmail but isn't widely available yet.
Google I/O: Where's Android?

16 May 2013 | 8:08 am

Google announced numerous updates to individual Android apps during the I/O keynote, but a new version of Android was conspicuously missing.
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GrubSeam? Online Takeout Giants GrubHub And Seamless In Talks To Merge

Rip Empson

17 May 2013 | 6:36 pm

Today, thanks to the maturation of the web, digital tech, and smartphones now in seemingly every pocket, startups are finding it easier than ever before to build scalable solutions to finally address the many inefficiencies in our food manufacturing, production and distribution systems. As interest in food tech balloons, one area in particular appears to already be at the tipping point: Online and mobile food delivery. Over the last few days, we’ve hearing about a merger between two of the largest companies in the space. Rumor has it that “arch rivals” GrubHub and…
HTC Pledges To Pump Up ‘One' Production While Samsung's New Flagship Ships Like Crazy

Chris Velazco

17 May 2013 | 6:33 pm

Oh HTC. You’ve produced one of the finest Android smartphones ever (seriously, just look at all these reviews), but you’ve faced more than your share of challenges when it came to actually pumping your top-tier One smartphone. As it happens, that may all soon change. FocusTaiwan reported earlier today that HTC is preparing to pump out more of its wonderful Ones in short order — Jack Tong, the company’s North Asia president, noted that this month’s production capacity for the flagship device is twice that of April, and that surge will only continue into June.
Google Now Introduces Mark Up Tools For Select Partners To Flag Flights, Hotel Stays And Reservations In Emails

Darrell Etherington

17 May 2013 | 6:14 pm

Google made a relatively quiet announcement today regarding how it’s pushing the developer ecosystem forward around Google Now, its intelligent personal assistant for Android devices. The company has begun extending mark up tools for emails from select partners, which help highlight flight schedules, hotel bookings and various types of reservations, to make sure that Gmail can spot that information and use it to auto-generate helpful reminders in Google Now. The extension of the platform tools available to Now partners was announced by Google’s Baris Gultekin, who was one of the…
Gmail And The Stock Android Email App Combined Have Over 100M Mobile Users

Darrell Etherington

17 May 2013 | 3:09 pm

Google’s Vikram Aggarwal, a software engineer working on the Android platform, revealed today that Gmail and Email, the native Android client that still ships on Android devices as well, now has a combined user base of more than 100 million across the Android install base. It’s an interesting stat, because although Gmail and Email only represent two of a multitude of email clients available on Android, it’s likely that those two represent the email clients of choice for a wide swath of Android users. This means that a 100-million-strong active user base for those two…
Apple Boots Bang With Friends From The App Store

Greg Kumparak

17 May 2013 | 2:51 pm

Uh oh. Less than ten days after Bang With Friends made its mobile debut on the iOS App Store, Apple has seemingly changed its mind and given it the boot. As I noted in the post at the time, I was actually a bit surprised to see Apple green light this one to begin with. The guys behind the app tried to chaste things up a bit for Apple, changing the name for the iOS version of their app to the slightly more inconspicuous “BWF” (The Android app, meanwhile, is still just “Bang With Friends”. Google don’t give no damns.) Alas, it seems that wasn’t enough for an…

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Aruba Buys Indoor Mapping Company Meridian

Sam Churchill

17 May 2013 | 8:19 am

Portland indoor mapping startup Meridian has been sold to Aruba Networks for an undisclosed sum, reports the Oregonian today. Meridian helps people find their way within large buildings, such as malls, stadiums or airports, and enables marketing directed at a phone’s precise location. Aruba Networks is a wireless LAN vendor selling access points, mobility controllers, and network management software through their Airwave Management Platform product. AirWave is Aruba’s network management platform. It’s a multi-vendor multi-architecture tool that supports wired and wireless…
Wireless Competiton in Canada Dying

Sam Churchill

17 May 2013 | 6:58 am

Canada’s four wireless players are maneuvering for advantage reports the Globe and Mail. It would represent a failure in the government’s years-long push to create more competition in the wireless business, according to the Globe and Mail. Mobile Service in Canada is Overpriced and Anti-Competitive, according to numerous studies. Mobilicity is one of three small companies to have launched service since 2009 to take advantage of the governments’s policy of encouraging new entrants. Public Mobile is believed to be seeking a buyer or financial partner, and Wind Mobile, owned by…
Drone Airshow at Google I/O

Sam Churchill

16 May 2013 | 11:01 am

Engadgetreports a fleet of camera-equipped, remote-controlled blimps are live-streaming Google I/O on YouTube, right now, It’s called Google AirShow and it’s taken over the airspace within Moscone Center. Chris Miller, a software engineer with AKQA (Facebook), explained to Engadget they use an off-the-shelf model airship that’s flown manually via standard a 2.4GHz radio. Each blimp is outfitted with a servo-controlled USB camera and 5GHz USB WiFi dongle which are both connected to a Raspberry Pi board running Debian, VLC and Python. A custom-designed Li-polymer battery…
Google Updates Books and Education Apps

Sam Churchill

16 May 2013 | 10:21 am

Google Play for Education marks an entirely new addition to the Google Play Store. Google Play for Education is like an app store designed especially for teachers with some powerful management tools built-in. Android Engineering Director Chris Yerg introduced it yesterday at Google I/O. The new store, which is scheduled to launch this fall, aims to simplify the content discovery process for schools. It enables administrators to distribute applications to multiple users, quickly and easily. Google allows students and teachers to collaborate in realtime through Web apps, while using…
Massive Shift to No Contract Cellular in Q1

Sam Churchill

16 May 2013 | 8:54 am

New wireless customers are choosing no-contract over contract by 10 to 1, reports Fierce Wireless. The 10 to 1 margin in favor of prepaid in the first quarter is quite significant, says Roger Entner. Tracfone, a no contract operator, became the fastest growing carrier in the United States with 839,000 new customers, in the first quarter of 2013, followed by Verizon Wireless with 720,000 and a resurging T-Mobile with 579,000. The industry grew by a total of 1.36 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2013. Sprint, Clearwire and Leap were the only carriers losing customers. Sprint lost…

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Android this week: Google I/O recapped; Better Bluetooth; Galaxy S 4 Google Edition

Kevin C. Tofel

18 May 2013 | 5:49 am

The annual Google I/O event has come and gone, with plenty of news specific to Android. While the event focuses on developers, consumers will see benefits in Android thanks to improvements in Google’s core services and many new APIs for developers to use in Android apps. There was no new Nexus phone, no update to the Nexus 7 tablet, nor a new Nexus 11 tablet. But for those willing to shell out $649, there is a modified Galaxy S 4 coming soon. Google announced that in June, customers can order the handset through the Google Play store. Instead of the phone running Samsung’s…
Surprise: Yahoo’s mobile push is working better than you think

Barb Darrow

17 May 2013 | 11:29 am

Don’t look now but it looks like Yahoo’s mobile apps push is bearing fruit, at least according to new data from Onavo. Case in point: Yahoo Weather, which rolled out recently, already has what Onavo CEO Guy Rosen calls an “unprecedented” 3 percent market share among U.S. iPhone owners. That’s about 1.5 million users total which makes it the 91st most popular iPhone app three weeks after release, according to Onavo Insights data. That’s very good for a new app, Rosen said in an interview. Other Yahoo mobile apps including Yahoo Messenger and the Yahoo app…
420,000 U.S. Cellular customers soon must make a choice: Join Sprint or find a new provider

Kevin Fitchard

17 May 2013 | 11:06 am

In the next few months, 420,000 U.S. Cellular customers in the Midwest will find themselves without a mobile network. Sprint on Friday closed a $480 million deal with U.S. Cellular that will hand all of the latter’s spectrum in Chicago, St. Louis and the surrounding regions into Sprint’s waiting arms. This is no mere transfer of network title, though. Sprint plans to shut down U.S. Cellular’s network completely some time in those two metropolitan regions in the next several months (Champagne, Ill., and South Bend, Ind., will also be affected). And despite the fact that U.S.
Apple may not have answer for Google’s music service at WWDC

Erica Ogg

17 May 2013 | 9:54 am

Google went and pre-empted Apple’s long-rumored iRadio streaming music service with a subscription music service of its own at this week’s Google I/O developer conference. Apple’s own developer event, WWDC, starts June 10, but the word is that its music service may not be ready to go by then. The Verge says Apple is still “bogged down in licensing talks” with music publishers. Two of the big ones are still holding out, Sony/ATV and BMG, according to the Verge’s sources. That’s partly because what Apple is trying to do is not the same as Google Play…
Aruba buys indoor-location startup Meridian. Here’s why

Kevin Fitchard

17 May 2013 | 8:55 am

Aruba Networks is already building a good deal of the world’s enterprise Wi-Fi networks, pumping wireless signals to malls, conference centers and hotels around the globe. Now it has another use for those networks beyond mere connectivity: it can pinpoint a smartphone’s location within those locations’ maze-like corridors. Aruba has acquired Meridian Apps, a Portland, Ore.,-based startup that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to determine location indoors where GPS signals can’t penetrate. (The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.) Meridian is one of many companies using Wi-Fi signals to…

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Report: Smartphone sales up 61% in Southeast Asia, Android dominates with 70% share

Jon Russell

17 May 2013 | 4:11 am

The adoption of smartphones continues to grow in Southeast Asia at breakneck speed, according to a new report from GfK which found smartphone sales across the region grew 61 percent over the past year. The research firm found that consumers across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Cambodia spent $3.4 billion on more than 108 million smartphones. That’s an average cost of approximately $213 per device and, perhaps unsurprisingly given that figure, GfK found that Android was the dominant platform, accounting for 70 percent of smartphones sales —…
Nokia Xpress Now is a Web app that curates and serves popular content to Asha phones

Jon Russell

17 May 2013 | 12:14 am

Nokia has continued to expand the user experience for its Asha range after it announced Nokia Xpress Now, a new ‘smart’ app that curates content and websites for users based on what other Asha owners like and read. The Web app works by aggregating content that the global user base of Xpress Browser users (which Nokia says numbers 80 million per month) is surfing. From there, it serves up the most popular stories and websites via a series of dedicated streams in order to help with content discovery. “Nokia Xpress Now is about discovering interesting stories and new content based…
iOS and Android gaming revenue tripled that of handheld consoles in Q1 2013: App Annie

Jon Russell

16 May 2013 | 7:59 am

Research firms IDC and App Annie have again joined forces to release their second quarterly report on mobile gaming, the key takeaway being that tablets and smartphones continue to dominate the handheld console space, making three times more revenue in Q1 2013. Apple led the pack, overtaking the likes of Nintendo, Sony and others combined. Yet, despite Apple’s stellar growth, more games were downloaded from Google Play than the App Store, for the first time. Smartphone revenue x3 greater than handhelds The decline in revenue from dedicated handheld consoles comes down to…
Mo’ money, mo’ messaging apps: MessageMe raises $10m as it enters a very crowded market

Robin Wauters

16 May 2013 | 5:51 am

Now, who’s hot, who not? Tell me who rock, who sell out in the stores? (RIP, Biggie) Soon, perhaps, MessageMe in the App Store or on Google Play – even though the app is utterly gratis. Wait, that makes no sense. Alright, down to business then: LittleInc Labs, the company behind the very young but already quite popular messaging app for iOS and Android smartphones, MessageMe, has secured $10 million in funding according to a regulatory filing. MessageMe made its public debut in March 2013, entering a market with a plethora of competitors inarguably late, but managed to clock 1…
Android and iOS accounted for 92% of Q1 2013 smartphone shipments, as Windows Phone passes BlackBerry

Nick Summers

16 May 2013 | 4:52 am

Android and iOS accounted for 92.3 percent of all smartphones shipped during the first quarter of 2013, according to new figures published today by the International Data Corporation (IDC). The number of new smartphones delivered with Android jumped to 162.1 million in the first three months, up from 90.3 million during the same period last year. It means that Google’s mobile operating system had a 75 percent market share of all new smartphones being shipped around the world – up from 59.1 percent over Q1 2012. iOS held second place rather comfortably, rising ever so slightly from…

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Free Wi-Fi in Nice and the French Riviera

Esme Vos

14 May 2013 | 7:10 am

Nice, France has entered into a deal with GOWEX to offer free Wi-Fi service in some of the city’s public areas such as the Cours Saleya and Place du Palais. The SSDI is «NiceGOWEXFREEWiFi». That’s great but they still force you to go through a registration screen, which I and many people hate. The problem with registration screens is that they destroy the mobile user experience. You are on your iPhone and want to look quickly at a map to see where the museum or restaurant is located. You connect to the Wi-Fi network and bam! Registration screen. Most of the time, I give up.
Ruckus Wireless drops 17 percent

Esme Vos

6 May 2013 | 11:44 pm

The price of Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) shares dropped 17 percent yesterday to $15.80 after the company reported Q1 2013 revenues and earnings that were below analysts’ expectations. Ruckus Wireless announced that Q2 2013 revenues would also be lower than expected. This brings the price of RKUS shares close to the IPO price of $15. The company blames the disappointing results on delays by carriers in deploying its equipment in the Americas and slower sales in China. In November 2012, Ruckus went public at $15 per share. The stock price sank 18 percent on the first day of trading to $12.25…
More free Wi-Fi in parks

Esme Vos

6 May 2013 | 10:37 am

As I mentioned in The Return of Large Scale Wi-Fi Deployments, municipalities have bigger budgets these days, thanks to the improving economy in the United States, so they’re spending it on new Wi-Fi deployments or upgrades of existing public Wi-Fi networks. Here are few examples in Florida: Coral Springs is upgrading its existing wireless network, which currently serves city hall, public buildings and the water plant for around $250,000. For an additional $55,000, they will add Wi-Fi service to public parks. Delray Beach upgraded its public Wi-Fi network for $90,000 to improve…
Tales from the Towers, Chapter 44: Why the Connect America Fund should be abolished

Rory Conaway

30 Apr 2013 | 1:24 am

This article addresses why the Connect America Fund should be shut down and what steps can be taken to encourage competition in the market for wired and wireless broadband services. I’ve mentioned many times that I believe our current government is simply clueless. Unfortunately, I’ve come to realize that it’s simply far worse than that. If you combine corruption, selfishness, ignorance, arrogance, cronyism, stupidity, and incompetence in one package, that would pretty much describe the bloated, bureaucratic mess that is the US Federal Government. I’m not saying that there aren’t…
Time Warner Cable to offer free Wi-Fi in Austin, Texas

Esme Vos

28 Apr 2013 | 1:17 pm

Time Warner Cable (TWC) will start offering free Wi-Fi throughout Austin, Texas to people who subscribe to its cable service. People who are not subscribers will pay $2.95 per hour. Perhaps it is TWC’s attempt to keep customers from migrating to Google’s upcoming Fiber service. I wonder if Google will offer free WiFi service in cities where it has deployed fiber. That would make sense especially with the Google phone. The post Time Warner Cable to offer free Wi-Fi in Austin, Texas appeared first on MuniWireless: WiFi, LTE, 4G.

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Telcos need to offer 2+ separate voice applications & decouple RCS + VoLTE

Dean Bubley

9 May 2013 | 8:32 am

In yesterday's post about RCS, I mentioned in passing that VoLTE and RCS must be 100% separated if either is to stand a chance of success. At present, attempts to combine them in RCS5 are, depending on your viewpoint, either: (a) a rather Machiavellian attempt to force deployment of RCS even among skeptical carriers, or (b) because a few use-cases of IM/chat benefit from being integrated with voice communications. There is also the vendor bundling argument of "Get 2 apps for the price of 1 on our IMS platform".The net effect is shackling the already-hobbling VoLTE to the corpse of RCS,…
An RCS use-case I'd actually support & see as viable

Dean Bubley

8 May 2013 | 1:20 am

It's now more than 2.5 years since my publication of a report on "RCS is Dead" in September 2010. While RCS has shambled on as an undead Zombie technology since then, and we've still got a few lonely operators kicking over its rotting corpse at the moment, I thought I should reflect on a couple of points I'd mentioned.I maintain my position that there is zero benefit - and quite a lot of cost - to RCS (either the general version or the Joyn-branded GSMA-approved one) as a standalone app. The contention that it will somehow encourage people to give up using WhatsApp, KakaoTalk, Line and the…
There is no "messaging market"

Dean Bubley

7 May 2013 | 1:08 am

I keep reading ridiculous articles talking about SMS, so-called OTT applications like WhatsApp & KakaoTalk, Facebook, and of course my favourite RCS/RCSe/Joyn family of services.A central theme in these articles is a supposed battle for the "messaging market", with lazy journalists or vendor marketeers painting a dark picture of mortal combat between the righteous fortress of SMS revenues, the marauding hordes of barbarian OTT players at the gates, and the Knights of Joyn riding to the rescue in their shining armour of interoperability.This is all palpable nonsense - a strawman argument…
Why interoperability isn't as important as you think it is

Dean Bubley

5 Apr 2013 | 2:11 am

Often when I'm discussing communications services or applications with clients or online, I end up debating "interoperability", sometimes along with "federation".Especially around the areas of SIP, IMS and sometimes WebRTC, I'll frequently hear comments that "interoperability is essential" as otherwise we risk ending up with lots of "silos", "walled gardens" or "islands".I think the discussion needs to be a bit more forward-thinking, and also more critical, aware of implicit assumptions. I hear a lot of confirmation bias, rooted in old - and crumbling - views of what "voice" or…
For telcos, "Monetising OTT" is about distribution partnerships & revshare, not QoS or termination fees

Dean Bubley

25 Mar 2013 | 5:39 am

A couple of years ago, I moderated a panel session at a conference on broadband business models and "traffic management". It was one of the many sessions the industry offers about the old cliche of "Telcos vs. OTTs".(Obviously, we know now that this is an arbitrary, fatuous and meaningless distinction - most telcos are also so-called OTTs, and some OTTs are also telcos)This panel, however, was a little different, as I had two senior executives participating from very different perspectives. One was from Deutsche Telekom, looking after wholesale. The other was the head of global alliances for…

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It’s Time to Reinvent the Personal Computer

Michael Mace

5 May 2013 | 10:49 pm

“In chaos, there is opportunity.”—Tony Curtis, Operation Petticoat (and also Sun Tzu)“Chaos” is a pretty good word to describe the personal computer market in 2013. Microsoft is trying to tweak Windows 8 to make it acceptable to PC users (link), its Surface computers continue to crawl off the shelf (link), PC licensees are reconsidering their OS plans and business models (link), and Apple’s Macintosh business continues a genteel slide into obscurity (link, link).No wonder many people say the personal computer is obsolete, kaput, a fading figment of the past destined to become as…
The Dell Buyout: Storm Warning for the Tech Industry

Michael Mace

17 Apr 2013 | 10:13 am

Michael Dell is engaged in a lengthy struggle to take his company private, and if you’re focused on the smartphone and tablet markets, you probably don’t care. It’s hard to picture an old PC company like Dell pushing the envelope in tech, so from one perspective it doesn’t really matter who runs the company or whether it stays public or private. But I think Dell’s situation is important because it shows how the decline of Windows is changing the tech industry, and hints at much more dramatic changes that could affect all of us in the future. In this post I’ll talk about…
The Real Story Behind Google’s Street View Program

Michael Mace

1 Apr 2013 | 10:43 am

This morning Google signed a consent decree with the US Federal Trade Commission to avoid a lawsuit over privacy concerns caused by Google’s Street View program, which covertly collected electronic data including the location of unsecured WiFi access points and the contents of users’ web access logs. As part of the settlement, the FTC released a huge collection of sworn depositions that were taken from Google employees during its investigation. I’ve been wading through the depositions, and they give tantalizing hints of a deeper data collection plan by Google. Here’s what I…
Why it’s Hard to Set a Standard and Maximize Short-Term Profit

Michael Mace

21 Mar 2013 | 10:35 am

After my post yesterday on Kevin Lynch’s move to Apple (link), Infinity Softworks CEO Elia Freedman sent me a followup question:“This line is interesting: ‘You can’t set a standard in tech and maximize short-term profit at the same time.’ Talk more about this?”He’s right, I did assert that without explaining it. So here goes:There are a couple of different tech industry things that we call standards. The first type of standard is a product that almost everyone uses because it has critical mass: Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, etc. The second type of standard is a technology…
Kevin Lynch and Adobe: Shooting the Messenger

Michael Mace

20 Mar 2013 | 11:21 am

There’s been some nasty commentary about Apple’s decision to hire Kevin Lynch from Adobe. John Gruber at Daring Fireball has been especially acerbic, and there certainly are some things Lynch has said that look dumb when you read them today. But while I usually agree with the Fireball, in this case I think you need to look beyond Lynch’s statements and understand the situation he was in at Adobe.Let me start with a little history. Adobe is a software powerhouse, with a long and very successful history in publishing and multimedia. But despite all its successes, I think it deserves to go…

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Google Play All Access – No access if you have an iOS device

todd

16 May 2013 | 12:43 am

Google added subscription streaming to its cloud music player. Everyone compares it to mindshare leader Spotify. But, it is much closer to Microsoft’s Zune Market (now named Xbox Music). Like Microsoft’s offering you can buy music and, optionally, pay for the ability to stream from a large music collection. There is no free ad-supported option [...]
4G Android data hog apps: Amazon AppStore & Google Currents

todd

9 May 2013 | 1:00 am

I started using the free DataWiz from Princeton’s Edge Lab to learn how apps on my Nexus 4 use wireless broadband data. I quickly found two badly behaving apps (in my opinion). The first was Amazon’s AppStore. It downloaded 9MB of something over 3G/4G. I don’t know what this somewhat was since I did not [...]
Fitbit milestones: 5000+ miles & 11+ million steps

todd

5 May 2013 | 4:01 pm

Happy to say I passed two Fitbit milestones in the past couple of days. 1. 5000 miles 2. 11,000,000 steps
My Nexus 4 “Ordinary Things” photo series on Google+

todd

5 May 2013 | 12:51 pm

I stopped posting regularly on Google+ on October 3, 2012. However, recently, I started posting near daily to a photo series I call Ordinary Things. Here’s why: I bought a Nexus 4 phone to replace an HTC HD7 (Windows Phone 7) earlier this year. However, it was rarely used to take photos because I use [...]
MobileViews Podcast 62: When old tech is good enough…

todd

29 Apr 2013 | 1:23 am

Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean [Audio length - 48:43] In MobileViews Podcast 62 Todd Ogasawara and Jay Stone discuss the relationship software and hardware being so good that consumers do not feel the need to upgrade or update to the latest version. This, of course, affects growth, revenue, [...]

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Infographic: Is Your CMO Prepared for the Challenges Ahead?

Jared

17 May 2013 | 1:54 pm

Let’s face it. Today’s marketing tools, tactics, and technologies are wholly unfamiliar to marketing professionals of a bygone era. But so rapid is the evolution of today’s marketing landscape that 40% of current CMOs feel unprepared for the challenges ahead. That’s according to new research from Accenture. “CMOs also said they found it more difficult in 2012 to improve the efficiency of marketing operations (up 8 percentage points compared with 2011) and to improve their workforce’s responsiveness to digital shifts (up 10 percentage points compared with…
Here’s What’s Happening in mHealth

Michael

17 May 2013 | 1:25 pm

Here are some of the top stories in mobile health that we’ve been monitoring in recent days. Infographic: How Are Healthcare Providers Using Health IT and EHRs? Baylor College of Medicine researchers believe that mobile sensor technology could prove instrumental in helping recovering drug addicts stay clean. QStroke Algorithm May Be Critical in Improving Stroke Treatment Researchers at the University of Nottingham insist that they have created what some are calling a groundbreaking new predictive tool powerful enough to help doctors and healthcare providers identify and treat patients at an…
Google Gains Early Lead on Apple with ‘All Access’

MikeR

17 May 2013 | 12:55 pm

On Wednesday, Google formally unveiled its long-awaited Spotify competitor dubbed “All Access.” Similar to industry leading and popular music services Spotify and Pandora, Google’s All Access has some major names to compete with… but Apple still isn’t one of them. Although many industry sources and analysts believed that Google wouldn’t beat Apple to the punch on the development and launch of a streaming music service, that’s not what happened. And as it turns out, Apple is nowhere near ready to take on Spotify, Pandora, and now All Access. The…
400K U.S. Cellular Customers at a Crossroads

ChristaH

17 May 2013 | 11:49 am

Nearly one-half million U.S. Cellular customers are at a crossroads. By summer’s end, at least 420,000 subscribers across the Midwest will be in need of a mobile network. That much became clear on Friday when Sprint finalized a $480 million deal that will transfer all of U.S. Cellular’s spectrum in Chicago, St. Louis and the general surrounding area to Sprint. This is no mere transfer of network title, though. Sprint plans to shut down U.S. Cellular’s network completely some time in those two metropolitan regions in the next several months (Champagne, Ill., and South Bend, Ind.,…
iOS 6 Receives Pentagon Security Clearance

Michael

17 May 2013 | 11:22 am

After an exhaustive and protracted testing phase, the U.S. Department of Defense finally awarded security clearance to Apple’s iPhone and iPad on Friday. In particular, the Defense Information Systems Agency confirmed the approval of the Apple iOS 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG). Approval of the STIG means that government-issued iOS 6 mobile devices are approved for use when connecting to DOD networks within current mobility pilots or the future mobile device management framework. According to the latest estimates from Bloomberg, the U.S. Defense Department currently…

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Half of youngsters would swap PRIVACY for... cheaper insurance

Bill Ray

17 May 2013 | 3:04 am

Only old fogies care who knows where they were last summer More than half of UK youngsters think being tracked is a small price to pay for cheaper car insurance, and 26 per cent will be actively seeking a pay-by-the-mile policy in the hope of saving a few quid.…
BlackBerry Messenger unleashed: Look out Twitter and Facebook

Andrew Orlowski

16 May 2013 | 8:18 am

Ignorant tech pundits just aren't down with the kids Analysis BlackBerry announced this week that its flagship messenger service, BBM, will no longer be tied to its proprietary handsets, potentially opening up a lucrative licensing stream which could rescue the beleaguered mobe-maker.…
Mobile tech destroys the case for the HS2 £multi-beellion train set

Tim Worstall

16 May 2013 | 5:36 am

And robot cars will mean no need for new roads, too Comment Finally people seem to be waking up to the dog's breakfast which is the economic case for the proposed High Speed Two London-Birmingham rail link.…
Telly apocalypse foretold for 4G arrival fails to hit London: Brighton next

Bill Ray

15 May 2013 | 11:56 pm

Good frequency fences make good neighbours, seemingly Freeview-watching Londoners are safe from 4G interference, with trials failing to elicit even a single complaint - thanks to the capital's comprehensive coverage and its use of a Freeview band well clear of invading 4G signals.…
BlackBerry and Apple pie this summer. Or BBM-onna-Droid

Andrew Orlowski

14 May 2013 | 9:59 am

Hey, rivals, have our loyal fans! No, wait BlackBerry's hugely popular social-network-in-hardware BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will be available on iPhone and Android for free from this summer.…

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LG Optimus G Pro Seen as Noteworthy Galaxy Note II Challenger

17 May 2013 | 11:27 am

Consumer Reports notes the LG Optimus G Pro as a worthy competitor to Samsung's Galaxy Note II.
Content Providers Could Pay for Users Streaming Video to Their Apps

17 May 2013 | 9:09 am

Content providers could be stuck with the bill of streaming video via applications.
Samsung Looks at Memory Fix for Galaxy S IV

16 May 2013 | 2:29 pm

After coming under fire for how much onboard storage is being taken up by preloaded software on its Galaxy S IV, Samsung is reportedly looking into a fix.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3: What Will It Look Like?

16 May 2013 | 12:54 pm

Rumors keep flying about the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which is expected to launch this fall. Will it have a build along the same lines as the Galaxy S IV?
BlackBerry Live: Delving into BlackBerry's Design Choices

16 May 2013 | 8:14 am

BlackBerry's Todd Wood and Don Lindsay offered some insight at BlackBerry Live about how the company's new hardware influenced the design of its OS and vice versa.

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Checking Smartphone Maps While Driving Now Illegal in California

Chad Kirchner

18 May 2013 | 7:30 am

Checking Smartphone Maps While Driving Now Illegal in California is a post by Chad Kirchner from Gotta Be Mobile.A court in the State of California ruled that using a smartphone to check map apps while driving was illegal. As a result, som people are concerned about how this will affect their experience behind the wheel. But while it seems like this law would ban all smartphone usage while driving, phone manufacturers already have put technologies in place to get around the ban, such as Apple’s Siri and Samsung’s S Voice Drive. The California Vehicle Code states “a person shall…
5 Things Microsoft Can Learn from Google I/O

Travis Pope

17 May 2013 | 5:15 pm

5 Things Microsoft Can Learn from Google I/O is a post by Travis Pope from Gotta Be Mobile.To say that Google brought their ‘A’ game to this year’s Google I/O conference wouldn’t do it justice. The company unleashed a dizzying array of revamped products including a Google Maps application that finally introduces the dynamic routing algorithms we’d seen in other navigation applications, and tools that will allow users to get their hands on the latest and greatest applications more quickly. Read: Nexus 7 2, Nexus 5, Android 4.3 Update MIA Here are 5 things Microsoft should take note…
Samsung TecTiles 2 NFC Tags Arrive with Galaxy S4 Support

Travis Pope

17 May 2013 | 4:25 pm

Samsung TecTiles 2 NFC Tags Arrive with Galaxy S4 Support is a post by Travis Pope from Gotta Be Mobile.Samsung’s updated TecTiles 2 tags are now available for users to purchase from the company’s online store. It’s these updated TecTiles that will allow owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 to make use of the near-field-communications chip in their devices. Users can order the TecTiles 2 tags immediately for $14.99. According to the site, orders processed below $49.99 will ship the next day for just an additional $3.95.These packs include five individual tags. This past April Samsung…
Samsung Galaxy S4 & FitBit Connect for Fitness Tracking Fun

Shawn Ingram

17 May 2013 | 4:07 pm

Samsung Galaxy S4 & FitBit Connect for Fitness Tracking Fun is a post by Shawn Ingram from Gotta Be Mobile.Today Fitbit announced that all of its recent devices will now supports the Samsung Galaxy S4, making it the third Android phone that works with Fitbit activity trackers. The Samsung Galaxy S4 joins the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2 on the admittedly short list of Android devices that Fitbit supports. As Fitbit explains in its blog, its devices didn’t work with the Galaxy S4 when the phone first launched because the company had to make sure it had all of the software needed…
iOS 7: Where Apple Needs to Catch Up to Google

Josh Smith

17 May 2013 | 3:55 pm

iOS 7: Where Apple Needs to Catch Up to Google is a post by Josh Smith from Gotta Be Mobile.Google announced a collection of new apps and services at Google I/O and while there is no new version of Android yet, Google is pushing mobile services and apps further, a pre-emptive strike on iOS 7 which we expect late this year. While some of the Google announcements are still a work in progress, the company is pushing forward and raising the bar in several areas. Even without Android 4.3, there are plenty of new Google services that now beat Apple’s offering. Unlike new Android versions,…

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HTML5 for the Mobile Web - Part I: Introduction

ruadhan

16 May 2013 | 7:57 am

There has been much interest lately around HTML5 and its readiness for production environments and whether HTML5 apps should be used over native apps. This has been due, in large part, to the high-profile defections of tech behemoths such as Facebook and LinkedIn away from HTML5 to native apps for their core mobile services. read more
Facebook Home, Google and Android: who wins and who loses?

Veruska Anconitano

10 May 2013 | 3:27 am

After the Overview of Facebook Home and how to install it on Android, it's time to have a look at Facebook Home from a business and developer perspective. From a strategic point of view, Facebook Home certainly has the potential to capture Android users, divert them away from Google’s services and draw them closer to the Facebook platform. So it is certainly a threat to Google in that it reduces Android’s flexibility, and therefore the strength of Google’s position. read more
Overview of Facebook Home and how to install on Android

Veruska Anconitano

8 May 2013 | 9:31 am

Facebook Home made a big splash late last month, but early indications show that users are far from considering this a "revolution" despite smartphone users around the world spending 18% of their time on Facebook. read more
Tracking mobile with Google Analytics

mclancy

1 May 2013 | 10:45 am

Mobile is becoming more important by the day and the figures speak for themselves: about 1 page out of every 8 was viewed using a mobile device (including tablets and phones) according to recent comScore research and last month Google released a study which showed that 77% of mobile searches were performed at home or at work even if a desktop PC was available. read more
Usability on the mobile Web: best practices and guidelines for designers and developers

Editor

25 Apr 2013 | 1:24 am

In this era of technology, we are continuously interacting with things so it is vital that these interactions form positive experiences for us. This is true not only for objects or products we can physically touch, but equally so for intangibles such as websites. read more

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Most Amazing Invitation to a Grand Opening in the World

Jared Reitzin

10 May 2013 | 6:00 am

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were invited to attend the Hakkasan Restaurant & Nightclub’s grand opening in Las Vegas. Angel Management Group (who manages Hakkasan) is a client of ours, and to this day I have never received an invitation to a nightclub even remotely close to the sophistication of Hakkasan’s grand opening invitation. I mean, I have received some pretty neat wedding party invitations where it must have been a $500 per head, but those invitations did not come with a wireless bluetooth speaker. I read reports that it cost $200,000,000 to completely open…
When Social Media Goes Wrong

Jared Reitzin

8 Mar 2013 | 9:44 am

Recently I took my almost five year old daughter to a father/daughter dance. One of the fun activities was a whole table full of glasses, hats, jewelry, and a whole bunch of other funny props you could wear. You then lined up, and a photographer took your picture. KK and I had the best time posing for the camera while dressing up in all of these funny outfits. One of the pictures of myself I thought came out pretty funny. I had slipped on this really odd hat and tilted it backwards, put on some Porsche Carrera sun glasses and of course looking as gangster as possible, threw up…
Multi-message, cross-channel triggers have arrived!

Joseph Shavit

5 Mar 2013 | 2:00 am

mobileStorm fans, partners (we call our clients partners because we really do view them as such) and friends we have great news to announce this morning. mobileStorm for Healthcare just got a major upgrade. We’re talking Hyper-drive here. Up till now, our partners enjoyed the ease of messaging to both email and sms lists in the same campaign through our innovative and efficient drag and drop interface. They could also use our robust Audience and Communication APIs to trigger email and sms campaigns out of their own system while also maintaining a real-time sync of their database…
mobileStorm Launches Trigger-based Multi-Channel Messaging and Rules Engine

Joseph Shavit

5 Mar 2013 | 2:00 am

mobileStorm, a 13-year veteran of email, mobile, and social communication, announces the official release of the newest version of its healthcare messaging platform; unveils new capabilities that dramatically extend messaging for patient engagement. Los Angeles, CA, March 1, 2013 – mobileStorm, Inc. (www.mobilestorm.com), one of the companies leading the charge in America for mHealth patient engagement, announced today that it has taken a significant leap forward with the latest version of its secure healthcare messaging platform, mobileStorm for Healthcare. mobileStorm for Healthcare…
Our Booth is a Boat (mHealth Summit Event Recap)

Jared Reitzin

11 Dec 2012 | 5:41 pm

Working closely with the Kony Solutions team, we rented a boat during the 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington D.C. The boat pulled up to the back of the hotel where we had our group load in for some dinner, drinks and dancing. There was a lot more talking then dancing going on. We held a contest and gave away prizes like the Kindle Fire HD and Apple TV. People had to answer ridiculous questions like “what decade was Madonna born in”. All-in-all it was a fun night and anytime someone asked me “where is your booth”, I just said “our booth is floating out back. Our booth is a boat”.

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Divoom Bluetune Solo BT speaker: Outstanding value, vivid colors, great sound

16 May 2013 | 12:00 pm

There are a lot of portable Bluetooth speaker options available. and I found the Divoom Bluetune Solo to be an excellent choice at a fantastic price. It comes in several attractive colors and even serves as a microphone.
Flipboard rolls out magazine support for Android and web-based Editor

9 May 2013 | 3:55 pm

Flipboard is one of my favorite ways to read content on my devices, and their new Android version supports the magazine creator launched on iOS in March. There is also now a web-based Flipboard Editor and browser button.
Improve your fitness and help get in shape with the Garmin Forerunner 610: Review

7 May 2013 | 1:00 pm

Garmin's Forerunner 610 is their premier GPS watch, and after testing it for a couple of weeks, I agree it is one of the best. As summer approaches, you may want to consider the 610 and hit the road.
Jawbone announces the UP Platform and acquires BodyMedia

30 Apr 2013 | 1:36 pm

The Jawbone UP is my preferred activity tracker and now with their expanding developer support and acquisition of BodyMedia, I look forward to even more great things from Jawbone.
Hands-on with the Pebble e-paper watch (gallery)

23 Apr 2013 | 3:00 pm

I backed this Kickstarter project and selected an orange model. Since colored ones are not yet ready and I am not sure I would wear it daily, I switched to black and received it yesterday.

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Analysys Mason: Truly unlimited mobile data plans are a rarity in Western Europe

17 May 2013 | 10:03 am

According to our research, in 10 major Western European mobile markets just over one in five operators (22 per cent) offer at least one truly unlimited mobile data plan, either for handset data or mobile broadband, to target heavy mobile data users.
The 2013 rising stars of wireline

17 May 2013 | 9:01 am

Just as there are rising stars every year in the wireless industry, so, too, are there executives in the wireline telecom industry who are getting more and more attention and influence. Meet the rising stars in wireline for 2013.
UPDATED: Report: Verizon Wireless gave AP reporters' cell phone records to DOJ in leak probe

17 May 2013 | 8:57 am

Verizon Wireless gave the personal cell phone records of at least two journalists from The Associated Press to the government as part of a wide-ranging seizure of telephone records by the Department of Justice, according to the New York Times. Verizon said it was following the law in giving the records to the Justice Department.
Intel's ex-chief Otellini laments missing the iPhone as new boss Krzanich looks to the future

17 May 2013 | 8:09 am

Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini expressed regret that the silicon giant did not or was not able to get its chips inside Apple's iPhone. The comments highlight Intel's current attempts to catch up in mobile--which Otellini's successor, Brian Krzanich, has pledged to do.
EU's Kroes sets timeline for single telecoms market

17 May 2013 | 7:49 am

The European Union's digital agenda commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said the creation of a single market for the European telecoms industry is a major priority for the rest of her mandate, and said she is not retiring until she has achieved her goal.

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Anton Thinks: The Mobile Future of Apple Doesn’t Depend On the iPhone This Year

Anton D. Nagy

18 May 2013 | 1:46 am

…but rather on the future of iOS. If the past is any indication, we should see an iPhone 5S, an incremental spec-bump, just like the iPhone 4S. Regardless if that will be the case, or a completely new phone, the mobile future of Apple doesn’t really depend on the phone itself. No quad-core, 2GB of RAM, and 13MP camera with X number of lens, in addition to a fingerprint reader and maybe adopting NFC/wireless charging will stop the already ongoing decline. It’s not about hardware anymore, looks, materials, or specs. iOS, just like Windows Phone, does an excellent job at offering an…
Sony Xperia L Comes to the US (But Is It Cheap Enough?)

Stephen Schenck

17 May 2013 | 4:57 pm

Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia UL: it’s been starting to feel like Sony’s transformed itself into an assembly line for 1080p Androids lately. Despite all this focus on high-end, high-res handsets, it’s also managed to continue addressing other market segments, and back in March we learned about a couple more conservative models, the Xperia L ... Continue reading »The post Sony Xperia L Comes to the US (But Is It Cheap Enough?) appeared first on Pocketnow.
Galaxy S 4 Record Sales, HTC One Production Increase, Nokia EOS Spotted & More – Pocketnow Daily

Jaime Rivera

17 May 2013 | 4:00 pm

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new BlackBerry Messenger to come in July and why tablets shouldn’t be waiting for it. We later go through the leaks of the Nokia EOS, which is claimed that has already been spotted in the public. Then we go through the Samsung Galaxy S4 and how it’s dwarfed the results of the Galaxy S III in these last couple of weeks. We later talk about the HTC One and how the company plans to increase production to meet demand. We end today’s show talking about Apple and the possible delay of the iRadio music streaming service. ...
Wolfson Audio Processor Could Lead to Best-Sounding Smartphones Yet

Stephen Schenck

17 May 2013 | 3:42 pm

Your current smartphone likely has no problem outputting CD-quality sound. Sure, maybe the speaker isn’t so great, but plug in some headphones and you’re going to be able to enjoy some crisp, clear digital audio. However, with everyone already sounding pretty good, companies can earn themselves some extra attention by going above-and-beyond our normal expectations; just look at HTC (and now HP) with Beats Audio technology. Now Wolfson Microelectronics, maker of audio chips already in use by companies like Samsung ... Continue reading »The post Wolfson Audio Processor Could…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 Specs Rumored, Possible Render Leaks

Stephen Schenck

17 May 2013 | 2:01 pm

Last month, Samsung announced the first Galaxy Tab 3 model, a seven-inch tablet. Obviously, more Tab 3 options would follow, and at the time we heard rumors about a few other hardware configurations. One of those included an eight-inch model with some nice specs like an AMOLED screen. As we wait for official word, some new specs have leaked for the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, along with a possible render. Bad news first: ... Continue reading »The post Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 Specs Rumored, Possible Render Leaks appeared first on Pocketnow.

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Ode to the Joy of Disruptive Tension – And Zen

admin

28 Apr 2013 | 2:06 am

Just a few quick thoughts while we have a moment, as there is always plenty of background activity for us here, to note the musical chair action happening just beneath the surface. Let's peel a layer on the wonderful example of Game Theory currently taking place related to mobile operating systems and a predictable rise of Tizen over the months and years to come. For a decent current overview on this effort, including what's new in the 2.0 Magnolia build, see their FAQ section [.pdf]The post Ode to the Joy of Disruptive Tension – And Zen appeared first on .
DoCoMo Near Future Vision

admin

23 Apr 2013 | 9:36 pm

The latest DoCoMo Vision video with examples of current, soon to be enhanced, offers to improve users daily lives: http://bit.ly/ZC2HcXThe post DoCoMo Near Future Vision appeared first on .
Tokyo Smartphone App Awards

admin

19 Apr 2013 | 9:27 pm

The 2nd Annual Tokyo International Smartphone App Award Winners Announced - our Congrats to All involved! http://bit.ly/13AWwV5The post Tokyo Smartphone App Awards appeared first on .
DoCoMo dMusic Goes Flat-Rate

admin

16 Apr 2013 | 8:10 pm

DoCoMo announces dMusic goes flat-rate, with 1 Million song database offered, April 22nd at $10 per month: http://bit.ly/ZUk9nLThe post DoCoMo dMusic Goes Flat-Rate appeared first on .
Dual Screen MEDIAS by NEC – Debut

admin

14 Apr 2013 | 8:59 pm

The MEDIAS dual screen display smartphone model, produced by NEC-Casio goes on sale nationwide April 18th: http://bit.ly/11Ll10CThe post Dual Screen MEDIAS by NEC – Debut appeared first on .

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HotelTonight adds new destinations in France, Italy Spain and Mexico

17 May 2013 | 8:09 am

Hotel booking app HotelTonight has recently added a raft of new destination to its international roster of cities, including locations in France, Italy Spain and Mexico. The new additions take the total reach of the app to 12 countries and 100 destinations across the globe. To tie in with the peak travel season in Europe, HotelTonight is adding popular European destinations, including Lille, Lyon, and Marseille in France; Barcelona, Madrid, and Malaga/Costa del Sol in Spain and Florence, Rome and Milan in Italy. The app is also offering its five million-plus global users new destinations in…
Google Maps helps man find way home after being abducted 23 years ago

17 May 2013 | 7:05 am

Luo Gang, a Chinese man abducted at the age of five in 1990, has managed to find his way back to his hometown 23 years later after analysing Google Maps, PCR has reported. Kidnapped from a town near Guangan, Sichuan province while walking to kindergarten, Gang was taken almost 1,500 kilometres away to a city in Fujian province. However, while he insists that his adopted parents loved him, every night before going to bed, he would remind himself of what his hometown looked like. One prominent feature that he could remember was a set of two bridges, which he roughly sketched from memory and…
Sony Pictures secures Angry Birds movie distribution rights

17 May 2013 | 5:58 am

Back in December, Rovio confirmed the details of its independently developed, produced and financed 3D Angry Birds animated film. While the company seems set on doing everything in house, Sony Pictures Entertainment has fought off rival studios and secured the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the movie. Michael Lynton, chairman & CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Amy Pascal, co-chairman, said: "Every studio in town would love to add Angry Birds to their slate. There are few titles out there that bring this kind of excitement, brand awareness and built-in audience to the…
Apple App Store reaches 50 billionth app download

17 May 2013 | 5:14 am

Apple recently announced the App Store was approaching its 50 billionth unique app download, a significant growth on launching with 500 apps in July 2008. Two weeks later, and unsuspecting Say The Same Thing downloader Brandon Ashmore pockets a $10,000 App Store gift card for taking the company to the benchmark.The 50bn milestone is based on uniques and excludes re-downloads and updates. Customers download more than 800 apps from the App Store per second, which is equivalent to over two billion a month. Eddy Cue, Apple’s SVP of internet software and services, said: "Apple would like to…
Top ten stories of the week

17 May 2013 | 4:58 am

You know what time it is. It’s Friday afternoon top ten stories of the week on Mobile Entertainment rundown time. Among this week’s hardest hitters is the announcement that our very own 2013 ME Awards are now open for nominations, along with reports of Barclaycard entering the digital deals space with bespoke offers. Elsewhere, news of a ‘Tweet to Meet’ Robbie Williams campaign from Samsung has caught the interest of many of our readers, while the launch of Nokia’s new Lumia 925 smartphone also ranked highly on our chart. See the full rundown below. 1.

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HTC says One production will double to meet ‘strong demand’

17 May 2013 | 4:00 pm

Of all the problems to have when launching a new flagship smartphone, trouble keeping up with demand is hardly the worst. Of course, things change a bit when a company has to pump units into channels as quickly as possible before the top-selling smartphone vendor in the world launches the Galaxy S4. HTC undoubtedly lost some sales thanks to its production woes with the One, but a new report suggests its manufacturing issues are behind it. According to Focus Taiwan, HTC North Asia president Jack Tong said that production capacity for the HTC One will double in May and increase further in…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 image, specs leak

17 May 2013 | 1:50 pm

A purported image of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 tablet was published on Friday along with supposed specs. SamMobile obtained the image of the unannounced tablet from an unnamed source, and the device shown in the image looks very similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, pictured above, with slight variations such as the sensor layout above the display. Not much can be gleaned from the render, though the blog also claims to have knowledge of the tablet’s specs, which include an 8-inch TFT display with 1,280 x 800-pixel resolution, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB of…
Want to Steer Clear of Monsanto? 'Buycott' App Shows You How

17 May 2013 | 12:31 pm

Don’t bother trying to download the Android version of the new Buycott smartphone application today. It’s not there. The company’s website even went down earlier this week.
The five ways Google is ‘assaulting’ Apple

17 May 2013 | 11:35 am

Google CEO Larry Page spoke about peace in the industry during the Google I/O 2013 keynote, but that doesn’t mean Google has plans to slow its various attacks on rivals’ turf. Forbes contributor Peter Cohan laid out the five areas where Google is launching its “assault” on chief competitor Apple, and he discussed exactly how Google is hurting the world’s most valuable company in each area. Among Cohan’s five fronts are smartphones, where Google’s Android platform has overtaken the iPhone as the most popular handset operating system in the world; tablets, where strength in…
BBM will reportedly not support iPad or Android tablets at launch

17 May 2013 | 10:50 am

Earlier this week, BlackBerry announced the arrival of BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS. A new report suggests that the messaging service will have some limitations, however. According to TrustedReviews, BBM will not be available for the iPad or for Android tablets at launch. Vivek Bhardwaj, head of the BlackBerry software portfolio, reportedly told the website that BBM will be limited to iPhones running iOS 6 or higher and Android smartphones. “Smartphone is our real focus and again it comes back to what BBM is,” he explained. “If you look BBM and the engagement and the…

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EE really lucked out with their 4G launch didn’t they?

Ewan

12 May 2013 | 11:37 pm

Every time I walk by a standard operator shop that isn’t EE, I have to cringe. I can’t avoid it. That’s because, invariably, the shop window is currently advertising the Samsung Galaxy S4. And unless you’re EE, you need to cover your promotions with the text, “4G ready”. Seriously embarrassing for any mobile operator. 4G ready? Oh, you mean you don’t have that… yet you’re selling a 4G-capable device? The device that everyone-and-their-dog is clamouring for? Oh dear. Not good. It’s like selling a terrestrial service selling an HD…
Change your phone as often as phones change (O2 Refresh)

Ewan

12 May 2013 | 11:27 pm

This morning on the train platform I caught sight of an advert in the Metro newspaper from O2. It read, “Change your phone as often as phones change.” This is a really, really good advertising statement. I like it a lot — I think it will resonate with quite a few people. All readers of MIR know that phones change like the wind. You get a window of about 4-6 months where, if you buy the phone when is launched, you get to feel like you’re using the best possible device on the market. Routinely there will be another one along to rival your chosen device from a rival…
WTM’s Future of Mobile in Travel CEO roundtable is tonight

Ewan

2 May 2013 | 8:47 am

WTM (World Travel Market) is the planet’s leading travel festival. I’ve been attending for the last three years and last year I participated in my first panel discussion there. Based on that experience I was delighted when the organisers asked if I’d help out from a mobile perspective. I’m now the WTM Mobile Consultant. And goodness me it’s a brilliant role. I have met the great and the good of the travel world over the past few months, not least WTM’s own Simon Press and Micaela Juarez. Simon runs the whole operation including the big event in November at…
BlackBerry’s Qwerty Miracle: The Q10 sold out at Selfridges this weekend!

Ewan

29 Apr 2013 | 8:17 am

There’s still a lot of love in the room for the Q10. I knew there would be. I KNEW it! Fundamentally, I am faster at typing on a physical keyboard. There are generations of executives who are the same as me. And ever since the iPhone came of age, we’ve been overlooked. We’ve been told that the Earth is flat from every other manufacturer suffering from Appleitis (that is, the only phone anyone wants to buy comes with a virtual keyboard). Apart from the odd exception, mostly on the ultra-low end, manufacturers have walked away from physical keyboards. Stuff you, they said. The…
Get the BlackBerry Q10 at Selfridges this weekend

Ewan

26 Apr 2013 | 4:50 am

News just in from the Carphone Warehouse team: You can be amongst the first in the UK with a BlackBerry Q10 if you head over to the company’s concession in Selfridges, London, this weekend. The device itself will cost you £579.95 sim-free from them. Or you can reduce that dramatically with a contract (the phone is free from £36 per month). I have been waiting for the Q10 to arrive for ages. For absolute ages. I am particularly excited now that it’s almost here. I’ve had hands-on briefly with the phone quite often across the past few months and I have to say it did feel…

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My New Job

Russell Buckley

10 May 2013 | 4:21 am

It’s been about two years since I left Google following the AdMob acquisition and as I forecast here at the time (http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2011/03/30/on-a-personal-note/) I’ve been practicing a portfolio career of being a very active angel investor (Ballpark Ventures has about 25 investments), mentoring at Springboard (soon to be TechStars), doing various Speaking gigs and being a Non-Exec Director of a handful of more mature UK businesses. To sum up this little role, I wrote: So, trying to draw this together in one cogent theme, I’m planning to spend the next 10 years helping the UK…
RTB is Coming to Mobile

Russell Buckley

3 May 2013 | 7:05 am

In the old days of mobile advertising – pre-2011 – the sector was really easy to understand. You had publishers. You had advertisers. And you had networks, like AdMob. Networks provided both publishers and advertisers with the scale to make an efficient market. And then suddenly we saw the rise of complexity in the value chain, with the rise of the Demand Side Platforms and Supply Side Platforms and various hybrids of the two. With this came Programatic Buying, where mobile ads were purchased by computers using increasingly sophisticated algorithms. In turn, this allowed Real Time…
Interview: Hacking Media – Taking Creativity Beyond the Creative | FT Events | FT Live

Russell Buckley

3 May 2013 | 6:40 am

A very interesting interview with B Bonin Bough at last week’s FT conference. He’s a very bright guy at Mondelez (formerly Kraft) and VP Global Media and Consumer Engagement and points the way to at least part of the future of Social. Interview: Hacking Media – Taking Creativity Beyond the Creative | FT Events | FT Live. HT to Simon Andrews’s Addictive newsletter – my must-read mobile catchup of the week. Sign up here.
Palringo is a Top 50 Download Ever!

Russell Buckley

3 May 2013 | 6:03 am

I’m a non-Exec Director of the insanely successful UK-based group messaging service, Palringo. Like many UK companies, they lack headlines and mindshare, but quietly get on with being doing the business. Need I say more than this? Congrats to the Palringo team!
MLOVE – The Book

Russell Buckley

3 May 2013 | 5:00 am

I’ve been a big fan of Harald Neidhardt’s MLOVE since the beginning and have spoken at the Confestival outside Berlin that’s held in wonderful old Schloss. So I was delighted to contribute to the MLOVE Lifestyle of Mobility book when Harald asked me a few months back, along with many leading thinkers and writers about the mobile space. You can order your book here, or see a Preview copy and this was my contribution. MLOVE, the Future and Liminality Have pity on Charles Duell. He’s often remembered as the Commissioner of the US Patent Office who came up with the memorable…

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How much CO2 is a typical Nokia phone responsible for in its life time?

17 May 2013 | 9:57 am

Ever wondered how much energy a Nokia phone consumes during its lifetime? What about the amount of CO2 emissions? Nokia's recently released sustainability report provides an answer for "a typical mobile device". The answer? 210 megajoules (MJs) of energy and 12kg of CO2 emissions. Given the components and energy profile of a typical smartphone, and the proportion of mobile phones in Nokia's shipment breakdowns, we would expect the company's smartphone products to be a little above that typical average. Nokia says that the CO2 emissions are equivalent to driving…
Nokia publishes corporate social responsibility and sustainability report for 2012

17 May 2013 | 8:17 am

This week Nokia published its annual corporate social responsibility and sustainability report ("Nokia People & Planet Report 2012"). Covering a wide range of issues it offers an insight into the broad range of initiatives that makes Nokia a leader in the technology sector for ethical and environmental issues. The report also discusses the impact of Nokia's 2011 and 2012 strategy changes on its employees and the communities in which it operates.
MeeBible adds new translations, plus social and direct sharing options

17 May 2013 | 7:45 am

Updated in the Nokia Store is the open source (free) MeeBible front end to numerous Bible translations, along with the facility to download any for offline reading. You may remember my original review of MeeBible? This new version 3.0 (3.05[4], to be precise) adds new translations (The Message, New King James, Basic English, Amplified), plus social sharing functions and hooks.
RubiBox (Box.com client) gets a major v2.0 update, multiple account support

17 May 2013 | 4:50 am

Box.com (née Box.net) rarely gets the same press that DropBox or Google Drive get, but it's arguably just as useful. And you may not have remembered that there's a fairly fully featured Symbian client for this cloud storage service in the free (well, donation-ware) client RubiBox. There's now a big v2.0 update available in the Nokia Store, bringing multiple account support and more advanced file uploading and downloading.
Shooting for the stars with the Nokia 808

16 May 2013 | 11:16 am

Fresh from my (and others) attempts to capture the moon with the Nokia 808 PureView, I was interested to see that 808 photographer extraordinaire Richard Dorman has been going one step further and trying to capture the stars. See below for the proof. Essentially the trick is to take lots of photos (with the 808 on a tripod, of course) and stack them together for a final render. Yes, this can be done more easily on a standalone camera perhaps, but isn't it still cool that it's being done on a Symbian-powered phone?

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Acer Aspire V5-122P – System Idle Power and Temash Tablet Thoughts

Chippy

13 May 2013 | 9:41 am

This post is both a keyboard test and a power test for the AMD A6-1450 Temash-based Acer V5 122P. I’m currently typing on the Acer Aspire V5 in Windows Live Writer and will be writing for about 10 minutes with the system in a low-power state. The energy saving power profile is keeping the CPU clock down to 1Ghz max and with a 50% screen brightness, WiFi off, keyboard backlight off and Perfmon running in the background I should be able to see just how long a typist could get out of this sub-notebook. It’s a test I did on the Samsung Series 5 recently and it’s a great one to see just how…
AMD Temash A6-1450 Performance (Acer Aspire V5) Update: Naked Pics

Chippy

11 May 2013 | 11:24 am

I’ve been testing the Acer Aspire V5 122P, a subnotebook based on the new AMD Temash platform. As part of my testing I’ve been doing some CPU and GPU-specific tests that will give people and idea of the processing power and efficiency of the A6-1450 platform. You are invited to request a test if you feel it will add something to the assessment. Read more ...
Good Enough for Productive, Mobile Windows 8? First Tests with AMD Temash and Acer Aspire V5 122P

Chippy

10 May 2013 | 6:27 am

I previously highlighted AMD Temash as a potentially good platform for a mobile Windows 8 experience and after my first tests today I’m more convinced that we’ll see some interesting high-value Windows 8 designs including low-cost touch-enabled tablets. I’ve just received an Acer Aspire V5-122P running on the Temash platform (A6-1450) and have some first test results and thoughts for you in a video. Live Today: Acer Aspire V5 122P, Dell 6430U live testing and Q&A. 21:00 Berlin time on our LIVE channel at Ultrabooknews. (ASUS Fonepad, Samsung ATIV 500T also available.) Update:…
Silvermont Launched. Atom’s HDR will span Convertibles to Smartphones

Chippy

6 May 2013 | 12:42 pm

Intel has just launched Silvermont, the new architecture core for Atom-based platforms. Silvermine will be used in the Bay Trail platform that will replace Clovertrail for Windows 8. Intel promises significant improvements in efficiency and products for the holiday season. Read more ...
First Atom Bay Trail device coming from Acer?

Chippy

6 May 2013 | 3:42 am

Intel’s Bay Trail Atom chip is the successor to the Clover Trail Atom CPU that currently powers a number of Windows 8 devices and is expected to provide a significant performance boost over its predecessor, could Acer be among the first manufacturers to release a Bay Trail device? If a recent rumored device is indeed real the answer could be yes. Meet the Bay Trail powered Acer WT5. Read more ...

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UK: Vodafone Smart III gets you Android Jelly Bean in a £95 package

Vlad Bobleanta

17 May 2013 | 11:22 am

Each year in May Vodafone launches a new own-brand smartphone called Smart. At least that’s been the case for the past two years, and here we are in May and there’s a new Vodafone Smart up for purchase. Following in the footsteps of the original Smart from 2011 and the Smart II from last year, the Vodafone Smart III is cheap. And that’s almost certainly going to be its main appeal. The Smart III has a 4-inch 480×800 touchscreen, a 5 MP camera with LED flash and 720p HD video recording, a 1 GHz single-core processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal storage, a microSD…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 press image shows up

Florin

17 May 2013 | 5:50 am

Samsung’s unannounced Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 has been pictured today – and it looks a lot like the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (although it should be slightly bigger, of course, measuring 209.3 x 122.2 x 6.95 mm). Sam Mobile says the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 could be launched at the end of June – most likely in Europe first. It should have Wi-Fi, 3G and LTE versions, all running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Other expected features: 1280 x 800 pixels display, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 5MP rear camera, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, MicroSD card support (up to…
Nokia compares its Lumia 925 to iPhone 5, Galaxy S4, HTC One and Sony Xperia Z (photography skills)

Florin

16 May 2013 | 11:50 am

Nokia’s Lumia 925 is certainly a great camera phone – thanks to the company’s PureView technology, optical image stabilization, the new Smart Camera software, and the Carl Zeiss lens. But just how good is it, really? Well, Nokia claims it’s the best you can get, especially when it comes to low-light photography. Nokia has posted some comparison shots “using the Nokia Lumia 925 and a number of its closest competitors.” Unsurprisingly, these competitors are Apple’s iPhone 5, Samsung’s Galaxy S4, HTC’s One, and Sony’s Xperia Z. The HTC One (which has a 4MP Ultrapixel camera)…
Microsoft Surface Pro will be available in the UK on May 23, rest of Europe a week later

Vlad Bobleanta

16 May 2013 | 10:56 am

The Microsoft Surface Pro is finally on its way to Europe. Well, to parts of the continent at least. Microsoft’s tablet is going to land on UK shores on May 23, followed by a release in more European countries on May 30, so exactly one week later. The device running the ‘full’ version of Windows 8 and not the cut-down Windows RT will retail in the UK starting at £719. That will net you the version with 64 GB of built-in storage, but keep in mind that this being desktop Windows, quite a chunk of that will not be accessible to you. If you want more, there’s also the…
Samsung’s Galaxy Mega phablets delayed?

Florin

16 May 2013 | 10:06 am

Samsung’s Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9200 and Galaxy Mega 5.8 i9150 were announced in April, with the promise that they’d be released starting May in Europe. Last we heard, the Mega 6.3 was supposed to become available in week 19 (May 6 – May 12), and the Mega 5.8 this week (May 13 – May 19). Still, no one is selling either of them at the moment. Even more, European retailers suggest that the new phablets won’t be launched this month at all. In the UK, where the Mega 5.8 will not be sold anyway, Carphone Warehouse (via The Inquirer) says it’s going to stock the Galaxy Mega 6.3 only…

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Nokia Lumia 925 announced

biskero

14 May 2013 | 2:39 am

Today Nokia announced the new Nokia Lumia 925. “The Nokia Lumia 925 is a smartphone featuring the Windows Phone 8 operating system, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, the latest evolution of PureView with optical image stabilisation and PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack AMOLED display. The device brings the best browsing experience with IE10 hardware accelerated graphics and HTML5 support. Develop apps for this device with XNA and C++ frameworks and build web experiences using Internet Explorer 10. Supported operating bands depend on the country/region where the device is available” Alessandro
Google Glass review

biskero

11 May 2013 | 12:45 am

Techcrunch has a great review of Google Glass “In this video, we discuss some of the quick assumptions about Glass, warranted or otherwise, and give you a look through the eyes of the device in action. Stepping outside, pulling up an address, replying to an email and listening to the latest NYTimes headlines is a pretty seamless experience. Google calls the technology “calm,” since it doesn’t require you to pull a device out of your pocket, unlock a screen or tap any buttons.” Alessandro
Video: Nokia Lumia 928

biskero

10 May 2013 | 7:18 am

Hands on with the Nokia Lumia 928. Alessandro
Video: Building Mobile Apps with Web Standards

biskero

9 May 2013 | 6:56 am

Adobe MAX 2013 is under way and here a video for Building Mobile Apps with Web Standards. Alessandro
Nokia Asha 501 announced

biskero

9 May 2013 | 2:14 am

Today Nokia announced a new device, the Nokia Asha 501. It looks pretty good, it’s for mass markets, but the interesting thing is the new UI and the new Asha platform. Alessandro

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First Look – Exploring The New Google Maps

glenn

16 May 2013 | 6:55 pm

To my surprise the new Google maps is available already. Upon receipt of the email providing me with a special link I immediately launched maps from Chrome for a quick, first look. The first thing I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
GeoTech Webinars and Professional Development

glenn

16 May 2013 | 8:45 am

Another roundup of webinars of interest being delivered to your desktop in the near future… these are an awesome way to test drive a solution, hear directly from industry experts, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Colorado Fishing Atlas [Flickr]

@gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images

15 May 2013 | 9:23 pm

@gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images posted a photo: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas and Social Media. Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. www.gisuser.com/content/view/29917/222/
Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box

glenn

14 May 2013 | 11:40 am

The cool crew from Seattle-based Socrata are providing government users, opendata enthusiasts, developers, and others with a very cool OpenData resource in the form of a “hackathon in a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas

glenn

14 May 2013 | 7:49 am

Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. Colorado Parks and Wildlife have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Samsung GALAXY Reverb Receiving Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update

Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)

18 May 2013 | 7:31 am

Virgin Mobile USA customers that still own the Samsung Galaxy Reverb will be happy to know the carrier is now offering an Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean upgrade.Although Samsung reaffirmed its commitment to Jelly Bean upgrade for its older smartphones, this was kind of unexpected.The latest information on Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy Reverb emerged a few days ago when it was anonymously confirmed by a Virgin Mobile representative who claimed the update will be rolled out on ... (read more)
Viber for Android Receives Minor Update, Bug Fixes

Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)

18 May 2013 | 6:16 am

One of the most popular messaging applications for Android devices, Viber has been recently updated with some bug fixes.Viber passed the 50 million downloads milestone on Google Play a while ago and has already been localized to Swedish, Turkish, Korean, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Spanish, Catalan, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Portuguese (Brazil).Viber is already available for multiple mobile platfor... (read more)
Quad-Core Panasonic P51 Officially Introduced in India

Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)

18 May 2013 | 5:57 am

Good news for Android fans looking for cheap and powerful smartphones, as Panasonic has just announced the upcoming availability of the P51 in India.According to Panasonic India, the P51 will be available for purchase for only Rs 26,900 ($490/€380) via major retailers across the country.The main selling point of... (read more)
HTC One Now Up for Pre-Order in India for Rs 42,900

Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)

18 May 2013 | 5:35 am

HTC One was officially introduced in India a few weeks ago, but the smartphone has yet to go on sale. However, Android fans will now be able to pre-order their favorite devices beginning this week.Saholic is one of the few Indian retailers that accepts HTC One pre-orders. Those who wish to be among the first to own the handset will be able to reserve the phone for no less than Rs 42,900 ($785/€610) outright. Check it out here.Unfortunately, HTC One will not be avai... (read more)
Ron Gilbert's Puzzle Game Scurvy Scallywags Coming Soon to iOS

Softpedia News (Cosmin Vasile)

18 May 2013 | 4:43 am

Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island and The Cave, is about to launch the previously announced Scurvy Scallywags game for iOS platform.Developed by Ron Gilbert and Clayton Kauzlaric (Voodoo Vince), Scurvy Scallywags is a match-3 / RPG mash-up in the Puzzle Quest tradition. Players will be able to move their pirate around the board by matching 3 or more tiles. As players successfully complete more matches, the board shifts in the direction they swipe, so they can use st... (read more)

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Samsung Galaxy S4 may have rebooting issues

Mark Dunne

14 May 2013 | 3:29 am

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the top selling phones in the market at present, as we’ve seen over the year at time there can sometimes be software issues and it seems now that some people are having issues with the phone rebooting. It’s now seems as if there will be a software update »
What is Free Antivirus Software?

Mark Dunne

17 Apr 2013 | 7:08 am

I sometimes have this small issue with the word free simple because you have to know what you’re getting first. After a few small problems a while back with a virus I download a free antivirus application simple because I’ve never actually paid for antivirus software in the past and coming from an IT background »
Mobile Viruses

Mark Dunne

25 Jan 2013 | 4:37 am

Since the dawn of computers we’ve had viruses and it comes as no surprise that as we move more into a mobile world these virus are following. The mobile revolution has spawned viruses that are designed to install harmful files on your device. Some proprietary systems have of course made it easy to control the »
iPhone Home Improvement Apps

Mark Dunne

18 Jan 2013 | 9:38 am

We have seen so many applications available for the iPhone. When you visit a home improvement store and wish you had brought all the measurements for your DIY project having an application may be exactly what you need. There are a number of applications available that can help you as a leveler, ruler and protractor »
Golf Games on iPhone

Mark Dunne

21 Nov 2012 | 4:43 am

The iPhone is so versatile when it comes to gaming and what’s so many games available I just thought it was time to have a quick look at some golf games. Tiger Woods PGA Tour This is the iPhone optimized version of the popular console game from EA sports of course it is going to »

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HuMn Wallets

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16 May 2013 | 8:44 pm

HuMn Wallet in the field The HuMn 2 wallet is a sleek, minimalist wallet that can be configured in one, two or three powder coated aluminum plates with a shock strap. The aluminum plates protect you from electronic theft by shielding your credit cards from EMI and RFID skimming. The wallet comes in a variety of colors allowing complete customization. And despite being small and streamlined, the wallet can accommodate almost all world notes. See them here.
Routehappy Helps You Find The Best Airline

admin

16 May 2013 | 7:17 pm

Routehappy is a flight search engine that uses flyer feedback to help you pick an airline that will make your trip happier. Routehappy lets users search for flights with Wi-Fi, power outlets, additional leg room, comfortable seats, and in-flight entertainment. The service displays details of the flight and outputs a “Happiness Score” based on total flight time, various amenities, and flyer ratings along with the usual price, airline, and other flight information.
What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

admin

16 May 2013 | 7:08 pm

Author Nicholas Carr talks about how the Internet is affecting our brains, from our creativity to our ability to learn, in this animation by Epipheo.
Pli – Retro iPhone Case

admin

16 May 2013 | 5:17 am

Pli is an iPhone 5 case that highlights the materials and style of mid-century modern design. Each case features a unique wood veneer inset carved from U.S. Walnut, oiled and finished for an unforgettable look. The polycarbonate shell snaps on and off an iPhone 5 with ease, providing comprehensive protection while keeping your phone’s profile sleek and unassuming.
A ‘novel’ idea for spreading literature in Africa: The cellphone

admin

15 May 2013 | 7:00 pm

A man wearing yellow shoes checks his phone in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, in Nairobi, Kenya, in March. Cellphones are ‘a huge component of how consumption is happening here,’ Angela Wachuka, executive director of Kenya’s Kwani Trust says. Photo: Jerome Delay/AP New technology and new thinking are helping African literature leapfrog the high costs of traditional publishing and reach new readers across the continent. Csmonitor.com reports: As e-readers boom in popularity in the West, African publishers are stretching their reach with the help of a device millions already…

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The Mediatek Phenomenon: the new smartphone disruption

Jonathan Goldberg

8 May 2013 | 9:17 am

[The next disruption in smartphones comes not from the power struggle between Apple, Google and Amazon, but from silicon. Guest author Jay Goldberg analyses the Mediatek phenomenon and discusses how the smartphone power basis is moving further down the stack] The ‘platformisation’ of basebands The word “platform” gets used often in the mobile business. It is a heavily loaded term, which gets thrown around a lot, up there with ‘cloud’ and ‘open’ in terms of repeated, overused terms. Despite this linguistic abuse, there is still a lot of value in having an actual…
[Infographic] Developer Economics 2013: Dev tools are the foundation of the app economy

Matos Kapetanakis

30 Apr 2013 | 3:05 am

We’d like to present our latest infographic, based on the latest Developer Economics report – themed around dev tools. This infographic presents some of the key findings from the published report (which is available for download here). 72% of developers use Android, 56% use iOS - HTML is the third most popular choice among mobile developers, 50% of whom use the HTML-based set of technologies as a deployment or development platform 67% of developers are below the “app poverty line” of $500 per app per month - BlackBerry and Windows Phone lagging behind in terms of…
Connecting the next 5 billion users: Emerging markets and the need for new business models

Tom Christian Gotschalksen

25 Apr 2013 | 5:09 am

[With so much excitement about smartphone growth, we often forget that the biggest opportunity still lies ahead, in connecting the next 5 billion smartphone users to Internet and apps. Guest author Tom Christian Gotschalksen talks about the idiosyncrasies of emerging markets, and the business model innovations that are needed to close the smartphone gap] Smartphone growth has taken the wireless market by storm, having exceeded the one billion mark back in October. The US and western European markets for smartphones are about to saturate, and with those also the related industries of apps,…
Which apps make more money?

Andreas Pappas

3 Apr 2013 | 3:01 am

[How do app developer revenues vary by country, or platform? Does the number of platforms make a difference to app revenues? Which models bring in the most revenues? We revisit our November analysis of app monetisation with more insights from our Developer Economics 2013 survey across 3,400+ developers - while launching our latest survey, which is available here] Back in November, we looked at which apps make money based on research on how app revenues vary by platform, app category, country and more. In this article we update our analysis on app monetisation based on the latest research from…
Dr. Google and Mr. Android

Jonathan Goldberg

21 Mar 2013 | 9:26 am

[Google announced changes to Android management last week. With around 500 million current users now, the mobile operating systems seems set on its course of reaching 1 billion users by later next year. Android still has many troubles though including fragmentation, rising security concerns, ambivalence in its relationship with hardware partners and ongoing developer monetization issues. Sheer numbers may wash away these problems, but many questions remain.] Last week important news came out of Android. Andy Rubin who had founded the company and later ran it after the acquisition by Google…

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Is it time to rethink customer segmentation?

Graham Brown

12 May 2013 | 11:14 pm

Last week we established 3 reasons why youth are important to your business. Now you have the business case, how do you start to manage the youth market? Before we jump into segmentation, let’s first look at youth market. A good a places as any is to start with music because if you want to understand young people today, look at the changes in the music industry: Musical genres like “rock”, “pop” and “world music” have become irrelevant Successful artists like Jay-Z, Madonna and Bowie transcend genres Success has moved from servicing a genre to joining the dots between them…
3 Reasons Why Youth are Important to Your Business

Graham Brown

7 May 2013 | 2:57 am

In this article I’ll look at the myths involving the youth market and offer 3 reasons why you need to be on board to keep your brand relevant – not just in the future but right here today. Before we get started, here’s 3 reports you’ll be interested in to give you the necessary background info, data and case studies: 3 Recommended Research Reports: If you want an introduction and the key numbers behind the youth market opportunity, check out these 3 recommended mobileYouth research reports available on the Youth Research Store: The Business Case for Youth – a 16…
5 ways to build a better smartphone experience (without changing the handset)

Graham Brown

23 Apr 2013 | 12:50 am

Smartphone Experience: Why perception is more important than the phone Customer smartphone experience varies by market, even with the same handsets. How is this possible? Through the lens of traditional research you may conclude “our customers are different here” but I want to share with you why that conclusion is a big mistake. Teens in France and India aren’t so different their experiences of smartphones change. People don’t change, but the Soft Factors that shape the smartphone experience do. If you understand Soft Experience, you understand the smartphone…
The Top 3 Reasons Why Youth Buy Samsung (and why these are not enough to beat Apple)

Ghani Kunto

15 Apr 2013 | 3:29 am

From #1 in market share to #1 in mind share It’s a question I think about a lot because handset brands keep asking me. My answer to Samsung lies in measuring the emotional attachment between youth and the Samsung brand. Do youth like or love Samsung? (answer in Mobile Youth Report). Take a look at these insights from young people talking about Samsung and Apple: “Why did you buy Samsung not Apple?” “It’s lighter, slimmer and has a better camera” “Why did you buy Apple not Samsung?” “I don’t know, I just like it” image (c) Flickr If it was traditional focus group or…
Are you ready for the Peak SMS world?

Graham Brown

12 Apr 2013 | 8:16 am

1) Peak SMS – what is it? According to data from the 2013 Mobile Youth Report, SMS has reached a plateau and non-SMS messenger app usage will surpass SMS by 2014. (see “Youth and Mobile Messaging”) You only have to look at the numbers to see that when the media talks about messaging, we are dealing with a market primed for growth. There are messaging apps that most people have never heard of with user bases in the hundreds of millions. WeChat, for example, has 220 million users, Nimbuzz 120 million and Line 100 million. Heard of Kakao Talk? If you live outside of Latin America,…

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Which? study warns users over Mobile Phone storage

Neil McHugh

17 May 2013 | 11:26 am

Consumer watchdog criticises smartphone manufacturers for offering less internal memory storage than advertisedThe post Which? study warns users over Mobile Phone storage appeared first on RightMobilePhone.
Samsung expects the Galaxy S4 to pass 10m sales next week

Jay Andolini

17 May 2013 | 8:18 am

Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4, is set to pass 10 million shipments next week, less than a month after the handset was launchedThe post Samsung expects the Galaxy S4 to pass 10m sales next week appeared first on RightMobilePhone.
Apple App Store reaches 50 billion downloads, just ahead of Android

Jay Andolini

16 May 2013 | 8:59 am

A countdown timer has been running on the App Store showing the number of downloads, which hit the 50 billion mark on Wednesday eveningThe post Apple App Store reaches 50 billion downloads, just ahead of Android appeared first on RightMobilePhone.
Windows Phone overtakes BlackBerry to claim third place in Smartphone market

Jay Andolini

16 May 2013 | 8:46 am

Android and iOS continue to dominate, but the Microsoft backed Windows Phone platform is now the third placed OS in the smartphone marketThe post Windows Phone overtakes BlackBerry to claim third place in Smartphone market appeared first on RightMobilePhone.
Android malware growing in number and complexity

Jay Andolini

15 May 2013 | 9:12 am

The threat to Android devices is starting the resemble that of Windows, says reportThe post Android malware growing in number and complexity appeared first on RightMobilePhone.

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3 Myths About VoIP Phone Service That May Be Holding Back Your Business

16 May 2013 | 12:00 am

Hosted VoIP makes businesses look professional, run more efficiently, and grow more profitable. But pervasive myths are keeping some businesses from taking advantage of this high-growth, proven technology. Don't miss out on the benefits of VoIP because of misinformation about mobility, ease of use, sound quality, and the appropriateness of VoIP for small businesses, where it really excels.Download this Executive Brief to debunk 3 myths about VoIP-based business phone service.Request Free!
Rapid Android Development: Build Rich, Sensor-Based Applications with Processing

13 May 2013 | 7:50 am

Use “Processing,” the free, award-winning, graphics-savvy language and development environment, to work with the touchscreens, hardware sensors, cameras, network transceivers, and other devices and software in the latest Android phones and tablets. Along with the issue you will also periodically receive offers, tips, and other exclusives from the Pragmatic Bookshelf that you won't gain elsewhere. The Pragmatic Programmers is a company with a simple goal: they want to improve the lives of developers. They do this by creating timely, practical books, audio books and videos through…
Create Mobile Games with Corona: Build on iOS and Android

13 May 2013 | 7:50 am

You’ll use the Corona SDK to simplify game programming and take a fun, no-nonsense approach to write and add must-have gameplay features. You’ll find out how to create all the gaming necessities: menus, sprites, movement, perspective and sound effects, levels, loading and saving, and game physics. Along the way, you’ll learn about Corona’s API functions and build three common kinds of mobile games from scratch that can run on the iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook Color, and all other Android smartphones and tablets. Along with the issue you will also periodically receive…
Hear Why CareFirst BCBS is Switching to a SIP-based Contact Center

13 May 2013 | 12:00 am

Traditional ACD vendors continue to struggle with their product roadmaps - stuck between the legacy hardware of the past and the open software of the present and the future. If your ACD-based contact center has become a road block for adding capacity or adding channels such as social media and mobile, you might want to think about making the switch to a SIP-based Contact Center solution.Hear Why and How CareFirst BCBS is Switching to SIPCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a US based healthcare insurer, made the decision to migrate from its legacy ACD/PBX based contact center to a SIP-based…
Got Big Data? Net Big Dollars!

6 May 2013 | 12:00 am

Data on customers, producers, underwriting, claims, and service providers is just part of the picture. This increase is being driven by social media and mobile devices adding text and other nonstructured, as well as structured, data. Read this report to find out about the tremendous payback that comes from managing huge repositories of data.Request Free!

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The First Step To “Mobile First”

Philippe Winthrop

15 May 2013 | 7:52 am

As I’m sure many of you did, I watched yesterday with great interest the streaming video feed from SAPPHIRE Now, SAP’s annual conference. Of particular interest was the “SAP Mobile Press Conference” that was led by SAP’s Sanjay Poonen. After Sanjay made his formal remarks, he invited some... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
The Religious Side of Enterprise Mobility

Philippe Winthrop

6 May 2013 | 9:21 am

Over the last few weeks, my wife and I have been taking a class at our shul. A shul (pronounced shool) is actually a Yiddish term that means synagogue. A shul is also a place of learning (notice how it resembles the word “school”), because the rationale is that you not only pray at your [...] Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
Digital Ether

Brian Katz

17 Apr 2013 | 3:29 am

This afternoon was a tough afternoon. Watching the scenes from Boston brought back memories for me of being at the World Trade Center on September 11th as the planes hit. It’s not exactly a pleasant memory for me nor is it something I openly share even when people know I was there. I was very [...] Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
Facebook Home And What Han Solo Can Teach You About Your BYOA Mobility Policy

Philippe Winthrop

16 Apr 2013 | 6:23 am

I am admittedly a little late in the game in writing this missive, but I put the blame squarely on the newest addition to the Winthrop Clan who has now made sleep a privilege and not a right for me. Watch out world, in a decade (or two), you’ll hopefully hear from yet another rabid [...] Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
Can You Rent-to-Own Your Enterprise Mobility?

Philippe Winthrop

29 Mar 2013 | 5:49 am

Another kooky week is coming to an end. At least I did have the opportunity to spend some time during this holy week thinking about what is plaguing us in mobile. We also had the announcement earlier this week that T-Mobile USA is completely changing its rate plans to eliminate contracts and... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.

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Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II Unlocked GSM Smartphone with 8 MP Camera, Android OS, 16 GB Internal Memory, Touchscreen, Wi-Fi, and GPS – White

celladdons

17 May 2013 | 5:13 am

The follow-up to the extremely successful GALAXY S, Samsung's GALAXY S II is a powerhouse of a smartphone in a fantastically sleek and lightweight design. Considerably thinner than the original GALAXY S and rivals such as the iPhone 4 (8.49mm v 9.3mm) the GALAXY S II is stunningly light (only 117g) and packs the latest version of Android (Gingerbread). The one feature most people will notice immediately is Samsung's best ever screen; the monster 4.27-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen runs at 480 x 800 resolution, has colours visibly brighter and more vivid than other phones, better contrast and…
Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 White Unlocked Import

celladdons

15 May 2013 | 4:52 am

One of the best wireless devices out
LifeProof iPhone 4/4S Case Purple

celladdons

13 May 2013 | 4:41 am

Make your iPhone LifeProofWhen you need an iPhone case that can match the pace of your lifestyle, choose LifeProof. With a LifeProof iPhone 4S case, your smartphone and all of its capabilities can follow wherever you go. LifeProof is the first waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, and snowproof case for the iPhone 4/4S in a slim and sleek design that provides full access to all device functions. As an everyday, everywhere case that protects the iPhone from any usual hazard encountered in daily life, LifeProof is ideal for adventurers, road warriors, fitness enthusiasts or anyone who wants the…
Tuneband for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, Grantwood Technology’s Armband, Silicone Skin, and Front and Back Screen Protector, Black

celladdons

11 May 2013 | 4:20 am

If you want different silicone skin color, other than Black, please check our new listings for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S tuneband in Red, Pink, or Purple, in the Amazon search box.Grantwood Technology presents the tuneband armband for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S (Fits both Verizon and AT&T Versions). The silicone skin is secure, thick and protective and allows access to all the ports on the iPhone 4, with a custom fit and proper openings. The tuneband has a comfortable stretchy Velcro¨ band that fits both large and small arms. Also, the tuneband comes with a low tack peel FRONT AND BACK…
Bose Mobile On-Ear Headset – Black (41314)

celladdons

9 May 2013 | 4:03 am

Enjoy your music with quality audio performance and a comfortable fit. and never miss a call. The Bose(R) mobile on-ear headset lets you switch seamlessly between music and calls on your music-enabled mobile phone. Inline microphone, cable connector and adapters included. For a complete list of compatible mobile phones.

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Late-Night Gadget Use Damages Your Sleep Cycle

Rey

15 May 2013 | 2:23 am

Trouble sleeping? Full story @ Mashable
The Life of Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)

Rey

4 May 2013 | 4:45 am

Intro Hello dear readers, I cannot begin to explain why I have not posted anything since August (and since April before that), because I really have no explanation. I just recently moved to Stockholm to do my Masters, and I have just been indulging in all sorts of activities, blogging not being one of them. So… I’m really grateful for those of you who still visit, and I hope I can get some more to come as I blog. I promise to try to do it more often. I’m sure that most of you have read everything and/or anything concerning the death of Steve Jobs, so I will contribute to…
How to cook up a winning Meme

Rey

4 May 2013 | 4:37 am

Full story @ Visual.ly via Alltop
Hacks at Twitter, New York Times, WSJ and Washington Post highlight need for better security hygiene

Rey

27 Apr 2013 | 11:53 am

Reblogged from digiphile:Earlier tonight, I received an email I would just as soon not have gotten from Twitter, along with 250,000 Twitter users who had their password reset. Twitter security director Bob Lord explained why I'd received the email on the company blog: "This week, we detected unusual access patterns that led to us identifying unauthorized access attempts to Twitter user data. We discovered one live attack and were able to shut it down in process moments later. Read more… 827 more words
How You Get Hacked at Starbucks

Rey

27 Apr 2013 | 11:32 am

Click to enlarge infographic Full story @ Mashable

MobiGyaan
XOLO X910 goes on sale for Rs. 9999

Jonathan Pereira

18 May 2013 | 2:58 am

Just a few days after the XOLO Q700 was launched, yet another smartphone from the company has gone on sale at an online shopping portal. The XOLO X910 is the latest addition to the XOLO range of smartphones. The XOLO X910 is a dual SIM smartphone with a 4.3 inch display. The 3G enabled device … [ Visit http://www.mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
Rugged version of Samsung Galaxy S4 to feature 1.9 GHz quad core processor

Jonathan Pereira

18 May 2013 | 2:23 am

While we are still not over the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 rumours which we saw in the morning, we have new rumours related to the so-called “rugged” version of the Samsung Galaxy S4. According to reports, the device visited the GFX Benchmarks and has revealed a lot of info. As seen in the results, … [ Visit http://www.mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 leaked

Jonathan Pereira

18 May 2013 | 1:03 am

It has been quite some time that we have been speculating about the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, while Samsung has been surprisingly quite about it, that didn’t stop us from getting our hands on the pictures of the alleged device. According to reports, the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 will come in two models, the 16 … [ Visit http://www.mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
Qualcomm Blogger’s meet [Pictures]

Kunal Khullar

18 May 2013 | 12:12 am

Recently we were invited by chip manufacturer giant Qualcomm to give us an insight about what they have in pipeline and showed us a some nice detailed information about the upcoming smatphone and tablet SoCs that they are working on. A thorough slideshow was given regarding their market, and future plans along with detailed information … [ Visit http://www.mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]
Nokia EOS details revealed by sources

Jonathan Pereira

18 May 2013 | 12:01 am

The camera phone that Nokia is said to be currently working on called the Nokia EOS was in news a few months back but had shed almost no light on the device. Now finally people in the know have revealed details about the successor to the Nokia 808 PureView. According to the sources, the Nokia … [ Visit http://www.mobigyaan.com for full content and more! ]

Prepaid Reviews Blog
Verizon again increases data allotment for prepaid plans

Joe

17 May 2013 | 5:30 am

It appears that the nation’s largest carrier understands the opportunities in prepaid. For the past year or so Verizon prepaid has made many moves that cater to a prepaid crowd. While their efforts started off as typically overpriced big carrier offerings, they’ve wizened up and started offering more data and more plans. Their latest move adds even more data to their prepaid smartphone plans. The $60 smartphone plan now gets 2GB of data monthly, up from 500GB. The $70 plan now gets 4GB, up form 2GB. Remember, these smartphone plans work only on 3G EVDO and not Verizon’s 4G…
MetroPCS to reach 100 million more, thanks to T-Mobile

Joe

16 May 2013 | 5:30 am

While the fundamental services offered by T-Mobile and MetroPCS won’t change any time soon, MetroPCS will realize one enormous benefit following the merger. They will cover 100 million additional potential customers by the end of 2014, starting “very quickly” according to T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter, who previously held the same position with MetroPCS. For a carrier that exists only in select markets across the country, expansion of this magnitude could bring enormous gains. As long as they don’t come at the expense of T-Mobile customers, it could be a big, and…
What we missed: AT&T prepaid, Zact MVNO, Consumer Cellular

Joe

14 May 2013 | 5:30 am

After a much-needed week away, let’s catch up on some prepaid wireless stories from the last week: Sprint MVNO Zact brings custom usage. Do you use all the voice minute in your plan? All of your texts? Do you max out your data usage? Chances are you don’t. Zact, a new MVNO, aims to change that. They feature a sliding scale of plans that fit anyone’s patterns. When you go to their plans page you can pick a custom level of talk, text, and data. It sounds like a great concept. Even better: you can change your plan on the fly, even mid-month. Think you’re going over on…
Approach Boost Mobile iPhone rumors with caution

Joe

30 Apr 2013 | 12:06 pm

We have seen it before, so pardon me if I view it with a skeptical eye. For the past year or so, @evleaks has provided plenty of valuable information about upcoming phones, particularly for prepaid carriers. We’ve cited them on a number of occasions, and they tend to come through. So you can imagine people got excited when @evlinks tweeted about the iPhone coming to Boost Mobile in Q3. But before you start making plans to buy an iPhone from Boost, you could use a history lesson. That @evleaks tweet could just as easily have come from last year. The first rumblings of a Boost iPhone came…
T-Mobile and MetroPCS expect few changes following merger

Joe

29 Apr 2013 | 12:49 pm

After months of jumping through regulatory and shareholder loops, the T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger has gone through. They’ll make it official this Wednesday, May 1. Now that the journalists and analysts have had their field day, we get to the question at the heart of the matter: what does this mean to you, the customer of either MetroPCS or T-Mobile. The answer, in short, is that nothing will change immediately. While the two entities will fall under the same corporate umbrella, they will continue to operate as they have previously. The only small change might be expanded handset…

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Episode #455: How this first-time mobile entrepreneur was featured 3 times by Apple – with Ben Broca, founder of Now

16 May 2013 | 6:06 am

Does the world need another social discovery app? That was my first question to Ben Broca, founder of Now, a service offering a real-time glimpse in to what is happening around you right now through Instagram photos and Twitter Vines. Tackling the real-time has been a challenge on many levels – density, user commitment, curation, relevancy – you name it this has become a very complex problem to solve for everyone that has tried, from Facebook to Yelp to Foursquare to Banjo and LocalMind. With these challenges comes the potential for huge reward and there is enough of…
TWiLBM #129: We are on the fringe

13 May 2013 | 6:05 am

On the show today: Facebook rumoured to be in talks to purchase Waze for $1 billion; Square set to check in to Foursquare’s neighbourhood; BlockAvenue launches to give your city a grade; Unilever goes hyper-local with rewards program; Outback Steakhouse jumps back in time to when check-ins were the rage; The VERY cool Pennies for Life campaign by Microloan; Pew enlightens us on the state of location in mobile; Plus special guest Duncan McCall, CEO of PlaceIQ. App Fascination of the week: Scringo (4:35) Featured Guest Duncan McCall, co-founder & CEO…
Episode #454: How the Khan Academy is approaching mobile learning – with founder Sal Khan

12 May 2013 | 4:40 am

Sal Khan is the voice and knowledge behind the Khan Academy – the Internet’s (and the worlds) largest digital classroom. He has graced the screen with Charlie Rose, the cover of Forbes Magazine, received a lengthy standing ovation after his TED Talk, is revered by Bill Gates and can even convince Elon Musk to drop by his office for a visit. But the thing with Sal that struck me right away was the balanced approach to his life as part super public poster guy ushering in the new era of education – comfortable with the stage, the actors and the mandate –…
Episode #453: How to increase reach, retention and revenue for your mobile app – with Scringo co-founder Ran Avrahamy

9 May 2013 | 6:13 am

Reach, Retention and Revenue are the new three “r’s” of business. One of the single greatest challenges in the mobile app ecosystem is building a product that is compelling enough to have users come back to use it a second and third time. A one-time user does not build a sustainable business. There are some baseline strategies that can’t be ignored – simple things like building an app that doesn’t suck, one that people want to use. You know, easy stuff. Another part of this challenge is building the right features, with the right hooks to bring…
TWiLBM #128: The Idaho Show

6 May 2013 | 11:40 am

On the show today: ISIS brings loyalty to vending machines, Dwolla closes their $16.5 million series C, Kiip powers the “sour to sweet” campaign for Sour Patch Kids, MoodMedia pinpoints you by the music your hear, Google Now! comes to the iPhone and leaves a lot to the imagination, Foursquare is about to sell your data, PJs that tell stories + our very special guest, Ben Broca, founder of Now.

Wireless Federation
MTN loses subscribers in Home Market. Other Markets perform comparatively better.

Editor

2 May 2013 | 4:26 pm

MTN connects over 195 million customers in 22 countries, but its home operation of South Africa experienced a 1.9% decline to 24.950 million subscribers from 25.421 million in Q4 2012. Despite the fall in absolute numbers, MTN managed to maintain market share in South Africa, according to MTN Group President and CEO – Sifiso Dabengwa. MTN [...]
Price War in the Czech Mobile Market at the upper end

Editor

2 May 2013 | 4:04 pm

A price war is in progress in the Czech mobile market. The line up of cheaper flat-rate mobile tariffs is likely to have further repercussions going forward. A recent line-up of flat-rate calling plans in the recent weeks by T-mobile, O2 and Vodafone will mean that higher ARPU customers in the Czech mobile market stand to benefit. O2 cut [...]
Virgin Mobile South Africa drops prices. Announces One Two Free plan.

Editor

2 May 2013 | 3:36 pm

Virgin Mobile announced a new price plan called “1,2,Free”, offering subscribers every third minute, SMS, or megabyte of data free. Two “1, 2, Free” price plans have been announced: one focused on voice, and the other on SMS and data: Free Talk: every third minute is free every day. Free Surf and Text: every third SMS [...]
30 Billion Dollars stand in the way of the Verizon-Vodafone Deal.

Editor

2 May 2013 | 3:17 pm

WSJ reports that Verizon’s planned bid for Vodafone’s 45% stake is likely to face a big hurdle, particularly because the apparent difference in their valuation is $30 Billion. Verizon believes the stake is worth around $100 billion, while Vodafone believes it’s closer to $130 billion. No formal offer has yet been tabled but Verizon is [...]
Telco Big Data: 2013 will be a strategic year for Mobile Operators.

Editor

2 May 2013 | 2:33 pm

A report by Wireless Federation highlights that 2013 will be the year when a majority of Mobile Operators will start treating Big Data as a strategic priority, for both internal as well as external use. Internal use will be to boost ARPU,reduce CHURN, curb Fraud among other key use cases. External use will be to [...]

TheAppWhisperer
Adobe Photoshop Express Comes To Windows 8

Joanne Carter

17 May 2013 | 12:52 pm

It’s been around for a while on iOS and Android but now it’s the turn of the Windows desktop version. If you’ve got a Surface for example, you can go...
dpreview Feature Our ‘Creating Magical Collage Ephemera Cards With Layout & Halftone Tutorial By Nettie Edwards

Joanne Carter

17 May 2013 | 12:11 pm

With many thanks to our linked site dpreview for featuring our recently published tutorial by Nettie Edwards ‘Creating Magical Collage Ephemera Cards With Layout and Halftone’ apps. This is an...
Professional Photographer – Latest Edition Now Available

Joanne Carter

17 May 2013 | 9:54 am

Professional Photographer magazine is one that I used to write for regularly, many moons ago (in its print format) and it’s still a great magazine. The latest issue is now...
Evolution Of The iPhone Camera – Tested …

Joanne Carter

17 May 2013 | 9:30 am

The developers behind Camera+, one of the most popular iPhone photography apps available have tested every model of iPhone camera and have taken a set of comparision shots, to detail...
Gray’s Anatomy – what are you oggling at? – By Richard Gray

Richard Gray

17 May 2013 | 7:04 am

“This week saw the launch of Hipstamatic’s long-awaited photo-sharing app. And what have they decided to call their new app, I hear you ask? Well, no doubt after great investment...

Mobile
Tracking Phone Calls Alongside Other Data with Google’s Universal Analytics

bsymes

9 May 2013 | 7:27 am

Recently, Google announced the public availability of Universal Analytics, the successor to its popular Google Analytics platform. If you aren’t familiar with Universal Analytics, it’s like Google Analytics on steroids. Where Google Analytics lets you analyze activity on your web site, Universal Analytics can include and display data from any source and device, like mobile, desktop, gaming devices, brick-and-mortar stores, and the telephone – all in a single platform. Google built Universal Analytics to be the one-stop shop for businesses to analyze all their prospect and consumer data…
Marketing to Smartphone Users: Tips for How to Generate and Track Inbound Calls

bsymes

8 Apr 2013 | 11:04 am

By Blair Symes, Demand Generation Manager at Ifbyphone .(public.ifbyphone.com) These days it seems like everyone has a smartphone. People spend a significant amount of time each day on their mobile devices, and that includes time searching for and calling businesses. If you aren’t making it easy for them to find and call you – and if you aren’t advertising your business on mobile – you are missing a potentially lucrative marketing opportunity. How Mobile Differs from Other Marketing If you decide to build a mobile marketing strategy…
Will Samsung Galaxy S4 influence Enterprise Application Users?

knarayan

1 Apr 2013 | 11:59 pm

By Kavyanidhi Narayan Marketing Manager, RapidValue Solutions Its official and now it’s in here – the Samsung Galaxy S4 was unveiled in New York’s Times Square on 14th March’13. The device is expected to be available through 327 mobile operators across 155 countries by end of April’13. What’s unique about this phone? – At first glance, the device might look the same as its predecessor (Samsung S3). However, when you look at it closely and play around with the phone, you will notice the difference – Samsung S4 is much nicer and more like the high-end phones as it should…
BlackBerry 10: What’s the impact on Enterprise Mobility?

knarayan

28 Feb 2013 | 10:11 pm

By Kavyanidhi Narayan, Marketing Manager, RapidValue Solutions The BlackBerry 10 has arrived! On 30th Jan’13, Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled its latest BlackBerry mobile devices – BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones for users worldwide. The device is available for Asia, Canada, Middle East and UK markets this month. And for the U.S. region in March’13. The phone has won millions of followers, especially in Asian countries – India and Indonesia. This is due to the attractive price and service package offered in these two emerging markets. As per IDC reports, leading market…
Navigating the Enterprise Mobile Landscape: Key factors to Consider in 2013

knarayan

1 Feb 2013 | 10:49 am

By Kavyanidhi Narayan, Marketing Manager, RapidValue Solutions The mobile solution and its ecosystem are huge, rapidly growing and moving forward faster than expected. Mobility seems to have the highest impact on enterprises today. Managing a real-time enterprise, enabling a mobile workforce, and understanding the value of data driven decision making has become critical for organizations. Enterprise mobility allows you to operate efficiently, reduces cost, increases productivity, improves sales, provides flexibility and above all abides by organization’s business strategy and security…

TechCular
Show Details of every Logon Event on Windows 8 PC

Priyanka

18 May 2013 | 6:02 am

Many users out there must be wondering out who is having access on your PC when you are not around, especially, when you have siblings with you. Windows 8 avails a feature of recording each and every activity or logon on the system. Using this …
Apple may Announce New MacBook Air at WWDC

rudra

18 May 2013 | 2:29 am

If you are a big fan of MacBook Air, you will be happy to know that a new version of MacBook Air is going to be announced in the next month. A source has recently claimed that the Cupertino company will announce refurbished MacBook Air …
Restrict Access to Control Panel & PC settings using gpedit.msc

Priyanka

18 May 2013 | 1:44 am

In Windows 8 Control Panel and PC settings are the most important feature to reach out other settings to make any changes in the system. If these features are disable users are restricted from using or making changes in the system. In this tutorial we …
Ratool – A freeware to Disable USB access to Windows

Priyanka

18 May 2013 | 12:29 am

You might have come across a situation where your friend or outsider collects your confidential or private data when you were not around your system. Many users out there must have come across this kind of situation. Users most often keep their system On and …
iTunes 11.0.3 Now Available for Download

rudra

18 May 2013 | 12:23 am

If you are bored with the current version of iTunes, then you will be happy to know that now you can use a new version of iTunes. The Cupertino company has announced the release of iTunes 11.0.3. It allows users to enjoy various new features. …

Windows Phone Sauce
Improving the native Windows Phone app experience with third party applications

Rahul Mathur

12 May 2013 | 8:15 am

Couple of months ago, I called WP8 “strictly mediocre” and I am sticking with it. One particular thing that has annoyed me with the OS is the lack of updates to the existing applications. I have been using windows phone since the pre NoDo days so I have been through every update and the amount of feature additions to native apps like - Phone, Calendar, Music, etc have been disappointing. So instead of us waiting for Joe Belfiore to announce the next iteration of Windows Phone 8 (simultaneously crossing our fingers for updated native apps, orientation lock, notification center,…
Lumia Storage Check beta updated – now store your offline map data on SD Card!

Rahul Mathur

18 Apr 2013 | 1:53 am

Nokia detailed their latest “should have been made by Microsoft in the first place” Lumia exclusive application – Storage Check. As the name suggest – Storage check gives you a visual look at storage management on your device. There are separate sections for applications, games and media. You can also take a look at how much space individual application is taking and most importantly – you can clear out temporary storage as well. Storage Check was made available on specific firmware last week but some users faced issues in the application while most didn’t…
Hulu Plus Coming to Windows Phone

Malcolm Williams

14 Apr 2013 | 5:23 am

One of Windows Phone major complaints by consumers is the lack of applications that are found on Android and iOS. While Windows Phone has been criticized for its application delay, things are changing. Developers are coming and creating apps for Windows Phone that are prominent mainstays on Apple’s iOS platform and on Android’s platform like Temple Run and Chaos Rings. Now it’s time to add Hulu Plus to that list. When asked about a Windows Phone app, Hulu gave a lot more than the usual teasing of application response that has been seen from other prominent developers: Thanks…
Confessions of a Former Fanboy [Editorial]

Malcolm Williams

31 Mar 2013 | 9:53 am

Looking at my watch and pacing around my room on a Friday afternoon was a theme my family and friends were accustomed to seeing. It’s one of my ritualistic habits; that meant I was waiting for a new smartphone to arrive – and it wasn’t there yet! Who would expect a reviewer to get excited about another one coming in the mail? Shocking as it is, I am always excited to review a new smartphone. It broadens my perspective on mobile products and helps me form a well-balanced opinion. At the time, I was a Windows phone zealot who fastiduously clung to my Dell Venue Pro as if it was…
Gaana.com Windows Phone app now available

Rahul Mathur

18 Mar 2013 | 10:55 pm

Quick heads up. It’s been a long wait but Gaana.com has finally released a Windows Phone app. Gaana.com is a good mix of Grooveshark like UI and Spotify like music subscription service (more details on upcoming premium service Gaana+ service here). Competitor services like Dhingana and Saavn don’t have a Windows Phone application as of now (however the services are offering their mobiles apps on iOS, Android and even the Nokia S40 devices – of course). Gaana.com application was published live in the Windows Phone at Tech Ed 2013 in Bangalore today by Satyan Gajwani, CEO…

Nokia N97 Blog
Wireless Microphones

steve

10 May 2013 | 4:04 am

A wireless mic is a system without a physical wire connecting it to the amplification or mp3 devices directly with which it is associated. Also popular under the name of a radio mic, the devices these days are available in a variety of manufacturers. The gadgets come with small, radio transmitter that is battery powered that goes on the sound indication from the product by stereo surf to a close by the recipient system. This system further gets back the sound. The other sound devices is connected to the recipient system via a wire. We all agree with the fact that the innovation of these…
What are the Best Options for Purchasing HP 364XL Ink Cartridges?

Admin

8 May 2013 | 10:31 am

Basically, if we think about purchasing HP 364XL inkcartridges or any kind of products, we always have two major mediums. The two most important once are the online medium and the offline or the local market. These are the two options available and many would prefer to go with the traditional method of going to the market and purchasing by negotiating a good price or simply buy according to the MRP. However, people still have not properly realized the importance and benefits of the online medium by purchasing any product or the HP 364XL inkcartridges.There are benefits that can’t be…
Internet Tricks to Keep Your Computer Virus Free

Admin

2 May 2013 | 12:17 am

Getting a virus when surfing the Internet is a very common computer problem today. Viruses affect computer systems in various ways. Some wipe out data while others steal or leak sensitive user information. However, keeping a computer virus free is much easier than ever with proper preventive measures. There are several tricks that can help users surf the Internet more safely. Switch to Another Web Browser Some web browsers can be customized more than others. This allows users to have more control over ads, tracking, pop-ups and other concerns that everyone faces on the Internet. One of…
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Review

steve

4 Apr 2013 | 4:26 am

New Samsung galaxy S III was one of the best devices presented this year. It has got all the functions that a customer desires from a smart phone. However, the huge size of the product as well as the high price tag of the product was a pair of things that frustrated a small area of people to buy this system. This has persuaded the producers to come out with a small edition of this great device so as to attract more customers. Lately, the company made a statement to release New samsung galaxy S III Mini in the market. With measurements calculating 122 x 63 x 9.9 mm and with a weight of just…
Android development in its best

Admin

26 Feb 2013 | 9:24 am

There are a lot of things that you got to realize about android. This is not only one of the most popular operating system that you find in the mobile media, but it also is a cash cow. You’re going to find a lot of help once you manage to go for the android application development company, and put forward your ideas about the different applications that you need to be made for the mobile phones. The development of the application would be entirely dependent upon the amount of money that you provide for this concept. When you’re looking at android, you need to show understand that…

The Official Lookout Blog
Lookout’s New Look + The Road Ahead

Julie Herendeen

15 May 2013 | 1:34 pm

At Lookout, we’re proud to be making the world more secure, one device at a time. Now, thanks to you, more than 40 million people around the world trust Lookout to protect their mobile devices. And it doesn’t end there. We’ve joined forces with top mobile operators, like Sprint, T-Mobile, Orange and Deutsche Telekom, to help extend our security to people around the world. We’ve grown as a company, too – now covering multiple platforms, geographies and businesses. Today, we’re excited to roll out an updated look for Lookout. Our new look is designed to support our expanding…
Lookout Looks to Curb Phone Theft

Lookout

13 May 2013 | 5:06 am

Phone theft is a problem on the rise. The FCC reports that upwards of 40 percent of theft in major US cities involves cell phones. A recent Lookout survey (January 2013) found that nearly one in ten people in the US have had a phone stolen. The San Francisco District Attorney and New York Attorney General are two parties that have called on us to help advise on how to solve the problem. Our team of engineers and researchers are taking a close look at what can be done. The phone theft trend is putting both people and their most sensitive data at risk. Since the beginning of the company, we…
45 Day Countdown for Adware Classification

Jeremy Linden

10 May 2013 | 12:00 am

Over the past year we’ve seen a marked increase in “adware,” software that contains ad networks that compromise a user’s privacy or interfere with his experience. While the majority of mobile ads are legitimate, there are a few bad ad networks that put users at risk. Ad networks and advertisers are both the gatekeepers for vast amounts of personal data and an important part of the overall mobile ecosystem; it’s important that they get user privacy right. Currently, there is inconsistency in the way adware is classified by the mobile industry. This lack of clarity gets in the way…
Design @Lookout: Q+A with Lookout’s Head of Product Design

Cherie Vargas

9 May 2013 | 2:42 pm

“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” – Bukminster Fuller Simple, accessible design is at the core of all Lookout products and features. I sat down with Lookout’s Head of Product Design, Bruno Bergher, to discuss what design means at Lookout and how producing good design is like finding black holes in space. Cherie: What’s the most important thing you consider when designing a product? Bruno: Does it solve a problem? Is it easy to use?
ZertSecurity

Marc Rogers

6 May 2013 | 9:37 am

We have been investigating a new piece of Android malware that was being sent out to German Android users as part of a phishing campaign targeting customers of Postbank. ZertSecurity is a banking trojan which masquerades as a certificate security application that asks the user to input their bank account number and PIN. ZertSecurity was found in the Google Play store, although less than 100 copies had been downloaded in the 30 or so days that it was live. It has since been removed by Google. All Lookout users are protected against this threat. Lookout’s Take In contrast to most other…

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Avoid IT Horror Stories With A Mobile-Friendly Approach

Jim Dillon

17 May 2013 | 7:10 am

What motivates you to change – is it a valued opinion, a trend, or a necessity? I’d consider myself somewhat a creature of habit and I fall victim to my routine quite often. It often takes a wake-up call to force me to change my habits. As luck, or a lack of luck, would have it, last week I was hampered by a computer crash. You know, two full business days of working with IT to fix your laptop while having limited access to the files and applications that you’re so use to having to do your job. I’ll make a blanket statement and say that we all take technology, in one form or…
IT: It’s Time To Reinvent Your Control

Asmara Hadi

15 May 2013 | 7:10 am

The rapid introduction of smartphones and tablet devices has challenged organizations to stretch their IT capacities. While IT departments continue to concentrate on traditional core requirements, they must extend their capabilities to manage a proliferation of mobile platforms and devices. Since the concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or Bring Your Own Application (BYOA) was born, they have been overwhelmed by mobile device activation and deactivation, security and support, application deployment, and email security. The existing mobile policies have become outdated, not to mention…
Reflections From TEDMED

Geeta Nayyar

14 May 2013 | 7:10 am

I recently spoke at TEDMED13, the healthcare and medical focused conference of the broader TED organization. Now, I’ve been fortunate to meet some amazing people, but I have to admit that I was a little star struck. The thrill of shaking hands with Aneesh Chopra, the chief technology officer for the United States, and Dr. Francis Collins, director at the National Institute of Health, was like a dream come true for this doctor. And just as exciting was my brief interaction with legendary health and fitness guru Richard Simmons. I was honored to be among this inspiring and passionate…
NFC: It Takes A Village

Hsuan-hua Chang

13 May 2013 | 7:10 am

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a technology supported by a large ecosystem. The key players consist of telecom operators, manufacturers (readers, tags, smart cards, semiconductors, and consumer electronics), mobile device OEM, system integrators, banking/ financial institutions, merchant consumers, education, research, and government. The whole ecosystem is working hard to promote the technology. During the Final 4 weekend (April 5-7), AT&T incorporated NFC into our Fan Zone experience to educate consumers about NFC technology. We realized that a lot of people who own NFC-enabled…
End-to-End Solution In Mobile Application Development

10 May 2013 | 7:10 am

Mobile applications have captured the imagination of, well, everyone. They engage your customers, empower your employees and in theory, should make your business run more efficiently. Unfortunately, development teams are often puzzled on how to keep up with the demands of their business, spending valuable time building custom solutions for every device and platform. What many businesses are realizing is that they have limited resources. But choosing the right platform and tools for cross development is no small decision. Join Current Analysis Senior Analyst of Application Platforms Charlotte…

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Dunkin’ Donuts Adds Text Alerts to Loyalty Program

Derek Johnson

16 May 2013 | 9:00 am

Recently Dunkin’ Donuts added the option for loyalty program members to receive text alerts in regards to their accounts. How cool is that? You can find this option when you login to your Dunkin’ Donuts loyalty account here, or if you don’t have an account, you can create a new one here. Once you’ve logged into your Dunkin’ Donuts loyalty account, you’ll want to select “Contact Preferences”, as seen in the screenshot below. This is where you’ll be able to set your text alerts. When you select “Contact Preferences”,…
Macy’s Promotes Text-to-Win SMS Campaign In-Store

Derek Johnson

14 May 2013 | 9:00 am

If you want customers to participate in your text-to-win campaign, you have to give the campaign the exposure that it deserves. Macy’s took this advice to heart when advertising their most recent text-to-win SMS campaign for a chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree with Caprice Willard, one of the buyers for Macy’s on NBC’s Fashion Star television show. Macy’s shoppers who want to “Shop like a star,” can text-to-win by texting the SMS keyword “FASHIONSTAR” to the short code number 62297. Or, for those shoppers that have a QR code scanner on…
GUESS Uses Website To Hyper Target Their Text Messaging Alerts

Derek Johnson

11 May 2013 | 9:00 am

Here’s another big-name brand to add to the list of companies using their websites to get more subscribers to their text message alerts: GUESS Clothing For companies like GUESS, using their website to get more subscribers for their text message alerts is incredibly important, that’s why so many other brands are choosing to do so too. Getting customers to sign up for text alerts online also lets them collect other important information that they may have a tougher time collecting in a text message opt-in, like the customers’ gender or zip code. Why is collecting that type of…
Kohl’s Offers Discounts For Customers Subscribing To SMS Campaign

Derek Johnson

9 May 2013 | 9:00 am

When you’re running an SMS campaign, you want to make the campaign as attractive to potential subscribers as possible. What better way to do that than to offer incentives as soon as customers opt-in to your SMS campaign?Kohl’s does just that, and lets customers know they will receive a deal as soon as they send a text message with the SMS keyword SAVE01 to Kohl’s vanity short code 56457. I’m apparently extra special, because when I sent texted SAVE01 to the short code 56457, I received more than 10 percent off (I received 15%) any online purchase at Kohl’s.com.
Top 10 Most Commonly Asked Location Based Mobile Marketing Questions

Derek Johnson

8 May 2013 | 8:05 am

With the explosion of mobile marketing over the last couple of years, we here at Tatango have seen an increasing interest in location based SMS campaigns. While this type of technology has been around for years, there’s still a lot of questions regarding location based mobile marketing, and concepts like mobile geofencing, and how these technologies can be used to improve your SMS marketing campaigns. To get answers to some of the most commonly asked location based SMS marketing questions, we reached out to our good friend Rip Gerber (pictured below), the founder of Locaid, the…

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Analysys Mason: Truly unlimited mobile data plans are a rarity in Western Europe

Cesar Bachelet

17 May 2013 | 10:03 am

According to our research, in 10 major Western European mobile markets just over one in five operators (22 per cent) offer at least one truly unlimited mobile data plan, either for handset data or mobile broadband, to target heavy mobile data users.
EU's Kroes sets timeline for single telecoms market

Anne Morris

17 May 2013 | 7:49 am

The European Union's digital agenda commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said the creation of a single market for the European telecoms industry is a major priority for the rest of her mandate, and said she is not retiring until she has achieved her goal.
The timing of the EU's warning to China is a worry for Europe's vendors

Anne Morris

17 May 2013 | 7:12 am

The European Commission, intent on punishing what it believes to be anti-competitive activity in the form of illegal state subsidies for and dumping by China's equipment vendors, seems to be ignoring the very real fears held by Europe's own equipment vendors that they could be shut out of the lucrative Chinese market as part of retaliatory moves by China.
Samsung and Telefónica ink global carrier billing deal

Anne Morris

17 May 2013 | 5:33 am

Telefónica Digital has announced a deal with Samsung Electronics in a move that many are hailing as the most significant carrier billing agreement to date as it unites one of the world's largest operators with the world's biggest handset maker.
Report: Multi-device shared data plans available to only 5% of global subscribers

Anne Morris

17 May 2013 | 4:11 am

Plans provided by operators to allow users to share large data buckets among several mobile devices are seen as an important customer retention and revenue-generating tactic. However, a new report says such plans are still thin on the ground, particularly in Europe.

HTC Phones
AT& T Not To Sell Facebook Phone Further

PrimeHTC

18 May 2013 | 6:33 am

There is bad news in store for HTC First and that is AT&T has decided not to continue selling the phone on its network. The reasons cited are its poor sales. Dubbed as the Facebook Phone this device was launched in the market amid high expectations. It was the first mobile phone to ship with the unique Facebook Home feature inbuilt in the device. This phone was launched just months after the widely sought after device was gearing up to enter the mobile phone industry. In April last year Diplomat had reported that this phone would replace the Facebook homescreen. It would also deliver a…
HTC HD 2 Progresses With Development

PrimeHTC

16 May 2013 | 5:05 am

HTC is mainly in news for its HTC One device however there is news for another handset that though being quite old is still being worked on. This phone in question is the HTC HD2 and a developer of the XDA Forum Feheneo has announced that these devices now support the upcoming mobile OS the FireFox OS by Mozilla. This phone is the subject of development and this is why it is in the news again after disappearing in the market. We have not heard about the advancements made to the HTC HD2 for a very long time and it is assumed to be done in the consumer forum. There is however some great news…
M4′s Downs HTC One’s Market

PrimeHTC

10 May 2013 | 6:20 am

This time, it is very good news for the mobile freaks and mobile maniacs. HTC has launched a cheaper version in the name of HTC One to give its user a better experience. Nicknamed as M4 is the mid-range variant of the phone which follows the same design language- we get to see in the One. But it is not very clear whether it will use the same materials. It features two speaker grills on the front. It comes to us with Beats audio. The smart pictures of this phone were brought to public domain by the notorious Evleaks. Evleaks informs that the phone would sport a 4.3-inch 720p screen.
HTC Profits Fall Despite The Launch Of HTC One

PrimeHTC

7 May 2013 | 5:53 am

The HTC One could not save the profits of the Company and its launch was too late. The company has recorded a drop of about 98 percent and this has been recorded as the lowest profit for a quarter since 2004. There was a fall in the revenue as well. The Company has failed to disclose the number of units that have been sold by the Company so far. According to the CEO of HTC Peter Chou it has been revealed that the company had anticipated that it would infuse some new life in its products however it somehow could not succeed. In this market every phone of a manufacturer more or less looks the…
HTC Suffers Due To Delays In HTC One Launch

PrimeHTC

2 May 2013 | 5:49 am

In the month of January this year Peter Chou- the Chief Executive of HTC stated that perhaps the worst for the company had passed. However it is now time for the company to rethink. The delays in HTC One are the prime cause of this Company from Taiwan’s dismal performance in the first quarter of the year. The sales figures were announced last week and surprisingly the Company had just generated about $2.85 million that is down from $152 million about a year back. This means in one year the company has experienced a drop of 98 percent that is not good news for the company at all. In fact the…

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Game Monetisation Europe

Volker

8 May 2013 | 8:37 am

Will you be in London next week? If so, make sure to head over to Tower Hill to join me and tons others for the Game Monetisation Europe conference. I will be participating in a panel on how to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Can PacMan teach Maths?

Volker

16 Apr 2013 | 9:52 am

Here’s the podcast of a rather intriguing panel discussion I participated in at the Mobile Fringe Festival earlier this year in Barcelona. Moderated by the indomitable Russell Buckley (the big... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Coming up: a week in the hipster capital

Volker

14 Apr 2013 | 5:05 am

Not next week but the week after, the world (well, a certain horn-rimmed-glasses-wearing, Google-Glass-adoring, game-controller-wielding, funky-t-shirts-wearing subset thereof) will come to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Here’s a Challenge: Marry Mobile & Local…

Volker

2 Apr 2013 | 4:46 pm

So, what if you could effectively combine mobile and local? As in asking someone if there is a free washing machine in the launderette down the road (before you haul your laundry down there), if Lady... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Angry Birds Or Wings of Distribution

Volker

15 Mar 2013 | 5:55 am

A lot has been written and said about the “gaming” phenomenon that is Angry Birds and the meteoric rise of its maker, Rovio, from Finnish minion to a powerhouse that it is today: 1.7... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Using “The Validation Board” for Mobile App Developers

Tommy Walker

29 Apr 2013 | 7:09 am

Think your app idea has what it takes to be the next Instagram? Think again. As of January 2013 there were 775,000 apps in the iOS app store, yet nearly 60% of developers report they never broke even on their development costs. Even worse, almost 70% report their most successful app never made more than $5,000. Ouch. Breakout successes like Instagram don’t “just happen” without customer feedback and insights. Judging by the apps in the iOS app store, my guess is, the majority of unsuccessful developers aren’t checking with their potential customers to see if their app…
[Discussion] What Will Facebook Home Mean for The Future of iOS Design?

Tommy Walker

12 Apr 2013 | 10:10 am

“What would it feel like if our phones were designed around people, not apps?” – Mark Zuckerburg on Facebook Home You may have heard the news already, the “Facebook Home” is being released today. Technically, Facebook Home isn’t really an OS. It’s also not a “fork” of Google’s Android software. It’s an App layer that puts your friends at the front of the Android user experience. Even though there are no plans for the Home to be on iOS yet, what Facebook Home promises to do will be game changing to the world of…
“I have a good idea for an app…”

Tommy Walker

5 Apr 2013 | 5:05 am

You can’t stop thinking about how awesome your new app idea is, can you? If you could just get this thing out of your head and into people’s hands, you could change the world. But what’s the process to take a good idea for an app to a five star feature at the top of iTunes? And what steps do you take to make an app that people can’t live without? How do you avoid throwing thousands of dollars down the tubes, and how can you maximize it’s attractiveness to potential investors and customers? Last week we talked about why you should design your own iPhone app.
Why You Should Design Your Own App (Even If You Don’t Have Design Skills)

Tommy Walker

28 Mar 2013 | 5:04 am

Tell me if this sounds familiar… You’re somewhere in the world doing something mundane – out to dinner, walking down the sidewalk, playing the drums on your steering wheel – when a sudden moment of inspiration washes over you, and you see the solution to a major problem with infinite clarity. Your first thought is, “Wow, this would make a great website.” But then it dawns on you, “OR this would make a Killer APP.” Next thing you know, you’re being interviewed by Diane Sawyer, talking about this moment where your culture changing idea just hit you. “I don’t…
Landing Page Design Course – Conclusion

Jen Gordon

29 Oct 2012 | 11:09 am

If you’re reading this lesson – congratulations! By now you should have your finished landing page in hand and ready for testing. Please submit your final landing page design using the form below so I can include it in the student gallery to inspire others taking the class! NameFirstLastEmailFilePlease upload only .jpg, .png or .pdf versions of your final design. The post Landing Page Design Course – Conclusion appeared first on DesignBoost.

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Intel-Powered Lenovo K900 Now Available in China

Ian Kersey

17 May 2013 | 5:36 pm

Lenovo unveiled its new Intel powered smartphone at CES earlier this year and it’s now officially available in China. The Android powered smartphone touts a 5.5-inch screen, a dual-core Atom Clover Trail+ processor running at 2.0 GHz, a 13 megapixel camera and a PowerVR SGX 544MP2 GPU. The device also has a 1080p IPS display, which is protected by Gorilla Glass 2. As far as design goes, Lenovo is promising a “slim, sleek design” and “The sleek-cut, stainless steel frame exudes power and strength.” The K900 is only available in China at the moment, as is the case…
Deals of the Day – Samsung Galaxy S III for AT&T only $0.99

Blake Stimac

17 May 2013 | 5:28 pm

Looking for a new tech toy for a great price? You’ve come to the right place! Our Top Deal today is the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III for only $0.99. This refurbished unit is one of the most popular Android smartphones around, so if you’re not looking to spend $200+ on the Galaxy S 4, this is a great option for you! Top Deal Samsung Galaxy S III Smartphone [AT&T] (refurbished) for $0.99 with free shipping direct from AT&T (Back in stock! Normally $99.99) Mobile Phones Pantech Caper Verizon Prepaid Mobile Phone for $59.99 with free shipping (normally $79.99). HTC Windows…
Nintendo Direct Reaction -Nintendo Brings Some Wii U Love Late to the Game

Wade Keye

17 May 2013 | 5:00 pm

Pity the poor Wii U. Such a nice, innovative machine with such little software support. Its doom is being spelled out across the dank corridors of the interwebs. Most recently, Electronic Arts pulled support for the struggling console. Since it’s fairly disastrous E3 unveiling in 2011, the system’s tale has been a sad one. But it’s a solid piece of (admittedly current gen) console hardware with some pretty cool gimmicks features that offer totally unique gaming experiences. The main reason the Big N’s attempt at making the Wii miracle happen twice is failing, in my…
Android, iOS Gaming Revenue Three Times That of Handheld Consoles

Wade Keye

17 May 2013 | 3:04 pm

Analytics site App Annie released a report today that confirmed Nintendo and Sony’s greatest fears, mobile gaming app revenue had lapped their sales twice. Android and iOS gaming revenue was 3 times that of dedicated portable consoles in 2013′s first quarter. The in depth report can be found here but the jist of it’s pretty clear: “For the Portable Gaming Report Q1 2013, there are three important takeways: iOS and Google Play both saw growth in game downloads and consumer spending. iOS is now the leader in consumer spending on games, with Google Play likely to…
Microsoft Has New Dashboard UI and Tile Updates Coming to Xbox 360

Wade Keye

17 May 2013 | 2:56 pm

Tech site, The Verge reported today that an updated Xbox 360 dashboard UI is in the works. While a Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment, the Verge story reports changes to the Dashboard UI and Live Tiles to coincide with the new Xbox being unveiled on the 21st, and changes in Windows 8.1: “Microsoft is preparing to update its Xbox 360 with another dashboard update. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s Xbox plans have revealed to The Verge that the dashboard update will enter into a public beta in late June or early July, with changes and updates in preparation for the…

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Game Review – Super Stickman Golf 2 for Android

18 May 2013 | 12:15 am

Super Stickman Golf 2 is a cool side scrolling 2D game for Android It is developed by the NoodleCake Studios who also came up with the previous hit version of the same game It is one of the best puzzle based entertaining Android games out there on the Play Store There are a lot of golf courses for you to complete in the game with cool power ups too...
ZTE announces Grand X2 IN Android smartphone with Intel Atom Inside

17 May 2013 | 2:48 am

ZTE has added another smart device in its house for smartphone buyers ZTE Grand X2 In is the latest phone from the company running on Intel Atom processor It is the successor to the previous Android device from the company ZTE Grand X In which is also running on an Intel Processor Features of ZTE Grand X2 In It is having a 4 5inch touch screen display with 1280 720p resolution It is running the latest Android 4...
Panasonic P51 announced in India for Rs. 26900

16 May 2013 | 10:01 am

Panasonic has made its debut in the Android phone market of India with the announcement of Panasonic P51 It is a good looking phone that comes with HD resolution display and will be available to buy in the market from next week for Rs 26 900 It is powered by MediaTek s Quad Core processor probably the latest System on Chips from the company Core Features of Panasonic P51 It is having a 5inch HD IPS touch screen display with 1280 720 pixels resolution It is powered by a 1...
Stellar Horizon Pro Mi 505 available in India for Rs. 8,499

16 May 2013 | 9:24 am

Spice has launched another Android smartphone in its Stellar series Stellar Horizon Pro Mi 505 is the latest addition to the series and now it is now available to buy for Rs 8 499 on online amp offline retail stores It is a dual SIM device running Android 4 0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and comes with 5inch WVGA touch screen display Features of Stellar Horizon Pro Mi 505 Display it is having a 5inch touch screen display comes with WVGA resolution Processor It is powered by a 1Ghz dual core processor OS It is running the Android 4...
Google I/O: Google+ gets a facelift and Hangout for chatting across all platforms

16 May 2013 | 7:05 am

In its I O Keynote Google announced lots of apps and services to make Google experience even a lot better Out of those announcements starting today Google have rolled out redesigned Google and Google Hangouts app We took both of them for a spin and here s our review Google gets Pretty Google have got more than 41 features giving it pinteresting touch and much different than timeline view of Facebook...

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Game Monetisation Europe

Volker

8 May 2013 | 8:37 am

Will you be in London next week? If so, make sure to head over to Tower Hill to join me and tons others for the Game Monetisation Europe conference. I will be participating in a panel on how to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Can PacMan teach Maths?

Volker

16 Apr 2013 | 9:52 am

Here’s the podcast of a rather intriguing panel discussion I participated in at the Mobile Fringe Festival earlier this year in Barcelona. Moderated by the indomitable Russell Buckley (the big... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Coming up: a week in the hipster capital

Volker

14 Apr 2013 | 5:05 am

Not next week but the week after, the world (well, a certain horn-rimmed-glasses-wearing, Google-Glass-adoring, game-controller-wielding, funky-t-shirts-wearing subset thereof) will come to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Here’s a Challenge: Marry Mobile & Local…

Volker

2 Apr 2013 | 4:46 pm

So, what if you could effectively combine mobile and local? As in asking someone if there is a free washing machine in the launderette down the road (before you haul your laundry down there), if Lady... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Angry Birds Or Wings of Distribution

Volker

15 Mar 2013 | 5:55 am

A lot has been written and said about the “gaming” phenomenon that is Angry Birds and the meteoric rise of its maker, Rovio, from Finnish minion to a powerhouse that it is today: 1.7... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Pantech Perception - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

13 May 2013 | 2:51 am

The Pantech Perception from Verizon is a good, midtier Android smartphone. First off, let's point out the most obvious draw- the price tag: the Pantech Perception is a pretty impressive phone for it's price of only $99.99.Continue reading Pantech Perception - The Good, The Bad and The UglyOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/05/2013
iPhone 5S’s Latest Fingerprint Reader Coming Soon

30 Apr 2013 | 3:00 am

The iPhone 5S’s latest fingerprint reader has been mentioned in the news a lot these day. It is the latest addition to the parade of features offered by Apple although Samsung and others competitors may have their say about this. Though it has been been given much hype and has already been publicized, fans and spectators must wait until fall before the fingerprint reader will be unveiled.Continue reading iPhone 5S’s Latest Fingerprint Reader Coming SoonOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 30/04/2013
Nokia Asha 210, the first mobile with a WhatsApp button

26 Apr 2013 | 5:32 am

Nokia is introducing Asha 210, a brand new social smartphone that is proud to be the first smartphone that has its own WhatsApp button. According to Nokia, it is described as the phone that allows you to "have your social life at your fingertips."Continue reading Nokia Asha 210, the first mobile with a WhatsApp buttonOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/04/2013
Quickoffice: Mobile File Editing Software Has Arrived

15 Apr 2013 | 3:56 am

Being able to share files and add new ones on a mobile device is a process that took a long time to happen but has now officially emerged with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides in a convenient platform.Continue reading Quickoffice: Mobile File Editing Software Has ArrivedOriginally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2013
Weve and PayPal among the 150+ Mobile Payments experts to meet in London, 23-24 April, 2013

8 Apr 2013 | 6:20 am

Weve and PayPal are among the top speakers confirmed for Mobile Payments and Value Added Services, Europe’s biggest mobile payments event, taking place 23-24 April, London. This event looks to unite attendees from major banks, MNOs, payment providers and retailers, in order to debate and discuss how the evolution of mobile technology can be used to cash in on the payments sector.Continue reading Weve and PayPal among the 150+ Mobile Payments experts to meet in London, 23-24 April, 2013Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 08/04/2013

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Google IO 2013 Roundup: From Developers To Users

Simran Singh

17 May 2013 | 1:17 pm

Well most of the announcements are over at Google IO 2013 and that too without the much awaited, new Android 4.3 announcement. It is now rumored for July Launch along with the new Nexus 7. Google announced many new advancements in the old products and introduced many new ones to give users better environment and opportunities for entertainment, development, etc. This year Google emphasized and launched recreated versions of its old products to improve their timelines or lifetime. Coming to straight to the point — what we gained and we received from the Google IO 2013 ? We are…
Tech Tiles Version 2 Announced for Samsung Galaxy S4

Umpreet

17 May 2013 | 12:12 pm

Beginning this Friday the Company will sell the Galaxy S4 with the second version of the NFC stickers, named as Tech Tiles V2. Since the Galaxy S4 won’t work with the earlier NFC tags. The main difference between these Techtiles version 2 and the NFC stickers that launched a year ago, is that the new version i.e., TechTiles version 2 works well with the Samsung Galaxy S4 as well as the other NFC enabled phones too. Techtile stickers use a small NFC reciever that would trigger your phone to perform certain tasks when you tap on them. You can do many thing with the Tech Tiles, like making…
Google Offers Hits Google+

Umpreet

17 May 2013 | 11:03 am

The Google I/O Keynote may be becoming a few days old memory for you where you thought google introduced all its updates upgrades and new products with us . But thats not true Google is still under updating a few things over many platforms being under the hood. like here we have a pic that shows us how Google Offers look like on Google+. Recently a few selected brands namely Zagat, Hello Kitty, Art.com, NOOK and Adafruit will be using this new Google Offers feature on Google+. Where they may be sharing discounts and prices of different products by them .these Offers can also be shared into…
Xperia L Pre Orders Live In US

Umpreet

17 May 2013 | 11:00 am

The Sony Xperia L is now available for pre order in the United States via its official store, and is priced at 349.9 USD. The Xperia L is available in various colors like White, Black and Red. The orders are opened today only, and you would have your device delivered by May 23. Coming to the phone, it is not a high end phone though, but one can not call it a low performance phone also. It has a 4.3 inch 480X854 pixel resolution, which is FWVGA SCHOTT. It has a 1GHz dual core processor clubbed with 1GB of RAM. To boost its graphical processing Sony embedded Adreno 305 GPU, 8GB internal…
HTC Sense 5 Update For J Butterfly Coming This Month

Umpreet

17 May 2013 | 10:43 am

The phone that shook and Android Market, and also had a great impact on sales for HTC is now set for Sense 5 update, by the end of this month. As you know Sense is a user interface developed by HTC, and sense 5 is as expected to be more awesome. Mainly focusing to increase production capacity of HTC One, due to large number of users, HTC decided to reveal some good news for J Butterfly users too. According to the company’s stand man, the updates would start rolling out by the end of this month. This update would have new features, which the HTC One already has, Sense 5.0, BlinkFeed,…

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JK Shin: Samsung Galaxy S4 to hit 10m sales next week, ‘more time needed’ for unbreakable displays

18 May 2013 | 7:30 am

The Samsung Galaxy S4 storage issue has been widely publicised, thanks to folk like BBC Watchdog, but it doesn’t seem to be doing sales any harm. We heard a few days ago that Samsung expected the Galaxy S4 to hit 10 million sales by the end of May, but JK Shin reckons it might happen as early as next week. Good lawd. Click here to read more...JK Shin: Samsung Galaxy S4 to hit 10m sales next week, ‘more time needed’ for unbreakable displays is a post from: Mobot.net
OVIVO Mobile, PAYG, 150 mins, 200 texts, 500MB, one-off £15 @ OVIVO Mobile

18 May 2013 | 5:45 am

Get this OVIVO Mobile deal @ OVIVO Mobile OVIVO Mobile offers cheap-as-chips tariffs in exchange for five seconds of ads when you open your browser, and they’ve just increased the monthly allowance on the Freedom package (which carries a one-off charge of £15) to include 150 minutes, 200 texts, and 500MB of data. Click here to read more...OVIVO Mobile, PAYG, 150 mins, 200 texts, 500MB, one-off £15 @ OVIVO Mobile is a post from: Mobot.net
Review of the week

18 May 2013 | 5:30 am

This week will forever be known as the week that failed to deliver the Nokia EOS, Motorola X-Phone, Google Nexus 5, Google Nexus 7 refresh, 32GB Google Nexus 4 with LTE, Key Lime Pie Android 5.0 or even Jelly Bean Android 4.3. But I have a theory about all that, one I’ll share next week. In the meantime, the big talking point this week was the Samsung Galaxy S4 storage issue, specifically that only 9GB of the advertised 16GB is available to el usero. Anne Robinson was not happy. Click here to read more...Review of the week is a post from: Mobot.net
Samsung sticking with plastic for Galaxy Note III, no flexible display either

17 May 2013 | 11:00 am

With the Galaxy S4 launch now firmly out of the way, Samsung mobile fans are no doubt looking forward to the arrival of the other top-end Galaxy handset later in the year – the Galaxy Note III phablet. But now it seems all the speculation about curved displays and aluminium construction we've been hearing may be nothing more than hot air, and neither will be present when the Galaxy Note III arrives in the flesh. Click here to read more...Samsung sticking with plastic for Galaxy Note III, no flexible display either is a post from: Mobot.net
iPhone 5S: familiar on the outside, significant overhaul inside

17 May 2013 | 10:00 am

While we’d love to see a spanking new iPhone 6 later this year, history tells us it’ll more likely be an iPhone 5S, essentially an iPhone 5 with a few tweaks under the hood. However, some leaked pics suggest it won’t just be a case of a slightly faster processor and enhanced camera. Click here to read more...iPhone 5S: familiar on the outside, significant overhaul inside is a post from: Mobot.net

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New Call Loop Feature! Voice Broadcasting Call Transfers (Press-1)

Chris Brisson

1 May 2013 | 8:43 am

Well, it’s “kinda” new. Actually we’ve had this feature for a while now, but what spanned this video and this blog post is a question I recent’y got from a Call Loop customer. Jack said, “Is there a way I can transfer callers from my voice broadcast to my sales team?” The simple answer… YES you can. That’s where our Call Transfers feature comes into play. In fact, here’s 3 simple ways to use Call Transfers to help streamline and optimize your business starting today! 1. Failed Payments Billing Collections What we do at Call Loop, is…
Call Loop Wins Infusionsoft’s Ultimate Marketer Contest for Online Sales

Chris Brisson

9 Apr 2013 | 8:55 am

It’s a great day here in Florida and last week at Infusionsoft’s annual event, Infusioncon, Call Loop and I was awarded with winning their coveted Ultimate Marketer Award for “Best in Class: Online Sales.” We’ve done some amazing things with Call Loop over the last year since we moved our entire business over to Infusionsoft. It’s been a team effort here and many thanks for everyone on our team to make that happen. Many thanks to our team: Ronnie Andrews Jr, Chris Chubb, Andrew Ellis, Kristina Pangilinan, and Trevor Mauch! The post Call Loop Wins…
[INFOGRAPHIC] 11 Ways To Market Your Brand with SMS Text Messaging

Chris Brisson

28 Jan 2013 | 12:05 pm

If you’re looking for proven strategies, tactics, and methods to grow your brand using SMS, you’ll want to study this Infographic below. It’s chock full of awesome tips on how to market your products, services, and brand with the fast growing medium. The post [INFOGRAPHIC] 11 Ways To Market Your Brand with SMS Text Messaging appeared first on Call Loop Blog.
Mobile IPO’s, Trading, Profiting & Protesting

Chris Brisson

29 Nov 2011 | 12:05 am

You know how a lot of people walk around wondering about things they did and didn’t do in the past and figure when things suck it might be because they chose the wrong path? That stock tip in 2000 to buy dogtreats.com IPO or maybe when you heard that people are going to one day have phones in their pockets and you looked at them like they just told you they know gnomes… Now they look at you the same way and say, “You don’t gnome me!” Yeah well this is going to be of the opposite approach. This is the good tip you didn’t get far enough in advance, we still…
Maximize Black Friday & Cyber Monday With Text Message Updates

Chris Brisson

23 Nov 2011 | 12:25 am

It is that time of the year again, time to over indulge on turkey, drink too much, blame it on someone else and eat leftovers for the next 2 weeks until you never want to see stuffing ever again (side note….stuffing is disgusting, really lets fill a bird carcass with breadcrumbs and think for a second it might be good for you…I’ll pass give me some more pie). But then again you can’t eat too much because you have to get your tennis shoes on and go hang out like a crazy person in front of Best Buy to save money on stuff you really don’t need. Isn’t There A…

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Your Guide For Buying Samsung Smartphones

Adeline

17 May 2013 | 4:54 am

It seems like newer, bigger smartphones are being revealed every month, making it more difficult than ever to choose a phone you’re going to be happy with for a few years, especially if you’re entering a two-year contract. When you’re shopping for a new handset, there are some important things to consider, even if you’ve [...]
Bring Out The Rockstar In You With Guitarcraft: Android App Review

Steve August

17 May 2013 | 2:06 am

How often do guitarists find themselves lost at sea with ideas bubbling in their heads but without an actual guitar around? My experience tells me, it happens too very often. I came across Guitarcraft in the middle of a similar crisis and I found my answer. Guitarcraft, with its song, riff and solo writing features, [...]
5 Best Travel Apps for 2013

Adeline

16 May 2013 | 11:09 pm

Google and Apple are still running neck and neck in terms of popularity, and much of this has to do with app selection. In fact, the sheer amount of mobile apps in each platform’s respective library seems to grow exponentially as the years tick off. And in 2013, there has never been more of an [...]
Tweaks to Establish Backward Compatibility between MS Access 2010 and 2007

Adeline

16 May 2013 | 8:43 am

Microsoft Access 2010 is a new addition to the Microsoft Access series, which introduces a handful of advanced and useful features. However, many of these features are not supported in early Access versions, more specifically in its predecessor, i.e. MS Access 2007. It is seen that some of the features of Access 2010 are not [...]
Should You Use Google Apps Or Microsoft Exchange Hosted Solution?

Adeline

16 May 2013 | 2:22 am

There are several reasons that smaller businesses and companies could consider Google Apps for Business a viable alternative to Exchange. This article briefly covers what many may consider reasons or benefits to choosing an Email, Calendar, Office Suite and Intranet Web portal based on Google Apps for Business. It also shows how Microsoft Exchange may [...]

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Vodafone Confirms Stock of Next Nokia Lumia

Gary Palman

10 May 2013 | 12:38 pm

Vodafone has announced they will be stocking the new Nokia Lumia after its launch next week. UK network Vodafone has confirmed that they will be stocking Nokia’s next Lumia handset. The Finnish manufacturing giant has scheduled a launch event for the 14th May to unveil their new Windows Phone handset. The build-up to the launch has been unlike any ever seen before. When teasing a new handset, companies will usually show a sneak peek of a corner of the handset or a slight glimpse at the screen, but not Nokia. The manufacturer has set up a page on their US website for the 928 handset and…
Amazon Working on 3D Holographic Phone

Collin Elder

10 May 2013 | 12:34 pm

More rumours about Amazon’s own brand smartphone have emerged. According to the latest rumours, Amazon are working hard on several new exciting devices to succeed their highly popular Kindle, including a smartphone that will have a 3D holographic display. The Wall Street Journal was responsible for this latest report, quoting “people familiar with the company’s plans” as their source for the 3D display that won’t require glasses. Without the use of 3D glasses, the display will incorporate eye tracking technology to know where your eyes are looking and will make…
Sony Working on Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Rival

Jamie Kindler

9 May 2013 | 12:30 pm

Sony are rumoured to be working on their own ‘super camera’ phone. Yesterday it was reported that Samsung were already working on a sibling for their extremely powerful and highly anticipated flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4, that would feature an improved camera. Although details about the handset are a little thin at the moment, two things are known: it could be called the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, and it will feature a 16 megapixel camera. Today the news is that Sony could be working on their very own rival with a super camera. Currently codenamed the Sony Honami, this…
Nokia Asha 501 Leaked Ahead of Launch

Gary Palman

9 May 2013 | 12:25 pm

Nokia’s latest Asha handset has been leaked ahead of its launch later today. The secret subject of Nokia’s press conference in New Delhi taking place later today appears to have been revealed in the form of leak photos of several new colourful phones. The press conference was scheduled for tomorrow to unveil a new handset, currently named the Nokia Asha 501. The leaks tell us that the 501 will be a tiny but colourfully fun handset if the leaked pictures are legitimate which, at this point in the development stage seems extremely likely. As you may have already guessed, these…
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Coming Soon

Collin Elder

8 May 2013 | 12:19 pm

Samsung are rumoured to be working on a new Galaxy S4 with a better camera. Samsung could be working on producing a sibling for their current flagship, the Galaxy S4, in the form of the highly rumoured Galaxy S4 Zoom. According to Samsung loving website SamMobile, the Zoom will come with a huge 16 megapixel camera, which is exactly the same as found in the Samsung Galaxy Camera. The screen of the Zoom is rumoured to measure 4.3 inches diagonally, which is a great deal smaller than the Galaxy S4 with its 5 inch display. Other rumoured specifications include 8GB of built in memory, a slot for a…

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Sony Submerges Deeper with a More Waterproof Xperia ZR

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16 May 2013 | 1:28 am

Having waterproof smart phone may be once a wish of many mobile users that consequently became real when Sony Mobile Communications introduced the Xperia Z that has notable features aside from being able to function even if submerged into water. But the company really tends to take the lead in mobile competition as it goes deeper by having a new version of the gadget known as the “Xperia ZR”. It is like they are brothers sharing many features and specs as can be taken from the recent reviews, but there are some significant differences between them that are really worth knowing. And the…
5G Technology in 2020 To Be Launched By Samsung

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16 May 2013 | 1:20 am

Huawei has the fad in creating global records creating the “world’s fastest” and the supposedly another “world’s thinnest smartphone” to date, but it seems that Samsung is working its way to create a milestone in the tech history by claiming they are preparing to launch a 5G network in 2020. A network that will change the landscape of data speed as reports suggests 5G network will come hundred times faster than the present 4G. Samsung Claims Data Transmission Innovation Samsung‘s claim may have surprised tech geeks and telecommunication big-wigs out there. On the…
Umeox X5 Steals The “World’s Thinnest,” Huawei P6-U06 and Huawei EDGE Photos Leaked

admin

11 May 2013 | 12:03 am

The battle of the “World’s Thinnest Smartphone” has not ended yet. With the worst leak in smartphone history emerging in the web; the grand launch of supposedly another “world’s slimmest” from Huawei became a major spoiler. It seems that the Chinese manufacturer was alarmed when one world title was snatched by Alcatel just after they released the world’s fastest packaged as Huawei Ascend P2. Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra is so far the official holder of the coveted title as the world’s thinnest after it snatched the crown from Huawei’s Ascend P1 S…
Alcatel One Touch Scribe Easy Go Big on Screen

admin

10 May 2013 | 1:11 am

After its successful launch of their two Smartphones in its “One Touch Idol”, Alcatel has just recently released another Smartphone. It is dubbed as One Touch Scribe Easy. The phone is listed on the company website and available online. According to the fonearena, this Scribe Easy is the third in line of Smartphones in the One Touch series of Alcatel. So far, this is the largest Android Smartphone from Alcatel. Alcatel One Touch Scribe Easy arrives on shelves with its 5-inch touchscreen display that has the capacity to deliver a 480×800 pixels resolution. Its handset is powered by a…
Unleashing Creative and Artistic Thoughts with the Latest Galaxy Note 8.0 Tablet

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7 May 2013 | 6:10 pm

Samsung electronics recently introduced an 8-inch tablet named Galaxy Note 510 or internationally known as Galaxy Note 8.0 that seeks to expand multi-media experience among users. This device is especially made for creative thinkers, dreamers, shakers and movers. Anyone can just sketch out a concept, scribble a thought, organize ideas and show creativity wherever an idea may strike. With the new Galaxy Note 8.0 in hand, it feels so right reading a favorite e-book on the train, rehearsing for a presentation or watching a movie in bed. Galaxy Note 510 is a 3G-enabled tablet that is ran by…

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LG Optimus G Pro Now Available from AT&T

Carl John

14 May 2013 | 1:56 pm

The LG Optimus G Pro is now available exclusively from AT&T, for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The LG Optimus G Pro is a powerful 4G LTE smartphone with a large display 5.5-inch similar to Samasung's Galaxy Note 2.The Original Post is Located Here: LG Optimus G Pro Now Available from AT&T
A Unified Mobile Shopping App for Androids

Carl John

9 May 2013 | 3:13 pm

Clutch has unveiled what it calls the first unified shopping application for Android users. Available as a free download in the Google Play store, the app eliminates the need for multiple mobile shopping apps.The Original Post is Located Here: A Unified Mobile Shopping App for Androids
4G LTE and Shared Data Plans Drive Growth in Mobile Broadband Tablet Subscriptions

Carl John

8 May 2013 | 3:07 pm

Strategy Analytics predicts that global mobile broadband subscriptions on tablet PCs will grow 8 times from 2012 to 2017 with more than 165 million new connected tablet PCsThe Original Post is Located Here: 4G LTE and Shared Data Plans Drive Growth in Mobile Broadband Tablet Subscriptions
Consumer Cellular Adds Two New ‘No Contract’ Smartphones

Carl John

7 May 2013 | 2:48 pm

Consumer Cellular the 'no contract' mobile phone service provider has added two more Android smartphones to its line-up. The LG 930 and the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate.The Original Post is Located Here: Consumer Cellular Adds Two New ‘No Contract’ Smartphones
New WeatherBug Weather App for Android Phones

Carl John

5 May 2013 | 2:13 pm

To help keep smartphone users safe and informed about extreme weather conditions, WeatherBug has integrated new safety and alerting features as part of a major redesign of its WeatherBug Android app.The Original Post is Located Here: New WeatherBug Weather App for Android Phones

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Which is better – COPE or BYOD?

Benjamin Robbins

26 Apr 2013 | 2:37 pm

By Benjamin Robbins – Bring your own device (BYOD) has enamored many organizations. It has introduced several positive forces into the enterprise with the supposed promise of cost savings, employee satisfaction, and productivity. However, reality has proven to be otherwise. As many organizations struggle with implementing a BYOD program, others wonder if there is an alternative…[read more]
ICYMI – Panel: Mobile Apps – The Danger of Making Security an Afterthought

Benjamin Robbins

17 Apr 2013 | 12:48 pm

The BYOD phenomenon has resulted in the need to accept personal mobile devices on corporate networks with the expected security risks. Listen to the panel of experts as they discuss the top of mind issues for security officers: - technical approaches to identifying security vulnerabilities - methods of embedding security into the application life cycle - research efforts to ensure application security technologies keep pace with latest threats and vulnerabilities - approaches for scaling testing across an enterprise The panelists: Benjamin Robbins, Principal, Palador (moderator) Diana…
Taking the Mobile Office with You

Benjamin Robbins

14 Mar 2013 | 11:30 am

Benjamin Robbins is asked to put togeth a presentation on mobile strategy at very short notice. He can’t get hold of the team in time, but corners them one by one to get their insight in some pretty unusual settings, thanks to the joy of working mobile only. A film made in its entirety on mobile devices. Check it out on the Guardian! Benjamin Robbins is a Co-Founder of Palador, a consulting firm that focuses on providing strategic guidance to enterprises in the areas of mobile strategy, policy, apps, and data. You can follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn
MobileOnly Episode 4 – Can you ski and video conference at the same time?

Benjamin Robbins

25 Jan 2013 | 5:12 pm

With built in audio and video, mobile devices easily allow for on-the-fly video conferencing. But what happens when you try and use that technology to play hooky from work? Watch the latest MobileOnly video short, Mobile Hooky, on the Guardian to find out!
Mobile Killed the PC Star

Benjamin Robbins

17 Jan 2013 | 12:55 pm

Is there any difference between a laptop and a tablet with a keyboard? Does mobile really not mean much other than a touch screen? With the official death of the Netbook class of device it is a great opportunity to compare device capabilities and the implications ahead for the PC. Check out Mobile Killed the PC Star to see just how quickly the computing world is changing! Benjamin Robbins is a Co-Founder of Palador, a consulting firm that focuses on providing strategic guidance to enterprises in the areas of mobile strategy, policy, apps, and data. You can follow him on Twitter or connect on…

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Optimizing Photo Posts For Efficient Facebook Marketing [Infographic]

Francis Rey Balolong

18 May 2013 | 4:25 am

Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media A Facebook engineer who helped build the News Feed told InsideFacebook.com that only 1 out of 500 stories will make it through the News Feed. That was six years ago. The social network has yet to update the statistic, but it’s highly likely that its algorithm, EdgeRank, filters more stories now than in 2007. PostRocket, [...] Optimizing Photo Posts For Efficient Facebook Marketing [Infographic] Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How To Benefit From The 7 Popular Types Of Social Media Fans [Infographic]

Solon Harmony Dolor

18 May 2013 | 3:15 am

Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media People who have been managing social media accounts either for personal use or for business use may have noticed that their fans on social media roughly fall into clear categories. According to this infographic, there are seven popular types of social media fans and each type can benefit the owners of the social media accounts [...] How To Benefit From The 7 Popular Types Of Social Media Fans [Infographic] Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Which American Aviation Companies And Airports Are Doing Good On Social Media? [Infographic]

Solon Harmony Dolor

18 May 2013 | 2:52 am

Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media Social media is so pervasive it is no wonder airlines and airports in the U.S. can be analyzed through it. So which American commercial airlines and airports are doing great on social media? According to this infographic from ViralHeat, the most social savvy airports are San Francisco International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los [...] Which American Aviation Companies And Airports Are Doing Good On Social Media?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Exclamation Points Boost Retweets On Twitter

Solon Harmony Dolor

18 May 2013 | 2:15 am

Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media The seemingly simple inclusion of an exclamation point in a tweet boosts its chances of getting retweets, new data shows. The data comes from Dan Zarella, a social media expert, in an article on his site. According to Zarella, he was prompted to look in to “the relationship between exclamation points in tweets and retweets [...] Exclamation Points Boost Retweets On Twitter Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Is Your Private Information Safe On Social Media? [Infographic]

Francis Rey Balolong

17 May 2013 | 5:58 am

Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media None of us is safe. Identity thieves lurk in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to pounce on their prey. These malicious minds continually find ways to hack an unknowing victim’s social media account. Be reserved. Be cautious. While we try to protect ourselves against cybercriminals, the names of the people we are looking [...] Is Your Private Information Safe On Social Media? [Infographic] Social Barrel - The Latest on Social Media [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Nokia EOS looks like Lumia 920 and 808 PureView’s mashup: Report

admin

17 May 2013 | 11:24 pm

Now that the Nokia ‘Catwalk’ aka Nokia Lumia 925 with aluminium casing is out in the open, it is time for us to focus on the next upcoming smartphone from the Finnish giant Nokia which will be the ‘Nokia EOS’. The Nokia EOS is expected to be the much-awaited first Windows Phone smartphone to arrive with the super-awesome 41 megapixel PureView Camera which is present on the Nokia 808 PureView running on the now-dead Symbian OS. Nokia EOS mockup by GSMA A tip was received by WMPU in which a reader, who happened to get a glimpse of the Nokia EOS has very well described as…
HTC One finally goes on sale in India for Rs.42,900

admin

16 May 2013 | 11:37 am

After being announced for over a month now, the much-awaited Android smartphone which really impressed us, the HTC One is finally available in India for buyers. The smartphone has gone on sale and is available with online retailer Saholic for Rs.42900 and is available in only Silver colour as for now and will be delivered to you in 10 working days as per the retailer and we expect other online retailers to follow suit soon. We have already heard that the HTC One was delayed, thanks to the production issues that the company has been facing but it is good to see that finally people will be…
Nexus 4 launched in India for Rs.25,999 by LG and Google

admin

15 May 2013 | 11:31 pm

Since its first unveiling in October last year, the Nexus 4 has been the talk of the town and many prospective buyers from the Indian subcontinent were desperately waiting to get their hands on the device. While a lucky few might have managed to get the Nexus 4 from the US via their friends or relatives, those who were not able to might just breath easy. LG and Google have today officially announced the launch of the Nexus 4 in India. The Nexus 4 went on pre-order with a couple of online retailers with the price tag of Rs.25,999 and today the duo of LG and Google have confirmed the pricing…
Samsung Galaxy S4 Nexus Edition with Stock Android OS announced

admin

15 May 2013 | 10:32 pm

Google took the center stage yesterday at the on-going Google I/O 2013 which is the search engine giant’s major developer event and the company made quite a few major announcements and launches. One such interesting announcement was the launch of Korean giant Samsung’s latest flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S4 with stock Android OS out-of-the-box. Yes, you read it right. The Samsung Galaxy S4 will now be available via the Google Play Store and will have a Nexus-like user experience and will not have Samsung’s TouchWiz UI. Also, Google has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S4…
Micromax Canvas Music A88 bundled with JBL Tempo headset launched

admin

15 May 2013 | 11:43 am

We know that Micromax just loves to flood the market with its Android smartphones and the company has announced the addition of another device called the Micromax Canvas Music A88 which will arrive bundled with free JBL Tempo Headset which will provide users with some awesome music listening experience. Other than the JBL Tempo Headset, the Micromax Canvas Music A88 is a regular Android smartphone which packs a 4.5 inch Capacitive touch screen while being powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor which is complemented with 512 MB of RAM. The internal storage of the Micromax Canvas Music A88 is…

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Maurice Saatchi: Mobile advertising is easier to complicate than simplify

M&C Saatchi

17 May 2013 | 8:32 am

Here at M&C Saatchi, the ‘Brutal Simplicity of Thought’ is our guiding philosophy. We believe that no matter what the medium, it is the thought process that should apply to all forms of advertising – including mobile, which is becoming increasingly important to brands as a means to engage and target relevant consumers. And yet the incredible rise of mobiles and tablets presents new challenges and concerns to advertisers, perhaps making mobile advertising appear more complicated than it should be. As we enter this new mobile age, advertisers do not need to be confused or…
The Rise of Mobile Advertising

M&C Saatchi

16 May 2013 | 5:47 am

At M&C Saatchi, the ‘Brutal Simplicity of Thought’ is our guiding philosophy, says Maurice Saatchi. We believe that no matter what the medium, it is the thought process that should apply to all forms of advertising – including mobile, which is becoming increasingly important to brands as a means to engage and target relevant consumers. And yet the incredible rise of mobiles and tablets presents new challenges and concerns to advertisers, perhaps making mobile advertising appear more complicated than it should be. As we enter this new mobile age, advertisers do not need to be…
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS SOCIAL MEDIA

M&C Saatchi

16 May 2013 | 5:21 am

It’s a question often asked; how do businesses use social media to get their message across to other businesses? In fact, there are wonderful opportunities, as proven most recently by a German photocopying company… Tasked with demonstrating that Triumph Adler copiers copy far quicker than most others on the market, the savvy company turned to Twitter. Setting up an account, the company targeted hundreds of prospective businesses, and followed them. It had no ambition to be followed back. Rather, whenever any of these companies sent out a tweet, in split seconds, Triumph Adler…
Mobile is a complex advertising ecosystem

M&C Saatchi

15 May 2013 | 8:15 am

The growth of mobile has brought with it many opportunities for advertisers. But with the maturity of the channel comes a need for better measurement. James Hilton, CEO, M&C Saatchi Mobile: The problems around mobile measurement are focused on three main reasons. Firstly: the fragmentation of the mobile industry. Advertisers have to understand and tackle technical challenges on multiple platforms; browsers are all based on different standards or device identifiers are not present on platforms. The second reason is app stores. Users have to go through the platform app store after the ad…
IBM’S ARCADE ARM SLOT MACHINE

M&C Saatchi

14 May 2013 | 3:53 am

The web is awash with brands trying to steal a few seconds of an audience’s time, and in researching this bulletin, we can honestly say there have been many executions that leave a lot to be desired. Intel, however, has dropped something that might leave you hypnotically sipping at your coffee ’til you’re snapped out of it. The “PUSH for Ultrabook” installation (which feels like the fairest thing to call it) is inspired by the addictive penny-fall machines that no self-respecting seaside pier is complete without. After scraping Facebook data, an impressively…

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Google's Schmidt: The future of online tracking, the need for a delete button

7 May 2013 | 10:56 am

Let's all make it easier on ourselves and change our names when we reach 18 years of age, shall we?
UK Office of Fair Trading investigates child in-app purchases

16 Apr 2013 | 10:39 am

The OFT is taking a deeper look at free applications aimed at children, which include in-app purchases with the potential to give parents a monthly heart attack.
NYC students turned into cyberwarriors

12 Apr 2013 | 10:04 am

Students in New York City are being taught how to hack -- in a "white hat" manner, of course.
Essential gadgets for summer travels

10 Apr 2013 | 11:41 am

What are some of the best gadgets to have in your backpack this summer?
Gifts for the Apple maniac in your life

8 Apr 2013 | 6:27 am

What do you get for a fan of tech giant Apple?

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NEWSLETTER: Performance, Speed & Catalogs

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16 May 2013 | 3:11 pm

This month’s platform update has a lot to do with speed and performance. We continually strive to make the entire mobile web experience from design to redirection a positive one for both you and your clients. Take a look at the ways we are improving and expanding our platform for you, your clients and the end-users worldwide! Check out this months newsletter here: https://www.firedrummarketing.com/public_message_view.jsp?s=2a1a386r2m!
In Less Than A Year. . .

admin

13 May 2013 | 10:46 am

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) predicts mobile phones will outnumber human beings. That means there will be 7 billion + mobile devices worldwide. That’s an incredible figure because just this past January, we shared with you that mobile devices had just reached 6 billion. Mobile penetration rates are at an all-time high, currently at 96%. Developed countries account for 128% while developing countries account for 89%. Brahima Sanou, director of the ITU development bureau said, “Every day we are moving closer to having almost as many mobile-cellular subscriptions as…
iOS Still Dominating the mobiFriendly Platform

admin

7 May 2013 | 10:47 am

The team at mobiFriendly continually analyze our device traffic to spot any trends between the different smartphone operating systems. It comes as no surprise that our two largest operating system contenders are iOS and Android. iOS definitely takes the top stop with its device traffic ranging from 57.26% (at its lowest) all the way to 66.13% (at its highest) in the past year. Android comes in at second with 32.18% (at its lowest) and 39.03% (at its highest) in the past year. BlackBerry, Windows Phones and other operating systems finish up our list only accounting for only typically 2-4% of…
World’s First Braille Smartphone

admin

25 Apr 2013 | 2:31 pm

I was surprised to find out that the very first braille smartphone is just now being developed. Smartphones have been a staple of our lives for over 6 years, so why are we only now tapping into that market that has 285 million visually impaired people worldwide that includes 39 million who are blind. Braille Smartphone – Mashable Sumit Dagar is in the process of developing this incredible smartphone with the collaboration of IIT Dehli and testing though the LV Prasad Eye Institute. The smartphone has a screen that is made of a grid of pins that can move in different direction to create…
Phones and First Dates?

admin

24 Apr 2013 | 2:01 pm

Does your phone have anything to do with your number of first dates? Match.com survived 5,000 singles within the United States, both Match members and non-members and asked them roughly 200 questions. Match concluded that your smartphone may somewhat determine the amount of first dates a person goes on – these singles had at least one first date: iPhone singles = 49% Windows singles = 46% Android singles = 44% BlackBerry = 42% Feature Phone singles = 27% No Phone singles = 18% On the flipside, the other half of these smartphone users are not going on dates. The underlying question is, does…

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Customer Spotlight: Migrating from Salesforce to Z-CRM Saves Young Company Huge Money

Arun

17 May 2013 | 9:59 am

“It all started with Jim Cramer.” For those of you unfamiliar with Jim Cramer, he is a popular American television personality, former hedge fund manager, and host of CNBC’s Mad Money. As Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. (ICT) founder and CEO Bob Joseph tells the story, “Years ago, I was watching Mad Money and he was pushing Sales Force’s CRM solution. I knew we were at the point in our company growth where we needed a good CRM solution and one that could accommodate our growth. So, from Cramer’s recommendation we began our customer relationship management with Sales…
Now, get up to 20 free users, when you host email with Zoho Mail

Hari Murali

17 May 2013 | 6:01 am

Last month, we announced the increase in Zoho Mail Lite, our free hosted email plan, making it free up to 5 users. We were overwhelmed and humbled by the compliments showered by you, our users. We did hope that it would bring some cheer to our small business friends but it felt more like euphoria. So we have decided to spend even more money with you, instead of hiring consulting firms or on ‘ads with words’. Starting today, you can gain 15 more bonus users in your business email account, free forever.…
Zoho Docs 3.0 Released With New Features And Enhancements

Kranti

14 May 2013 | 7:02 am

Zoho Docs upgraded to the new 3.0 version. Our focus for this version, is enhancing the file sharing and collaboration experience. We have made file sharing more tightly integrated and seamless, across all the office apps. On the collaboration front, we have diversified the workspace admin role, which will make managing a workspace much easier. Here is a summary of what’s new in Zoho Docs 3.0: Share Files As A Link Now you can share files quicker, as a link.…
Customer Spotlight: Using Automated Workflows in Z-CRM to Save HOURS Everyday

Arun

10 May 2013 | 11:01 am

When BrightWise Marketing first opened its doors over 12 years ago, CEO Jeff Gordon knew that CRM was of utmost importance in creating a positive customer experience and helping the new company grow. Gordon selected a popular CRM solution at the time and “made due” for several years before realizing that the current approach wasn’t working. “We had been talking about getting a real CRM solution for 6 or 7 months because our current CRM tool was simply not cutting it.” Having used the same CRM tool for several years, Gordon was looking for a CRM solution that he could easily…
5 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Vijay Brihmadesam

Austin Ries

8 May 2013 | 9:02 am

These days, it doesn’t take much to call yourself an entrepreneur. You don’t need an advanced degree, a certificate proving you completed required training or even a business card to pursue a dream of starting your own company. However, having success as an innovator takes more than just a great idea. It takes dedication, hard work, sacrifice, and possibly even abandoning your comfort zone to have a chance at doing what you love. Meet Vijay Brihmadesam. Like many people across the world, Vijay had a well-paying job and comfortable lifestyle working at a private equity firm in Palo…

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Top Entertainment You Will Love in HD

srikar.115

18 May 2013 | 3:51 am

This Top Entertainment You Will Love in HD post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by srikar.115 If you cannot get enough entertainment, you will love HD. Because of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Studies Discover Gaming Good for Granny, Too

srikar.115

14 May 2013 | 6:25 am

This Studies Discover Gaming Good for Granny, Too post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by srikar.115 Recently, a study conducted by North Carolina State... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How To Choose Casino Game to Play?

Ricky Shah

12 Apr 2013 | 7:10 am

This How To Choose Casino Game to Play? post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by Ricky Shah There are plenty of online casino games available and which one you... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How to Keep Your Mobile Data Secure ! [Infographic]

srikar.115

11 Mar 2013 | 6:52 am

This How to Keep Your Mobile Data Secure ! [Infographic] post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by srikar.115 Symantec – Keep Your Pesky Hands Off my Mobile... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Wisdom of Using Third Party IT Support

srikar.115

4 Mar 2013 | 11:01 am

This The Wisdom of Using Third Party IT Support post was originally written at We help to Understand Windows Phone Better by srikar.115 If you run a business, the chances are you are heavily reliant... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

BROADBAND CONVERGENT
All Mobile Video chooses Nevion compression solutions for transporting video over IP

Leonard Grace

23 Apr 2013 | 9:34 am

BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Industry News Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Telecom Business MarketsJPEG 2000 and H.264 codecs deployed for broadcast-quality video … [visit site to read more] Leonard Grace
Nevion to launch new live media networking solution at NAB

Leonard Grace

14 Mar 2013 | 8:12 am

BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Industry News Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Telecom Business MarketsFlashlink live media networking encompasses all live production signals for studios, events and campus networks where system build time is reduced through an easily configured, streamlined solution. The Flashlink solution provides 10Gbps uncompressed video transport, asynchronous transport of multiplexed audio, Ethernet, data and communications over IP, and digital synch distribution — all with the highest fiber utilization, zero latency and ultra-high quality required by today’s live video broadcasting.
UFC and Aspera Team Up For Sports Content Delivery

Leonard Grace

14 Mar 2013 | 7:54 am

BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Industry News Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Telecom Business MarketsAspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s large data at maximum speed, today announced that the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), the world’s leading promoter of mixed martial arts (MMA), has deployed Aspera’s high-speed transfer software to power its file-based content delivery workflows – for its internal teams during production of live events, for global distribution partners and for fans accessing content on the web or via their mobile devices…
LTE and Small Cells Key Topics at Mobile World Congress 2013: Post-Show Wrap-Up

Uday Mudoi

12 Mar 2013 | 5:22 am

BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Industry News Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Telecom Business MarketsNow that Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona has come to a close, our main takeaway, particularly with regard to mobile infrastructure, is that the industry continues to move forward in its thoughts and plans to address increased bandwidth needs and drive revenue from the networks with value added services. The most widely discussed topics at the show centered on small cells, LTE and cloud. … [visit site to read more] Uday Mudoi
AVAYA Links New Tools to Managing the Customer Experience

Leonard Grace

5 Mar 2013 | 10:11 am

BROADBAND CONVERGENT - Industry News Broadband-Mobile-Cable-Telecom Business MarketsSanta Clara, CA —Tuesday March 5, 2013 — Avaya today unveiled new, next generation analytics and customer interaction solutions that help harness the power of big data and the growing number of ways that customers want access to companies. New Avaya Customer Experience Management solutions bring powerful new tools for mining and analyzing data, applications for expanding and synchronizing multichannel customer interactions and deployment options for virtualized environments. … [visit site to read…

Tech-Thoughts
Global Smartphone Market Share Trends - Q1 2013: Android Extends Lead Over iPhone, Windows Phone Performance Mixed

Sameer Singh

16 May 2013 | 9:58 pm

It's time again for my quarterly review of smartphone market share trends around the globe. While I initially considered doing this semi-annually, I've been requested to make it a quarterly feature. As always, Q1 2013 data is sourced from Gartner and Kantar Worldpanel reports and complemented with reports from other research houses as and when available. The chart above shows Gartner's global smartphone market share data for the last four years. The trend is unmistakable, as legacy platforms like Symbian and Blackberry have been practically wiped out. Android has continued to extend its…
Slowing Windows Phone App Growth Points to Weak Developer Interest

Sameer Singh

13 May 2013 | 9:30 pm

Microsoft recently unveiled that the Windows Phone Store has about 145,000 apps available. Based on this figure, app growth for the Windows Phone platform seems to be slowing. Windows Phone 8 was supposed to help drive developer interest, but has done nothing to stem this slowdown after being on the market for 6+ months. As the chart above shows, application growth in the Windows Phone Store (formerly the Windows Phone Marketplace) started off strong. Application growth was much greater than that for Android over the first few years (ignoring the population of mobile developers). However,…
Mobile Platform Concentration Growing Twice as Fast as PC Industry

Sameer Singh

9 May 2013 | 9:30 pm

Over the last few years, mobile platforms like Android & iOS have gained market share in computing systems at the expense of legacy WinTel-based devices, i.e. traditional PCs. The chart above gives us a great snapshot of the impact of Post-PC platforms. We can also use this data to compare how platform market share concentration changed over time in the PC industry and contrast it with the first few years of the mobile revolution. One commonly used measure to gauge industry concentration is the Herfindahl index. It is essentially the sum of squares of market shares of all the…
Tablet Shipments to Overtake PCs by Q3/Q4 2013 (Revised Estimate)

Sameer Singh

6 May 2013 | 9:30 pm

A few months ago, I had estimated that tablet shipments would overtake PCs by Q1 2014. This was based on the fact that the substitution rate pattern of tablets vs. PCs was similar to the one we saw in the early days of the modern vs. legacy smartphone battle. Let’s use the tablet & PC shipment data from Q1 2013 to revise our estimate. The tablet vs. PC substitution rate in Q1 turned out to be much higher than my estimate. This was partially driven by quicker adoption of tablets in emerging markets, and a major decline in PC shipments (thanks to tablet adoption and consumer response to…
Tablet Market Share Trends: Android Leads, iPad Loses Ground, Windows Struggles

Sameer Singh

2 May 2013 | 9:30 pm

IDC has just released their tablet market estimates and their figures are quite a bit off from my original Q1 estimate, but eerily similar to my revised estimate based on NPD's figures. Android tablets seem to have permanently stolen the tablet market crown from the iPad, while Windows tablets have continued to struggle. Let's take a deeper look at the figures. Android now leads the tablet market, with a share of 56.5%, while the iPad's share has fallen below 40%. Windows tablets are still struggling, with a share below 4% and with struggling shipment figures, sell-through is always…

Computerworld Blogs - Mobile/Wireless
Google I/O 2013: What happened to Android?

JR Raphael

16 May 2013 | 10:39 am

Google announced tons of stuff at this year's I/O keynote -- but the most anticipated news of the event was nowhere to be found.
The Google I/O gambling game: 7 safe bets (and 3 less likely scenarios)

JR Raphael

13 May 2013 | 8:00 am

We're in the final countdown to Google I/O 2013 -- so what can we expect to see at this year's event?
Bill Gates 2.0: Friend of Steve Jobs (and Philanthropist)

Richi Jennings

13 May 2013 | 3:14 am

Gates mourns Steve's lack of time to give back. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates was on CBS last night, and some of what was said has raised some eyebrows. 60 Minutes' Charlie Rose asked Gates about charity and his relationship with the last Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder, Steve Jobs. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers watch something called Tele-vision.
BYO what? The implications of mobile as the new desktop

Nicholas D. Evans

9 May 2013 | 10:10 am

Here are five implications of mobile as the new desktop with some supporting facts and figures that may be useful as you continue to mature your Bring-Your-Own Device (BYOD) and Bring-Your-Own-Application (BYOA) strategy whilst striving to prevent another BYO -- that of Bring-Your-Own Malware (BYOM).
Windows 8.1 Blue release date in 2013: Confirmed by @TamiReller

Richi Jennings

7 May 2013 | 3:18 am

Microsoft is furiously "responding to customer feedback," says Reller. Microsoft Windows Blue (thought to be release 8.1) has an official date (sort of). In a carefully-staged offhand comment, Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) CMO and CFO of Windows, Tami Reller (pictured), officially leaked that it'll be out "later this year." In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate whether Windows 8 is selling better than 7 or worse than Vista.

Cell Phones Posts
[Announcements] ASUS TF600T VivoTab: Now In Stock

admin

17 May 2013 | 10:11 pm

ASUS TF600T VivoTab is a Windows RT tablet. It is now in stock and you can buy it from Amazon Marketplace US. The light and slim 8.3mm thin device boasts a 10.1-inch (155 ppi pixel density) Super IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen with HD 1366 x 768 pixels resolution, a super wide 178° viewing angle, ASUS [...]The post [Announcements] ASUS TF600T VivoTab: Now In Stock appeared first on Cell Phones Posts.
[News] Lenovo S920 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Smartphone Announced in China

admin

17 May 2013 | 10:13 am

The Lenovo S920 is officially listed on the official website of Lenovo China’s store, although you can’t buy it yet. The smartphone runs by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and it is the first smartphone from Lenovo powered by this version of Jelly Bean. The Lenovo packs the device with a 5.3-inch 720p HD (1280 x [...]The post [News] Lenovo S920 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Smartphone Announced in China appeared first on Cell Phones Posts.
[News - Update] Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100G Gets 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update

admin

16 May 2013 | 10:20 pm

Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update to the International Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100. The Galaxy S II is the best-selling Android device of 2011 and has a very large user base that’s why Samsung keeps on updating this device with all the new Android versions as they want to provide [...]The post [News - Update] Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100G Gets 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update appeared first on Cell Phones Posts.
[Cell Phone Review] Sony Xperia S Android Unlocked Smartphone, Fearures, Specs., Availability And Price

admin

16 May 2013 | 10:12 am

The Sony Xperia S is now available on unlocked international version in US market. This Android handset from Sony was launched at the 2012. It is the first Sony-only branded smartphone from the Xperia NXT series. The Xperia S boasts a hyper-vibrant 4.3-inch LED-backlit TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x [...]The post [Cell Phone Review] Sony Xperia S Android Unlocked Smartphone, Fearures, Specs., Availability And Price appeared first on Cell Phones Posts.
[News] Sony Xperia Tablet Z Available for Pre-Order in UK

admin

16 Apr 2013 | 10:33 pm

The official online Sony store in the UK is now taking pre-orders for the Wi-Fi-only version of Sony’s latest Android tablet the Xperia Tablet Z. The 16GB (SGP311) version of the Sony Xperia Tablet Z is available only in black color (for now) and costs $600 (£399) and the 32GB (SGP312) version of the Sony [...]The post [News] Sony Xperia Tablet Z Available for Pre-Order in UK appeared first on Cell Phones Posts.

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City Pass Guide Vietnam app releases for Android platform

15 May 2013 | 9:32 am

After a year of preparation and coding, City Pass has launched their newest interactive travel application for Android and iOS mobile devices. The app is Vietnam’s first premium travel guide of its kind: a unique combination of detailed information, unique local insight, stunning photography and innovative design at your fingertips. Highlighting Vietnam's major tourism destinations, it is targeted to high-end luxury travelers looking for a premium travel experience.
Download our app before it goes live, only for 50 users!

15 May 2013 | 9:28 am

After the success of BabyPhone early this year, Mobileroo now releasing toy phone baby game for iPhone, iPod and iPad. This version is packed with HD cartoon animals, bright coloured backgrounds, large wobbling buttons and adorable animations for your little to tap on. This version is baby tested for your peace of mind. Hours of fun guaranteed! Search for 'mobileroo' in App store from May 16th 2013. Follow the link in this article to get your promo-code to download today. Only 50 available!
CITY PASS GUIDE VIETNAM APP RELEASES FOR iOS PLATFORM

15 May 2013 | 9:23 am

After a year of preparation and coding, City Pass has launched their newest interactive travel application for Android and iOS mobile devices. The app is Vietnam’s first premium travel guide of its kind: a unique combination of detailed information, unique local insight, stunning photography and innovative design at your fingertips. Highlighting Vietnam's major tourism destinations, it is targeted to high-end luxury travelers looking for a premium travel experience.
ARE YOUR READY TO DIE FOR METAL?

14 May 2013 | 1:44 pm

Theres not many video games for Heavy Metal fans, and there`s even fewer on the Appstore. Even when heavy metal is one of the worlds largest subcultures, with an extremely dedicated fan base. But now headbanger kids can rock out their frustration in "Die For Metal" for IOS (universal) and Android. It`s fast, It`s brutal and most importanly, it has an awsome soundtrack.
Farm UP Gets a Kindle Fire Release

14 May 2013 | 1:43 pm

Realore today announced that its classic farming simulator Farm UP is available for free download on the Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire. The game is set in the 1930s - the time of crisis in the agricultural state of Cloverland. Players' mission is to cleverly manage their skills to build the best agriculture business in the country.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs EX2F / smartphone vs smart camera

17 May 2013 | 10:54 am

Have you ever wondered how a 13-megapixel flagship smartphone like the Samsung Galaxy S4 stacks up against a 12-megapixel flagship compact camera like the Samsung EX2F in full auto mode? We certainly have. After all, smartphone camera technology is pushing barriers like a juiced up second-row mid-scrum. For many, smartphones have replaced point and shoots. Whether it's the fact a smartphone is always in your pocket or bag, or that the technology is so good, things will never be the same. To see whether the Samsung Galaxy S4 could really capture life…
iOS 7 rumour roundup

17 May 2013 | 9:46 am

We’ve got just over three weeks left to wait before Tim Cook takes the stage at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 10th and as one of the biggest single tech events in the calendar, we have high hopes for exciting new developments within the world of Apple and in particular, iOS. Whilst many are hoping for new iPhones and iPad Minis, not impossible so soon into 2013, we’re more certain of the arrival of iOS 7 – a release that could prove to be the most significant shift in Apple’s mobile OS to date. Confirmed announcement Although…
Apple iPad Mini 2 displays to be produced by Sharp, AUO and LG

17 May 2013 | 8:29 am

Amidst talk of the iPhone 5S, a second more affordable iPhone and iOS 7, WWDC 2013 may also serve as the launchpad for Apple’s latest pint-sized tablet - the iPad Mini 2. The current offering features a 7.9-inch LCD panel with a 1024x768 resolution, but word has this that its successor will break the Retina Display barrier. Talk of the next generation iPad Mini’s display has appeared on DigiTimes, who are reporting that three companies have been tasked with manufacturing a new higher resolution screen for the next tablet. Taiwanese manufacturer AU Optronics has been largely…
BBM for iOS won't include iPad support at launch

17 May 2013 | 4:17 am

BlackBerry dropped a bombshell earlier this week when it announced that BlackBerry Messenger would soon be a cross-platform solution. The popular messaging app will make an appearance on iOS and Android sometime this summer, but it won’t be making the jump to tablets just yet. That’s according to Trusted Reviews, who asked BlackBerry about potential plans for BBM on the iPad. BlackBerry made it clear that BBM for iOS would only be making an appearance on iPhones at launch. The company says that smartphones are the “real focus”, and that messaging apps better lend…
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 rumour roundup

17 May 2013 | 3:49 am

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - part smartphone, part tablet and on track to offer Samsung’s flagship smartphone experience on a large scale. We’ve trawled the web to find the freshest information on the phone cum tablet so you have the best picture of the end result before Samsung spills the beans. A few years ago consumers would have scoffed at the idea of a 5-inch smartphone, then the Samsung Galaxy Note came along and accumulated millions of sales worldwide. A year later and the Galaxy Note 2 wowed the tech world at IFA with a more refined user experience, quad-core processor and…

Perceptive Mobile Apps Blog
Why do Enterprises Build Enterprise Mobile Application Stores?

admin

7 May 2013 | 5:37 am

Enterprise mobility is the buzzword in 2013, and most large business organizations are working overtime to augment their business process by creating integrating custom mobile apps with their legacy IT infrastructure. This year, BYOD and internal mobile apps are set to push the boundaries of enterprise mobility. As a mobile app developer, businesses planning to take a plunge into enterprise mobile app development often ask me the rationale behind building an internal enterprise app store. Most enterprise-level companies want mobile apps to increase business flexibility, improve productivity…
Men Vs. Women Smartphone Usage Differences: Does it Affect Mobile App Development?

admin

23 Apr 2013 | 5:07 am

When Steve Jobs returned to a rotting Apple, Apple had dozens of different products targeting different segments in the market. None of them were doing to well. After he became the de facto CEO of the company in 2000, he stressed the importance of creating one awesome product instead of dissipating all the energies of the company on several below-average products and ideas. During the next few years, Apple focused on creating just one amazing product for every category – the iMac computer, iPod music player, iPhone mobile and iPad tablets. Why am I talking about Steve Jobs and Apple in a…
Android Jelly Bean: Most Persistent User Problems and Simple Solutions

admin

9 Apr 2013 | 3:24 am

Android aficionados who love cutting-edge smartphone features were happy with the latest Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2. update. This version of Android’s latest operating system included a number of bug fixes and quite a few of the user complaints were taken care of. While 4.2 offers several innovative features in combination with a much sleeker interface, a few user problems still persist, and a few new ones have cropped up. Let’s take a look at some of the most common problems experienced by a majority of Android users and see if there is a way to solve them. Some of the bugs are…
Educational Mobile Apps: Finding Success in the Campus and Classroom

admin

2 Apr 2013 | 12:10 am

Mobile technology has transformed our lives. The phrase, “We have all the information and knowledge of the world at our fingertips,” or any variation thereof, has become a cliché. The evolution of mobile technology has impacted all areas of human life. As technologies continue to be refined, new ways of deploying them emerge. Currently, we are seeing a boom in the mobile educational apps section. There are quite a few e-learning or education-related apps for smartphones and tablets in the market, but very few achieve success and popularity. The conflict between conventional education…
Seven Tips for Picking the Right Name for your Mobile Application

admin

21 Mar 2013 | 4:19 am

Your mobile application is your baby, brought forth after a long period of creative gestation. Naming a baby is simpler than naming an application as you don’t have to worry about advertising implications and SEO friendliness. The name that you give to your application is one of the biggest branding decisions you will take. A memorable and self-explanatory name may spike the popularity of your application, while a forgettable and unexciting name can consign it to oblivion. By the time you are done with the application development process, you would have a vague idea of adjectives and…

Stuff Reviews
Ford-EcoSport

admin

17 May 2013 | 11:21 am

Ford has been launched new Ford Ecosport. Ford Ecosport is powered by 1.0 L turbo-petrol engine with three-cylinder while Diesel variant has 1.5-litre diesel engine. Ford Ecosport is powered by Ford’s new technology EcoBoost engine series which produce around 120Ps power by turbo boost charging.Ford Ecosport gives a full comfort of Sedan and full thrill of any SUV. Price: Rs. 6,50,000 to Rs. 8,50,000. Ford EcoSport Diesel 1.5 Ambiente Features and Specification General Features Name EcoSport Diesel Model 1.5 Ambiente Segment C+ Segment Car Body Type SUV Warranty NA Engine Specifications…
Micromax A115 Canvas 3D – Price and Features

admin

14 May 2013 | 5:49 am

The micromax has been launched new Micromax A115 Canvas 3D.This is first mobile of micromax which has 3D display Android.This next version of Micromax Canvas HD A116 .Micromax A115 Canvas 3D powered by Android 4.1 (JellyBean) OS.Its supported by Dual SIM GSM + GSM/3G. Micromax A115 Canvas 3D Price in India : Rs.9,949 Technical Specifications for Micromax A115 Canvas 3D General Touchscreen Yes, Capacitive Chipset Processor 1 GHz Dual-core MediaTek MT6577 Memory & Storage Memory 1 GB RAM Internal 4 GB Expandable Up to 32 GB Display Resolution WVGA Size 5 inches Camera Video recording Yes…
Micromax A116 Canvas HD – HD mobile

admin

12 May 2013 | 8:20 am

Micromax has been launched new Micromax Canvas HD smartphone,it successors of Micromax’s Canvas series.Micromax Canvas HD powered by Android Jelly Bean OS with 1.2 GHz Quad Core Processor. Micromax A116 Canvas HD Price in India : Rs.14,399 Technical Specifications for Micromax A116 Canvas HD General Touchscreen Yes Dimensions (mm) 144x74x10.7 mm Chipset Processor 1.2 GHz MediaTek MT6589 Memory & Storage Memory 1 GB Internal 4 GB Expandable Up to 32 GB Display Type Capacitive Touch Resolution 1280×720 Size 5-inch Camera Video recording Yes Main (Rear) Camera 8 MP Flash LED Data…
Karbonn S2 Titanium-Price and Features

admin

10 May 2013 | 10:15 pm

The new Karbonn S2 Titanium is a 5-inch multi-touch display smartphone powered by a quad core processor . It is tlatest of Karbonn S1 Titanium and Karbonn S5 Titanium .It has many features like Dual SIM Support,3G Enabled and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth connectivity. Karbonn S2 Titanium Price in India : Rs.10,790 General Touchscreen Yes, Capacitive Chipset Processor 1.2 GHz Quad-core Memory & Storage Memory 1 GB Internal 4 GB Expandable Up to 32 GB Display Type Capacitive Touchscreen Resolution 960×540 pixels Size 5 inches Camera Video recording Yes Main (Rear) Camera 8 Megapixels Flash Yes Data…
Nikon Coolpix S2700

admin

29 Apr 2013 | 2:39 am

Nikon has been launched new Coolpix S2700 Digital Camera.It has 16 Megapixels,CCD image Sensor,2.7-inch LCD,Compatible with Eye-Fi cards and Motion blur reduction. Nikon Coolpix S2700 Digital Camera Key Features: General Camera Type Compact digital camera Pixels 16 Megapixels Digital zoom 4x Weight 125 g Chipset Processor EXPEED C2 Memory & Storage Expandable Storage SD/SDHC/SDXC Display Type TFT LCD Resolution 230k dots Size 2.7 inches Flash & Lense Range Approx. 50 cm (1 ft 8 in.) to infinity (W); Approx. 1m (3 ft 4 in.) to infinity (T) Auto Focus Contrast-detect Manual Focus Yes…

Apptamin
Taking An App From Good to Great: 6 App Pros Critique Share the Fare

Sylvain Gauchet

23 Apr 2013 | 12:38 pm

Getting your app into people’s hands is never easy. And when you add a chicken-and-egg problem to the mix, creating the right product and managing to build an audience of loyal customers requires a good strategy. Just like for the Hawaiian Words critique, we’ve gathered up a few app pros so together we can offer feedback to the Share the Fare team and help with their challenges: “The challenge on our end is that the service needs a baseline of users scattered around a similar area, activating the service at the same time. this is why we are pitching it to bar goers. Look forward…
App Marketing Tools For Developers

Sylvain Gauchet

23 Feb 2013 | 12:07 pm

Over the last few years, a lot of tools and services have been created for app developers. We can try and compare some of them, but obviously not all. Here is a list of a lot of them (inspired by Steve Blank’s Startup Tools), that we will update as we learn about new ones. Don’t hesitate to contact us at contact[at]apptamin.com to help us make that list better! Market Research Mockups/Prototyping UI Galleries Crowdfunding Localization Monetization Mobile App Testing User Feedback/CRM SDKs In-app Analytics SDK Marketing Analytics Push Notifications Affiliate Programs App Websites…
The iOS App Marketing Strategy Guide

Sylvain Gauchet

7 Feb 2013 | 6:53 am

After a few app launches, observing many more, talking with several app developers and testing cool services, we’re starting to get a pretty really good feeling about what can be done to make an app a success. We’ve been sharing some of it on our blog and great content from others on our Twitter account. And it’s time for more. How would I go about launching a new iOS app? What would I do to make sure it gets into people’s hands? This post is meant to describe all we can think of when it comes to iPad or iPhone app marketing and launching an app. [Upvote via…
How To Validate Your App Ideas

Sylvain Gauchet

13 Dec 2012 | 2:25 pm

This is a guest post by David Janner, editor of the MAKE APP Magazine. Find out more about him at the end of this post. Having a “cool app idea” isn’t enough. If you want to succeed in the app business then one thing you really need to do is market research before you launch into any app that you’re doing. Taking the time to really check that people will actually want your app will save you wasted time and money. Let’s examine that aims of market research in relation to app development. Targeting a broad niche vs. a micro-niche First of all you need to target and identify a certain…
Learn How People Use Your App – An App Analytics Tools Round-Up

Sylvain Gauchet

29 Nov 2012 | 8:46 am

Knowing how many people download your app, how much money you’re making or what users think of your app is important. But it’s definitely not the only thing you should be tracking. It’s not all about the number of downloads. You also need to learn how, when, where and by what kind of audience your app is used. Of course you can get a sense of that when you have people trying your app in front of you…But if you really want to know how well your app is doing, you need some more data. And believe it or not, your users are probably not using your app exactly like you think…

Idea to Appster
The Appster Checklist: 8 Things You Need to do Before Building an App

Sara Angeles

17 May 2013 | 5:29 am

In life, many of us need a road map to get anywhere. The same is true for building an app. Here’s an infographic to help make sure you have all your mallards in a row to successfully develop an app. The Appster Checklist: 8 Things You Need to do Before Building an App is a post from Idea to Appster - Build better apps. The post The Appster Checklist: 8 Things You Need to do Before Building an App appeared first on Idea to Appster.
Silicon Alley Beat: This Week’s New York Tech & Startup Events

Natasha Singh

13 May 2013 | 4:16 am

Monday – May 13, 2013 Meet Your Startup Neighbors For Lunch 1:00pm Free The Cupping Room Cafe, 359 W Broadway, New York, NY PHP and MySQL, What’s Cutting-Edge Now, What’ll Be in the Future 6:30pm Free TheLadders, 137 Varick Streeet, 3rd Floor, New York, NY I Built My Website, Now WHat? 6:300pm Free Wix Lounge, 10 West 18th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY May NYC Web Design Meetup 7:00pm Free AOL Ventures, 770 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY Tuesday – May 14, 2013 BitCoin NYC Vision and Strategy Meeting 6:00pm Free Starbucks, 370 7th Avenue, New York, NY Fractal Tree…
Hope for Windows Blue – and App Developers

Brian Hall

10 May 2013 | 4:00 am

Windows Phone is stuck in a distant third place in the “smartphone wars.” The news for Microsoft’s tablet’s isn’t much better. Should app developers give up on Windows 8? The short answer is: no. First, the bad news. Windows Phone has only a 6% share of the market in the U.S., and equivalent share in other key markets around the world. For tablets, it’s even worse. Of the 49 million tablets sold last quarter almost none of them were Windows 8 devices. According to IDC, Apple sold 19.5 million iPads. Samsung sold 9 million Android tablets. Microsoft sold less than 1 million. In…
How Much Does it Cost to Build An App? Part 2: A Case Study

Sara Angeles

9 May 2013 | 5:16 am

You asked, we answer. For those of you wondering how much it costs to build a minimal viable product or MVP app and how much more you’ll need to take it to the next level, here’s an infographic to illustrate the evolution of a real app from MVP to “final” product. The app is Dani’s List, the fun-to-do list of things you actually want to do! This app is published by Blue Label Labs, and the first post-MVP version of the app was just released this week. To the left you’ll see the costs to develop and release the MVP version of the app, and to the right is…
10 of the Biggest Mistakes You Can Make as an Appster (Infographic)

Sara Angeles

7 May 2013 | 5:46 am

Entrepreneurs do a lot of really dumb things. So we asked a few of them what they thought the biggest mistakes they or other Appsters make and we came up with this infographic: Did you enjoy this post? Sharing is caring! 10 of the Biggest Mistakes You Can Make as an Appster (Infographic) is a post from Idea to Appster - Build better apps. The post 10 of the Biggest Mistakes You Can Make as an Appster (Infographic) appeared first on Idea to Appster.

Tech Now News
5 Ways to Make Your Facebook Page Stand Out

Melissa Popp

18 May 2013 | 4:54 am

Introduction Facebook Pages are powerful tools to reach out and connect with an audience. With the shift from strictly finding pages by search, social media has become a powerful utility to gain an audience and get them coming back for more. We’ll give you five ways to make your Facebook Page stand out and help [...]
First Look at the New Sony 4k TV

Scott

17 May 2013 | 5:30 am

We were invited to a Sony event held at the pre-grand opening of the new HH Gregg store at the Dayton mall in Centerville Ohio. My first impression of this TV was simply “impressive”. The look of the TV is great, very sleek, simple and modern. I could not believe the quality of the picture on the [...]
How to Serve Your Brand on Social Platter

Patricia Jones

15 May 2013 | 5:30 am

Social media is no longer a medium of casual dialogues. There is no more denial that it has earned respect of being a potential multichannel marketing tool for brands looking to engage their customers at different levels. Today the situation is like that every brand wants to be directly in touch with their customers. Social [...]
5 of the Best Party Planning Apps

Scott

14 May 2013 | 5:30 am

Summer is almost here, so let the parties begin. But the best parties are those that have the best plan for making them happen. Unorganized events and parties can often times become very hectic and chaotic resulting in unhappy guests. We don’t want unhappy guests at your party, so we have went through the Apple App Store as well [...]
Know the Essentials of a Successful Business App

ViteMobileApps

11 May 2013 | 5:58 am

Smartphones and tablets are set to dethrone other mobile devices like laptop, etc. considering the functionality aspect and usability factor. This has inspired mobile app development companies to develop mobile business apps that not only cater to customer interests, but also generate leads. In short, considering the sentiments of the industry, mobile business app is [...]

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Lemonade Day and the App

Jess Richard

15 May 2013 | 9:06 am

When life hands you lemons….. start your own business! As many of you know CollegeMobile is an entrepreneurial venture founded by Chad Jones in 2009. Chad saw an amazing business opportunity in the world of mobile app development and started CollegeMobile and the rest is history. Around the same time I was working at a University entrepreneurial centre. Through the centre I took on a side project as the City Director of Lemonade Day Saskatchewan. Lemonade Day teaches children, in kindergarten to grade 8, the values and lessons of entrepreneurship. This program strives to plant the seeds…
Seeking Inspiration for Design

Yue Gao

1 May 2013 | 8:30 am

One of the most exciting things about our business, (aside from the cool apps we build!), is when we get to meet new clients and learn about their business. From this first discussion we hear develop mobile app ideas that can enhance their business and give some sort of value-add to their clients. Once we have gathered these ideas our Interaction Designers turn these ideas into actual mobile app designs. Here is a little insight from one of our Interaction Designers, Yue Gao: When I studied in HCI, we were taught that the user is very important. When I work with clients I try to…
Is Mobile Web Finally Dead?

CollegeMobile

27 Apr 2013 | 7:22 pm

“Is mobile web finally dead?” This question has been discussed for years. In terms of user preference, apps have won out as 85% of users prefer an app over a mobile website. But is mobile web truly dead right now? The answer depends on the demographics of your users – or more specifically, their phones – and how you think those demographics will change in the future. If you are targeting a tech-loving crowd with the latest smartphone in their hands or the “Generation Y” demographic, then yes, mobile web is dead. In this case, you shouldn’t spend…
ROI Series #3: Apps for Marketing and Customer Service

CollegeMobile

24 Apr 2013 | 4:30 pm

Every company that enquires about a mobile application wants to know the ROI. A few weeks ago, we covered “ROI – There’s an App for That, Part Two: Apps That Reduce Costs,” which revealed the ways a mobile app improves employee efficiency and reduces costs. Well, there’s still more to mobile apps than generating revenues from the app itself and reducing costs. Mobile apps can also be used to enhance marketing and customer service. These types of apps are designed for the customer and provide a sort of value-added service. Apps for marketing and customer service do not generate…
3 Apps to Put a “Spring” in Your Step

Jess Richard

9 Apr 2013 | 10:05 am

One of my favourite times of year is upon us: Spring. There is nothing like that first sight of light where there was dark, warmth where there was cold and vibrant colour where there was dull. Often at the first signs of spring many of us go through our closets, put away the wooly sweaters and furry boots and switch our closets over to lighter and breezier garments just waiting to be worn on the first warm day. I was thinking that I would apply this concept to my phone and put away some of my “heavier” winter apps, like Virtual Candle and Talking Santa to make way for some fun, breezy…

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Intermediate RQ4 Training: December 4 in Davidson, NC

Stacy Hamer

4 Dec 2013 | 12:00 am

Who Should Attend: Those who wear many hats, including Management, Administrative, Owners, Finance, and Inventory Dates: December 4 and December 5, 2013 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Place: Davidson, NC Cost: $450 per attendee Facilitator: Kris Rogers Do you wear many hats in your company by managing different facets of the organization? Do you know the basics but want to learn more about how to utilize the powerful tools that RQ4 has to offer to help you make better decisions, faster? If this is the case for you or others in your company, please join us in Davidson…
You Don't Know What You Don't Know Workshop: November 5 in Davidson, NC

Stacy Hamer

5 Nov 2013 | 12:00 am

Dates: November 5 and 6, 2013 Location: Davidson, NC Cost: $395 per person Facilitator: Kris Rogers More details coming soon. Sign Up Now!
Summit 2013: Save the Date! Oct. 20-22

Allan Pulga

22 Oct 2013 | 12:00 am

iQmetrix invites you to SAVE THE DATE for the 2013 Retail Summit: October 20-22, 2013. Same great resort in Scottsdale, Arizona: The luxurious AAA Five-Diamond Fairmont Scottsdale Resort. Enhanced content and agenda: Brand-New Keynote Speakers Customized Content (based on carrier, business size, and job role) Roundtable Discussions Specialized Hands-On Training Workshops Bigger and Better Vendor Showcase All-New Product Displays More Great Networking Opportunities See you in Arizona! The iQmetrix Team
Basic BI Training: September 5 in Vancouver, BC

Sarah Tuff

6 Sep 2013 | 12:00 am

Who Should Attend: New/Basic BI Users Dates: September 5 and September 6, 2013 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Place: Vancouver, BC Cost: $750 per attendee Facilitator: Sarah Tuff/Levi O’Brien ** Bring Your Laptop * Prerequisites At Bottom Of Article ** You will benefit from the knowledge of other industry leading retailers and networking opportunities. The BEST part: You will leave with completed reports and knowledge of how to create and deploy BI in your organization. During this intimate, how-to workshop session, we’ll show you concepts and reports…
Advanced BI Training: August 1 in Davidson, NC

Leigh Ann Castellano

2 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

Date: August 1 and August 2, 2013 Time: 9 - 5 PM Cost: $750 per person Location: Davidson, NC Facilitator: Sarah Tuff/Levi O'Brien More to come

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How To Sync Android With Mac?

Jove Welner

17 May 2013 | 12:59 pm

Q: Android, Check. Mac, Check. Now what? How should I sync both? A: Great question, we have been getting many variations of it. Most people find it easy to sync iPhone and iPads with Mac, but Android users fear they cannot accomplish it. You’ll be thrilled to hear that it’s pure rubbish, and in fact – even simpler, once you get the hang of using Google’s cloud space. If you use your Gmail on your Android via web browser, then there isn’t any need to sync your Emails. If you use the Mail.App, then head over to Preferences, Accounts and add your account with the…
How To Check iOS Version On iPad?

Jove Welner

17 May 2013 | 12:33 pm

Q: This might be silly, but I want to check the iOS version on my iPad and can’t find how to do so. A: No silly questions, just silly people! Seriously now, checking the iOS version of your iPad is super easy. Follow these nifty steps: 1) Settings. 2) About. 3) Check ‘Version’ in this screen; it’s your iPad’s iOS version. Knock yourself out, dear App Champ! The post How To Check iOS Version On iPad? appeared first on App Champ.
StumbleUpon’s iPhone App Surely Delivers

Aimee Millwood

15 May 2013 | 11:15 am

Hey there, App Champs! Until not long ago, I was old fashioned in the way I refused to introduce myself to the Content discovery networks that have gathered millions of curious fans. Lucky for me, those Social Bookmarking websites have long ago found their way to our pockets with cozy mobile Apps, and so did StumbleUpon. Like the StumbleUpon website, the new iPhone App compiles web pages according to your unique tastes. It then personalizes future selections according to what you have liked or disliked in the past, making your web-browsing experience tailored to your interests. The App shows…
How Do I Restore My iPhone From Backup?

Jove Welner

15 May 2013 | 12:30 am

Q: I recently had to Backup my iPhone, but I can’t seem to restore my iPhone from Back. How do i accomplish it? A: Sorry to hear that you had to Backup your iPhone. It usually means you had to submit the device to massive repairment, or just lost all your data by mistake. Basically, each time you plug your iPhone device to a Laptop or a PC, it syncs with iTunes and performs an iPhone backup automatically. Most people don’t know that, but their iPhone is already restored – they just have to head over to iTunes, right-click on their iPhone nickname at the left side of the…
Can I Charge iPhone With iPad Charger?

Jove Welner

14 May 2013 | 11:10 pm

Q: Woohoo, I bought an original iPhone from a friend. However, the only Charger i currently own belongs to my iPad 4. Can I charge iPhone with it? A: Congrats on your shiny new iPhone! The short answer is Yes; you can normally plug your iPad charger to your iPhone and charge it just fine. But the longer answer would be doing it with extreme caution, as many iPhone and iPad users have witnessed their iPhone battery life shortening after playing with the chargers. The higher amount of AMPS that the iPad requires to charge could negatively affect your iPhone working hours, and users have…

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Nokia Asha 501 announced, to be sold at $99

Sid Bandhu

9 May 2013 | 11:51 am

The Asha series gets a refresh.Nokia just announced the new Nokia Asha 501. The Nokia Asha 501 has to be the most stunning phone in the Asha series, featuring a touchscreen and bright colour options. Nokia has redesigned the S40 interface it uses in the Asha's to look a bit more like the Meego on the N9. The user interface is all swipe gesture based, which is easy to use, and perfect for a smaller screen."The Nokia Asha 501 is the first device to run on the new Asha platform", as stated on Nokia's website, so we can expect more phones in the Asha series with similar Lumia style design…
Pictures Surface Of What Could Be Motorola's X-Phone

Sid Bandhu

5 May 2013 | 6:19 pm

@evleaks, the notorious leaker of all things mobile, has posted pictures on Twitter of what could be, Motorola's X-Phone. The phone has been blackboxed, which is the black plastic case covering the phone, to avoid any leaks of the design. It definitely does not look like a phablet, more like 4.7 inch screen device which it is rumored to be. The pictures look a lot similar to the pictures of the X-Phone that were leaked last month on a Vietnamese website.In the pictures the phone is running on the AT&T network. The the three pictures the phones are connected to a…
Jelly Bean users rise to 28.4%, Gingerbread users fall to 38.5% and more in Android Users Charts

Sid Bandhu

2 May 2013 | 3:36 am

The Android developers have released details about the percentage of users having the different versions of Android OS on their devices.As you can see, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean are leading in the table. Jell y Bean has risen to 28.4%, Ice Cream Sandwich too has increased to 27.5%, whereas Gingerbread still manages to lead at 38.5%, but by only a small margin. That margin is decreasing every month.Android developers have also mentioned that from April 2013, they are using data collected from each device when the user visits the Google Play Store to make the charts.
Hands on with the new Google Play Store update.

Sid Bandhu

1 May 2013 | 6:33 am

The Google Play Store (formerly known as the Android Market) has been updated to version 4.0, bringing in a clean new interface and useful features.Apps, Games, Movies, Books (as well as Magazines and Music, which are not available in my country currently) are stacked together for easy access. The interface is fresh, clean and beautiful. Bright and colourful, text and visuals, the Play Store definitely stands out from the crowd.Apps, games, books, movies, all of the Play services are stacked under categories, which can be accessed by swiping to the left. Keep swiping to the right to see…
Google Now available for iPhone and iPad as update in Google Search app

Sid Bandhu

29 Apr 2013 | 1:10 pm

Google Now, meet iOSGoogle has announced Google Now, a popular feature in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and above which displays the "right information at the right time", for iPhone and iPad. This is a moment of celebration for iOS users since Google Now is really useful and was limited to the small percentage of people using Jelly Bean.Google Now will come within an update in the App Store. It's very easy to use. Just swipe up and Google Now will display. Since iOS is a closed OS, it will not have all the features of Google Now which are present in Android. Cards on iPhone will display the way…

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JavaScript Is Eating the World

nick kolakowski

16 May 2013 | 6:00 am

JavaScript Is Eating the World (via slashdot) With due apologies to Marc Andreessen, I believe that a very specific type of software is eating the world, namely, JavaScript. There are several trends and technologies that are coalescing at the same time to make Jeff Atwood’s famous “law”—any application that can be written in JavaScript… The post JavaScript Is Eating the World appeared first on Dice News.
How Android Helps Avoid Awkward Social Questions

Cat Miller

15 May 2013 | 7:00 am

Iceland’s population is part of a rather close family tree, which can make for some awkward social situations. While most people are likely to know whether they’re first cousins, there are always surprises, i.e., attending a family event and running into someone they’d hooked up with at some point in once-blissful ignorance. But now there’s a solution: An app. Specifically, the Islendiga-App. Cat explains. The post How Android Helps Avoid Awkward Social Questions appeared first on Dice News.
BlackBerry Unveils 4-Year Women’s STEM Scholarship

Mark Feffer

14 May 2013 | 2:05 pm

BlackBerry rolled out a “BlackBerry Scholars Program,” which the company describes as a first step in a global initiative to encourage more women to pursue STEM careers. The announcement was made at the BlackBerry Live event in Orlando, by Alicia Keys, who’s the company’s global creative director when she’s not in concert and recording albums. The program will provide full, four-year scholarships to “outstanding women” interested in technology careers, particularly in mobile. Says BlackBerry: “This scholarship program is the first step in…
Pure Android Collection: An App Promotional Powerhouse

Michelle Greenlee

8 May 2013 | 9:17 am

Introduced in October 2012, the Pure Android Collection on Google Play is an exclusive group of apps deemed worthy by Google’s Android Development & Design Teams. This group of apps is so exclusive only two have been accepted since the program’s inception last year. (Watch this episode of The App Clinic, where the collection is introduced to learn more about the criteria for selection.) “These apps represent examples that follow the Android design guidelines and coding best practices to create a great user experience that’s uniquely Android,” says Reto Meier,…
Windows RT Failing to Capture Tablet Market

nick kolakowski

2 May 2013 | 11:23 am

Windows RT Failing to Capture Tablet Market (via slashdot) Microsoft’s idea for Windows RT must have seemed like a winner on paper: craft a version of Windows for mobile devices built on the ARM chip architecture (which powers a sizable portion of tablets and smartphones on the market), send the resulting products into the ring against Apple and various… The post Windows RT Failing to Capture Tablet Market appeared first on Dice News.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 J Active: Rugged S4 Variant Specifications Revealed

18 May 2013 | 5:31 am

A week ago there was rumor about the expected and rugged version of the Samsung Galaxy S4. Later that week, reportedly, the Wall Street Journal had added a few more other details about the phone, which is being called the Samsung
Samsung Galaxy S4 Compatible TecTiles 2 NFC Stickers: Now Interact With Your Phone Creatively

18 May 2013 | 2:23 am

Samsung on Friday announced the availability of Galaxy S4 compatible TecTiles. Because of the incompatibility between Samsung S4 with original TecTiles (and other NFC tags) Samsung had to come with a new TecTiles for Samsung S4. Thus the device now is
Nokia 808 Pureview Update on Camera and Gallery Finally Comes to India

18 May 2013 | 2:09 am

The new Nokia software update on Nokia 808 Pureview has eventually landed in India. The update is only 2MB in size and should take no longer than 5 minutes to install. Nokia made this Gallery and Camera update available for its
Nokia EOS with Nokia Pro Camera App Allegedly Leaked: Why Is It Worth the Wait?

18 May 2013 | 12:40 am

Sometimes all you need is a little inspiration to keep rolling. True to its roots Nokia, the mobile handset vendor, who once ruled the market, is slated to announce EOS. Those who are not aware, the Nokia EOS, is the name
Lumia 925 vs iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S4 vs HTC One vs Sony Xperia Z: Which is The Best Camera Phone?

17 May 2013 | 8:00 am

This past week, the Finnish giant Nokia announced it's much appreciated - Lumia 925 in London. Known for crafting great camera devices, the struggling mobile phone maker is now claiming to have won the first battle. That said, the camera being

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