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(Read Write Web) — It’s now a little over 6 months into 2010, so a good time to reflect on the highlights of the year so far. At the beginning of the year, we identified some key trends to track: (in alphabetical order) Augmented Reality,Internet of Things, Mobile, Real-Time Web, Structured Data. Mobile and Real-Time Web have been particularly […]
(Read Write Web) — Last month, I decided to take to the road with my blogging. Armed with a 12-inch netbook, an iPhone and a 1995 Chevy Astro Van, I’ve hit the paved pathways with many intentions to see just how mobile technology can or cannot determine how we approach and experience the world. Just a […]
(Entrepreneur) — Directing customers to a nearby physical location is getting more sophisticated, thanks to mobile devices and emerging technologies known to marketers as location-based services, or simply LBS. There’s no need to get sophisticated in your approach to location-based marketing, however. The technology may be new, but the concept has been around ever since […]
(Entrepreneurs) — Seven years ago, this blog you’re reading now was an online column offering advice on such things as traveling with a PDA in lieu of a laptop. On that particular topic, I wrote that accessing the internet on a PDA was like “driving cross-country in a Pinto with a cracked windshield–painfully slow and monumentally irritating.” […]
(TG Daily) — There are nearly two-and-a-half times as many people using mobile Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace apps than there were last year, confirming it as the dominatingly largest growth area for the industry. According to the latest numbers from mobile analytic research firm Comscore, the number of people using a social networking app on […]
(TG Daily) –Microsoft introduced its Tag Reader, Fring was the first with video conferencing for Android smartphones and Firefox unveiled its long-awaited Home for the iPhone. It’s been a pretty good week for mobile apps. There have been some major developments. Let’s take a look at the pick of the bunch so far: Microsoft Tag Reader: Microsoft Tags […]
(Inc.com) — E-signatures are coming to a mobile phone near you. As business continues to move from the computer inside the office to the handheld on the go, digital signatures will allow busy professionals to conduct simple and legal transactions at any time and any place in real-time. Read More…
(Reuters) – Growing up in Ghana, Ashifi Gogo was amazed that he could surf the Internet on his mobile phone from anywhere, but couldn’t always get clean tap water to drink. “The only state-of-the-art infrastructure we have is our cellphone network,” said Gogo, a 28-year-old Dartmouth College engineering graduate, who co-founded Sproxil Inc., a cell-phone […]
MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest mobile-network operator, will sell fewer shares to black investors than first announced last year, Business Day reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Phuthuma Nhleko. Read More…