Can Apple, Samsung, and Amazon Make Google Irrelevant in Mobile?
DailyFinance
However, the biggest news emerging out of the tech world might be a fundamental reshaping of themobile space. While the defining battle of the smartphone world so far has been Google's (NAS: GOOG) Android versus Apple (NAS: AAPL) , a couple of key ...
See all stories on this topic »Yahoo shuts down 10 mobile apps
Fiercemobilecontent
Yahoo is decommissioning 10 of its mobile applications, most optimized for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android. The apps facing the ax are Yahoo Answers (Android), AppSpot (Android and iPhone), Deals (iPhone), Meme (iPad and ...
See all stories on this topic »Buncombe County joins world of mobile apps
Asheville Citizen-Times
The website could already be accessed with a mobile phone browser. However, YouTown allows for a cleaner navigation and customization. Perrone said the feedback has been positive so far. “We have received a few emails,” Perrone said.
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US mobile ad spending to touch $2.61b-mark in 2012: report
Eye For Travel
US mobile ad spending will grow 80 percent to $2.61 billion, according to eMarketer. The market is being driven by the rapid ascension of Google's mobile search advertising business, advertisers' growing attraction to display inventory on tablet and ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile apps sweep StartUp Weekend: Storrs
UConn Daily Campus
You may not be familiar with the mobile apps PlatForum, Sobrio, and MailStack, but you will be soon. The three new companies were all winners of StartUp Weekend: Storrs, an international business plan competition group that was hosted on the UConn ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile Gadgets Continue Leading Techworld
Manila Bulletin
Non-Windows fans, for the longest time, have been using the "there are no enough apps for Windowsphones" line to put down every argument for the Windows Phone. Although most everybody knows that it is not the quantity but the quality of applications ...
See all stories on this topic »Kayak Redesigns Travel Search Portal ; Now Consistent With Mobile UI
TechCrunch
The aim with the redesign is to create a more universal and comprehensive consumer experience across all Kayak platforms: web, mobile web and apps. One of the biggest changes users will see is that there is considerable more white space on the search ...
See all stories on this topic »Careful with custom Android ROMs, you could be the problem
ZDNet (blog)
Over the past month I went back to using Windows Phone as my primary mainly because the Galaxy Nexus just wasn't able to perform reliably as a mobile phone with call not going through or dropping constantly. It turns out that it was MY fault for this ...
See all stories on this topic »Wolverton: New Nokia phone no standout, but worth a look
San Jose Mercury News
Nokia and Microsoft, erstwhile big players in the US mobile market, have joined forces to get back in the game. A little more than a year ago, Microsoft launched a new mobile operating system called Windows Phone 7 to replace its aging Windows Mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Google instructs Android 4.0 developers to use Action Bar instead of menu button
Mobiletor.com
Google has been taking the Ice Cream Sandwich platform quite seriously, intending to make it a sleek mobile OS as illustrated by this move and the recent launch of the Android Design website. The latter was set up to guide app developers in designing ...
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Dan Reiter: Mobile devices disconnect us from people around us
Florida Today
Josh Freed of the Montreal Gazette compared the modern cell phone to the 20th-century cigarette.Phones are about the same shape and size of cigarette packs, stored in pockets and purses, and the perfect thing for fidgety people to do with their hands.
See all stories on this topic »GSMA Nominates Divide by Enterproid for Two 2012 Global Mobile Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
The Divide platform has been shortlisted as a nominee for two GSMA Global Mobile Awards - "Best Enterprise Mobile Service," which recognizes the most innovative mobile tools to help corporations or enterprise users work smarter and "do business better" ...
See all stories on this topic »Be careful, Big Google is watching you
The Australian
IF you use any of Google's many-faceted services -- Search, Gmail, Docs, Maps, YouTube, Books, Calendar, Contacts, to name a few -- or if you ever make calls on an Android mobile phone it will probably come as no surprise to realise that your movements ...
See all stories on this topic »Motorola Loses $70 Million Ahead of Google Acquisition
The VAR Guy
While the mobile world was caught up with what RIM's new CEO wasn't doing, Motorola published its Q4 2011 financial results. Although most numbers were positive, Motorola did post mobile losses ahead of its impending acquisition by Google.
See all stories on this topic »Social and Mobile Channels Will Evolve in 2012
Multichannel Merchant
Mobile commerce and social networks will continue to gain steam for merchants in 2012, and a key challenge for retailers will be keeping up with all the new devices, platforms and applications that make shopping more engaging.
See all stories on this topic »Breaking the Silicon Ceiling: Women Innovate Mobile
Forbes
With companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook as the main job and wealth creators America has seen in the last decade that is no surprise. The United States needs jobs and wealth. That is what a new accelerator, Women Innovate Mobile, ...
See all stories on this topic »Nokia shifted 417.1 million handsets in 2011 besting both Apple and Google
Know Your Mobile (blog)
Nokia is still the world's number one mobile phone vendor and shifted 417.1 million handsets globally in 2011, placing it well in front of Samsung, Apple and BlackBerry. Total mobile shipments for 2011 were up by 14 per cent year-on-year, according to ...
See all stories on this topic »A post-PC data "parable" reflects on rise of the iPad and mobility's meaning
Computerworld New Zealand
The exponential rise of mobile platforms represents the eclipse of the PC era, but it will be a gradual eclipse. By John Cox | Framingham | Tuesday, 31 January, 2012 The exponential rise of mobileplatforms represents the eclipse of the PC era, ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile web audience grows in France
Warc
PARIS: The number of people using the mobile internet in France has climbed by almost a quarter in the last year, with Google, YouTube and Facebook among the most popular sites in the country. Médiamétrie, the research firm, reported that 19m ...
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Entner: Research in Motion is frozen solid
FierceWireless
It had won the enterprise world with its outstanding mobile email implementation and was making inroads into the consumer market. Carrier demand for its BlackBerry devices was exploding. It seemed as if RIM was on a steady course.
See all stories on this topic »Zwoor.com Board Meeting iPad App - No Longer Just for Fortune 1000 Corporate ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The mobile applications are free to download from the iTunes store, Google Android or Amazon Android Marketplace. The subscription model for a Board meeting can be completely free for a Board Meeting, if ad supported. The Zwoor Event app puts all Board ...
See all stories on this topic »HTC's Velocity 4G smartphone is the first handset capable of using Telstra's ...
The Australian
Unless you plan to stream copious amounts of high-quality video to your phone or have large amounts of data to upload and download, a 4G mobile phone may be an expensive but unnecessary luxury. There's one other potential downside -- battery life.
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New Technology Package for Audi A6 and A7 Sportback
New Car Net
Through the Mobile Phone Preparation - High option, passengers can take advantage of online services provided by Google, such as Google Earth maps for navigation, while also surfing the internet and sending e-mail. Access to these features comes ...
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Best free browsers for smart phones
San Francisco Chronicle
Q: I'm not impressed by the Web browser that came with my Android smart phone. When I looked in the market, I saw a bunch of alternative browsers, but it's impossible to tell which are the best ones. Any thoughts? A: All mobile browsers do the same ...
See all stories on this topic »MetroPCS selects Ericsson as primary Microwave backhaul equipment provider
Einnews Portugal
As the global market leader in microwave backhaul, Ericsson will deploy microwave backhaul equipment which will allow greater backhaul capacity, allowing a better mobile broadband experience for consumers who want to surf the web, download apps and ...
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Will Google, NASA and Twitter follow EarthBuzz?
PR Web (press release)
Apple has given small developers a wonderful opportunity to innovate and create world-class mobile applications. In recognition of this, the initial release of EarthBuzz Free Weather is first available in the United Sates as a statement on our respect ...
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Rodax Software, Makers of Top-Rated Family Calendar App Skedi Family Calendar ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, WA, Jan 30, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Rodax Software Inc., a Seattle software company specializing in cloud-based productivity apps for mobile devices, today announced Skedi Lite, a new economy version of its top-rated family calendaring ...
See all stories on this topic »Lance a lot.com
New York Post
The seven-time Tour de France winner has snapped up a stake in Mobli, a socialnetworking startup, and will use his fame and legendary drive to help the company gain traction in the competitive field ofmobile apps, The Post has learned.
See all stories on this topic »Tech Hiring Trends 2012: What You Need to Know [INFOGRAPHIC]
Mashable
In 2012, there will be increased demand for mobile app developers, data warehouse analysts and user experience designers. Consider the number of people companies will need to hire to buildmobile applications across platforms for Apple products, ...
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DailyFinance
However, the biggest news emerging out of the tech world might be a fundamental reshaping of themobile space. While the defining battle of the smartphone world so far has been Google's (NAS: GOOG) Android versus Apple (NAS: AAPL) , a couple of key ...
See all stories on this topic »Yahoo shuts down 10 mobile apps
Fiercemobilecontent
Yahoo is decommissioning 10 of its mobile applications, most optimized for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android. The apps facing the ax are Yahoo Answers (Android), AppSpot (Android and iPhone), Deals (iPhone), Meme (iPad and ...
See all stories on this topic »Buncombe County joins world of mobile apps
Asheville Citizen-Times
The website could already be accessed with a mobile phone browser. However, YouTown allows for a cleaner navigation and customization. Perrone said the feedback has been positive so far. “We have received a few emails,” Perrone said.
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| Android malware or just 'aggressive' advertising? The Guardian But Lookout Mobile Security, which specialises in mobile and the Android sector, disagrees: "We disagree with the assessment that this is malware, although we do believe that the Apperhand SDK [contained in the apps] is an aggressive form of ad network ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Guardian |
| The mobile application developer community ITWeb It is projected that the Google Market (Google's App Store) will overtake the Apple app store in terms of available applications during the course of 2012. Mobileforecasting and research house Portio Research has indicated that mobile application... See all stories on this topic » |  ITWeb |
Eye For Travel
US mobile ad spending will grow 80 percent to $2.61 billion, according to eMarketer. The market is being driven by the rapid ascension of Google's mobile search advertising business, advertisers' growing attraction to display inventory on tablet and ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile apps sweep StartUp Weekend: Storrs
UConn Daily Campus
You may not be familiar with the mobile apps PlatForum, Sobrio, and MailStack, but you will be soon. The three new companies were all winners of StartUp Weekend: Storrs, an international business plan competition group that was hosted on the UConn ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile Gadgets Continue Leading Techworld
Manila Bulletin
Non-Windows fans, for the longest time, have been using the "there are no enough apps for Windowsphones" line to put down every argument for the Windows Phone. Although most everybody knows that it is not the quantity but the quality of applications ...
See all stories on this topic »Kayak Redesigns Travel Search Portal ; Now Consistent With Mobile UI
TechCrunch
The aim with the redesign is to create a more universal and comprehensive consumer experience across all Kayak platforms: web, mobile web and apps. One of the biggest changes users will see is that there is considerable more white space on the search ...
See all stories on this topic »Careful with custom Android ROMs, you could be the problem
ZDNet (blog)
Over the past month I went back to using Windows Phone as my primary mainly because the Galaxy Nexus just wasn't able to perform reliably as a mobile phone with call not going through or dropping constantly. It turns out that it was MY fault for this ...
See all stories on this topic »Wolverton: New Nokia phone no standout, but worth a look
San Jose Mercury News
Nokia and Microsoft, erstwhile big players in the US mobile market, have joined forces to get back in the game. A little more than a year ago, Microsoft launched a new mobile operating system called Windows Phone 7 to replace its aging Windows Mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Google instructs Android 4.0 developers to use Action Bar instead of menu button
Mobiletor.com
Google has been taking the Ice Cream Sandwich platform quite seriously, intending to make it a sleek mobile OS as illustrated by this move and the recent launch of the Android Design website. The latter was set up to guide app developers in designing ...
See all stories on this topic »
| NTT DoCoMo asks Google to limit Android data use Geek Ever since the smartphone became popular, the mobile networks have been complaining about how much extra data users pull down and the stress that puts on their infrastructure. Such data use has seen most networks introduce caps on contracts and ... See all stories on this topic » |  Geek |
Florida Today
Josh Freed of the Montreal Gazette compared the modern cell phone to the 20th-century cigarette.Phones are about the same shape and size of cigarette packs, stored in pockets and purses, and the perfect thing for fidgety people to do with their hands.
See all stories on this topic »GSMA Nominates Divide by Enterproid for Two 2012 Global Mobile Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
The Divide platform has been shortlisted as a nominee for two GSMA Global Mobile Awards - "Best Enterprise Mobile Service," which recognizes the most innovative mobile tools to help corporations or enterprise users work smarter and "do business better" ...
See all stories on this topic »Be careful, Big Google is watching you
The Australian
IF you use any of Google's many-faceted services -- Search, Gmail, Docs, Maps, YouTube, Books, Calendar, Contacts, to name a few -- or if you ever make calls on an Android mobile phone it will probably come as no surprise to realise that your movements ...
See all stories on this topic »Motorola Loses $70 Million Ahead of Google Acquisition
The VAR Guy
While the mobile world was caught up with what RIM's new CEO wasn't doing, Motorola published its Q4 2011 financial results. Although most numbers were positive, Motorola did post mobile losses ahead of its impending acquisition by Google.
See all stories on this topic »Social and Mobile Channels Will Evolve in 2012
Multichannel Merchant
Mobile commerce and social networks will continue to gain steam for merchants in 2012, and a key challenge for retailers will be keeping up with all the new devices, platforms and applications that make shopping more engaging.
See all stories on this topic »Breaking the Silicon Ceiling: Women Innovate Mobile
Forbes
With companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook as the main job and wealth creators America has seen in the last decade that is no surprise. The United States needs jobs and wealth. That is what a new accelerator, Women Innovate Mobile, ...
See all stories on this topic »Nokia shifted 417.1 million handsets in 2011 besting both Apple and Google
Know Your Mobile (blog)
Nokia is still the world's number one mobile phone vendor and shifted 417.1 million handsets globally in 2011, placing it well in front of Samsung, Apple and BlackBerry. Total mobile shipments for 2011 were up by 14 per cent year-on-year, according to ...
See all stories on this topic »A post-PC data "parable" reflects on rise of the iPad and mobility's meaning
Computerworld New Zealand
The exponential rise of mobile platforms represents the eclipse of the PC era, but it will be a gradual eclipse. By John Cox | Framingham | Tuesday, 31 January, 2012 The exponential rise of mobileplatforms represents the eclipse of the PC era, ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile web audience grows in France
Warc
PARIS: The number of people using the mobile internet in France has climbed by almost a quarter in the last year, with Google, YouTube and Facebook among the most popular sites in the country. Médiamétrie, the research firm, reported that 19m ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Images and reviews vital to mobile internet theEword (blog) A study has shown that people seeking internet information using their mobile phonesare more likely to click further if there are images and reviews present. The research, conducted by digital agency Mediative, monitored people using the Google Places ... See all stories on this topic » |  theEword (blog) |
FierceWireless
It had won the enterprise world with its outstanding mobile email implementation and was making inroads into the consumer market. Carrier demand for its BlackBerry devices was exploding. It seemed as if RIM was on a steady course.
See all stories on this topic »Zwoor.com Board Meeting iPad App - No Longer Just for Fortune 1000 Corporate ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The mobile applications are free to download from the iTunes store, Google Android or Amazon Android Marketplace. The subscription model for a Board meeting can be completely free for a Board Meeting, if ad supported. The Zwoor Event app puts all Board ...
See all stories on this topic »HTC's Velocity 4G smartphone is the first handset capable of using Telstra's ...
The Australian
Unless you plan to stream copious amounts of high-quality video to your phone or have large amounts of data to upload and download, a 4G mobile phone may be an expensive but unnecessary luxury. There's one other potential downside -- battery life.
See all stories on this topic »
| A Guide To Google's Android OS EFYTimes (press release) According to Andy Rubin, senior vice president of mobile at Google, the company activates 700000 Android devices everyday. Gartner estimates reveal that Android occupies 52.5 per cent of the global smartphone market, which is pretty high as compared to ... See all stories on this topic » |  EFYTimes (press release) |
New Car Net
Through the Mobile Phone Preparation - High option, passengers can take advantage of online services provided by Google, such as Google Earth maps for navigation, while also surfing the internet and sending e-mail. Access to these features comes ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Google business flourishing amid Arab Spring: Google's regional head Ahram Online AO: Google unveiled a voice search applications through mobile phones. When can we find it on the personal computer? MG: This service is already available for the desktop, but not in Arabic language. Along with the relative difficulty of the Arabic ... See all stories on this topic » |  Ahram Online |
San Francisco Chronicle
Q: I'm not impressed by the Web browser that came with my Android smart phone. When I looked in the market, I saw a bunch of alternative browsers, but it's impossible to tell which are the best ones. Any thoughts? A: All mobile browsers do the same ...
See all stories on this topic »MetroPCS selects Ericsson as primary Microwave backhaul equipment provider
Einnews Portugal
As the global market leader in microwave backhaul, Ericsson will deploy microwave backhaul equipment which will allow greater backhaul capacity, allowing a better mobile broadband experience for consumers who want to surf the web, download apps and ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Expected Tech Trends for 2012 Macworld UK CES showcased phones that offered improved connectivity thanks to 4G mobiletechnology on new handsets from HTC, Sony and Nokia. The former also introduced us to the mighty Titan II, which comes complete with a whopping 16-megapixel camera built-in. See all stories on this topic » |  Macworld UK |
PR Web (press release)
Apple has given small developers a wonderful opportunity to innovate and create world-class mobile applications. In recognition of this, the initial release of EarthBuzz Free Weather is first available in the United Sates as a statement on our respect ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Be Prepared for the Mobile Traffic Revolution Online Media Direct Ltd (blog) Because smartphones and tablets such as the iPhone and iPad have a full browsing ability, unlike the previous generation of mobile phones, they can still navigate a “normal” webpage without too much difficulty. Nevertheless, they still benefit from a ... See all stories on this topic » |  Online Media Direct Ltd (blog) |
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, WA, Jan 30, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Rodax Software Inc., a Seattle software company specializing in cloud-based productivity apps for mobile devices, today announced Skedi Lite, a new economy version of its top-rated family calendaring ...
See all stories on this topic »Lance a lot.com
New York Post
The seven-time Tour de France winner has snapped up a stake in Mobli, a socialnetworking startup, and will use his fame and legendary drive to help the company gain traction in the competitive field ofmobile apps, The Post has learned.
See all stories on this topic »Tech Hiring Trends 2012: What You Need to Know [INFOGRAPHIC]
Mashable
In 2012, there will be increased demand for mobile app developers, data warehouse analysts and user experience designers. Consider the number of people companies will need to hire to buildmobile applications across platforms for Apple products, ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Nothing Like a Phishing Trip to Bring Enemies Closer Marketing Pilgrim If you were asked what it would take to get Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Aol and other to come together, agree on something and work together to accomplish something that would benefit most of the online world, what would it be? See all stories on this topic » |  Marketing Pilgrim |