Is Google headed toward an Android Nexus PC?
CNET (blog)
In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon discusses whether Google will use the Android mobile OS or browser-based Chrome OS to take on Apple and Microsoft in computing, and she explains why it's still important to check the coverage of your ... Google hopes to address these shortcomings with a variety of technologies, including Native Client, the Dart programming language, and most recently, Chrome packaged apps, which aim to let browser-based apps take on another collection of abilities ...
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Support for Apple iOS over Android for enterprise apps widens significantly
eChannelLine
The report also shows that developers are interested in Microsoft's Windows 8 platform and that cloud services will play a big role in developing mobile apps moving forward. "The big news is that Apple's iOS took a dramatic lead over Google's Android in the ...
See all stories on this topic »BofA adds cheque deposit feature to mobile apps
Finextra
Bank of America offers customized, downloadable applications for the most popular mobileplatforms, including iPhone, iPad, Google Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Google Android Tablet™ and Kindle Fire™. In addition, Merrill Edge gives its ...
See all stories on this topic »Those Free Mobile Apps May Come at a Price: The Latest BYOD Threat
NetworkComputing.com
Appthority yesterday released its July App Reputation Report, which takes a top-level view of mobile apps and how they affect security and privacy. "We took the top 50 iOS free apps and the top 50 Android free apps ... Researchers at Trustwave's SpiderLabs yesterday presented a way to get around Google Play's Bouncer malware filter by progressively updating a benign app to execute more and more malicious activity unbeknownst to the app's user. In the process, the researchers submitted 11 versions of the same ...
See all stories on this topic »How to Create IPhone and IPad Apps With No Programming Skills Revealed
Equities.com
How to create iPhone and iPad apps is one of the most popular searches according to Googlesearch metrics in 2012. The consistent growth of smartphone users around the world is also increasing the demand for mobile application developers. For the ...
See all stories on this topic »Google redesigns the TV with Fiber TV: a new DVR, mobile apps, and voice search
The Verge
Google redesigns the TV with Fiber TV: a new DVR, mobile apps, and voice search. By David Pierce on July 26, 2012 12:37 pm 300Comments. Google Fiber TV ... Google also announced appsfor iOS and Android that let you search for things to watch (by text or by voice), and control both live TV and DVR. The Google Nexus 7, for instance, will come with a Fiber TV app — and there's a free Nexus 7 included in the TV package. .... Windows Phone 8 SDK screenshots. about 3 hours ago · Video. 90SoTV with TC 2 ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook has 543 million mobile users but Zuckerberg says no to "Facebook ...
BGR India
Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the earnings call with his opening remarks focused on mobile and how it was more important than ever for his company to get its mobile apps right and start generating revenues. Of the social ... There are a lot of things that you can build in other operating systems as well that aren't really taking – that aren't really like building out a whole phone, which I think wouldn't really make much sense for us to do,” Zuckerberg said while answering a question related to building the Facebook Phone.
See all stories on this topic »Developer base and phone to boost mobile Facebook
Rethink Wireless
It will also have responsibility for attracting third party developers, to try to rival the networks ofGoogle and Apple. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in May that improvingmobile applications was his "first priority" for 2012, with an emphasis on improved quality as well as quantity - Facebook mobile apps have often come under fire for being slow or buggy. The company recently launched its App Center - a recommendation hub and streamlined discovery tool rather than a full app store - in the US ...
See all stories on this topic »ABI: Developers are in for a dose of reality as mobile app downloads decline
BGR
... in mobile app downloads. While ABI sees native app downloads per smartphone user on platforms like Apple's (AAPL) iOS and Google's (GOOG) Android OS increasing to 37 in 2012 from 35 last year, the long-term trend is negative. ... The next waves of smartphone subscribers in the more mature app markets of the United States, Western Europe, and parts of Asia will be downloading quite notably fewer apps than, say, the first one-third of the mobile consumers who bought smartphones.” Another major factor ...
See all stories on this topic »Windows Phone 8, Windows Tablet Apps: Bad News, Good News
The VAR Guy
... business applications for XP, Vista and Windows 7 will start to pop up in the Windows 8 world. Among those writing apps for Windows 8 tablets and Windows Phone 8 is Level Platforms, an MSP software provider and mobile device management specialist.
See all stories on this topic »Galaxy S3 Google local search function disabled
Mazuma Mobile
Samsung has disabled an advanced Google local search function from its flagship mobile phone - the Galaxy S3 - following a patent dispute with Apple. It is an update to the international version of the smartphone and once it is installed the phones no longer ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Adds Handwriting Recognition To Search In Your Mobile Browser ...
Android Police
In its endless attempts to make searching easier for everyone, Google has introduced yet another way to search via its mobile site at google.com: handwriting recognition. If you go to Google'ssearch page from your phone or tablet's mobile browser and ...
See all stories on this topic »Tips to Get Your Customers to "Check In"
Business 2 Community
Nearly half of all U.S. adults now own a smart phone. Social sites like Facebook, Yelp, Google, and Foursquare (and many more) have created apps for mobile phones that let users “check in” to locations and announce to the world where they are, and what ...
See all stories on this topic »Google goes fiber
CNET (blog)
Google has launched a Fiber TV and Internet service in Kansas City, Mo., as part of a beta test. The service provides customers with 1Gbps broadband speed and fiber television that uses an interactive interface. Now while it may not get you all of your favorite ...
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Google launches Kansas City fiber net, intros Google Fiber TV
CNET (blog)
Windows Software · Mac Software · iOS Apps · Android Apps · The Download Blog · CNET TV ...The company is showing the broadband and paid TV industry how services should be delivered as it introduces its Google Fiber 1-gigabit-per-second service and a new Google Fiber television service.... Marguerite Reardon has been a CNET News reporter since 2004, covering cell phone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate, as well as the ongoing consolidation of thephone companies.
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Amazon woos developers for apps to take on Google, Apple
Hindustan Times
But analysts say it is also taking aim at the booming market for mobile applications and games, increasing competition with platform operators Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook. Amazon has assembled a team, overseen by Aaron Rubenson, that works ...
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Black Hat 2012: Poor mobile app security drains enterprise data
TechTarget
Domingo Guerra, president and co-founder of San Francisco-based Appthority, said that's becausemobile apps are easily downloaded and can tap into a variety of data sources that could potentially leak sensitive information. Guerra, who is attending the 2012 ... The analysis also found Apple iOSapps outpace apps on Google Android devices in their level of access to data sources. The majority of iOS apps (88%) can ... Windows Phone 7 security features are proving to be a mixed bag. Sam Cattle assesses the ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Talk outage hits 'majority of users'
CNET
"The problem with Google Talk should be resolved," Google wrote on its App Status dashboard at 8:25 a.m. PT. "We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top ...
See all stories on this topic »Magid: A few phone safety tips
San Jose Mercury News
... all backed up in the cloud. I use Gmail and let Google (GOOG) store my contact lists and calendar on both my iPhone and my Android phones, and my wife does the same ... I would worry a little about my data getting into the wrong hands, but there are Apps for that. Apple's iOS ... The study's sponsor, GFI, just launched GFI VIPRE Mobile Security Premium, which includes these features along with anti-virus protection, online backup and activity monitoring and location tracking of children's' phones. The "freemium" ...
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Mobile News Wrap-Up: July 26, 2012
Side Mission (blog)
... Top 10 Zombie Games for iPhone And iPad · Top 10 Role-Playing Games for iPhone and iPad · Best PC Games for iPhone and iPad · MOBILE BLOG HOME» · Facebook · Twitter · Google Plus One ... Darksiders II. Death Comes for All Trailer · #Mobile Apps ...
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Search In Cursive: Google Now Lets You Hand-Write Search Queries On ...
TechCrunch
There are, of course, already a number of mobile apps on the market that offer handwriting recognition and Android users can use tools like Swype to make typing easier, but as far as I know, this is the first time somebody has implemented this feature on a mobile site. To enable this feature on your phone, just head for the settings menu at the bottom of Google's mobile search screen (or on the top right if you are on a tablet) and look for the new “Handwrite” option. Once enabled, a new icon will appear in the bottom ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile app puts a new twist on finding things to do
U-T San Diego
Jan Anton thinks his company has created a better mousetrap with Time to Enjoy, a mobile app that allows users to search for things to do based on their location and the time of day that they want to go out. The struggle for Anton – as ... That's almost 37 apps for the average smart phone user, up from 35 apps downloaded per smart phone on average in 2011. Since it launched in April, ... The company hopes to release a version for smart phones running Google's Android operating system later this year. For now, the ...
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Evolution of the Mobile Phones
Business Insider
From the enormous, 80-pound, car-mounted beasts to tiny terminals in our back pockets—mobile phones have come a long way. What was once thousands of dollars, two pounds, ... 2007 - The first iPhone launches, featuring a touchscreen and countless apps. 2008 - The first Android phone, the HTC Dream, is released. 2008 - The iPhone App Store launches. 2011 - Google & Visa announce their mobile wallet services, allowing users to make payments using their mobile devices. The services will likely usher in a ...
See all stories on this topic »Bank of America Rolls Out Mobile Check Deposit Service
American Banker (subscription)
The payment feature will be available in the bank's mobile apps for the iPad, iPhone, GoogleAndroid smartphone or tablet, Kindle Fire and Windows Phone or via mobile browser in select states and nationwide by mid-August. The Charlotte bank says those ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook's value slides by $10 billion; outlook unclear
Chicago Tribune
Facebook is investing heavily in improving mobile apps and building a platform on top of which newapps can be built, but so far that has increased capital expenditure but not delivered big gains in revenue. The company, which competes with established Web companies such as Google Inc and Yahoo Inc, said capital spending more than tripled to $413 million in the second quarter. "Facebook is in the early stages of an important transition in its (mobile) advertising business that should drive accelerating growth ...
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Facebook Phone, Or Facebook Faceplant?
InformationWeek
This weighs heavily with investors, who believe Facebook is blowing an opportunity to plaster itsmobile apps with ads that would be viewed by hundreds of millions of users. ... HootSuite Rolls OutGoogle + Pages, Here Is How To Set It Up — socialmouths ...
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CNET (blog)
In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon discusses whether Google will use the Android mobile OS or browser-based Chrome OS to take on Apple and Microsoft in computing, and she explains why it's still important to check the coverage of your ... Google hopes to address these shortcomings with a variety of technologies, including Native Client, the Dart programming language, and most recently, Chrome packaged apps, which aim to let browser-based apps take on another collection of abilities ...
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| Must-have mobile apps for the Olympics TechHive No longer available for iOS users in the U.S. after a brief appearance in the App Store, Android users can still grab the BBC's mobiler offering from Google's Android Market. And BBC Olympics is just too good to overlook: Targeted at mobile phone users who... See all stories on this topic » |  TechHive |
eChannelLine
The report also shows that developers are interested in Microsoft's Windows 8 platform and that cloud services will play a big role in developing mobile apps moving forward. "The big news is that Apple's iOS took a dramatic lead over Google's Android in the ...
See all stories on this topic »BofA adds cheque deposit feature to mobile apps
Finextra
Bank of America offers customized, downloadable applications for the most popular mobileplatforms, including iPhone, iPad, Google Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Google Android Tablet™ and Kindle Fire™. In addition, Merrill Edge gives its ...
See all stories on this topic »Those Free Mobile Apps May Come at a Price: The Latest BYOD Threat
NetworkComputing.com
Appthority yesterday released its July App Reputation Report, which takes a top-level view of mobile apps and how they affect security and privacy. "We took the top 50 iOS free apps and the top 50 Android free apps ... Researchers at Trustwave's SpiderLabs yesterday presented a way to get around Google Play's Bouncer malware filter by progressively updating a benign app to execute more and more malicious activity unbeknownst to the app's user. In the process, the researchers submitted 11 versions of the same ...
See all stories on this topic »How to Create IPhone and IPad Apps With No Programming Skills Revealed
Equities.com
How to create iPhone and iPad apps is one of the most popular searches according to Googlesearch metrics in 2012. The consistent growth of smartphone users around the world is also increasing the demand for mobile application developers. For the ...
See all stories on this topic »Google redesigns the TV with Fiber TV: a new DVR, mobile apps, and voice search
The Verge
Google redesigns the TV with Fiber TV: a new DVR, mobile apps, and voice search. By David Pierce on July 26, 2012 12:37 pm 300Comments. Google Fiber TV ... Google also announced appsfor iOS and Android that let you search for things to watch (by text or by voice), and control both live TV and DVR. The Google Nexus 7, for instance, will come with a Fiber TV app — and there's a free Nexus 7 included in the TV package. .... Windows Phone 8 SDK screenshots. about 3 hours ago · Video. 90SoTV with TC 2 ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook has 543 million mobile users but Zuckerberg says no to "Facebook ...
BGR India
Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the earnings call with his opening remarks focused on mobile and how it was more important than ever for his company to get its mobile apps right and start generating revenues. Of the social ... There are a lot of things that you can build in other operating systems as well that aren't really taking – that aren't really like building out a whole phone, which I think wouldn't really make much sense for us to do,” Zuckerberg said while answering a question related to building the Facebook Phone.
See all stories on this topic »Developer base and phone to boost mobile Facebook
Rethink Wireless
It will also have responsibility for attracting third party developers, to try to rival the networks ofGoogle and Apple. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in May that improvingmobile applications was his "first priority" for 2012, with an emphasis on improved quality as well as quantity - Facebook mobile apps have often come under fire for being slow or buggy. The company recently launched its App Center - a recommendation hub and streamlined discovery tool rather than a full app store - in the US ...
See all stories on this topic »ABI: Developers are in for a dose of reality as mobile app downloads decline
BGR
... in mobile app downloads. While ABI sees native app downloads per smartphone user on platforms like Apple's (AAPL) iOS and Google's (GOOG) Android OS increasing to 37 in 2012 from 35 last year, the long-term trend is negative. ... The next waves of smartphone subscribers in the more mature app markets of the United States, Western Europe, and parts of Asia will be downloading quite notably fewer apps than, say, the first one-third of the mobile consumers who bought smartphones.” Another major factor ...
See all stories on this topic »Windows Phone 8, Windows Tablet Apps: Bad News, Good News
The VAR Guy
... business applications for XP, Vista and Windows 7 will start to pop up in the Windows 8 world. Among those writing apps for Windows 8 tablets and Windows Phone 8 is Level Platforms, an MSP software provider and mobile device management specialist.
See all stories on this topic »Galaxy S3 Google local search function disabled
Mazuma Mobile
Samsung has disabled an advanced Google local search function from its flagship mobile phone - the Galaxy S3 - following a patent dispute with Apple. It is an update to the international version of the smartphone and once it is installed the phones no longer ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Adds Handwriting Recognition To Search In Your Mobile Browser ...
Android Police
In its endless attempts to make searching easier for everyone, Google has introduced yet another way to search via its mobile site at google.com: handwriting recognition. If you go to Google'ssearch page from your phone or tablet's mobile browser and ...
See all stories on this topic »Tips to Get Your Customers to "Check In"
Business 2 Community
Nearly half of all U.S. adults now own a smart phone. Social sites like Facebook, Yelp, Google, and Foursquare (and many more) have created apps for mobile phones that let users “check in” to locations and announce to the world where they are, and what ...
See all stories on this topic »Google goes fiber
CNET (blog)
Google has launched a Fiber TV and Internet service in Kansas City, Mo., as part of a beta test. The service provides customers with 1Gbps broadband speed and fiber television that uses an interactive interface. Now while it may not get you all of your favorite ...
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| Google Nexus 7 vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 - specs comparison ITProPortal Samsung was once the preferred partner of Google, producing not one but two Nexusmobile phones. These were the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus. Google's Nexus alliance has switched of late, with the Internet search engine giant partnering with Asus for the Nexus 7 Android tablet. Samsung recently released a 7in tablet: the ... by adding a 32GB memory card. Obviously, the Nexus 7 can get around storage limitations with Dropbox or Box.net apps, but this doesn't entirely make up for the lack of a microSD card slot. See all stories on this topic » |  ITProPortal |
| NFC Exploit Can Expose Your Android Smartphone Gotta Be Mobile On more recent Android OS versions, NFC has been used not only for digital wallet andmobile payments through services like Google Wallet, but also to check in to places, command phones using smart tags to alter device settings or launch apps. In a report... See all stories on this topic » |  Gotta Be Mobile |
CNET (blog)
Windows Software · Mac Software · iOS Apps · Android Apps · The Download Blog · CNET TV ...The company is showing the broadband and paid TV industry how services should be delivered as it introduces its Google Fiber 1-gigabit-per-second service and a new Google Fiber television service.... Marguerite Reardon has been a CNET News reporter since 2004, covering cell phone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate, as well as the ongoing consolidation of thephone companies.
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| Zuck On Facebook's Mobile Experience: It Gets Better (But We Probably Won't ... TechCrunch “Facebook is the most used app on basically every mobile platform. So when we think about what we want to do right now, we want to increase the depth of experience in addition to just growing users. We want to not just have applications that people use, but ... See all stories on this topic » |  TechCrunch |
Hindustan Times
But analysts say it is also taking aim at the booming market for mobile applications and games, increasing competition with platform operators Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook. Amazon has assembled a team, overseen by Aaron Rubenson, that works ...
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| Digital Firm Concludes Facebook's Problem is Mobile Rapaport Despite Zuckerberg's focus on mobile, the challenge of how Facebook monetizes people's usage of its network over mobile phones continues to be a primary concern for investors, according to digital marketing firm Greenlight. Since a phone is not part of Facebook's plans, ... ''Suffice to say, yesterday's earnings call shows Facebook to be a great company that can make lots of money, but in the mobile battle, Googleand Apple remain far ahead of the pack,'' Pouros concluded. Greenlight's research found that roughly ... See all stories on this topic » |  Rapaport |
TechTarget
Domingo Guerra, president and co-founder of San Francisco-based Appthority, said that's becausemobile apps are easily downloaded and can tap into a variety of data sources that could potentially leak sensitive information. Guerra, who is attending the 2012 ... The analysis also found Apple iOSapps outpace apps on Google Android devices in their level of access to data sources. The majority of iOS apps (88%) can ... Windows Phone 7 security features are proving to be a mixed bag. Sam Cattle assesses the ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Talk outage hits 'majority of users'
CNET
"The problem with Google Talk should be resolved," Google wrote on its App Status dashboard at 8:25 a.m. PT. "We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top ...
See all stories on this topic »Magid: A few phone safety tips
San Jose Mercury News
... all backed up in the cloud. I use Gmail and let Google (GOOG) store my contact lists and calendar on both my iPhone and my Android phones, and my wife does the same ... I would worry a little about my data getting into the wrong hands, but there are Apps for that. Apple's iOS ... The study's sponsor, GFI, just launched GFI VIPRE Mobile Security Premium, which includes these features along with anti-virus protection, online backup and activity monitoring and location tracking of children's' phones. The "freemium" ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Sydney real-time bus app data still on hold Sydney Morning Herald The prospect of mobile phone apps showing the real-time movement of buses around Sydney's roads remains some way off, more than a year after independent developers came up with apps that could easily do the job. After years of abortive efforts, Sydney finally joined the likes of Canberra and Adelaide among 400 cities this week when the state government and Google announced that public transport information would now feature on Google Maps. People have tried to get hold of that data from the relevant ... See all stories on this topic » |  Sydney Morning Herald |
| Google Approves an App that Steals All Your Data Technology Review Google's automated "Bouncer" for apps, which should prevent harmful mobilesoftware from appearing in the company's app store, appears to have serious blind spots. The system repeatedly scanned but let pass an app that stealthily steals personal data ... See all stories on this topic » |  Technology Review |
Side Mission (blog)
... Top 10 Zombie Games for iPhone And iPad · Top 10 Role-Playing Games for iPhone and iPad · Best PC Games for iPhone and iPad · MOBILE BLOG HOME» · Facebook · Twitter · Google Plus One ... Darksiders II. Death Comes for All Trailer · #Mobile Apps ...
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| Firefox 16 for Android receives support for ARMv6 in nightly build Android Authority Google has already started doing that with Chrome, for example, which only supports the ARMv7 architecture, even if you have Android 4.0 on your phone. Until recently, Firefox for Android only supported ARMv7 as well, but seeing how they started so late in ... See all stories on this topic » |  Android Authority |
TechCrunch
There are, of course, already a number of mobile apps on the market that offer handwriting recognition and Android users can use tools like Swype to make typing easier, but as far as I know, this is the first time somebody has implemented this feature on a mobile site. To enable this feature on your phone, just head for the settings menu at the bottom of Google's mobile search screen (or on the top right if you are on a tablet) and look for the new “Handwrite” option. Once enabled, a new icon will appear in the bottom ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile app puts a new twist on finding things to do
U-T San Diego
Jan Anton thinks his company has created a better mousetrap with Time to Enjoy, a mobile app that allows users to search for things to do based on their location and the time of day that they want to go out. The struggle for Anton – as ... That's almost 37 apps for the average smart phone user, up from 35 apps downloaded per smart phone on average in 2011. Since it launched in April, ... The company hopes to release a version for smart phones running Google's Android operating system later this year. For now, the ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Zuckerberg: Facebook Doesn't Want To Develop A Phone Coolest Gadget Reviews Over the past year, we've seen many rumours that would indicate that Facebook would follow Apple and Google and develop their own phone. This phone was affectionately coined a Facebook phone and its launch seemed all but certain, especially when you hear about Facebook speaking about the importance of mobile computing. In the recent ... Currently, Facebook is one of the most popular apps on every mobileplatform that exists, so what would be the purpose of creating their own hardware? Still, these ... See all stories on this topic » |  Coolest Gadget Reviews |
| App Smart Extra: Translation Apps New York Times (blog) But if Google is a bit dry and uninspiring for you, then you should check out the SayHi Translate app for $1 on iOS. It's new, it has already ... also an Android app. Microsoft's offering of the free Translator app on Windows Phone 7 tries to outdo all of these. It combines a word-of-the-day vocabulary teaser, downloadable languages and phrase books so you can still get help even if you're overseas, where a mobile data connection may be too expensive for a Word Lens-like text translator and a voice recognition system. See all stories on this topic » |  New York Times (blog) |
| More than a third of Android apps host malware EE Times MIAMI – More than a third of all Google Android applications contain some form of malware, according to tests conducted by BT. A security expert for the U.K. telecom service provider said it expects to test apps for other mobile operating systems and find ... See all stories on this topic » |  EE Times |
| Mavenlink Releases HTML5 Mobile Application Destination CRM Compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices, the Mavenlink HTML5 application enables users to collaborate on business tasks. According to Ray Grainger, CEO of ... Mavenlink offers Google Apps integration, as well as Intuit QuickBooks for its professional platform. Forrester Research reports that ... "With mobile applications from vendors such as Mavenlink, workers in any location can access and share project information and tasks in central, online collaborative workplaces." Capabilities available ... See all stories on this topic » |  Destination CRM |
| Facebook phone, made by HTC, slated for mid-2013 launch Digitaltrends.com Just two months ago, Facebook debuted the Instagram-competing Facebook Camera application for iOS and yesterday rolled out the Facebook App Center internationally. But is a phone what Facebook really needs? Facebook's existing mobile application has been met by discontent by its users, and the social network has yet to figure out its mobile monetization strategy. Is the ailing HTC and Facebook a recipe for outcompeting Google and Apple? We aren't quite convinced just yet. But it does ...Best Android Apps ... See all stories on this topic » |  Digitaltrends.com |
Business Insider
From the enormous, 80-pound, car-mounted beasts to tiny terminals in our back pockets—mobile phones have come a long way. What was once thousands of dollars, two pounds, ... 2007 - The first iPhone launches, featuring a touchscreen and countless apps. 2008 - The first Android phone, the HTC Dream, is released. 2008 - The iPhone App Store launches. 2011 - Google & Visa announce their mobile wallet services, allowing users to make payments using their mobile devices. The services will likely usher in a ...
See all stories on this topic »Bank of America Rolls Out Mobile Check Deposit Service
American Banker (subscription)
The payment feature will be available in the bank's mobile apps for the iPad, iPhone, GoogleAndroid smartphone or tablet, Kindle Fire and Windows Phone or via mobile browser in select states and nationwide by mid-August. The Charlotte bank says those ...
See all stories on this topic »Facebook's value slides by $10 billion; outlook unclear
Chicago Tribune
Facebook is investing heavily in improving mobile apps and building a platform on top of which newapps can be built, but so far that has increased capital expenditure but not delivered big gains in revenue. The company, which competes with established Web companies such as Google Inc and Yahoo Inc, said capital spending more than tripled to $413 million in the second quarter. "Facebook is in the early stages of an important transition in its (mobile) advertising business that should drive accelerating growth ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Nokia Scraps Phone Software to Conserve Cash: Sources Mobile & Apps A mobile phone made by Nokia is pictured in this photo illustration taken in Warsaw May 8, 2012.(Photo: Reuters). Finnish cellphone maker Nokia has ditched the software it was developing to compete with Google's mass-market Android phones, three sources with direct knowledge of the company's plans said, in its latest move to slash costs. Loss-making Nokia was ... But it lacks the smartphone-like experience, such as a wide choice of advanced applications, that Meltemi could have offered. Google'sAndroid ... See all stories on this topic » |  Mobile & Apps |
InformationWeek
This weighs heavily with investors, who believe Facebook is blowing an opportunity to plaster itsmobile apps with ads that would be viewed by hundreds of millions of users. ... HootSuite Rolls OutGoogle + Pages, Here Is How To Set It Up — socialmouths ...
See all stories on this topic »