Homegrown Databases: Alive, Well, and Mobile
InformationWeek
But do we need to spend resources building custom mobile apps when Apple and Google already offer hundreds of thousands of apps that could do essentially the same thing? In other words, what new process could an employee create that hasn't been ...
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Google mobile chief attacks Chinese Android
TODAYonline
MOUNTAIN VIEW (California) - The head of Google's mobile division has attacked a Chinese rival, accusing it of pirating apps and violating rules designed to discourage incompatible versions of Android. The intervention by Mr Andy Rubin, Google's senior ...
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Employees Are Downloading Apps On Your Watch – And You Don`t Know It
CIO Insight
It's no secret that the enterprise now relies heavily upon mobile applications. From those companies develop themselves to apps that are available in places like Google's Play marketplace or Apple's App Store, there's enough software available out ...
See all stories on this topic »Analyst claims Apple and Google will control 98% of the smartphone market this ...
BGR
In an interview with eWeek, Trip Chowdhry predicted that Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) will control 98% of the mobile market by the end of 2012. “There will not be any third spot left,” he said. “Nokia, Microsoft and RIM will struggle in the remaining ...
See all stories on this topic »Kinvey Partners with Brightcove to Bring End-to-End Integration to Mobile, Web ...
RedOrbit
18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kinvey, Inc., the leading Backend as a Service company that makes it easy for developers to setup and operate scalable cloud backends for mobile, tablet and web apps, today announced an “end-to-end” technical integration ...
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Android under fire again for poor vulnerability patching
PC Advisor
Carriers and device managers continue to be slow at patching Android devices, as the number of malware targeting the mobile operating system soars, recent studies show. Related Articles. Understand mobile ... The more aggressive apps place links for ...
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Internaxx gets mobile with international investing
FX-MM
We will continue to enhance our mobile platforms and add functionalities. Apps for other devices such as iPad are also in the plans.” The TD Internaxx App is available for free from the App Store andGoogle Play to both clients and non-clients of ...
See all stories on this topic »KC app maker gives $10000 to put more people online
Kansas City Star
Mobile applications maker OneLouder is handing over a $10,000 prize it won in a social media contest to better connect low-income neighborhoods to the Internet. The company pledged the money to Connecting for Good, an organization trying to make the ...
See all stories on this topic »Twitter Redesign Gets Personal, 'Like' Facebook
CNBC.com (blog)
By: Julia Boorstin CNBC Correspondent. Twitter is rolling out a new look across the web and newmobile apps — offering a consistent, more personalized and photo-heavy experience — one that's consistent no matter where people are using the service.
See all stories on this topic »Why you can totally tether your Verizon Android phone for free
ITworld.com
What happened was, nearly six months ago, Android phone owners searching the Play Store forapps that allow the use of cellular data through a USB cable (”tethering”) or over Wi-Fi (”mobilehotspot”) noticed that a whole bunch of apps were missing from ...
See all stories on this topic »Razorfish's Gelb Joins Mobile Startup MoPub
MediaPost Communications
Razorfish mobile lead Paul Gelb has left the agency to become head of strategy for MoPub, a startup that helps publishers and developers monetize their smartphone apps. In his new role, Gelb is charged with leading the startup's efforts to ... Started ...
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Apple iOS 6 Release: A Complete Guide To The 200 New Features
International Business Times
based computer company announced its newest mobile operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod -- called iOS 6 -- will be released as a free update to iOS users on Wednesday, Sept. 19, two days before the launch of ... But this Maps app isn't built ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile apps launched for regional public alert system
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Mobile apps launched for regional public alert system. September 18, 2012Business, Latest Headlines, Politics, PressRelease, ... By searching for 'Auckland Civil Defence', iPhone users can download it from the Apple AppStore, while Android handset ...
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Samsung Galaxy Stellar (Verizon Wireless)
PC Magazine
You can also use the phone as a mobile hotspot with the appropriate plan to provide a Wi-Fi connection to up to 10 devices. Voice quality ... That means you shouldn't have trouble running any of the 500,000+ apps or games available in the Google Play ...
See all stories on this topic »Google buys company for photo-editing apps
Columbus Dispatch
... Software, which makes award-winning photo-editing application Snapseed, for an undisclosed amount. Google and Facebook Inc. are locked in a battle for social-network followers that increasingly has shifted to mobile applications, such as photo editing.
See all stories on this topic »Ford embraces bring-your-navigation with new smartphone app
GigaOM
The Google Play version works just like the iPhone version, with one exception: if you own an AppLink equipped car the app will automatically connect to your vehicle, turning your dash into scale-downed version vehicle navigation system. So far, the ...
See all stories on this topic »AT&T faces net neutrality complaint over FaceTime plans
FierceWireless
However, AT&T's usage-based data plans--separate from AT&T's Mobile Share plans--were designed to inhibit high data usage. Under the FCC's rules, wireless carriers are barred from blocking services such as Google Voice and Skype that compete with ...
See all stories on this topic »Square deal: Latest investment values mobile-payments startup at $3.25 billion ...
San Jose Mercury News
Deep-pocketed companies like Google (GOOG), VeriFone and Intuit (INTU) are investing heavily in technology to let consumers pay for items via mobile phone. Last month, a coalition of big-name retailers including Wal-Mart, Best-Buy, 7-Eleven and Target ...
See all stories on this topic »Google battles Acer, Alibaba over smartphone launch in China
FierceMobileIT
Acer said it canceled the launch of an Android-based smartphone using the Aliyun mobile operating system developed by Alibaba because of pressure from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) , according to a report by the Dow Jones newswire. ... Google is trying to stop ...
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MasterCard Issues Mobile Payments Software Kit
Investor's Business Daily
The move is another sign of growing competition in the mobile payments space as players like eBay's (EBAY) PayPal and Visa (V) focus on developing new apps to grab a larger share of the booming market. Some say iPhone maker Apple ... The Mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Five reasons the iPhone 5 excludes NFC
Mobile Payments Today (blog)
By contrast, there are dozens of applications that support QR codes and bar codes. Any iPhone ...Understanding customer behavior of the mobile wallet is important to try to understand what each customer is ultimately worth over time. ... Google ...
See all stories on this topic »Nokia confirms its Location Platform will power Amazon Maps API
IntoMobile
Amazon Maps API will allow app developers to integrate mapping functionality into their apps, much like Bing for Windows Phone or Google Maps for Android. The way this all works is Nokia's Location Platform enables registered developers to use the ...
See all stories on this topic »Today in APIs: Twitter Images, OAuth 2.0 in Gmail and 19 New APIs
ProgrammableWeb (blog)
Twitter continues to disappoint developers, now with the photo options on its mobile applications.Google now supports OAuth 2.0 in Gmail API. Plus: No Facebook F8 conference this year, Amazon switches from Google to Nokia and 19 new APIs.
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InformationWeek
But do we need to spend resources building custom mobile apps when Apple and Google already offer hundreds of thousands of apps that could do essentially the same thing? In other words, what new process could an employee create that hasn't been ...
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| Ludei can convert HTML5 apps into speedy mobile apps in minutes VentureBeat A common complaint about HTML5 is that apps run too slowly on various platforms, but game technology company Ludei says that its engine and tools enable blazing-fast HTML5 mobile apps on a variety of platforms. Ludei, a San Francisco company with a... See all stories on this topic » |  VentureBeat |
TODAYonline
MOUNTAIN VIEW (California) - The head of Google's mobile division has attacked a Chinese rival, accusing it of pirating apps and violating rules designed to discourage incompatible versions of Android. The intervention by Mr Andy Rubin, Google's senior ...
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| MasterCard releases its own mobile transaction app development kit News Pakistan The payment system developers issued a development kit, Mobile MasterCard PayPass User Interface Software Development Kit on Monday for development ofmobile transaction apps. The software development kit is issued firstly for Google'sAndroid and ... See all stories on this topic » |  News Pakistan |
| Google(GOOG)-Facebook (FB) Battle for Photo Apps Increases; Buys Nik Software FxPips.com (blog) Google and Facebook Inc are in a tight battle for social network dominance. The two companies have aggressively set their sights on mobile applications, like photo editing. Though not as popular as Instagram, which is accessible for free on Apple's ... See all stories on this topic » |  FxPips.com (blog) |
CIO Insight
It's no secret that the enterprise now relies heavily upon mobile applications. From those companies develop themselves to apps that are available in places like Google's Play marketplace or Apple's App Store, there's enough software available out ...
See all stories on this topic »Analyst claims Apple and Google will control 98% of the smartphone market this ...
BGR
In an interview with eWeek, Trip Chowdhry predicted that Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) will control 98% of the mobile market by the end of 2012. “There will not be any third spot left,” he said. “Nokia, Microsoft and RIM will struggle in the remaining ...
See all stories on this topic »Kinvey Partners with Brightcove to Bring End-to-End Integration to Mobile, Web ...
RedOrbit
18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kinvey, Inc., the leading Backend as a Service company that makes it easy for developers to setup and operate scalable cloud backends for mobile, tablet and web apps, today announced an “end-to-end” technical integration ...
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| Amazon launches its own mobile Maps API Inquirer Discussing the API in its Mobile App Distribution Blog today, Amazon said it allows developers to embed interactive maps directly into their apps, letting users pan and zoom. ... However, it's unlikely that the service will do much damage to Google Maps. See all stories on this topic » |  Inquirer |
| Listen up! Pocket reads saved articles aloud on Android GigaOM One of my most used free apps, Pocket, adds the ability to read articles aloud onGoogle Android devices on Tuesday. Formerly ... On my Galaxy Nexus phone with Android 4.1, there was no configuration involved, nor any speech engines needed to install. See all stories on this topic » |  GigaOM |
PC Advisor
Carriers and device managers continue to be slow at patching Android devices, as the number of malware targeting the mobile operating system soars, recent studies show. Related Articles. Understand mobile ... The more aggressive apps place links for ...
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| Motorola Debuts Its First Intel Phone: The Speedy Razr i TechCrunch A third Intel-powered phone, the ZTE Grand X IN, is due to arrive this month. But neither ... Intel also makes claims of improved stability for its chips running Android — but it has had to concede that not all Android apps are compatible with its ... See all stories on this topic » |  TechCrunch |
FX-MM
We will continue to enhance our mobile platforms and add functionalities. Apps for other devices such as iPad are also in the plans.” The TD Internaxx App is available for free from the App Store andGoogle Play to both clients and non-clients of ...
See all stories on this topic »KC app maker gives $10000 to put more people online
Kansas City Star
Mobile applications maker OneLouder is handing over a $10,000 prize it won in a social media contest to better connect low-income neighborhoods to the Internet. The company pledged the money to Connecting for Good, an organization trying to make the ...
See all stories on this topic »Twitter Redesign Gets Personal, 'Like' Facebook
CNBC.com (blog)
By: Julia Boorstin CNBC Correspondent. Twitter is rolling out a new look across the web and newmobile apps — offering a consistent, more personalized and photo-heavy experience — one that's consistent no matter where people are using the service.
See all stories on this topic »Why you can totally tether your Verizon Android phone for free
ITworld.com
What happened was, nearly six months ago, Android phone owners searching the Play Store forapps that allow the use of cellular data through a USB cable (”tethering”) or over Wi-Fi (”mobilehotspot”) noticed that a whole bunch of apps were missing from ...
See all stories on this topic »Razorfish's Gelb Joins Mobile Startup MoPub
MediaPost Communications
Razorfish mobile lead Paul Gelb has left the agency to become head of strategy for MoPub, a startup that helps publishers and developers monetize their smartphone apps. In his new role, Gelb is charged with leading the startup's efforts to ... Started ...
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| Android's sexiest apps take center stage at Android Niceties VentureBeat The Niceties blog stands as proof that regardless of rhetoric to the contrary, gorgeous, design-competitive Android apps do exist, and they're as breathtaking, sophisticated, and elegant as their Windows Phone and iOS cousins. The blog's mission is to ... See all stories on this topic » |  VentureBeat |
International Business Times
based computer company announced its newest mobile operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod -- called iOS 6 -- will be released as a free update to iOS users on Wednesday, Sept. 19, two days before the launch of ... But this Maps app isn't built ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobile apps launched for regional public alert system
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Mobile apps launched for regional public alert system. September 18, 2012Business, Latest Headlines, Politics, PressRelease, ... By searching for 'Auckland Civil Defence', iPhone users can download it from the Apple AppStore, while Android handset ...
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| Mobile Maps Focus on Helping Lost Shoppers Find the Right Aisle Bloomberg Google has already mapped the insides of 10,000 museums and other locations. Last month, 22 companies, including Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Qualcomm, formed the ... “Retailers are going to need to be more connected with their customers by ... See all stories on this topic » |  Bloomberg |
PC Magazine
You can also use the phone as a mobile hotspot with the appropriate plan to provide a Wi-Fi connection to up to 10 devices. Voice quality ... That means you shouldn't have trouble running any of the 500,000+ apps or games available in the Google Play ...
See all stories on this topic »Google buys company for photo-editing apps
Columbus Dispatch
... Software, which makes award-winning photo-editing application Snapseed, for an undisclosed amount. Google and Facebook Inc. are locked in a battle for social-network followers that increasingly has shifted to mobile applications, such as photo editing.
See all stories on this topic »Ford embraces bring-your-navigation with new smartphone app
GigaOM
The Google Play version works just like the iPhone version, with one exception: if you own an AppLink equipped car the app will automatically connect to your vehicle, turning your dash into scale-downed version vehicle navigation system. So far, the ...
See all stories on this topic »AT&T faces net neutrality complaint over FaceTime plans
FierceWireless
However, AT&T's usage-based data plans--separate from AT&T's Mobile Share plans--were designed to inhibit high data usage. Under the FCC's rules, wireless carriers are barred from blocking services such as Google Voice and Skype that compete with ...
See all stories on this topic »Square deal: Latest investment values mobile-payments startup at $3.25 billion ...
San Jose Mercury News
Deep-pocketed companies like Google (GOOG), VeriFone and Intuit (INTU) are investing heavily in technology to let consumers pay for items via mobile phone. Last month, a coalition of big-name retailers including Wal-Mart, Best-Buy, 7-Eleven and Target ...
See all stories on this topic »Google battles Acer, Alibaba over smartphone launch in China
FierceMobileIT
Acer said it canceled the launch of an Android-based smartphone using the Aliyun mobile operating system developed by Alibaba because of pressure from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) , according to a report by the Dow Jones newswire. ... Google is trying to stop ...
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| Mobile Devices Hit Retail Pay Dirt Wall Street Journal But as Square or other payment providers capture customer data at the point of sale—and enroll more customers in their mobile-payments apps—they also may be able to use that information. That is why big merchants want to control the process. Over a ... See all stories on this topic » |  Wall Street Journal |
Investor's Business Daily
The move is another sign of growing competition in the mobile payments space as players like eBay's (EBAY) PayPal and Visa (V) focus on developing new apps to grab a larger share of the booming market. Some say iPhone maker Apple ... The Mobile ...
See all stories on this topic »Five reasons the iPhone 5 excludes NFC
Mobile Payments Today (blog)
By contrast, there are dozens of applications that support QR codes and bar codes. Any iPhone ...Understanding customer behavior of the mobile wallet is important to try to understand what each customer is ultimately worth over time. ... Google ...
See all stories on this topic »Nokia confirms its Location Platform will power Amazon Maps API
IntoMobile
Amazon Maps API will allow app developers to integrate mapping functionality into their apps, much like Bing for Windows Phone or Google Maps for Android. The way this all works is Nokia's Location Platform enables registered developers to use the ...
See all stories on this topic »Today in APIs: Twitter Images, OAuth 2.0 in Gmail and 19 New APIs
ProgrammableWeb (blog)
Twitter continues to disappoint developers, now with the photo options on its mobile applications.Google now supports OAuth 2.0 in Gmail API. Plus: No Facebook F8 conference this year, Amazon switches from Google to Nokia and 19 new APIs.
See all stories on this topic »
| For Retailers, Smartphones May Not Yet Mean Payments, But They Do Mean ... TechCrunch Fuelled by the rise in apps and mobile websites catering to shoppers, as well as smartphone ubiquity, Deloitte forecasts that in the U.S. the impact of smartphones on retail in the U.S. will rise to 17%-21% — working out to $628 million – $782 million ... See all stories on this topic » |  TechCrunch |