Since the release of the fourth version of Apple's iOS operating system for the iPhone, Microsoft's Bing can be used as the default search engine on the iPhone. So far, however, Bing has not been able to make major inroads on that device. According to a new study from advertising...
The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), an alliance of telecommunications firms working to create a common mobile application platform, just added 32 more members, including big names like Opera Software, Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, China Unicom, Rogers Communications and others. The group's goal is to simplify the mobile application creation...
Mobile ad company Millennial Media found that Android ad revenue has, for the first time ever, beaten iPhone ad revenue on the company's ad network. According to its September "Mobile Mix" report, Android is the second-largest device on its network, and has been since July 2010. Since that time, Android...
You know those Wi-Fi networks called "Free Public WiFi"? Clearly that question has been bugging our readers, too, because they made our answer the top story of this week. In mobile news, TweetDeck arrived on Android. And as part of our continuing series on product innovation, we looked at how...
It's happening: a shift to a post-PC era. Forrester defines a post-PC device as one with a screen, processor, memory, and storage but "in a lesser way than PCs." Examples include iPads, smart phones and e-readers such as the Kindle. In a new report, Forrester predict that this will be...
Mobile game maker Rovio released a free full version of their popular Angry Birds app for Android users today and the launch has subsequently taken down the company's website and, at times, has impacted the app's download page on the independent app store, GetJar, where the app is being exclusively...
According to a recent survey of 78,835 mobile phone customers in the U.K., less than 5% of women would select an Android device as their next smartphone. The problem, explains Belinda Parmar, Founder of marketing agency Lady Geek which conducted the survey with YouGov Sixth Sense, is that "Android provides...
We've all seen it and we've all done it - you're at a friends house with your laptop, and they don't have wireless, so you take a look and sign on to the nearest unsecured wireless network. No biggie, but certainly you wouldn't rely on this open network for all...
Mobile developers looking to monetize free applications should pay special attention to a new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry. According to this study, conducted using a sample of leading iOS applications with a combined reach of 2.2 million users, in-app purchases have taken over as the leading source of...
This year check-in apps have moved beyond location, to encompass every thing from checking into movies, books, songs and (yes) even food. Foodspotting launched last November and has quickly built up a passionate following of foodies. It enables users to make and find food recommendations, in particular through photos and...
Google has made a couple of announcements over the past few weeks to demonstrate it's innovating in some surprising areas - self-driving cars and wind transmission projects. But at the company's quarterly earnings call today, Google made it clear that it is excelling in the area in which it has...
Tokyo-based serial software developer Jon Yongfook Cockle has begun to unveil his latest creation, a web and mobile Twitter client in the form of a sentiment-analysis based Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. It's called Littlecosm. Given the man who's making it, it's sure to be interesting.Yongfook's previous work includes a...
If you mainly rely on an automobile to get around, ask yourself this question: What kind of improvements to public transit or new service offerings would make me go car-less? A public transit mobile app with real-time, open data available? A city-wide bike-sharing program? A more efficient ride-sharing community? How...
Consumer location based services such as Foursquare and Facebook Places are hot right now, but how is location being used in the enterprise? There are numerous applications for location-based technologies in the enterprise - such as asset tracking, routing and geo-fencing. Several companies are working in this space now to...
Among smartphone users, Apple iPhone fans often poke fun at Android users for having to put up with so-called mobile "crapware," the pre-installed applications that come on new Android smartphones. Mobile carriers have taken to pre-loading their phones with apps for their own services, or those from third-party developers. For...
This morning, eBay announced its recently acquired mobile barcode scanning application Red Laser will now support QR Codes, also known as 2D barcodes. In addition, the updated version of the price comparison shopping app, available now in the iTunes App Store, will also incorporate eBay Marketplace and Half.com listings in...
As eBooks have become increasingly popular, many major eBookstores have created ways to fill those eBookshelves not just with the titles of well known authors but with the works of any author willing to cough up the fees to have their projects published and distributed in this new format. And...
CiviGuard is a new mobile-based solution for emergency communications. At heart it's an alerts and notification system, with messages distributed via text messages, an HTML5 web app, push notifications and social media services like Twitter. The product was developed by 3 students of Singularity University: Zubin Wadia, Shawna Pandya and...
Matt Asay compares APIs to open-source. The more open the code, the more difficult it can be to sell the software. The new generation of Web players like Facebook are taking a similar approach with their APIs. Facebook, for instance, is giving significant access to its platform in exchange for...
You'll soon have 20 new ways to buy your Facebook Credits today, as Facebook has selected PlaySpan's Ultimate Pay as an additional payment provider. Before today, you could buy your virtual currency via PayPal, credit card or mobile phone, as well as earn Credits via certain games and apps. But...
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