Research in Motion, makers of Blackberry smartphones, is now actively developing NFC-enabled (Near Field Communications) devices, according to news from NFC-tracking site, NearFieldCommunicationsWorld, which spotted a job posting for an NFC specialist.This news comes as no surprise to industry watchers - both Apple and Google have been developing phones and...
In a move that will give states and other parties who are offended by free speech precedent to further restrict it, the United Nations has again passed the resolution forbidding "defamation of religion."This is its third time through the Byzantine U.N. voting process. Allegedly put forward to protect religion from,...
Cheng Jianping has wound up in a Chinese "re-education camp" with a record-breaking five words on Twitter. Mocking nationalistic vandalism that flared up around a Chinese-Japanese dispute over the ownership of uninhabited islands, she retweeted another's message and added the ironic admonition, "Charge, angry youth!"This was identified by Chinese authority...
Well-funded instant messaging and sharing service Meebo is annoucing a new product tonight that will offer loyalty programs and website recommendations for frequent visitors to any site around the web.The new Meebo MiniBar, not to be confused with the drastically overpriced hotel fare, is a free way for users to...
Swiss drug company Novartis will start testing pills with broadcasting censors in them in about 18 months, if regulatory approval comes through as expected. The test program will feature organ transplant patients. The medicines they will take to avoid organ rejection will be outfitted with chips that will gather and...
Internetome, the U.K.'s first full day conference dedicated to the Internet of Things was held on Nov 10 in London. In front of a full attendance, with representatives from academia, government, and enterprise, a wide range of speakers illustrated the promise and the challenges of the complex systems based on...
The MeeGo 1.1 operating system was announced as available only a few weeks ago. Now the MeeGo 1.1 Software Development Kit (SDK) has been released, though only in a beta version for now. The MeeGo 1.1 offers the users of Nokia N900, which received a software update a few days ago, the possibility...
The MeeGo 1.1 operating system was announced as available only a few weeks ago. Now the MeeGo 1.1 Software Development Kit (SDK) has been released, though only in a beta version for now. The MeeGo 1.1 offers the users of Nokia N900, which received a software update a few days ago, the possibility...
Digg just announced the availability of a new streaming real-time Application Programming Interface (API) for all submissions, Diggs and comments on the site. Modeled after the Twitter Streaming API, Digg elected to use Tornado, the real-time framework built by FriendFeed and open sourced by Facebook, and Redis to power the...
A Guide/Tutorial on how to install Asphalt5 WebOS Game on Nokia N900:- Before you start, you need the following apps installed in your N900- PreenV app for N900 Any third party file manager for N900 Steps for installing PreenV app for N900- Turn on the internet connection Open X-terminal and...
A Guide/Tutorial on how to install Asphalt5 WebOS Game on Nokia N900:- Before you start, you need the following apps installed in your N900- PreenV app for N900 Any third party file manager for N900 Steps for installing PreenV app for N900- Turn on the internet connection Open X-terminal and...
A Guide/Tutorial on how to install Asphalt5 WebOS Game on Nokia N900:- Before you start, you need the following apps installed in your N900- PreenV app for N900 Any third party file manager for N900 Steps for installing PreenV app for N900- Turn on the internet connection Open X-terminal and...
A group of companies have formed an alliance to encourage cloud computing by making the data center radically different than it is today. The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) consists of about 70 companies that want data centers to be more efficient, simpler and open. The goal is to develop...
SCVNGR, one of the up-and-coming startups in the "check-in" application category has been on a roll lately. It has almost 500,000 users, is on track for reaching one million users by year-end, has integrated with Facebook Places, has launched a self-serve platform and has established partnerships with 1,000 businesses including...
Microsoft officially unveiled its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, at a press event held this morning in New York City. CEO Steve Ballmer described the new line of Windows Phones as "different" and more modern, in both design and principles. With Windows Phone 7, the focus is on...
Last month we began a series of posts about "new logistics" with an overview of how companies can leverage Web-based tools for international marketing. These days, with the power of the Web and related technologies, logistics encompasses so much more than just moving widgets from point to A to point...
The launch of Microsoft's new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, is just around the corner. In a matter of days, the OS will be officially unveiled at an exclusive, high-profile event taking place in New York City.There's no doubt that Windows Phone 7 has its work cut out for...
The violence that came in the wake of the U.S. invasion of Iraq had a double-edged effect on higher education there. Professors fled the country and the students that remained had no one to teach them. Despite pleas to return home, many have elected to remain in exile. So now...
The surprise trade of wide receiver Randy Moss from the New England Patriots back to the Minnesota Vikings was not broken by a hard-charging sports news writer. It wasn't announced in a press release. Instead, a commentator best known for color and comedy tweeted his own DM. "moss vikings." And...
Location Labs, which provides tools for developers building and monetizing location-based services, is announcing a partnership that will add another dimension to what advertisers know about mobile users. By tapping into the database of 15 million carefully categorized businesses maintained by Citysearch and other CityGrid Media properties, Location Labs plans...
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