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Browser Privacy, Consumer Behavior Becomes a Federal Matter
The issue of privacy is another factor looming over the browser industry, as our devices take in more of our personal information, and the mobile arena makes a personal stamp on our browser interactions. Microsoft has been very garrulous when it comes to discussing its privacy stands, having mentioned several times that the company was ...
Mobile Traffic Swells Become Part of Disaster Management in Japan, and Beyond
Mobile web once again proves to be a safety valve when it comes to overcoming communication barriers, as in the case in Japan, recently shaken by a massive earthquake. Japan is the country with the highest number of mobile media users, over three-quarters of mobile owners using mobile media. According to comScore, after the earthquake ...
SXSW Again Proves Useful Hotbed for Location-Based Testing: Mobile Payments, Gamification
Some of the SXSWi companies are addressing small business solutions such as mobile payments and location-based services, bringing these businesses increase in sales only on a very short term, as clients are interested in grabbing a bargain, while increasing the chances of building customer loyalty. It’s the latest marketing craze, and when it comes to ...
The Heritage Health Contest Is One Step Away
The health sector is a heavy adopter of many cloud services, but in an industry so large there’s still a number of ways virtual services can affect and improve related organizations. As in other sectors, data analysis and integrated cloud services can help a health organization run more efficiently, applying cost savings all around. The Heritage ...
Apple, Tech Industry Affected by Japan Quake, Leaders Vow to Help Restore Market
At the beginning of this month, Apple released its newest tablet, the iPad 2. It was an event that has been keeping Apple and tablet fans in awe. Apple invested a great deal of time and money into the new device in order to impress its core audience, and keep its leading position in the ...
Google Updates AdMob for WP7, Embraces Platform “Openess”
Google’s mobile ad business is now focused on the ‘inclusiveness’ of advertisers and developers in order to reach users across numerous mobile platforms, and announced today on its blog the launch of their beta SDK for WP7, in line with Google’s other 50,000 mobile apps on iOS, Android and webOS platforms. The ‘openness strategy’ embraced ...
Google’s Big Opportunity in Location, Location, Location: SXSW 2011
The SXSW event featured a speech delivered by vice president of consumer products at Google, Marissa Mayer, noting the importance of location her company is envisaging. The VP admits that Google has not played its cards well when dealing with the product line, as some of the existing products should be integrated into ‘core technologies’. ...
iPad2 Exceeds Revenue Expectations, Triggers Rise in Shares
The days of the success of the original iPad that was sold in 300,000 units devices are history by now; the iPad 2 has outrun its next of kin by 67 percent in sales, just days after its retail availability. Frantic buyers spend a few days wandering the stores to buy themselves a device, but ...
Microsoft Presents Final Version of IE9
Continuing the browser wars that got another kick recently with the launch of Chrome 10, Apple’s Safari 5.0.4 and Microsoft’s special version of Bing for HTML5-compatible browser users, the latter takes out the ace up its sleeve and releases Internet Explorer 9 today. The new version features a minimalistic presentation of the bar of icons and ...
Japan and the World: Dealing with Quake’s Communication Crisis in the Cloud
The earthquake that hit Japan on the 11th of March will have a considerable impact on the world economy at large, given the fact the Japan is one of leading players in the world’s technological business. Getting more specific, it is expected that communication technology companies, such as CommTech to not be able to continue ...