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Newsletter Archive 2009 |
Simultaneously Post On Twitter And Facebook Via Mobile Device
Let's face it: nobody has the attention span to read more than 140 characters anymore. So WordPress's latest effort-mobile microblogging cross posting to a regular blog-totally makes sense.
Date: 2009-12-16
How To Stay Safe While Traveling With Your iPhone
Some interesting mobile safety apps from Down-under out of the LBS Wireless crew.. welcome several news apps designed to keep users safe - Gone Boating, Gone Trekking and Gone Flying.
Date: 2009-12-02
Mastercard Devising Plan To Authenticate Online Transactions By Mobile Phone
In the online world, there are few places one feels as vulnerable than when conducting an online transaction. Inputting your information leads to the feeling of uncertainty, not knowing who is privy to the information you're entering.
Date: 2009-11-18
Wi-Fi To Become Direct Competitor of BlueTooth
The wireless capabilities that people enjoy with Bluetooth, might have a successor come next year with Wi-Fi Direct. This technology has been announced by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Date: 2009-11-05
Virgin Gains Free WiFi From Google
Ok, that headline was completely unfair because this post is about WiFi access on Virgin America flights that is being provided by Google. Got your attention though didn’t it? For a moment maybe you thought that Google had really taken this ‘providing service to everyone and type of person on the planet’ to a disturbing level. Maybe you just think I’m an idiot for using the headline. Honestly, it doesn’t matter much in the end does it?
Date: 2009-10-22
Wireless Advertisers Are Ready For The Mobile Gold-rush
Google is determined to make sure it doesn't miss out on the "Year of the Mobile." Like the rest of us, the search engine doesn't know when that year will actually start, but if it has anything to do with it, 2009 might just be the top candidate.
Date: 2009-10-05
Access Your Gmail Account From Your Mobile Phone With Google Sync
Back in February, Google premiered Google Sync, which coordinated participating phones (all those with the SyncML standar) with Google Calendar, Contacts and Gmail.
Date: 2009-09-24
Understanding The Verizon Mifi Light Codes
I’m borrowing a colleague's tiny little Verizon wireless cell modem gizmo, the MiFi 2200, and I’m totally impressed with it, except for one huge thing: what the heck do the lights mean?
Date: 2009-09-10
Improved Local Mobile Search Through Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality is a technology that has been around that you only see in the movies. The applications is about layering onto a live view from a camera. In other words where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time.
Date: 2009-08-26
The Orchard Becomes The First International Mobile Music Distributor
The Orchard has entered into a marketing and licensing partnership with Chinese mobile infrastructure and services provider, ZTEMT. Utilizing The Orchard's top one hundred thousand songs, ZTEMT will program an English language genre section of China Telecom's newly updated iMusic.
Date: 2009-08-12
Setting Up A Wireless Connection With Mifi2200
I'm sick of tapping into wifi signals where I can find them and being stuck without any Internet access when there isn't one, or when it's password protected.
Date: 2009-07-29
Study Suggests Only 20% Of Mobile Users Use WiFi
According to Bango, over 20% of people visiting web sites to purchase content using their mobile phones are now connecting via WiFi. This presents a major challenge to both content providers and operators as these mobile visitors are unrecognized by the networks, making it difficult to sell and market mobile services to them and significantly impacting mobile content revenues.
Date: 2009-07-15
The True Importance Of Mobile Number Portability
Today, mobile phones have become inevitable in one's life. We've seen it grow from a mere luxury to now a necessity. The transformation in the lifestyle of we, the people is a major reason for this change.
Date: 2009-07-01
Keeping Connected To Twitter On The Go Is Key
The two primary Twitter applications for the desktop – TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop – released new versions in the past 24 hours. Both are the latest salvoes in a battle where one winner could gain supremacy as the app on the desktop for keeping in touch with what's happening on Twitter (and, if you wish, Facebook as well).
Date: 2009-06-17
Smart Phone War Rage Dispite HTC Cloaking Issues
I know that is a shocking and controversial headline, but there are a number of serious points to be made. Firstly I like linking to people who link to me, whether on the post they first wrote, or on the syndicated copy that now appears on SEOmoz, even when the name referenced is "Andy Beal".
Date: 2009-06-03
Large Scale Friend Tracking For Mobile Devices
If you look over to the right side of my blog you'll see a Google Latitude component. What does that do? It shares my location with you.
Date: 2009-05-19
Comparing Apples and Berries
The crushing dominance of the iPhone is broken-at least for now-having given way to the BlackBerry Curve. This just-released report has come in from the NPD Group (www.npd.com), a prestigious consumer research agency.
Date: 2009-05-05
Enabling WiFi For VMware Version Windows 7
I've been experimenting with Microsoft WIndows 7 beta on my Mac OS X system through using VMware and while I don't know of anyone else doing this, I have read on the Internet that it's a viable combo.
Date: 2009-04-22
Wireless Updates From CTIA Event
A few random updates of interest from last week's CTIA Wireless event... CTIA was as interesting and busy as ever, although I would guess that the numbers were likely way down this year for obvious reasons... on the up-side, Vegas is pretty much giving...
Date: 2009-04-07
Mobile Internet Up Nearly Double
While it is no surprise that mobile Internet access and usage is one the rise here in the US some of the percentage increase numbers start to get eye popping pretty quickly.
Date: 2009-03-24
Protect Your Private Information From Verizon Wireless
If you're a Verizon customer, you'll want to read this. Verizon has automatically opted all customers into a new program which allows them to share your information with just about anyone they want.
Date: 2009-03-10
Standardizing The Mobile Industry
Possibly the most interesting news so far to come out of the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week is that there seems to be clear agreement among mobile operators and equipment manufacturers to develop and bring to market a universal mobile phone charger.
Date: 2009-02-19
Geo Locate Your Friends With Google Latitude
I've been taking a look at Google Latitude, a new geo-location tool that looks to be an oh-so-easy way to share your location data in real time with friends and colleagues.
Date: 2009-02-05
Verizon To Offer Live Search on Phones
Although the deal was pretty well signed, sealed and delivered back in November last year, it is now official: Microsoft has trumped Google and Yahoo! to be the search engine of choice for Verizon.
Date: 2009-01-13
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