Mobile Web
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'Spoken Web' can bridge India's digital divide
Insight newsmaker Director of IBM India Research Laboratory believes voice-enabled Web portals can unleash "untapped potential" of country's rural communities.
Tags: R&D, IBM Corp., Technology, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Innovation, phone, software, keyboard
Skyfire mobile browser comes out of beta
News The first full version of the browser, which can easily display Flash and Silverlight video, has been released for use on mobile phones.
Tags: Browser, Twitter, RSS, Mobile, Rich Media, Web Browser, Beta, Facebook, industry, Web
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News Your mobile phone could become your holiday concierge, reminding you to check-in the minute you arrive at the airport or automatically ordering a taxi for you when your plane lands.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Smart phones, Business applications, Digital media, Web services, App, Mobile, Smart Phone, Workforce, GPS
Just keeping the lights on means biz doom, CIOs warned
News Inaction is not an option in the current economic climate, researcher warns IT chiefs.
Tags: Cost control, IT budgeting, Alcatel, Business, Wireless, Gartner Inc., CEO, knowledge, Paris, Lucent Technologies Inc.
Yahoo stopping mobile 'Go' app in 2010
News Yahoo to pull the plug on a mobile app it cannibalized with the introduction of Yahoo Mobile, its optimized site and mobile app.
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Web Browser, product marketing, Apple iPhone, strategy, Web
Tiered AT&T pricing to target heavy data usage
News Wireless chief Ralph de la Vega says the company will soon offer new pricing for wireless-data services to curb heavy usage.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Data Usage, Smart Phone, network, mobile, Wireless, AT&T Corp., New York, FCC, broadcaster
M-Commerce's big moment
News Mobile commerce is gaining momentum as consumers get comfortable with ordering all sorts of products by cell phone and companies such as Papa John's watch sales climb.
Tags: Mobile commerce, Starbucks Corp., Phone, M-commerce Driver, Papa John, cell phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., Sales, M-commerce
GetJar: The unknown app store leader
News Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile application store in the world, but who is second? A small company called GetJar.
Tags: Mobile applications, Personal applications, Business applications, Facebook, Apple iPhone, Web Site, Phone, Personal applications, Mobile applications, GetJar
Amazon sets up payments on smartphones
News New Amazon service will let developers build in one-click payment buttons into mobile applications on smartphones and other devices.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Smart phones, Phone, Smart Phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., handset, Amazon Payments, Google Checkout
Android apps show big potential for growth
News People with Android-based phones are downloading applications frequently. As number of handsets grows, Android phones are likely to become viable rivals to iPhone.
Tags: Applications and tools, Mobile platforms, Mobile commerce, Motorola Inc., Android, Survey, T-Mobile, Apple iPod, Verizon Wireless, Apple iPod Touch
An Outbox for your mobile Gmail
News Google's latest feature for its iPhone and Android Gmail.com experience introduces an outbox for quickly viewing the outbound message queue when you're offline.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Web 2.0, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, Web Browser, Cell Phone, phone, e-mail, Apple iPhone
Is your smartphone secure? Survey says probably not
News Smartphone users are more worried about losing their phones or personal data than Web infections or phishing software, survey by Trend Micro finds.
Tags: Smart phones, Viruses and worms, Network security, Security Management, Security, Smart Phone, Trend Micro Inc., Survey, phone, e-mail
Thanks for a great 2008
Blogs 2008 was a great year for enterprise mobility, with plenty of new technologies and gadgets to keep us mobile workers hap...
Turning cheap cell phones into smarter phones
News A company called iSkoot says it can turn an inexpensive feature-phone into a Web-enabled device for checking Facebook updates and Twittering friends.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Smart Phone, Device, Cell Phone, Web Service, iSkoot, iSkoot Technology, phone, Internet
Report: Microsoft beats out Yahoo, Google on Verizon deal
News Microsoft is close to announcing it has beat out Yahoo and Google in a coveted deal to be the search provider on Verizon phones, according to a Reuters story.
Tags: Business structures, Search, Investments, Internet advertising, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Portal
