SMobile Systems unveils mobile security software to protect kidsThursday, March 25, 2010Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile With millions of kids carrying mobile phones, instances of cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying and “sexting” are on the rise.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/0fiGbjGATBE" height="1" width="1"/ Read more |
CNBC exec: iPhone app downloaded 540,000 timesThursday, March 25, 2010Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile LAS VEGAS – In this sit-down at the International CTIA Wireless 2010 Conference, a senior CNBC executive in charge of digital products discusses the business news network’s mobile strategy.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/bE-TZkyZLyY" height="1" width="1"/ Read more |
MTV, VH1 to integrate social media into mobile entertainmentThursday, March 25, 2010Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile MTV and VH1 have partnered with foursquare to integrate social gaming across television, online and mobile entertainment.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/PzZ4Ihq3awo" height="1" width="1"/ Read more |
MasterCard, PayPal reveal conflicting views of mobile financial services - Mobile Commerce DailyThursday, March 25, 2010Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile Mobile Commerce Daily today - MasterCard, PayPal reveal conflicting views of mobile financial services; CTIA panelist: Build user-friendly iPhone apps.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/Pyo4A7DDU80" height="1" width="1"/ Read more |
Photos from International CTIA Wireless 2010Thursday, March 25, 2010Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile LAS VEGAS - International CTIA Wireless 2009 had 34,000 attendees and this year that number is expected to be up by about 26 percent. Here are some pictures from the event.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/wn1RNDlv3Wg" height="1" width="1"/ Read more |
Mobile video is on the verge of taking off: PanelistsThursday, March 25, 2010Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile LAS VEGAS - Though mobile video is steadily gaining in popularity, it faces various hurdles including market fragmentation and the absence of a common user experience across platforms and devices.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/6GcPR-QkXK0" height="1" width="1"/ Read more |
Sprint CEO at CTIA: 4G is tipping point for mobile videoThursday, March 25, 2010Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile LAS VEGAS - During his keynote address, Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel Corp., discussed the benefits of 4G technology and said that once it is the standard, mobile video distribution will explode.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/A-xhG87PsUY" height="1" width="1"/ Read more |
Time Warner Cable Launches Wi-Fi HotSpotsWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Time Warner Cable has confirmed that it is launching Wi-Fi hotspots for customers of its NYC RoadRunner broadband service through a partnership with Cablevision. Locations include rail platforms, parks and other commonly used areas. Read more |
Experienced Users Less Concerned with SecurityWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: eMarketer | Category: Metrics Many users still wary of Web safety Read more |
Mobile App Forecast Up, Up, UpWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: eMarketer | Category: Metrics A “gold rush” with paid apps on the rise Read more |
French hacker who leaked Twitter documents to Techcrunch is bustedWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology Techcrunch caused a big stir last year when it posted Twitter’s internal documents. At the time, no one knew the identity of the hacker who broke into Twitter’s defenses and stole the documents. But now the hacker has allegedly been arrested for the cyber crime in France. The AFP reported that French police arrested a hacker who sabotaged the Twitter account of Barack Obama. But ReadWriteWeb says the technique described by the AFP is the same as that attributed to how a hacker stole Twitter documents and then turned them over to Techcrunch. [...] Read more |
Sixteen years in the making, Trip Hawkins’ latest game for Facebook is “best idea I’ve ever had”Wednesday, March 24, 2010Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology Trip Hawkins, chief executive of Digital Chocolate, isn’t shy about describing his company’s latest Facebook game, NanoStar Castles. He first conceived the game, which you could summarize as Pokemon for grown-ups, more than 16 years ago. He boldly says it is “the best idea I’ve ever had.” He took care in turning the idea into a social game and personally oversaw its design and production. After about four years of actual design, the game is finally launching on Facebook, and I have to say that it’s very clever. [...] Read more |
How Discovery Makes Mobile Apps PayWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Discovery Communications may not distribute much of its full-length premium content freely on the web, but the company -- which owns TLC, Animal Planet and of course the Discovery Channel -- has experimented quite liberally when it comes to mobile. Read more |
How The Discovery Channel Makes Mobile Apps PayWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Discovery Communications may not distribute much of its full-length premium content freely on the web, but the company -- which owns TLC, Animal Planet and of course the Discovery Channel -- has experimented quite liberally when it comes to mobile. Read more |
Control4 leads consortium to teach consumers why the Smart Grid is importantWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology “Smart Grid” may be a common enough term to folks in cleantech, but most people don’t know anything about it beyond notice that their utility is replacing their old dusty meters with digital smart meters. The lack of market education has led to backlashes and dead ends. But now a group of companies and organizations with a stake in the Smart Grid have banded together to change the tide. Spearheaded by the leadership team at Control4, maker of a home energy management and automation dashboard for regular consumers, the new Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) includes big names like General Electric, Best Buy, IBM, Silver Spring Networks, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the GridWise Alliance. [...] Read more |
Facebook tightens developer rules for publishing into user streamsWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology Facebook tightened rules over the way apps can automatically publish updates or tag photos in a person’s news feed today. The company said developers were abusing privileges and spamming users by auto-tagging multiple friends in photos without consent or posting the same story over and over again to different friends’ Walls. “In the past year, we’ve noticed that a number of applications aren’t using the permission in a way that is consistent with product intent,” wrote Jessica Lee in a blog post. [...] Read more |
Facebook Causes Syphilis and Craigslist Kills PeopleWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media A British public health official has blamed Facebook for a rise in cases of syphilis, in the latest example of a wave of stories blaming social networks such as Twitter and Craigslist for most of the evils of mankind, regardless of a lack of evidence. Read more |
SmartSynch lands deal with Itron to provide public network accessWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology There’s a battle being waged in the Smart Grid world. When it comes the best way to transmit data between smart meters and utilities, one camp is arguing for private networks, while the other endorses public networks. Today, SmartSynch scored a win for the latter, partnering up with major meter maker Itron to provide wireless communications on public networks. SmartSynch, which struck a deal with AT&T last year to use its public networks for Smart Grid applications, argues that public is the way to go because networks are faster, better maintained, broadly available, and less expensive to operate. [...] Read more |
CTIA wrap-up: Giant cellphone trade show bores outsidersWednesday, March 24, 2010Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology A day after the opening of the world’s largest mobile gadget show, from the organization so big it runs CTIA ads on CNN, even the gadget blogs are calling the 2010 show so-so. But be careful. Googling “Gizmodo CTIA” will get you links to awesome displays on the Las Vegas show flow that turn out to be from last year. Same for Engadget. Here are the high points from this year’s CTIA. I’ve been trained by the PR industry not to ask what CTIA stands for unless I want to interview its founder and/or CEO, but you can read about CTIA on Wikipedia. [...] Read more |
Light bulbs are so over — Bridgelux brings LED lights down to $20Wednesday, March 24, 2010Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) may be backlighting your television and mobile phone screens, but they have yet to come to lamps and lighting systems for homes and businesses. Now, new technology is whittling down costs, making them more practical choices. The latest advancement comes from LED maker Bridgelux, offering a new LED light for just $20. This is a big drop from the previous price point of about $50, according to Birdgelux CEO Bill Watkins. That said, it’s still much higher than prices for incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs, which range from $2 to $10 in cost. [...] Read more |
