‘Wireless’ Archives
Your detergent is spying on you!
Since a number of us who write for this blog have a background with Navigation / GPS technology, I thought I would post this little bit of odd usage for GPS technology. It seems Unilever's Omo detergent (Sold in Latin America, primarily in Brazil) is adding an unusual ingredient to its two-pound detergent box in Brazil: a GPS device that [...]
Technology Drives 2010 National Scout Jamboree
FORT A.P. HILL, Va., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, the latest advancement in communication was the manual telephone switchboard. Now, as the BSA celebrates its 100th Anniversary this week at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, modern technology is helping assure this week's event is fun and [...]
Frost & Sullivan Reports NA Location Based Carrier Services $1.58 Billion in 2015
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan 2010 North American Consumer Location-based Services (LBS) Market - The Wireless Carrier Opportunity, finds that the wireless carrier-generated segment of the North American consumer LBS market amounted to on-deck application software revenues of approximately $718 million in 2009 and forecasts this to reach [...]
Goverment entities finally start working together to promote wireless medical technology
According to a story in "The Hill", a Washington D.C. based blog, the FCC and the FDA are joining forces to promote the use of wireless technology within the health care arena. According to the article "FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg signed a memorandum of understanding and released a joint statement of [...]
Hands On: Windows Phone 7 Preview
The past few months of buzz in the news covering the mobile space has been centered around Android, the iPhone 4, Foursquare and the future of Nokia and Motorola. However, developers and handset manufacturers have been quitely watching the advancements in MeeGo and waiting for the release of Windows Phone 7. Android and the Apple ecosystem are [...]
Sony Ericsson Bets Future on Android
Sony Ericsson posted €12 million profit for its Q2 2010 quarter, following a €213 million loss during the same quarter in 2009. Sales for the company were €1.76 billion on 11 million shipped for the quarter. This is good news for the soon to be Atlanta based company, as their average selling price increased from €134 in Q1 2010 to [...]
Google helps you find a parking spot, maybe not!
Over the years a number of companies have tried, most unsuccessfully and so m e with limited success, to provide services that will help you locate a parking spot on the street. Well, the folks at Google, you know the ones with access to all of our data, are now trying their hand at it. The application has the original name of "Open [...]
Google Voice…. I like it!
I have been using Google Voice for about the past three months, and even though the tool seems to still need some work, I have to say that I like it a lot. There are a number of reasons to like Google Voice (GV), such as the single number that I can give out to ring all my numbers. It integrates well with the nexus one phone, and can be used [...]
Cisco… the latest tablet vendor???
Rumors that have been running around Silicon Valley the past few months that Cisco Systems Inc. plans to sell a tablet computer. On Monday Cisco confirms those rumors by unveiling it's latest whiz-bang! According to a Cisco announcement on Tuesday the new device will be called Cius, and will be targeted at business customers. For [...]
Monday Briefs!
It's official: the IEEE 802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet standard has been ratified by the IEEE! Orlando Florida - Orlando Health has just signed an agreement with HCD to build the organization's Enterprise Data Warehouse which will be the primary repository for clinical, financial, operational and research data. Official approval [...]
Apptera Raises $10 Million To Targeting The “Third Screen” Of Advertising
Apptera raises an $10 million in another round of funding to continue its expansion into mobile advertising. Apptera “taps into the power of mobile advertising by dynamically serving voice ads to callers and enhancing those calls with interactive visual engagements”. “Callers can opt in to voice ads and have special offers such as coupons [...]
iPhone 4 vs EVO 4G: Which truly costs more?
Who will win the next round of the smart phone war? Which phone has the features that you need, and what is the total cost of ownership? BillShrink provides a good comparison of the iPhone 4, EVO 4G, Droid Incredible, and Google Nexus One in a recent article (click here for the full article). Find the best cell phone plans at BillShrink
Carrier IQ Receives $12 Million To Monitor Carriers (and you)
Bridgescale Partners led Carrier IQ’s fourth round of funding, which totaled $12 million. The startup collects real-time data for carriers directly from end-user’s handsets. Other companies collect similar information from a network perspective, but Carrier IQ is the unique in that it is the only company with deployed diagnostic software [...]
Are mobile ads the next big thing?
Kevin Ryan, the former CEO of online-ad company DoubleClick, said he doesn’t see mobile advertising delivering on huge promises talked about by Google, Apple and others. He talks about how there is almost no mobile advertising today, how e-commerce sites get very little of their sales from mobile and the limited screen size. See the WSJ blog [...]
Atlanta Companies Continuing To Snap Up Funding
FTRANS, an Atlanta-based company focusing on solutions for accounts receivable and credit management, secured $4 million in venture funding for a total of nearly $22 million since its founding in 2004. FTRANS solutions manage the entire collections and receivables process for small to mid-sized businesses. In addition, the company allows [...]
