eBay speaks up “third wave” of retail technology
Interactive TV will become a vital part of consumers’ lives by the end of 2014 alongside image recognition and augmented reality, a report claims.
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Reaching the next level of HTML5 [infographic]
According to IDC, 79% of surveyed mobile app developers plan to integrate HTML5 in the apps they will launch in 2012; there will be more than 1 billion HTML5 mobile browsers in the market in 2013; and over 80% of all mobile apps will be wholly or in part based upon HTML5 by 2015.
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Facebook shoulders its way into mobile with "App Center"
Facebook’s flirtations with the world of social mobile web stepped up a gear this week with the launch of its own app store.
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When is a TV not a TV? (Part Two)
For part two of “When is a TV not a TV”, we’ll be looking at what constitutes TV nowadays.
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When is a TV not a TV (when is a television not a television)?
Last night I logged on to MLB.tv as usual to watch a San Francisco Giants game with my 9 year old son. They beat the Padres 2-1 by the way. The way we watch MLB at home is via a regular laptop plugged into our TV. The feed from MLB streams over the internet and is in HD.
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'Stripped down' Blackberry 10 prototypes handed to developers
RIM’s new hot-seat occupant, CEO Thorsten Heins, has unveiled prototypes of the company’s new platform reboot Blackberry OS 10, complete with prototype handset at the Blackberry World conference in Florida this week.
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Access rich media ad revenues with Adfonic SDK 2.0
The mobile advertising specialist Adfonic has announced the availability of its new SDK 2.0 for Android and iOS, allowing developers and mobile marketers to take advantage of its latest range of video and rich media mobile ad options.
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Innovative smartphone and tablet patents from Microsoft
New technology patents from Microsoft might take Apple's iPad dominance and iPhone smartphone dominance out of the game. Apple has long been one of the favourite manufacturers of Mobile phones and tablets (especially with the new iPad 3 (HD) rapidly flying off Smartphone retailers shelves.
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Is the Mobile Patent War Finally Coming to an End?
It seems that many mobile software patents have ceased to be about protecting intellectual property, and become more about making life difficult for competitors. By taking the dispute out of the courtroom, these big companies will be forced to co-operate and – hopefully – competition will become fair again.
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A Lesson in Lifecycle: The Real Meaning of MAM
Just like BYOD is getting tossed around a little too liberally, it seems like MAM (e.g. Mobile Application Management) has become an app dev catch all. Everyone is eager to claim it does just about anything under the sun, when it should really have a very well-defined set of attributes.
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Instagram / Facebook: Is this the beginning of the end for web?
Facebook’s purchase of Instagram has given us a unique insight into where the Social Media giant sees the future of its industry, and the price it has paid tells us that it is not on the web. Is this the beginning of the end?
