Mobile Bits & Bytes
Rumor has it that a number of Apple devotees waited patiently at their nearby Apple Store to buy iPhone 4S’, when memories of Steve Jobs flooded their brains. Could it be, as I wrote in a recent MobileBeyond piece they saw his light? That Jobs stood patiently next to them in line as part of [...]
On-Page SeoPressor WordPress Plugin If you’re a blogger, you get a lot of spam. Most of it is easily controlled with WordPress plugins. But some always gets through. Occasionally, they’re worth a look, even publishing. And this one dealing with on-page SEO for high Google ranking is worth reviewing for desktop and mobile websites and [...]
In the past few years, we’ve seen the demise of the auto industry and other Fortune 500 enterprises. Kodak, one of the premiere American companies in cameras, film and later printers, is another. While dominating the photography business and owning over 11,000 patents in film and coating, its management stuck to a business plan for [...]
What would you think about Ford Motor Company installing auto Wi-Fi in your vehicle? No, not to bypass the carriers or let junior play mobile games faster on his mobile device. But to better regulate traffic on freeways, save gas, your nerves and, possibly, your life. If you’re old enough, you remember the old Ford [...]
Aha. I caught you!. You were about ready to throw your old cell phones in the garbage at 4 a.m. when no one’s looking, eh? But did you know you can recycle, make money and help charities by properly disposing of your cell phones? IN 2009, the U.S. generated 3.19 million tons of waste. Only [...]
Movirtu, a South African mobile identity management firm (MIM) plans on providing three million Africans a way to establish their identities using any mobile phone. The Cloud Phone service allows people with a phone to log in, make calls, get information and do simple banking transactions, similar to a Google account accessed from any personal [...]
Virgin Mobile and T-Mobile are butting heads over prepaid mobile plans as Virgin takes to the airwaves with commercials promoting smartphones. Meanwhile, MetroPCS and Leap Wireless aren’t raking in the dollars from their two- year contract customers. In the background is the potential acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. Smartphone prices continue dropping, especially if they’re [...]
A mobile phone study about mom’s in modern families got a write-up in Marketing Daily. A study of 1,000 moms done by The Parent Group Publishing Company and BlogHer, concluded that 71% of moms can’t go a single day without using the Internet. And 40% claim they need a mobile phone and Internet access [...]
In the past few years, we’ve seen the demise of the auto industry and other Fortune 500 enterprises. Kodak, one of the premiere American companies in cameras, film and later printers, is another. While dominating the photography business and owning over 11,000 patents in film and coating, its management stuck to a business plan for [...]
A mobile phone study about mom’s in modern families got a write-up in Marketing Daily. A study of 1,000 moms done by The Parent Group Publishing Company and BlogHer, concluded that 71% of moms can’t go a single day without using the Internet. And 40% claim they need a mobile phone and Internet access [...]
Virgin Mobile and T-Mobile are butting heads over prepaid mobile plans as Virgin takes to the airwaves with commercials promoting smartphones. Meanwhile, MetroPCS and Leap Wireless aren’t raking in the dollars from their two- year contract customers. In the background is the potential acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. Smartphone prices continue dropping, especially if they’re [...]
eWeek reviewed Forester Research‘s recent report “10 Mobile Tech Insights for 2011.” Striking trends worth noting. Smartphone owners will continue growing, pay less for mobile devices and demand more data, Butt consumers will use fewer apps, increasing competition in the already competitive app development and distribution markets, especially Apple and Android. The overused word “fragmentation”–meaning [...]
Movirtu, a South African mobile identity management firm (MIM) plans on providing three million Africans a way to establish their identities using any mobile phone. The Cloud Phone service allows people with a phone to log in, make calls, get information and do simple banking transactions, similar to a Google account accessed from any personal [...]
