Archive for March, 2010

Seen that? – Cingular Goes After Cellphone Record Vendors

Cingular Goes After Cellphone Record Vendors The Mobile Technology Weblog Cingular has announced they have taken out restraining orders against Data Find Solutions, Locatecell.com, and 1st Source Information Specialists, all of whom Cingular claim have been selling the cellphone records of …


Collaborate and Innovate

Congratulations to good friends and ex-colleagues – Munish and Jayesh who have given up their cushy jobs at Wipro to launch ideaken. ideaken uses social media to enable collaborative innovation. To quote:
Collaborative innovation takes place when one starts to leverage unknown or unnamed sources of ideas, solutions & knowledge along with the known and named [...]

Seen that? – Carnival of the Mobilists 13

Carnival of the Mobilists 13 The Mobile Technology Weblog Week 13 of Carnival of the Mobilists is being hosted at Blethers.com. There are quite a few new contributors this week, I'm delighted to see, so I've decided to look at them …


Seen that? – Carnival of the Mobilists 13

Carnival of the Mobilists 13 The Mobile Technology Weblog Week 13 of Carnival of the Mobilists is being hosted at Blethers.com. There are quite a few new contributors this week, I'm delighted to see, so I've decided to look at them …


Opera’s Popular Browser Comes to Android

It's tough to argue the fact that any operating system's success or failure has much to do with third party support. To that end, things are looking up for Google's fairly new Android OS as Opera Software has decided to come on board with a version of its Mini 5 browser for smartphones running the Android operating system.

This new browser will improve the mobile surfing experience for Java phones by compressing data by up to 90 percent before sending content to the …


Rackspace Hosting Makes Some Service Improvements

When it comes to the highly competitive world of web hosting, innovation is often a necessity to maintaining the edge. To that end, Rackspace is relaunching its e-mail exchange hosting and application reseller partner program to add tools, training, more program features and structure. The announcement follows updates for Rackspace's managed services and Rackspace Cloud programs to increase the company's presence.

Additionally Rackspace is offering new white-labeled collateral that partners can brand and use for their own marketing campaigns. Resellers automatically have access …

Rumors Confirmed: Facebook to Add Location Service

Facebook has been working on a location-based service for close to a year, but held off on an announcement until it was completely ready for mainstream adoption, fearing potential privacy concerns.

However, it looks like the time for letting the masses know has finally arrived. The new feature will not only let users share their whereabouts with friends, but also give third-party developers tools to create location-based apps for users.

The hot word is that Facebook mobile users will really benefit from …

Sony Takes a Unique Approach to Challenging the iPhone

Dozens of smartphone models have come along in recent months attempting to take a stab at Apple's dominance with features such as touchscreen capability, big library of apps, music playing, and zippy performance but electronics giant Sony has come up with a slightly different approach.

Sony Ericsson has confirmed that it is indeed developing a new smartphone capable of downloading and playing PlayStation games to counter the popularity of Apple's iPhone and curtail the rival's push into the portable-gaming market.

The company said its …

Play Online Games On Your Smartphone

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Todays mobile phone companies all compete with each other to offer various features that are improving all the time. With the arrival of the iPhone, applications have become one of the major ways in which they all try to out-do each other. For over a decade, though, if the latest mobile phone company from Motorola or Nokia, for example, was to survive, it certainly needed to feature a unique game to keep its owner entertained during their free time.

All smartphones allow you …


Cell Phones Could Change the Face of Real Estate

The benefits of mobile technology are apparent in nearly all facets of society and if Software Advice's Chris Thorman's prediction proves correct, it could very well change the way real estate transactions are done as well.

Through the combination of geo-fencing, mobile phones and GPS technology, real estate and property management companies capitalize on business that may otherwise slip through the cracks. Imagine if a potential property buyer simply created an alert based on square footage, number of bedrooms, pet friendliness, special amenities, …