TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market.
By Lucian Constantin | 09 February, 2012 07:39
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to the makers of six mobile apps used for background checks, saying the apps may violate a consumer credit protection law.
By Grant Gross | 08 February, 2012 06:39
Google Docs users can now get offline access to documents on their Android-based smartphones and tablets, Googlesaid in a blog post on Wednesday.
By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 February, 2012 22:16
Zultys has upgraded the software in its MX family of IP PBXs and added a Mobile Communicator client for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Tuesday.
By Mikael Ricknäs | 31 January, 2012 23:55
Vodafone has teamed up with security vendor, McAfee, to offer a protection service for the telco’s Android phone customers.
By Hamish Barwick | 31 January, 2012 15:23
An insurance company decided to roll out an application for its sales reps. The new app would give them a wider selection of products to offer customers when out in the field. Information on those products was stored in a legacy mainframe system, so the company created a Web interface that let reps query the database to get details on offerings.
By Minda Zetlin | 24 January, 2012 03:26
For a device with "smart" in its name, a smartphone sure can help you do a lot of stupid things. Whether it's racking up thousands of dollars in international roaming fees or encouraging dozens of eye rolls with your misrouted voice dialing -- I'm looking at you, guy who calls Ben O'Lynn in accounting every time he means to call Bennigan's for lunch -- our modern-day mobile devices provide plenty of opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment.
By JR Raphael | 06 August, 2010 07:52
Augmented reality technology is getting a lot of attention these days -- particularly the use of AR with smartphones. The idea is that by using certain software, you can turn your iPhone, Droid or other smartphone into a virtual heads-up display. Aim your phone's camera at a shop, restaurant or landmark, and information about the place, such as hours of operation, reviews or directions, appears on the device's screen as graphics floating over the image of the place.
By Howard Wen | 27 January, 2010 06:40
Research firm IDC says Apple's App Store could stock in excess of a quarter million iPhone and iPod Touch applications, tripling current levels by the end of 2010. That's some number. Contrast with an estimated 10,000 Windows 7-compatible apps, over 700 (released as well as announced) Xbox 360 games, nearly 600 PS3 games, over 1,000 Wii games, over 600 DS games (from September 2008), and over 700 PSP games.
By Matt Peckham | 04 December, 2009 04:33
Let's say that you're a software developer who has created a hot new application for smartphones that you're certain is about to take the world by storm. Your work isn't quite done and here's the problem: not only will your brilliant and innovative application have to compete with several other applications that have similar ambitions, but it will have to compete with them over multiple platforms.
By Brad Reed | 04 December, 2009 06:00
This paper will address the top five mobile web experience mistakes you may face on the road to success – and a model for ensuring performance to keep your business in the running.
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