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Our Social Network Just Got Bigger

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:15:00 EST

LG Electronics Canada and Rogers Wireless today announced a world first: the LG Eve, a new Android OS-based smartphone designed specifically for social networking, is now available exclusively at Rogers. The LG Eve provides customers with the freedom of mobile social networking, making it easier to stay connected anytime, anywhere.

LTE - The Rise of the Mobile Prosumer

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST

Such consumer & technology transformation has distorted the way 'Prosumer' consume their products & services, and interact with their mobile devices. The industry awaits to see if Asia’s Top Telecom guns can decide on a unified approach to map revenue streams back to the operators. The average handset has evolved from the humble voice-box, to the total media centre. As a result thousands of start-up companies are profiting out of the Telecom sector's advances, supplying the various add-ons which inevitably accompany any new wave of technology.

Cloud Storage: A Business Model Toolkit for Service Providers

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:50:00 EST

We have built a free Cloud Storage Toolkit for Service Providers to help them answer the question: "Should we enter the Cloud Storage marketspace?" The toolkit includes a tutorial and a spreadsheet - both of which are accessible immediately when you sign up for our Cloud Storage Strategy newsletter.

Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 Expands Market Reach of LiMo Handset Portfolio

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile industry leaders today announced the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1, the second LiMo compliant device built upon LiMo Platform Release 2 (R2). This latest handset developed by Samsung offers mobile consumers a unique mobile experience presented through Vodafone’s stunning feature-rich, highly customizable Vodafone 360 user interface (UI) – providing a new set of Internet services for the mobile and PC that gathers all of a customer’s friends, communities, entertainment and personal favorites in one place. Following in the footsteps of the Vodafone 360 Samsung H1, the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 is designed in price and function for a larger segment of mobile consumers.

Enterprise 2.0 and Mobile Software Applications

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST

The term Enterprise 2.0 is receiving a lot of press these days (see definition of Enterprise 2.0). In this article we are going to discuss possible use cases for Enterprise 2.0 in the context of enterprise mobile applications. Carl Frappaolo and Dan Keldsen defined Enterprise 2.0 in this way, "a system of web based technologies that provide rapid and agile collaboration (kudos for buzz words), information sharing, emergence and integration capabilities in the extended enterprise." The bottom line, unstructured information sharing tools for use by the enterprise.

Prevx SafeOnline Boosts Confidence in Online Banking

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:01:00 EST

Internet and PC security specialist Prevx today launched a free security program designed to protect websites and internet users from the risks of online fraud without impacting the user experience. Banking, government, and e-commerce sites can now sign up to the Prevx SafeOnline Business Partner Program and receive free protection against malware that compromises their customers' confidential account numbers or passwords. This unique program boosts confidence in online transactions with free customer support, free real-time reports highlighting threats affecting a company's website and free customer use of Prevx's new SafeOnline technology. This powerful technology, successfully tested by Immunity Inc., protects a PC user from threats such as phishing, DNS poisoning, screen grabbing, man-in-the-browser and key stroke logging. Prevx SafeOnline can be downloaded and active in seconds, does not impact the user experience, requires no website changes, complements existing security products and even prevents infected PCs from compromising an online transaction.

Coffee Table Tags

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:15:00 EDT

Embedding tags in books is probably the most obvious way to connect print content with online content so it's surprising more book publishers are not following Rough Guide's lead. Their new coffee table book, Earthbound: a Rough Guide to the World in Pictures is tag-enabled.Each image in the book is linked to a QR Code that resolves to a Google map of the location for more context-specific Stewart McKienoreply@blogger.com0

Smart Phones, Mobile Software, Coupons and Grocery Lists

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:54:00 EDT

I want to be able to go to a grocery store (food store) and take out my iPhone, photograph the bar code label (UPC code) and have my GPS location uploaded to a website that will instantly provide me with all the discounts, coupons and rebates available for that product (UPC code) in that specific store location (GPS coordinate).

Shrouding the Net Neutrality Debate in a Cloud of Politics

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:15:00 EDT

The FCC finally moved the network neutrality debate forward Thursday, voting to begin developing open Internet regulations. The debate is actually quite simple – should the government regulate, or not regulate the Internet? That discussion revolves around the six principles of network neutrality proposed by the FCC.

The Open Shanzhai Appstore in China?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:09:00 EDT

obile Mondays in Beijing is normally not a big thing for me and given that I have to spend an hour to go to the events in Orange Labs in Zhongguangcun, I have not been to a single event yet. When we Trolltech, we participated in an event but as I was traveling, two of my colleagues participated.

However, yesterday is was an interesting topic and a lot of people: Mobile Applications Stores for China and Orange Labs/+8* had an interesting panel:

- Wang XIaodong, Aspire (ASP to China Mobile for Mmarket)

- Yang Zhi (?)(Vice Director, China Telecom Research Institute)

- Danny Huang (Orange Open Source Lab)

- Max Hu (SonyEricsson)

- Wang Bo (CEO Bokan)

and from Nokia, Fan Tianxin, biz dev manager at Forum Nokia, was there to defend the Ovi Store.

Unsurpringsly, most of the event was centered about Apple's success with iPhone and the AppStore or as Danny Huang called it, the APPleStore. But one of the guys made some weird statements about that the Appstore is far from good, which was a bit weird. He probably meant that there are still room for improvements and his main point was that the social networking element of Appstores were missing. I think I have seen some blogs hinting at the next gen iTunes/AppStore will feature far more of the social networking capabilities.

The whole event should have been held in Chinese instead of English as most of the panelists were really uncomfortable in english and a lot of interesting facts/discussions were lost in translation.

My favorite conclusion though was based on Bokan's comment about all upcoming Shanzhai Android phones (not OPhones) and that there should be one independent appstore. Instead, i draw the conclusion together with Markus (ex-colleague) that that would be the Open Shanzhai Appstore - all apps for free! And it is actually possible given that the Android Java apps can be cheated to decompile and reveal full source alas easy to create a Shanzhai appstore..

This is actually quite a vital thing. Shanzhai phones are gray-market phones traditionally built on Mediatek's chipsets with a full reference implementation for the chinese market (and for others) where a small 10-people company can basically build their own phone and ship in retail and avoid all taxes and IPRs and therefore sell at a discounted price compared to traditional OEMs like ZTE, Huawei, Nokia and Samsung.

There is a lot of activities from these players to trying to build and ship Android devices and they definitely have an incentive of trying to decouple any official or unofficial Android marketplace and distribute freely (and that may actually happen) - thus the headline: The Open Shanzhai Appstore

Balsamiq Taking Traditional Storyboards All the Way to Cool Mockups

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:01:00 EDT

I published an article in July 2009, which stated my thoughts and findings on Mobile Application User Interface design etc... Traditionally the actual GUI design Phase has probably been about 25% of the whole project time, but now with the iPhone and the nature of the beast that is the App Store, the demanding iPhone Users and the cool device itself... Apple and developers in turn, are pushing this initial design phase to about 60%. Apple's definition of the design phase, is that it consists of four sub phases focusing on...

Shrouding the Net Neutrality Debate in a Cloud of Politics

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:38:00 EDT

Skill Set of an Enterprise Mobility Developer?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:50:00 EDT

Following on from my articles on thoughts and findings of Enterprise Mobility, I have decided to delve a little deeper into the area of development. In particular I thought it would be fun to put down what I believe could be the skill set or attributes, of an Enterprise Mobility Developer.

Sidekick Shows Faint Signs of Life

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:00 EDT

Microsoft and Danger, obviously its most dangerous unit, were up at the crack of dawn Tuesday morning saying that they were ready to start restoring the Sidekick user data that Danger came ever so close to losing forever in the last couple of weeks. They sensibly started with personal contacts on the T-Mobile smartphones.

American Sins, GPS, GIS and Mobile Software Applications that Show It All

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

A team at Kansas State University using per-capita stats maps out the regions where there is the most sin. This is interesting not just for the sensationalism of it, but for the cleverness of the team at Kansas State. How does one take per-capita stats and make them interesting for the masses that suffer from sound-biteitis? We can learn from this team. Let's first take a look at the 7 deadly sins.

Building Smartphone Apps

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Smartphone apps are the most exciting trend in computing since the advent of web apps. How do you as a developer take advantage of this? More generally, how do you do that and get maximum reach for your app across the diversity of smartphones out there. If you’re writing a consumer app you can get away with just targeting the iPhone (albeit missing some market opportunity). If you’re writing a business app you need to be able to reach all the users in the enterprise. There just are no homogeneous mobile device environments in any place but the smallest mom and pop shops now.

Steps for Success in Enterprise Mobility?

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:45:00 EDT

This is the last in a series of five initial articles, in which I'm going to put my thoughts and findings on the subject of Enteprise Mobility. For this final article I have decided to sum up the thoughts and findings of the previous articles to form an initial set of 'Steps for Success' for an Enterprise Mobility Strategy.

Jump Start your Enterprise Mobility Education Now!

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:15:00 EDT

Online classes from ‘Sybase Mobile University’ will provide you with the knowledge you need to make your organization’s mobile projects a success. Let our top instructor bring you up to speed on the latest mobile application developments and how to overcome common pitfalls. There is no cost for these online mobility courses.

The Future of Mobile and Route Sales Applications for Smart Phones, Part 1

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:38:00 EDT

I can see multiple mobile applications and technologies converging rapidly to provide some very interesting scenarios for mobile and route sales people. Consider the following scenario. A mobile sales person or route sales person is driving through an unfamiliar territory. She stops in a parking lot and activates an application on her Smart Phone that identifies her location and requests visibility into the location of all current and past customers, and any known sales prospects. Her application, using Google Maps provides a map with color coded "push pins" showing the exact locations of each. Tapping on any push pin identifies the street address, name, product and account history.

Imagine There's No iPhone

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:00:00 EDT

The ultimate goal of any software vendor is...to make sure that their software runs on iPhone. The time will come when entire J2EE stack with EJB will run on iPhone. Singing... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

Imagine there's no iPhone
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no iPhone
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no iPhones
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope Flash Player'll join us
And the world will live as one

Sorry, John :)

Gold Medal Goes to Latin America

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:15:00 EDT

Latin America is predicted to be the strongest region of growth in 2010, Investment is flooding to the area and telecommunications is essential for the region to fulfill its potential. Backed by Government incentives and commercial opportunities figureheads such as Humberto Roca, CTO , Antel, Israel Madiedo, CTO, Cablevision , Claudio Bermudez, CTO Grupo ICE, Peter Jones, VP Technology, LIME , Miguel Angel Gray , Millicom International Cellular CEO Central America , Robert Masse, CTO Telefonica del Sur (Telsur) and Pedro Planas , CTO LA, Telefonica Media Networks SA have agreed to meet in Panama on November 10th this year at the illustrious NGT Summit to discuss technology investment to support market growth.

Welcome to the NOW Network

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:28:00 EDT

Sprint announced the availability of Sprint and Nextel service to customers in the 20 busiest underground stations in the Washington, D.C. Metro system. The move promises to improve the workday commute for hundreds of thousands of passengers who depend on Metro to travel between their homes and workplaces each day. It also will make touring the historic sites of the Washington, D.C. area easier for millions of tourists who visit the Capitol area annually.

Microsoft Finds Lost Sidekick Data

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EDT

You have, perhaps, heard about the failure of the T-Mobile USA Sidekick smartphone – known for its remote data storage and the fact that (gad!) Paris Hilton is a devotee – and how Microsoft’s $500 million 2008 Danger acquisition, which invented the thing, managed to permanently lose what looked for a while there like everybody’s data because Danger didn’t back anything up before it or Hitachi screwed up a SAN upgrade or maybe it was a server failure; there are various excuses floating around.

Nortel CallPilot Debuts ‘Visual Voice’ on Unified Messaging Platform

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT

A joint development by SpinVox and Mutare Software, Mutare EVM with SpinVox Speech-to-Text, also known as Visual Voice, is an application implemented in Enterprises as a server-based software solution, it merges voice and data into one unified messaging experience and is compatible with any email system or Internet-enabled device. It enables business users to process voicemail up to four times faster as they can now prioritize, forward, file, copy and delete converted voicemail messages with the same ease and convenience of email, improving individual productivity, customer responsiveness, and workgroup collaboration.

Mobile Innovation Flies “Under the Radar”

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:05:00 EDT

Speaking of the mobile app market blowing up, I wanted to give you a heads up regarding a great mobile event: Under the Radar on 11/19 in Mountain View, CA. From global carriers and handset manufacturers to media companies, branding partners, press and VCs — anyone who’s anyone leveraging new mobile tech and interested in catching [...]

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Patching Problems on BlackBerry Bold 9000?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT

BlackBerry recently pushed out another update of the OS for the BlackbBrry Bold, and it appears that wireless upgrades are still a problem. BlackBerry maker RIM has just posted another update for the phone, 4.6.0.297, that appears to be a set up patches on top of the previous upgrade.

Is Sidekick Platform an Actual Cloud Service?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:30:00 EDT

My previous post about the Sidekick failure seems to have whipped up a bit of a frenzy around whether or not the Sidekick platform is an actual cloud service. On one side you people saying it isn't a cloud because it's not redundant or distributed or api accessible or whatever. On the other you have the media saying hey it's a web based service, so it's a cloud.

Whether the Sidekick platform is or isn't "cloud computing" is totally secondary to the real issue. The Sidekick failure has beautifully illustrated a major potential problem facing the use of any remotely hosted web services, cloud or otherwise and this is trust.

My issue with the sidekick cloud debate isn't whether or not it's a failure of cloud computing. You can't blame a buzzword. Cloud computing isn't any single technology but instead it's a new way to market, manage, deploy and operate web centric software and infrastructure. So I do agree it isn't a failure of cloud computing so much as a failure to build an adequate DR strategy among other things.

This failure does in the most simple terms demonstrate a key problem facing cloud computing, you are trusting someone else to manage your data / infrastructure. But leading an argument by saying it isn't a cloud because clouds can't fail is ridiculous.

Bluetooth SIG Opens Nominations for Best of CES Awards

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

The SIG’s Best of CES Awards is a revamped version of the organization’s annual Best of CES contest. The new awards program was designed to create a simple and flexible nomination process to better shine a spotlight on the year’s most exciting Bluetooth devices. Submissions must no longer fall into a product category and can be entered when nominated by a member company or the SIG itself.

Easiest Way to Make an iPhone Media App

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

TapLynx lets designers and developers create truly unique iPhone media applications with customized content and their own distinctive look and feel simply by filling out a configuration file. The framework is optimized for presenting the latest content (through standard RSS feeds), including text, images and video, all viewed inline within the application. The framework also supports multiple ad formats and servers to monetize content. Users of the app can easily share the content with their Facebook, e-mail and Twitter followers. All apps work equally well on the iPod Touch.

Telecom Risk and Security Part 4

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:39:00 EDT

A 40 year old building with much of the original mechanical and electrical infrastructure. A 40 year old 4000 amp, 480 volt aluminum electrical buss duct, which had been modified and “tapped” often during its life, with much of the work done violating equipment specifications. With the old materials such as buss insulation gradually deteriorating, the duct expanding and contracting over the years, the fact aluminum was used during the initial installation to either save money or test a new technology vision – it all becomes a risk. A risk of buss failure, or at worst a buss failing to the point it results in a massive electrical explosion.

HAVA Mobile Player App for iPhone

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Monsoon Multimedia announced the availability of the HAVA Mobile Player application for iPhone and iPod Touch users. The HAVA Mobile Player app allows HAVA customers to view and control their home television service, including cable, satellite and TiVo, from anywhere in the world on their iPhone. The HAVA Mobile Player for iPhone was designed for seamless integration with Apple's unique smartphone allowing viewers to control their home television service (whether it's cable or satellite, receiver or DVR, standard or high definition) via the touch screen interface.

Social Action Network is iMac and iPhone Compatible

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

"So Act is now highly compatible with iMac in a four column format allowing the maximum amount of hi-res, web multi-tasking that our members can handle in one screen," said Greg Halpern, President, So Act Network. "This breakthrough allows members using iMac to interact with up to eight windows on one screen without scrolling at all. For Mac lovers who also have iPhones, they can access their private network on So Act while on the go. This provides many huge advantages. For example, while having a multi-person conference in Conversations, you can leave to go out to lunch or shopping but you can stay in the meeting remotely on your iPhone even receiving files to review and continuing communication without missing a beat. The possibilities are endless and of course the Apple experience makes it remarkable."

All I Wanted Was to Buy an iPhone

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Long story short. Apple did cancel the order. But it takes 3-4 days for Apple to clear the transaction from ATTs system. In the meantime, they put a hold on my ATT account – so no new purchases or changes can be made. So basically – I can’t have a new phone until Apple's system releases my account. You gotta be kidding me? What transactions takes 4 days to clear in this digital age??

Africa is Treated as a ‘Priority Market’

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EDT

$18 billion investment in ICT makes Africa a priority market for world's investors. Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe has confirmed that telecoms investment in Nigeria in the last eight years has exceeded USD18 billion, and they are not alone as the entire continent is seen as a priority market by the worlds investors. This came to light at the Recent NGT Africa summit lead by Ahmad Farrouk, CEO, MTN Nigeria who addressed the fifty strong Telecom leaders on the Growth potential of Africa’s communication industry, sharing his ideas on the importance of deploying networks in rural communities in order to connect harder to reach subscribers and increase market growth.

All is Not Lost in the Great Sidekick Screw-Up

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:30:00 EDT

You may have heard about the failure of the T-Mobile USA Sidekick smartphone– known for its remote data storage and the fact that (gad!) Paris Hilton is a devotee – and how Microsoft’s $500 million 2008 Danger acquisition, which invented the thing, managed to lose what looked for a while there like everybody’s data permanently because Danger didn’t back anything up before it or Hitachi screwed up a SAN upgrade or maybe it was a server failure; there are various excuses floating around. The situation cast another long shadow over clouds everywhere and has certainly done nothing to enhance Microsoft’s reputation, T-Mobile’s either. Google and Apple may count it a win.

Cisco Buys Starent Networks

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Cisco, which just plunked down $3 billion to buy Tandberg ASA, makers of videoconferencing gear, said Tuesday morning that it’s going to buy nine-year-old Starent Networks for $2.9 billion, a 21% premium. Starent supplies mobile and converged carriers with IP-based mobile infrastructure widgetry and Cisco figures the mobile Internet is now at an inflection point as IP-enabled Smartphones and other connected mobile devices become ubiquitous.

The Smartphone OS Battle Intensifies

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:01:00 EDT

Market research firm, In-Stat (www.instat.com), believes we are entering a very critical time for smartphone OSs, as exemplified by four major smartphone announcements on October 6 from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Palm, and Microsoft. “With Android on the upswing, Palm’s Web OS starting to expand, and Apple’s iPhone not showing signs of slowing down, the battleground, and subsequent weeding-out phase of the smartphone OS war has started,” according to In-Stat analyst, Allen Nogee.

Android Makes Inroads

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:30:00 EDT

AT&T is reportedly going to offer a Dell Android-based smartphone to U.S customers of its cellphone network next year, according to an unconfirmed piece in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters says the thing will be a version of the Marvell Technology-designed oPhone “prototype” Dell showed off in China some weeks back.

Telecom Giants Jump into Action at First Bell

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

With countless alternative service offerings around the traditional voice tariffs, in particular wireless broadband, the playing field has been levelled, but who will come out on top?

The Economy and Enterprise Mobility?

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

This is the first in a series of five initial articles, in which I'm going to put my thoughts and findings on the subject of Enteprise Mobility. For this article I've decided to tackle the Economy, which is effecting us all in various degrees, according to your geographic location.

Business Users Rank iPhone Highest

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EDT

W. David Gardner who writes for InformationWeek has a very interesting article here. He states the J.D. Power's study of smartphone satisfaction, which reports that the Apple iPhone topped the Blackberry and other devices.

A Wake-Up Call for the Internet

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:47:00 EDT

Hello, from Geneva where I’ve been attending the ITU Telecom World Conference for the last few days. It’s been three years since the last show, and it’s energizing to see the ever increasing recognition as to the increased role that the network can play in improving business and change lives. While different sections of the show tend to focus on different topics, much of the discussion at the “Internet Pavilion” (hosted by ICANN, ISOC and NRO) by global leaders and attendees has been on the future of telecommunications.

One of the key concerns that surfaces when discussing the future of IT is the imminent depletion of IPv4 addresses and the need to accelerate deployment of IPv6 in the wake of massive growth of IP-enabled devices. I know, I know…IPv6 discussions have been around for awhile. But here are some real eye-openers gained this week that really show that this is a topic that must be addressed much sooner than later:

ITU forecasts the number of mobile subscriptions to top 4.6 billion by the end of this calendar year.
Wireless broadband subscriptions (600 million) exceeded fixed broadband subscribers in 2008.
A quarter of the word’s people - approximately 1.9 billion - have access to a computer at home (not to mention the proliferation of so many other mobile and IP-based devices)

This Time, It’s Personal

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:08:00 EDT

Nearly 80% of companies reported an increase in the number of employees wanting to bring their own devices into the workplace in the last 6-12 months according to ‘The Device Dilemma,’ a report by Vanson Bourne and Good Technology. In addition, two thirds of IT Managers have been under more pressure to increase compatibility with [...]

Cloudvox Phone API Platform Launches Telephony in the Cloud

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Cloudvox launched "Telephony in the Cloud, bringing unprecedented phone call flexibility to entrepreneurs and technologists. Any Web developer can place, receive, and control phone calls from their own application or Web site, with no new infrastructure. Over the Internet, Cloudvox makes available "phone building blocks" like collecting digits, placing calls, speaking phrases, and starting conferences. Developers can mix and match these components to create incredibly customized phone call services.

Samsung Mobile and Sybase

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:30:00 EDT

Today Samsung Mobile and Sybase announced collaboration plans to deploy, manage and secure Windows Mobile® powered smart phones for enterprise customers. The project will provide mobile knowledge workers with advanced access to business-critical applications.

Utilizing Web Development Skills to Build Native Smartphone Apps

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:40:00 EDT

Yesterday RIM announced their Widget SDK. We’re excited about about this at Rhomobile because it is further validation of the strategy to utilize developer’s web skills to build great native apps. We often find ourselves having to explain “yes - it does let you write your interface in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. No - it’s [...]

Smart Mobile Solutions Launches New DocuSign iPhone App

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:15:00 EDT

With DocuSign’s award-winning electronic signature service, businesses can accelerate their sales cycles and obtain complete visibility into their agreement process. ESIGNControl extends the value of DocuSign to the iPhone handset, empowering busy professionals to run reports on their DocuSign transactions, view details of documents in process, and even make corrections on the fly right from their iPhone. DocuSign, combined with ESIGNControl, supercharges business development and operational professionals, sales teams, real estate agents and mortgage brokers who rely on the DocuSign e-signature service to close deals online in minutes.

ng Connect Program Expands Mobile Broadband

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:01:00 EDT

The ng Connect Program, founded by Alcatel-Lucent continues to develop innovative application and solution PoCs to drive adoption of next generation broadband networks as they become commercially available. The PoCs illustrate the user benefits provided by next generation networks to a wide range of industries including consumer media and entertainment, enterprise collaboration and e-Healthcare, automotive connectivity, digital signage and network-based computing. ng Connect Program members are collaborating on the development of these sample services which illustrate the performance benefits of 4G and LTE networks as service providers and network operators begin to deploy their next generation networks.

VIP Invitation For the GovIT Expo Keynote October 6 in Washington DC

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:15:00 EDT

"Can the Enterprise Cloud make infrastructure operations faster, easier, cheaper, and safer while also unleashing the transformative creativity of the workforce?" will be one of the questions asked by Jill Tummler Singer, Deputy CIO of the Central Intelligence Agency, in her Opening Keynote at SYS-CON's 1st Annual Government IT Conference & Expo (GovITExpo), which will take place on October 6, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Register Now For This Panel FREE with VIPguest Coupon Code.

Mobile Website Development with Netbiscuits

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:14:00 EDT

While mobile Internet is a prime growth market of the future, the medium is not as simple as it looks. In contrast to web developments for PCs, developers using the mobile channel are confronted by a virtually limitless number of hardware and software platforms. This fragmentation might encourage some to limit their projects to specific platforms and end devices. The browser technology used by many older cell phones often appears to be the only way of realizing client applications that have the same performance and design standards as the PC web. In addition, application stores, such as the one operated by iPhone, represent a promising distribution channel for marketing client apps.