Mobile, Media & Technology Publishing
For many years, you could never control your phone using your natural voice. Then the iPhone and other smartphones using Android, Windows and other OS’ emerged in the last decade. Things changed. Some mobiles offered smartphone voice control either built into the phone or through apps. You could launch mobile programs like mapping with Google [...]
Steve Jobs – October 5, 2011 I had a short conversation with two medical assistants yesterday about the iPhone 4S. One of them said the announcement of Apple’s latest version would have been more exciting if Steve Jobs had taken the stage. I agreed with them, as my imagination jumped into high gear. Then [...]
As digital newspapers and magazines switch to the Web–especially using mobile apps–publishers must change mobile media copywriting strategies. This includes New York Times digital and mobile publications. I was an early adopter of the New York Times iPad version. But I found its iOS app inferior to the Wall Street Journal‘s which has successfully merged written content [...]
New Mobile Tech Report – Massive Mobile Growth Forester’s latest mobile tech report continues showing how fast mobile technology and media are growing. In response, MobileBeyond is launching new mobile, media and technology blogs to cover the most significant changes in the industry. MobiSnippets, our hottest new mobile blog, launched recently with three other MB blog sites [...]
Have lots of social media mobile devices? You’re ready to take a vacation. (Don’t miss the dramatized podcast.) Picture this. You’re relaxing under a beach umbrella with a gorgeous view of the ocean, your kids happily playing in the water, your spouse enjoying beach volleyball. And you? Well, you’re happy as a clam reading your iPad, [...]
In his parting television interview on CBS, Walter Cronkite bemoaned the 30 minute newscast and how only another ten minutes would provide greater context to television news and information. (Actually, his 30 minute evening program, watched by millions, was only 23 minutes with commercials.) Like small islands in a sea of information, he encouraged [...]
Yes, over five years ago, I bought and sold high-end phones on e-Bay, mostly for fun, until I realized I was generating $25,000 in income. Not enough to retire from my day job, but the business generated a little cash and became a hobby. Within a year or two, I had repeat customers [...]
Apple’s threatened lawsuit against GetJar, calling itself a mobile “app store,” demonstrates Apple’s delusional grandeur to dominate mobile, media, entertainment and other industries it fancies. The notion that a company called “Apple” can latch on to a commonly used phrase within the mobile industry is ludicrous, pompous and just plain dumb. That Apple’s lawyers in the suit [...]
The United Arab Emirates has decided that BlackBerry smartphones are dangerous to national security. Other countries, like India, don’t like RIM’s email, instant messaging and web browsing securitty either. The core issue is clearly mobile privacy in a world where some governments feel threatened by wireless device security. Surprisingly, the U.A.E.’s announcement was announced a day [...]
Cybercrime in Silicon Valley and worldwide is growing. A while back in the south part of Santa Clara County (Silicon Valley), someone (s) severed fiber optic cables owned by AT&T, causing a disruption in telephone, Internet, ATM and other critical components of the our communications infrastructure. Thousands of businesses, government agencies and individuals were affected: [...]
GPS and Location Based Services Thinking of using mobile GPS to locate your friends on your new smartphone? Think again. The global positioning system (GPS) is under strain just as mobile device consumers, the military and businesses are demanding greater accuracy and reliability. GPS also has a direct impact of location based services development. In [...]
Today, upon awakening, my Comcast broadband Internet service failed. Pardon me, I experienced a “service interruption.” No need to speak with an agent. The company’s automated, caring voice told me that someone was “working on it”, that I needn’t do anything but wait. My Web-dependent lifestyle quickly disappeared like the island on the TV series [...]
New Mobile Tech Report – Massive Mobile Growth Forester’s latest mobile tech report continues showing how fast mobile technology and media are growing. In response, MobileBeyond is launching new mobile, media and technology blogs to cover the most significant changes in the industry. MobiSnippets, our hottest new mobile blog, launched recently with three other MB blog sites [...]
