Mobile, Media & Technology Publishing
WiFi Wireless Internet Shortage The New York Times reported today that a WiFi Internet service shortage is growing at technical conference presentations. Shared WiFi signal strength dissipates quickly when presenters, reporters and guests connect simultaneously to the same router. Wireless spectrum, routers and the Internet signal become overwhelmed by too many laptops, mobile phones and other devices sucking wireleless bandwidth. [...]
According to reliable sources, the cell phone was invented by Dr. Martin Cooper, formerly with Motorola, who branded the “first portable handset” the Dyna-Tac. Supposedly Cooper made the first cell phone and placed a call in April, 1973 to his rival at Bell Labs. His Dyna-Tac only weighed 2.5 pounds and measured 9 x 5 [...]
In November, 2007, I wrote a series of blog posts for MarketingBeyond, the predecessor to MobileBeyond, about my best Android mobile phone, resulting in a PDF summarizing a 4G futuristic phone totally controlled by voice using widget memory swapping. At that time the mobile phone that met most of my requirements was the HTC Touch, the Windows [...]
Technology is miraculous and wonderful when it performs well. If your computer, smartphone, HD TV or even a toaster fails, however, you feel like throwing the darn things out a second story window or stomping on them. This is particularly true of Web-connected devices, especially when low-cost components fail, making them unusable. As a online [...]
Personal health information interest by consumers and the explosion in mobile health are improving medical outcomes in medicine. However, changing delivery models, patient information privacy concerns and staggering costs remain top concerns among consumers and providers. West Wireless Health Institute, Jitterbug and Insignia Health are three companies addressing these critical consumer issues. On the publishing front is MobiHealthNews, [...]
One of the major challenges facing mobile handset manufacturers, application developers, carriers and others is ensuring that mobile applications and software run flawlessly on hundreds–if not thousands–of mobile handsets in use around the world. As smartphones and other mobile computing devices increase in complexity, mobile application development is hindered without proper testing. Perfecto Mobile, a [...]
