Archive for the ‘iPhone’ Category
Mozilla developing Web push notification system for Firefox
Ryan Pau, Ars Technica, 2/3/2012 Mozilla is developing a push notification system for the Firefox Web browser. It will allow users to receive notifications from websites without having to keep those sites open in their browser. The system will also be able to relay push notifications to mobile devices. The project is part of Mozilla’s [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, Push
Samsung and Apple looking at new waterproof smartphone tech
Stuart Miles, PocketLint, 1/16/2012 A new technology that could save your phone from getting water damaged could be included the next wave of smartphones about to be made by Samsung and Apple. Called HZO, the technology creates a nano-scale film barrier which has special water repelling properties once applied to the inside of electronic gadgets. [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Motorola, Samsung
PayPal Mobile Payments Skyrocketed to $4 Billion in 2011
Angela Moscaritolo, PCMagazine, 1/11/2012 Online payment company PayPal processed nearly $4 billion worth of mobile payments in 2011, an exponential increase from the previous year. To put this figure in perspective, the company processed $750 million worth of mobile transactions in 2010 and $141 million in 2009, David Marcus, vice president of PayPal Mobile, said [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology
T-Mobile launches VoIP services for iPhone
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 1/10/2012 T-Mobile is offering a calling service for iPhone and iPad users, even though it doesn’t sell those devices. The operator is expanding its free voice-over-IP service, called Bobsled, to iPhones, iPads, and Android phones. Users with the app can make calls to mobile or landline phones in the U.S., [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: MMS, SMS, T-Mobile, WiFi
AT&T unveils a new API platform for HTML5 apps
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Servic, 1/9/2012 The operator also said it plans to launch an online store for HTML5 apps this year AT&T is hoping to encourage developers to use HTML5 with the release of a new API platform. “It’s essentially a rich set of APIs and tools aimed at furthering the HTML5 appeal as [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: API, AT&T, GPS, HTML5, MMS, SMS
Betting Big on the Future of HTML5, Financial Times Buys Dev Shop
John Paul Titlo, ReadWriteWeb, 1/5/2012 In a demonstration of its confidence in the future of HTML5, business newspaper The Financial Times has acquired the development firm that built its mobile Web app. London-based Assanka was purchased by the FT for unnamed sum of money. The firm will presumably be absorbed into the FT’s existing operations, [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTML5
Mobile app developers to get their own professional organization
Paul Krill, ComputerWorld, 1/3/2012 The Application Developers Alliance would enable collaboration and provide education, cloud access, and lobbying efforts Mobile application developers are set to gain an industry association that would promote their interests, enabling collaboration and product testing while offering education, cloud hosting, and governmental lobbying on their behalf. Led by Jon Potter, former [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud
GSM phones vulnerable to hijack scams-researcher
Tarmo Virki, Reuters, 12/27/2011 Vulnerability in a widely used wireless technology could allow hackers to gain remote control of phones And instruct them to send text messages or make calls, according to an expert on mobile phone security. They could use the vulnerability in the GSM network technology, which is used by billions of people [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: GSM, SMS, T-Mobile
Microsoft Lync arrives on Windows Phone and Android, other mobile OSs still waiting in the queue
Mat Smith, Engadget, 12/15/2011 Microsoft can’t release apps quick enough. Bolstering the cross-platform likes of SkyDrive, OneNote and Kinectimals, its Lync app is the latest addition to the app roster. The corporate communication app ties together instant messaging, audio conferencing and VoIP calls on both Windows Phone and Android devices, while the Symbian and iOS [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: IM, VoIP
Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS takes on iCloud, Dropbox
Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld, 12/14/2011 Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service debuted for iPhones this week, after it had been available to Windows users for several years and on Windows Phone 7 devices more recently. Microsoft understands that a lot of Windows users are carrying iPhones with them, so SkyDrive for iOSis a welcome addition, but the [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone