Will HTML5 kill the mobile app?
Mark Sullivan, PC World, 7/20/2011 With a powerful new upgrade to HTML now emerging, developers may opt for apps that run in mobile browsers For a couple of years now, we’ve been talking about apps for a multitude of purposes. Mobile apps continue to be the preferred way to deliver new services or content to mobile [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Cloud, HTML5, WiFi
xCloud – an iCloud solution for BlackBerry
Ryan Blundell, CrackBerry, 7/14/2011 So Apple will be releasing their iCloud this fall. This iCloud will store your documents, media and pretty much your life in a cloud (as long as it fits into a space of 5GB) and will automatically push them to their iProducts or PC. Earlier in the year, a company called [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud
Alibaba plans own cloud-based phone OS
Electronista, 7/4/2011 Alibaba, best known for its e-commerce sites, is now working on developing its own cell phone operating system, an anonymous source close to the matter told the Wall Street Journal on Monday. The software will offer cloud-based services, unlike current popular operating systems such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, which requires users [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Cloud
Citrix Backs Mobile Cloud Technology Startup
Robin Wauters, TechCrunch, 6/21/2011 Citrix this morning announced an investment in mobile technology company Core Mobile Networks, marking the third funding commitment for the company’s Startup Accelerator, its Silicon Valley-based seed investment initiative which debuted in December 2010. Core Mobile Networks correlates information from enterprise IT systems with content in the cloud, and delivers it [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Cloud, Sprint, Verizon
Apple to unveil iCloud, iOS 5 on Monday, June 6
Tim Stevens, Engadget, 5/31/2011 Had some doubts that Apple was heading skyward? Those lingering concerns can now be put to rest. Apple has confirmed that it will be announcing iCloud on June 6th, what it’s calling an “upcoming cloud services offering.” That will be part of the keynote for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, known [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud
Google plug-in links Android mobile devices with App Engine cloud
Paul Krill, InfoWorld, 5/11/2011 The Google Plugin for Eclipse makes it easier to build native Android apps that can take data with them wherever they go Google on Tuesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco detailed an upgrade to its Google Plugin for Eclipse (GPE), which assists with linking Android mobile devices and [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud
MS Office Docs Can Be Shared with Google Cloud Connect
Barry Levine, Mobile Tech Today, 2/25/2011 A free plug-in adds collaboration to older versions of Microsoft Office through Google Cloud Connect for Office. Office 2010 already offers collaboration, but Google Cloud Connect does not work with Microsoft Office for Mac, which doesn’t have open APIs. Synced Office files are given a URL and backed up [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, Cloud
Print Documents and Emails from Your Phone With Google Cloud Print
John Paul Titlow, ReadWriteBiz, 1/25/2011 Google officially announced the roll-out of Cloud Print today, which will enable wireless printing of documents and emails from mobile devices. As we reported in November, the impending arrival of Cloud Print was revealed somewhat by accident when hints of an upcoming cloud-printing feature showed up in the Google Docs [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud, HTML5, Linux
Kony Solutions Raises $19.1 Million For Mobile Application Platform
Robin Wauters, TechCrunch, 1/18/2011 Kony Solutions, provider of a so-called ‘write once, run everywhere’ mobile platform and vertical market mobile solutions, this morning announced that it has secured $19.1 million in Series A financing from Insight Venture Partners, the investment firm that boasts stakes in companies like Twitter, Chegg, Six Waves, Datacore Software and HauteLook. [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: Cloud, HTML5
Cloud services spurring mobile enterprise apps
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 10/29/2010 Some enterprises are finding that cloud-based applications make it possible to roll out mobile enterprise apps Mobilizing enterprise apps is nothing new, yet beyond email and a few other horizontal applications, it’s still a niche market. But combining the cloud with the newest generation of smartphones is just starting [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud, WiFi