Google Cloud Print can now “print” to an Android device or local FedEx store
Ryan Pau, Ars Technica, 4/18/2012 Although modern computing devices and software offer much richer ways to consume, manipulate, and share content, there are still people who prefer to put their documents and images on slices of dead tree. Google introduced a service called Cloud Print in 2010 with the aim of helping said people print [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud, HP
Open WebOS 1.0 Coming in September
Adrian Covert, Gizmodo, 1/25/2012 When HP kinda, sorta killed webOS as a money making endeavor, they promised to keep it alive as an open source project, but offered little in the way of concrete details. According to The Verge they’ve partially pulled back the curtain, revealing that Open webOS 1.0 should arrive in September. Along [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HP
Apple’s iOS unaffected by malware as Android exploits surge 76%
Josh Ong, AppleInsider, 8/24/2011 A new study has found that iOS remained untouched by malware during the second quarter, while Android faced 76 percent more threats than in the first quarter, making it the most targeted mobile platform. McAfee detailed the information in its Second Quarter 2011 Threats Report, noting that the “threat landscape of [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HP, Malware
iOS, Android Big With Developers; Mobile Web Further Along Than You Think
MocoNews.net, 6/8/2011 Android and Apple have the greatest mindshare among mobile developers, but if you were wondering who is the strongest third player right now, walk right past Windows Phone, WebOS and RIM and stop at none other than the mobile web. Research presented by VisionMobile today at the Open Mobile Summit found that while [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Accelerometer, HP, Nokia
Why webOS is a Challenge to iOS and Android in the Business World
Alex Williams, ReadWriteWeb, 6/7/2011 webOS is the heart of how HP will compete against far more established competitors in the mobile marketplace, especially in the enterprise, where it may have its best chance of success against Apple iOS and Google Android. At the opening keynote yesterday for HP Discover, CEO Leo Apotheker said the TouchPad [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: BYOD, HP
Nokia jumps from one burning platform to another with Windows Phone 7
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Linux Today, 2/11/2011 Well, I guess you can take the Microsoft executive out of Microsoft but you can’t take the Microsoft out of the executive. In what will prove Nokia’s final strategic blunder, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft senior executive, announced, with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer grinning over his shoulder, [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: HP, Linux, Nokia
Crosstalk for webOS enables easy Wi-Fi file sharing between devices
Lee Mathews, DownloadSquad, 2/8/2011 HP is holding a big webOS shindig tomorrow, and we’re hoping that means the release of webOS 2 for the original Pre, Pre Plus and Pixi is imminent. Why? Because it means all webOS users will get to enjoy some slick, new apps like Crosstalk. Designed for the new OS, Crosstalk [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HP, WiFi
Verizon unveils 10 mobile devices with LTE built-in
John Cox, Network World, 1/6/2011 Smartphones, tablets, hotspots and more due by mid-2011 Verizon Wireless today at CES 2011 unveiled 10 mobile devices, all of which will have built-in support for the carrier’s burgeoning LTE 4G wireless network. The devices include smartphones, tablets, portable hotspots, netbooks and notebooks, from well known brands: HTC, HP, LG, [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HP, HTC, LTE, MiFi, Motorola, Samsung, Skype, Verizon, WiFi
HP updates latest LaserJet printers, adds mobile printing
Electronista, 12/14/2010 Print-by-email, “apps” via firmware update Hewlett-Packard has sent out a new firmware update on six of its business LaserJet models, enabling mobile print and additional built-in print options, and promises more models will be supported as well. The HP ePrint compatible printers can now have print jobs sent to them by any email-capable [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HP
HP boosting multimedia in WebOS with MediaSmart move
Agam Shah, ComputerWorld, 12/2/2010 Beyond putting more muscle into WebOS development, the MediaServer team was moved for “further building the resources and talent necessary to take full advantage of the large and growing connected device market,” Somsak said. HP has said WebOS would be used in Internet-connected devices like smartphones, tablets and printers. The company [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Flash, HP, HTML5