Posts Tagged with ‘mobile’

Recognize the name Jaiku? If not, don’t fret. Lots of others are in that boat as well. I’m sure Twitter raises a flag, though, right? Okay, good. Because both businesses are pretty much synonymous with one another. In a competitive sort of way, that is. All you really need to know about Jaiku is that [...]

Exactly two months ago we brought you word of the debut of an ultra-simple Web-based utility of the peer-to-peer milieu, called BitLet. Today, we send you notice of its ongoing evolution. Whereas prior to this moment one could only use the BitTorrent utility to download files from the Web, BitLet now offers the option to [...]

As amazing and as newsworthy as the iPhone might seem to be, it?s got a long way to go before it really makes itself at home in the land of ubiquity. In fact, in terms of sheer numbers, the Apple device doesn?t hold a candle to the long-reigning king of the smartphone world, the BlackBerry, [...]

More Google news today, this nugget coming from the mouthpiece of the company, Eric Schmidt. Talking in Aspen Colorado at an annual summit held by the Progress and Freedom Foundation, the Google CEO spoke for the principal of free speech and the need to open networks (presumably the wireless variety) to ensure advancement of communications. [...]

The New York Times recently reported on a new and innovative development by Hewlett-Packard that will allow users to “print documents on any printer almost anywhere in the world.” And, no, this is not a joke (like Gmail Paper was). CloudPrint has been under development for several months and was created by researchers at HP [...]

So, you’re trying your hardest to maintain a Web-app-only lifestyle, huh? Using an online office suite to get work done? Working with a Net-based photo editing solution for…you know…photo editing? You might even be so die-hard in your remotely-hosted ways that you’ve even decided to snub something so simple as a local IM client for [...]

Apparently singles looking for matches are starting to want more mobility and freedom. According to M:Metrics, 3.6 million cell phone users in the United States made use of a mobile dating service in May 2007 alone, a number that is expected to continue to rise. To meet this demand, online dating service Match.com is launching [...]

Yesterday, Twango announced that Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has acquired its media-sharing service. With this acquisition, Nokia will be able to offer its customers an easy way to share multimedia content on their desktop PCs and mobile phones. "Nokia's unique vision for social media aligns perfectly with Twango," said Twango co-founder, Jim [...]

If you are an ad publisher who has been waiting for a way to bring revenue to your mobile phone-capable website, Scott over at the Self Made Minds blog has announced Google Adsense for Mobile is currently in beta stage and undergoing testing. Up until now, there was really only one option with the service [...]