Posts Categorized: smartphones

10 Incredibly Simple Things You Should Be Doing To Protect Your Privacy

Posted by & filed under data mining, disruptive technology, education, fraud, hackers, Internet, Privacy, Security, smartphones.

Description: Everyone is at risk of a personal security breach, even Wired‘s Mat Honan. These 10 simple tips can help you improve your privacy online. Source: forbes.com Date: August 23rd, 2012 Over the weekend, I wound up atWashington, D.C.’s Trapeze School with a group of friends. Before one of them headed up a ladder to… Read more »

The Billion Dollar Mind Trick

Posted by & filed under Business Intelligence, iPad, iphone, smart phones, smartphones, social impacts, Social Media, System development.

Description: The most successful social media platforms serve a distinct purpose but also form addictive habits within their users. Instagram is the latest social media platform to exhibit this incredibly powerful tendency. Source: Techcrunch.com Date: April 22 2012 Yin asked not to be identified by her real name. A young addict in her mid-twenties, she… Read more »

If Charles Darwin Created Foursquare, It Might Look Like This

Posted by & filed under data mining, foursquare, iphone, smart phones, smartphones, Social Media.

Description: Project Noah wants to create a database of every living creature in the world with user generated content. This breakthrough smartphone application has already led to noteworthy discoveries in its fight against Nature Deficit Disorder. Source: Mashable.com Date: April 20 2012 Big Idea: Project Noah harnesses the power of mobile to let users contribute… Read more »

Speech Smack-Down: Siri vs. Android Voice Actions

Posted by & filed under Apple, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, EXAM ARTICLE, Google, siri, smartphones, voice recognition.

Description: Apple’s Siri personal assistant app on the iPhone 4S can do even more than Google’s Voice Actions and provides intelligence that Android doesn’t yet match Source: www.businessweek.com/ Date: Oct 18, 2011 Apple (AAPL) reported on Monday, Oct. 17, that it has sold 4 million iPhone 4S handsets in the debut weekend of the new… Read more »

QR codes are suddenly everywhere

Posted by & filed under Apple, EXAM ARTICLE, QR codes, smartphones.

Description: Instead of custom packaging, the company puts a sticker on each bag of coffee bearing a blocky QR code that, when scanned, links the customer to more information about the bag of coffee than ever could have been printed on the package in the first place. Source: theglobeandmail.com Date: Sept 26, 2011 The people… Read more »

A fond farewell to Steve Jobs

Posted by & filed under Apple, branding, business models, smartphones.

Description: New York Times technology columnist comments on how when Steve Jobs died, the country lost not one but four of its greatest minds. Source: CBSNEWS.com Date: Oct 9, 2011 Questions for discussion: Can Apple be just as successful in the next five years with out Steve Jobs as the past five years with Steve… Read more »

New iPhone Conceals Sheer Magic

Posted by & filed under Apple, smart phones, smartphones, Software, System development, telecomunications.

Description: What’s in a name? A lot, apparently. Apple’s new iPhone is called the iPhone 4S. But what people really wanted was the iPhone 5. Source: NYtimes.com Date: Oct 11, 2011 The rumors online had predicted the second coming — or, rather, the fifth coming. It would be wedge-shaped! It would be completely transparent! It… Read more »

No Cards, No Cash. Just a Phone.

Posted by & filed under e-payment, Ecommerce, EXAM ARTICLE, fraud, Google, industry analysis, M-commerce, revenue model, Security, smartphones.

Description: Plenty of companies would love to get their hands on our wallets. But Google wants to go one step further: it wants to be our wallets. Source: NYT.com. Date: Sept 21, 2011 Its new phone software, called Google Wallet, is intended to replace the credit cards in our actual wallets. It does sound pretty… Read more »

Cloud Computing May be a Shot in the Arm our Economy Needs

Posted by & filed under business models, Cloud Computing, e-payment, Ecommerce, EXAM ARTICLE, Google, M-commerce, smart phones, smartphones, Software.

Description: Economists and pundits have long feared the emergence of what they called “hollow corporations,” or businesses that don’t actually produce actual goods or services themselves, but instead act as brokers or intermediaries relying on networks of suppliers and partners. Source: Forbes .com. Date: Sept 19, 2011 Where are these services coming from?  Look to… Read more »

Video in the class keeps savvy students engaged

Posted by & filed under education, Human Resources, smartphones, streaming video.

Description: Source:   As the new school year begins a number of Canadian classrooms are increasingly implementing video as an educational tool to keep their digitally savvy students engaged and interested. Source:Globe&Mail Date: Sept 8, 2011 “Everyone has different learning styles, they learn best in different ways,” she says. “Video provides the opportunity to almost… Read more »