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Coming soon: apps that help you hide from people using apps to find people
Many companies say it is beneficial and that their apps will help people forge new connections and meet someone they perhaps should know. App stores have been flooded with such tools in recent weeks. Kismet, Glancee, Highlight, Ban.jo, Meeteor, Pearescope, GetGauss, Intro, Qrious, Mingle and Sonar, hope to transform the smartphone into a social dowsing rod that delivers an alert when it detects other people nearby who share interests, friends or career goals.
New Apps Connect to Friends Nearby – NYTimes.com
Continue reading: New Apps Connect to Friends Nearby – NYTimes.com
Facebook’s quest for mobile monetization continues
You might not think Facebook would be making waves at Mobile World Congress, but you’d be wrong. Today the social network announced its new mobile billing service – signaling it very much intends to compete with mobile app stores, namely iOS and Android marketplaces.
First, the details of the announcement: Facebook is partnering with AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile USA, Verizon, Vodafone, KDDI, and Softbank Mobile Corp. to begin its own system, which will allow users to make charges via the Facebook platform as long as their phones are covered by one of the above mentioned networks.
Facebook wants to turn the… Continue reading: Facebook wants to turn the Open Graph into a mobile app store – Yahoo! News
One of many reasons why I won’t be surprised to see Facebook eventually offer Facebook-centric mobile devices
According to data from eMarketer, Facebook’s U.S. display-ad revenue should reach $2.58 billion this year, besting Google’s expected $2.54 billion in revenue. But for next year, Google is on track to hit $3.68 billion in U.S. display-ad revenue, compared with Facebook’s expected $3.29 billion.
Google’s display-ad growth is coming primarily from mobile phone use and the YouTube video service, and benefits from the company’s existing relationships with online search advertisers, according to eMarketer.
Google Seen Poised To Overtake Facebook In Display Ads – Digits – WSJ
A hopeful leading indicator
Smart phones are a growing source of driver distraction, but researchers hope to use their capabilities to make the devices’ use less dangerous. New sensing technology can determine whether a phone is being used by the driver, or merely a passenger, and is providing a building block for a new generation of distraction-thwarting apps.
Research shows that just talking on a phone increases the risk of a crash four times; texting increases it 23 times.
App Battles Driver Distraction but Spares Passengers – Technology Review
Continue reading: App Battles Driver Distraction but Spares Passengers – Technology Review
Check the full post for an overview of how Altova tackles a long-standing problem with XML and innovative tools (it’s post-90s “store form in document,” for those who speak Notes…)
Organizations have been forced to adapt many of their internal business processes to accommodate an increasingly mobile workforce. Although there are technological solutions that address many of today’s communication needs, the plethora of different document formats in use – even within the same organization – means that some tasks remain vexing. For example, how does an organization remain flexible enough to facilitate the exchange of data among mobile workers yet retain the ability to bring that data into internal IT systems?
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… Continue reading: Altova Blog: Data Exchange for the Mobile Workforce
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Google Seen Poised To Overtake Facebook In Display Ads – Digits – WSJ
