As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the Globe and Mail to name a few. We scour the web for articles concerning, iPhone, iPad and android development, iOS and android operating systems as well as general articles on advances in mobile technology. We hope you find this useful and that it helps to keep you up to date with the latest technology developments.
- Car-Sharing Services Grow, and Expand Options
More people are joining car-sharing organizations, which are responding by offering a wider range of services, like one-way rentals, free parking and handicapped-accessible minivans.
- Don Tapscott: Going Down the Road — In a Car That Drives Itself
Imagine your car taking you from your driveway at home to your office’s parking lot without you having to touch the wheel. It would be commuter heaven.
- An $80 Million Chunk Of Twitter Was Just Bought
By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management company, has taken an $80 million stake in Twitter Inc, a person…
- WATCH: Dentist Admits He Paid Patient to Remove Yelp Review
Online reviews can make or break a business, so it’s no wonder that some business owners have tried to control their ratings on sites like…
- PHOTOS: Questlove Dreams Of Sushi
Foodstagram is clearly not dead. On Friday, Instagram lover and Roots drummer, Questlove, took to the photo sharing site to show off his latest foodie…
- Iran Using Fake Blogs To Target BBC Reporters
With only a few months left until the June presidential elections, the Iranian government has come up with an unprecedented string of creative tactics to…
- After Newtown, Some Places Are Getting Rid Of These
BOSTON (AP) — It was 10 days after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators in Newtown, Conn., when Tracey Hyams and her family…
- The Most Popular Delivery Dishes
Urbanites become more reliant on online food delivery services with every passing day. User-friendly apps on cell phones and tablets allow you to order dinner…
- W. David Stephenson: Homeland Security and the IoT: Why Didn’t I See the Links?
Because all sorts of things are linked via the Internet with the Internet of Things in redundant networks of networks, the IoT can be a critical tool toward building resilience, whether in a natural disaster or a terrorist attack.
- Vala Afshar: The 10 Must-Have Sales and Marketing Business Tools
Today, CIOs are expected to develop strategic partnerships with sales and marketing in order to co-create business differentiation by leveraging the very best technologies. Here are the 10 indispensable marketing and sales tools for you to consider.
- iPad Mini Ship Times Drop to 3-5 Days on US, Canada, Australia, China, Hong Kong Apple Online stores [iOS Blog]
iPad Mini ship times have dropped to 3-5 days at a number of Apple Online Stores around the world, including the U.S., Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Japanese outlets. This was first noticed by iPhoneinCanada.ca.
The most notable exception to the shipping time improvement is the European stores, which have a 2 week lead time.
During its first quarter conference call, Apple executives noted that the iPad mini was constrained for the entire holiday quarter. The company believes it can achieve supply/demand balance on the mini by the end of the March quarter.
- Apple loses most valuable crown
Another fall in Apple’s shares means the company loses the title as the world’s most valuable publicly-traded company.
- Winners of the VA Patient Record Competition Announced
The winners of the VA Patient Record competition have been announced and are now being showcased.
- Apple Adds ‘App Store Notes’ to Featured Apps
Apple has quietly added a new notes feature to its curated apps in the iOS App Store. Apps chosen for Editor’s Choice and App of the Week now come with App Store Notes, which offer a quick description of the app. For example, here’s the new note feature for Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes:
Clash of Heroes has it all: epic storytelling, a wonderful blend of style and substance, and a spectacular battle system. This strategy-puzzler is genre-defining and an absolute must-play effort from the creators of Sword & Sworcery EP.
The App of the Week, Gesundheit, which is currently offered for free in the iPhone App Store, features a similar description. Some other apps, such as those found in the “New and Noteworthy” and “What’s Hot” sections of the App Store also have App Store Notes, though not all of the apps in those sections have the new notes.
Six of 24 New and Noteworthy apps on the iPhone have notes, while the rest do not. Only two apps, Temple Run 2 and Momonga Pinball, on the What’s Hot have notes included.App Store Notes might be trickling out to all of Apple’s selected apps, or may be reserved for those that are the most popular. At this point in time, it is unclear what criteria Apple is using to determine which apps are furnished with notes, or if it is a feature that will roll out to all curated apps. The new app notes are only visible in the iOS App Store, and do not show up in the desktop version of iTunes.
- Paul Zwillenberg: Digital Game Changers Hail the Web’s Transformative Potential
Technology has the potential to generate growth and reshape the nature of work, collaboration, and economic activity. But it takes people with the vision to challenge the status quo, envision the future, and go for it.
- BlackBerry’s Going To The SuperBowl
WATERLOO, Ont. – The BlackBerry is ready for game time.Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) said Friday that its new operating system will appear in a 30-second…
- Private Investigators Reveal How Cheaters Get Caught
Technology is killing the cheater. Texts, tweets, posted photos can lead to trysts. Social networking sites like Facebook get a bad rap as marriage breakers,…
- Ian Bassin: In Remembering Aaron Swartz, Let’s Not Forget Jamel Dossie
Often it takes a rare injustice perpetrated against a privileged young person for our society to recognize the common injustices we visit every day upon less-privileged minorities.
