A new system lets you transfer open applications between a computer and a cellphone simply by pointing the phone’s camera at the computer’s screen. Check out the video below
Archive for the ‘Mobile’ Category
DropTunes provides the interface that you need to play your music. Simply log into your Dropox account using the DropTunes interface, and navigate to the folder where your music is stored. If you’re using mobile Safari on your iPad or iPhone, be sure to switch to the HTML 5 version for the service to work. [...]
Your laptop isn’t irrelevant yet, but it might be soon suggests zendesk.com. Sales of web-enabled smartphones, tablets, and e-readers have surpassed web-enabled laptops, notebooks, and desktop computers. By 2016, the number of mobile apps downloads are estimated to reach 44 billion and the worldwide online app market is expected to grow from approximately $6.8 billion in [...]
In 2006, European mobile analysts dubbed mobile the “seventh mass media channel” following print, recordings (e.g., albums, cassettes, DVDs, etc.), cinema, radio, television and the web. However, mobile failed to fulfill its promise. For mobile to have reached its true potential as a mass media channel, it needed to overcome slow and expensive carrier data [...]
Google announced this morning a new service that will take NFC to a whole new level – Google Wallet. With Google Wallet, the search giant intends to give you more reasons to leave your actual wallet at home. You’ll be able to make payments, use loyalty rewards programs and a whole lot more just by tapping [...]
Rumor has it that Google has a big announcement planned for Thursday. According to a report published late Tuesday from Reuters, sources close to the Internet search giant say Google will unveil a new mobile payment system this week. Given what little is known of the rumored forthcoming service, Google will likely enable consumers to pay at [...]
Whichever type of mobile business you own, it has now become much easier to accept payments from your customers. When your business revolves around jobs at many different locations, the best form of payment has always been cash or check but now you can accept credit cards as well. With a mobile credit card processing [...]
Interesting video from the people are Juniper Research who talk about M2M technologies and how this is driving growth in key industries. The report forecasts that M2M (Machine to Machine) connections will be the catalyst for over $35 billion of service revenues across a diverse range of industry sectors by the end of 2016, driven by [...]
Kinect Has Finally Found Its Way Into the Women’s Change Room. The European clothing giant TopShop ran a little test in a Moscow store recently. They hooked up a Kinect camera up to a mirror and let the ladies try on clothes without having to actually try them on. Will this be the future of clothes [...]
According to research from Google and Ipsos OTX MediaCT, smartphone users performing a search are more likely to be in the later stages of the purchase funnel, continuing their research or even visiting a business, than they are to be in the early consideration phase. The most common single action after a smartphone search was to visit [...]
As part of its strategy to further expand to mobile, EBay is acquiring location-based service provider WHERE. Boston-based Where has been around since 2004, attracting around four million users thus far. It helps users find places to go as well as discounts on local products and services. On the other hand, the company runs a mobile [...]
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