From the BBC’s website this morning:
I was beginning to think Twitter - the micro-blogging service that’s all the rage amongst the technorati - was just another fad for people who want to share too much of their rather dull lives. Until this morning.
When I logged on to my desktop Twitter application (sad, I know) it [...]
Eye-Fi, the company that embedded a tiny WiFi client in a 2Gbyte SD card, today announced three new products, the $79 Eye-Fi Home, a new lower-cost card that only connects to your own computer (not public hotspots), the $99 Eye-Fi Share, essentially a re-branding of the original Eye-Fi card, and the $129 Eye-Fi Explore which [...]
Actsoft, a small Tampa company, can tell you exactly where The Pope is. They’re tracking the papal entourage using GPS-enabled cell phones as the pope travels through New York (pdf).
Sprint’s Direct Connect phones will be used. The walkie-talkie like phones can be recognized by the chirp which indicates someone is trying to contact [...]
From Google’s Android Developer’s Blog:
I’m thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge!
What I find truly amazing is how global the interest in the challenge has been. Developers from the United States submitted one-third of the total applications while the rest came from countries [...]
Nokia officially announced the WiMAX-capable N810 Tablet today. Nokia says it can deliver typical data download speeds of up to 2-4 Mbps per user with peak download speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
The WiMAXed N810 (Nokia podcast), features an integrated media player with Flash 9 on the browser, 2 GB of internal memory, [...]
CTIA WIRELESS 2008, the $500 billion global wireless industry’s largest show opens today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Running April 1-3, it brings together all industries affected by wireless technology with attendees from more than 125 countries and more than 1,200 exhibitors showcasing devices, infrastructure, entertainment and business applications.
Keynote speakers including mobile [...]
Friend-finding cell phone service Loopt is now available on some Verizon Wireless, notes C/Net. Starting in April, Verizon will offer the Loopt service for $3.99 a month on 20 popular data-enabled phones
Loopt uses GPS chips in phones to pinpoint a subscriber’s location; then users can broadcast that location information to friends or family. Subscribers can [...]
Chrysler says it will be the first auto manufacturer to provide in-car internet access—and plan to offer a system by the end of this year.
Frank Klegon, Chrysler’s product development chief noted: “we want to make the radio itself a WiFi port.” In order for the service to work, it would have to utilize a [...]
Today Motorola announced several new media solutions for consumers. Six new products - ranging from a CDMA-based femtocell to a plug-and-play desktop for indoor fixed WiMAX deployments - will debut at next week’s CTIA, April 1-3, 2008 in Las Vegas.
Motorola’s Mobile TV DH02. A touch screen device for multimedia entertainment, TV and navigation on the [...]
TeleCommunication Systems is demonstrating location fixes over a WiMAX network using Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) technology in their TCS Xypoint Location Platform. It runs on a live, commercially-deployed WiMAX network in the Pacific Northwest, presumably Clearwire.
TCS’ Xypoint Location Platform collects the GPS location over the WiMAX network. A Web-based location tracking application regularly queries [...]
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