I checked with the Windows Phone 7 team before putting this post out, and got the OK to write about it. I hit this bug when building out my FriendLinks Windows Phone 7 application, and was surprised to find it was a bona fide bug and not a problem with my coding skills. If there was ...

I am very interested in watching SAP's emerging mobility strategy as it matures, evolves and morphs yet again. I am not critical; this is how all of mobility is these days. Four years ago we were all using the term Palm, Pocket PC and PDA. Now we are speaking of iPhone, Android, RIM an...

Many people have wondered what has taken Microsoft so long to update its lackluster Windows Mobile platform. It finally did it! At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft introduced the Windows Phone 7 Series, its latest operating system for phones. The Software giant’s Windo...

So you are looking into Mobility or creating Mobility projects. What 'Tao' should guide you daily? Here are my 10 thoughts to the Mobility way...

Over the last year I have been mentioning my thoughts on Mobile Developments and architectures. This week I have seen a great article by my colleague Willie Jow, published on Wireless Week, where he discusses deploying strategic and mobile platforms etc. Willie provides some recommenda...

Opera has dumped its co-founder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner in favor of its chief commercial officer Lars Boilesen. The company says von Tetzchner, who’s run Opera since 1995, will continue to serve in a full-time strategic and independent capacity. It did not offer a reason, which is wi...

If you run an IT shop today you probably fall into one of two categories: A. You already allow employee access from an iPhone (supported or not) or B. You are constantly barraged with employee requests to allow iPhone access (and the employee might be your boss or the CEO). If you are ...

There have been speculations as to whether Microsoft will remain an important player in the mobile phone market with their Windows Mobile operating system. Numerous news articles and blog posts have “declared” the imminent death of Windows Mobile. This article lists a few reasons why t...

In recent times, mobile devices have become quite powerful and feature rich and are getting attention from consumers and businesses alike. Faster processors, larger RAM and flash memories along with multiple communication technologies have made mobile devices suitable to deploy and run...

Mobile Device Management (MDM) refers to the approaches or solutions used by companies to remotely manage their mobile devices (PDAs, Smartphones, Laptops, Netbooks). Variety of devices involved pose a big challenge for anyone who intends to implement a Mobile Device Management Solutio...

In September I mentioned that Michael Hickins had reported on phone spoofing with cell phones to avoid sanctions for calling to Iran. Now The Economist reports that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan complains that “they eavesdropped on me for six years.” "They" may possibly b...

At one point I was actually thinking about writing a book for .NET developers to learn Cocoa but other plans, time constraints, and life issues all got in the way. I have posted countless times comparing the worlds of Cocoa and .NET and have twice presented at Apple's WWDC comparing bo...

In Apache Tuscany, we have been experimenting with Google Android Platform to build Mobile SOA Applications, and we now have couple Android based samples that demonstrate a Android mobile application consuming SCA services available on the cloud. Store-android: A front end to our "S...

Internet and PC security specialist Prevx today launched a free security program designed to protect websites and internet users from the risks of online fraud without impacting the user experience. Banking, government, and e-commerce sites can now sign up to the Prevx SafeOnline Busin...

I want to obey the law. I want to stay within the legal spend limits, but it is so hard when you have two dogs in the car, kids asking questions, the radio on, a hot cup of coffee and you are trying to read a text message while driving through the rain.

Smartphone apps are the most exciting trend in computing since the advent of web apps. How do you as a developer take advantage of this? More generally, how do you do that and get maximum reach for your app across the diversity of smartphones out there. If you’re writing a consumer ...

Sprint announced the availability of Sprint and Nextel service to customers in the 20 busiest underground stations in the Washington, D.C. Metro system. The move promises to improve the workday commute for hundreds of thousands of passengers who depend on Metro to travel between their ...

Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, announced that HD Supply Facilities Maintenance is accessing Salesforce CRM with mobile devices to maximize sales. HD Supply Facilities Maintenance uses the Sales Cloud, salesforce.com's application for sales professionals to driv...

TapLynx lets designers and developers create truly unique iPhone media applications with customized content and their own distinctive look and feel simply by filling out a configuration file. The framework is optimized for presenting the latest content (through standard RSS feeds), inc...

"So Act is now highly compatible with iMac in a four column format allowing the maximum amount of hi-res, web multi-tasking that our members can handle in one screen," said Greg Halpern, President, So Act Network. "This breakthrough allows members using iMac to interact with up to eigh...

Brocade and the Enterprise Mobility Solutions business unit of Motorola, Inc. announced a strategic agreement to collaborate on wireless LAN (WLAN), voice-over-WLAN, mobile unified communications/fixed mobile convergence (FMC), cloud computing and wireless broadband technologies. By br...

Qualcomm Incorporated announced the Company is powering many new Windows phones that are available today with its highly integrated MSM7xxx-series and Snapdragon chipsets. Windows phones make it easy to manage work and home from a phone that is as unique as the person who carries it. Q...

Funambol introduced the world's first open source 4G (fourth-generation) mobile cloud platform for device management and synchronization. The platform enables management of mobile devices, and synchronization of diverse mobile media, over WiMax and LTE with social networks, email syste...

Cloudvox launched "Telephony in the Cloud, bringing unprecedented phone call flexibility to entrepreneurs and technologists. Any Web developer can place, receive, and control phone calls from their own application or Web site, with no new infrastructure. Over the Internet, Cloudvox mak...

With DocuSign’s award-winning electronic signature service, businesses can accelerate their sales cycles and obtain complete visibility into their agreement process. ESIGNControl extends the value of DocuSign to the iPhone handset, empowering busy professionals to run reports on their ...

Sybase 365 announced its Advanced IP Messaging Server (AIMS), available as a fully hosted or on premise solution. AIMS is built upon Sybase’s experience as the leading global messaging interoperability provider as well as the company’s broad database, development tools, and analytics s...

The ng Connect Program, founded by Alcatel-Lucent continues to develop innovative application and solution PoCs to drive adoption of next generation broadband networks as they become commercially available. The PoCs illustrate the user benefits provided by next generation networks to a...

Integral to this agreement is a commitment by the companies to devote substantial resources to accelerate delivery of leading-edge innovation that will put unique applications in the hands of consumers quickly. The two industry leaders will create, market and distribute products and se...

The new Zeemote V3 Bluetooth Controller empowers consumers to interact and engage with their mobile devices in an exciting new way whether on the go or in the comfort of the home. The top features of the Zeemote V3 provide a user with the ability to use the controller for playing all m...

Stitcher released version 2.3 of its iPhone app this week. Highlights of the new version include Premium Shows, alarm-clock capabilities, and location-based content. Stitcher 2.3 uses the iPhone’s geolocator to pinpoint a listener’s location, allowing the app to create customized stati...

ecoATM today announced that it has installed its first Automated eCycling Station for eWaste recycling take-back programs and trade-in promotions. The installation at Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha on September 21, 2009, has proven to be an immediate success, both in the number of re...

I’m off to Boston today — with a speech tomorrow to one of my all-time favorite clients, Harvard Pilgrim, the best health insurance company in the nation. (Not just my feelings — J.D. Power agrees!)So…as I’m doing some reading this morning, I stumbled across this item, buried on a webs...

The SDW, which was built using Jaspersoft and is today deployed in support of more than 8 million customers, reduces the time required to research and respond to issues and decreases costs associated with ad hoc information requests. Since the initial implementation of the SDW for voic...

The new Tommy Hilfiger application connects consumers through the Web, iPhone and/or iPod touch to the Tommy Hilfiger stores as if they were experiencing the stores in-person. If shoppers can’t find an item in the local store, they can check availability on the iPhone and place an orde...

Alike other X-series phones, X3 is also music oriented that can entertain its users with superb quality music anywhere and anytime. The gorgeous look of this handset is supported by two colour variants including silver coloured casing with blue highlighted sections and black coloured c...

LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) partnered with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) and Lakeshore Entertainment to create a multi-faceted marketing campaign to promote the highly-anticipated film, FAME, which premiered last night in Los Angeles. FAME is the highly an...

Since the launch of iPhone the mobile industry has been in a flux. It has witnessed lot of innovations since then. Today, more choices are available to the user than ever before which has resulted in a fragmented market. It has complicated matters for every organization which wants to ...

Healthcare practices need expertise in information technology in order to comply with regulations such as the Red Flag Rule and HIPAA. Comodo now offers a free trial of a hardware-free solution that allows healthcare networks to comply with two-factor authentication requirements. Co...

5,000 to 6,000 unique mobile devices having 750 to 800 differentiating characteristics = 45,000 slightly different ways to optimize a mobile website. In regards to standards, it certainly looks as if we have some way to go. Handset manufacturer and service provider alliances and busine...

I've been to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Wow! The lovely people, the huge fancy booths, the shiny new toys. After going to such an event, who can resist coming back to your "mobile home" and wondering if you should consider a "tear down". Some can afford that, but most of us d...