Innovation and change in the mobile industry is driving demand for increased control of data and the user experience of location-based apps. New tools and approaches are emerging to meet this… Read more »
Next-generation connected cars will focus on the driver experience and the new meta manager, who will present the most relevant information when and where it’s needed. Read more »
Collecting information is no longer the most pressing concern for today’s organizations. Now the challenge is turning the data into useful information that can be acted on by all members of… Read more »
Technologies that enable activities such as mobile payments and highly targeted mobile advertising have long been in place. But the innovative and complex business models necessary to fuel those markets are… Read more »
The new Optimal system is an example of how a non-proprietary, stand-alone ACR technology can enable third-party applications and business models to be built around TV content. Read more »
A new service delivery model of the cloud, called Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS), fills the gap that exists in the current cloud delivery models and offers a higher level… Read more »
Content recognition technology has been around for a decade or more in various forms, including watermark detection and digital fingerprinting. But its purpose has generally been to enable various types of… Read more »
The mobile platform wars heated up in a big way as 2012 came to a close: Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8, Apple continued to roll out its iPhone 5 around the… Read more »
Apple may still acquire Waze, whose crowdsource-enhanced mapping app is tremendously popular among Android and iOS users. But the quickest way for Apple to address its mapping problems would be through… Read more »
Participants in a Mapping Session identified personalization as the key disruptive technology companies can exploit to jump-start mobile shopping. Other Disruption Vectors included location sensing and big data. Read more »