The popular international messaging app WhatsApp has unveiled a web browser-based version of its service. In a blog post, the company announced that millions of WhatsApp users will now be able to… Read more »
Astute mobile application vendors are bringing to market applications that help mobile users connect and interact with people in close proximity. We expect this emerging market — what we call proximity-based… Read more »
A new category of digital media has emerged in the living room: social TV. This relatively new concept can be defined as any application, website or software that allows viewers to… Read more »
The Financial Times is preparing to kill off its iPad and iPhone app for good, signalling its final conversion from executable-app to web-app publishing. Read more »
Finally, smart-thermostat darling Nest hit a snag when Honeywell slapped it with a broad patent-infringement lawsuit over IP related to building a learning thermostat. As much a competitive strategy as anything… Read more »
Several technologies in the mobile industry are now colliding in a way that could change how we make many of our purchases on a daily basis. For the purposes of this… Read more »
San Francisco startup 1000memories has integrated its ShoeBox app for scanning and sharing old physical photos online with Facebook’s Timeline user interface. This means that people will be able to easily… Read more »
The growth of the Internet of things is likely to open new disruptive business opportunities for services that add value to the data collected. It will involve supply chain management, disease… Read more »
Much of this growth will be driven by the emergence of NFC technology and contactless payments. The existing NFC-enabled POS infrastructure in developed regions such as the U.S., Europe and Japan,… Read more »
Unsurprisingly, they’re highly mobile. Many of them also blend work and life, rather than creating the hard lines of separation that one might expect. Read more »