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Enkin: Revolutionary GPS Application for Android

Posted by Nadir on April 16th, 2008

If you take two Computational Visualistics students, give them Google Android’s SDK and motivate them with a $275.000 award , you’ll get Enkin, a revolutionary handheld navigation concept.

The Associated Press To Launch a Free Mobile News Service

Posted by Nadir on April 15th, 2008

The Associated Press announced yesterday that it will develop an ad-supported mobile service to deliver stories and photos to advanced mobile phones, including the iPhone.

Google Sees Surge Of Traffic From iPhones

Posted by Nadir on January 14th, 2008

According to the NYT, traffic to Google from iPhones surged during Christmas, and has even surpassed traffic from any other type of mobile device. People love the web experience provided by the iPhone so much that they surf more than traditional mobile phone’s owners, for whom it’s still not that easy to go online.

When Will Mobile Advertising Really Take Off?

Posted by Nadir on December 13th, 2007

A study made by Gartner predicted that revenues made from mobile advertising will be worth $11 billion by 2011. But not everyone is that optimistic, even people from mobile advertising companies. Business Week reports what people from Nokia or Screentonic have said about such figures:

Free WiFi In Luxembourg With Location-Based Services

Posted by Nadir on November 26th, 2007

The City of Luxembourg, capital of Luxembourg, a small country bordered by France, Germany, and Belgium, has created a free Wifi infrastructure called Hotcity. The Wifi service has been live since July 2007 in a small area of the city, and from December 2007, more access points will be added to cover the train station [...]

So as promised, Google has released Android SDK, which will allow developers to create all kind of applications to run on the first solid open platform for mobile devices.

Mobile Search Kinda Sucks – But Does Anyone Care?

Posted by Nadir on October 21st, 2007

Peggy Anne Salz wrote a post at MSearchGroove where she discusses about the findings of a mobile search study made my Informa.

Most of the articles on the Wall Street Journal website are only available to paying subscribers. Rupert Murdoch said that he may make the site free but there’s already a way to view all articles on WSJ.com for free.