Archive for the 'smartphone' Category

All I Need is the Air that I Breathe

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Google has added sophisticated voice recognition technology to the company’s iPhone search software. You can speak into the iPhone rather than type with the iPhone’s keyboard, and Google will search for relevant info.

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iPhone Ad Apps — Shaken Not Stirred

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Hollywood studios are using free apps on the iPhone to promote movies. Bands are also getting in the act, though not in an innovative way (yet). All this stuff proves that the iPhone has shaken up, not just stirred up, the content industry.

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Google has Mojo in Hand with the Chrome Browser

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

As the Web serves up applications, Chrome will most likely become the design standard for mobile browsing and may have a serious enough impact on desktop/laptop browsing to free Web designers from the constraints of designing for Internet Explorer. That would be a very good thing.

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iPhone 2 and MobileMe

Monday, June 9th, 2008

The new iPhone 3G, iPhone 2 software for iPhone and iPod touch, and MobileMe service all add up to a burgeoning platform for developers to change the world of mobile computing, and it leaves all competitors in the dust.

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