Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s Mobile World Congress keynotes have always been interesting, but his keynote yesterday just about floored me as he put on his futurist hat with complete sincerity. It’s not only a good watch, it’s required viewing.
Check out Eric Schmidt’s must-see, visionary Mobile World Congress keynote
February 29, 2012 Updated at 11:56 pm
DigiMo Cracks The Code: Mobile Payments With No Point Of Sale Changes
February 29, 2012 Updated at 11:21 pm
DigiMo , is a mobile payments platform that actually makes sense to me. When I sat down with CEO Yossi Yarkoni and VP of Marketing Nir Shimony at the Mobile World Congress to hear about their concept, which is piloting in Israel right now, the first thing I thought was “wow, why didn’t somebody think of this before”.
Lytro Review Round-Up
February 29, 2012 Updated at 11:19 pm
Lytro ‘s shoot-first, focus-later digital camera caused plenty of head-scratching in the photography world when it was announced last year , and with early reviews landing today it seems that sense of confusion has carried through. The concept of the Lytro is simple, even if the camera’s technology is not; it captures not only light hitting the sensor but the angle at which it hits, and with that data stored you can subsequently refocus on different parts of the image.
App Developers Take Note – Official Ice Cream Sandwich Stencils are Available Thanks to the Design Team
February 29, 2012 Updated at 11:06 pm
When Ice Cream Sandwich arrived, not only did it introduce a bunch of new and exciting features, but the Android team also brought us a new UI. And with that UI came a new style, which means new stencils for app developers to update their apps with.
Facebook buys some time but hasn’t solved mobile
February 29, 2012 Updated at 10:48 pm
Last November after our paidContent Entertainment conference in Los Angeles, I got to talking with a gentleman in the advertising business who went off on a bit of a wine-fueled rant regarding some mobile advertising executives. “They think they can just slap a QR code on a print ad and say, ‘There, that does it, now we have a mobile strategy’,” he said, going on to bemoan how stupid all those other ad executives are but leaving me with an important point.
Samsung flexible OLED gadgets incoming this year
February 29, 2012 Updated at 10:47 pm
Samsung is mass producing flexible OLED displays for products still on track for release in 2012, the company has confirmed, though the exact extent to which they actually bend will depend on more than just the panels themselves. Samsung Mobile Display’s assistant president confirmed the sales plans this week, Asia Economy Park News reports, insisting that “flexible displays will be commercialized within a year.” The initial implementations are expected to include smartphones and tablets .
Seidio Offering 3800mAh Extended Battery for Galaxy Nexus, Now with NFC Capabilities
February 29, 2012 Updated at 10:37 pm
Did you happen to purchase one of Seidio’s humongous 3800mAh extended batteries for your Galaxy Nexus ? If you did, then you may have noticed that your Near Field Communication ( NFC ) abilities had been cut short.
Download The Latest Version of the Free BlackBerryCool App for Smartphones
February 29, 2012 Updated at 10:35 pm
Contest: Win 1 of 5 Spigen Ultra Capsule Galaxy Nexus Cases
February 29, 2012 Updated at 10:04 pm
Earlier today we gave away the 5 Neo Hybrid cases (check your Twitter DMs) that we had from Spigen SGP, but we are not done. We have 5 more cases to hand out, only this time it’s their Ultra Capsule case for the Galaxy Nexus.
Central Core Studios “Zombie Virus” Live Wallpaper Will Blow Your Mind… Then Make You Hunger For More
February 29, 2012 Updated at 10:04 pm
There’s a new virus inside the Android Market but before you run off to alert Google Bouncer, this is a virus you’ll actually want on your device. Central Core Studios has recently become my go-to-developers for gorgeous looking live wallpapers on my Android device, and where last time, they showed us far off planets and sci-fi worlds — this time, they’re taking things a little closer to home (inside our own bodies, close) with RadiantWalls HD: Zombie Virus live wallpapers.