Mobile posts

There are many who are holding off on buying a tablet until the Microsoft Surface is released. If Microsoft doesn’t clear the air about the pricing of the mobile devices, they may see some of those who are waiting for it go out and buy an iPad, Kindle Fire, Google Nexus 7, or any of the other already-available tablets because the ludicrous pricing that is circulating now is too high to keep their attention. If the pricing is correct, they are already in trouble. Swedish website Webhallen is displaying pricing for the Microsoft Surface starting at 6,990kr for the basic 32GB RT version. 1 Swedish krona…

Google has never been the best when it comes to plugging their own products. It has resulted in poor launches of other items such as all of their first phone attempts, their Chromebooks, and just about everything else they’ve pushed, even the big Google+ blast that they’ve been hammering for the last several months. Their push for the Nexus 7 tablet has been stronger and the advertising shows promise. In an almost Applesque way, the latest video they’ve released introducing their tablet hardware attempts to touch people where they are most likely approachable – the family. Instead of going into…

Having over 450,000 apps to choose from within Google Play makes it quite easy to find at least a few that become your all-time favorites. Do you enjoy the Android apps that let you socialize and network with others or do you prefer the ones that let you do things solo? Uncover which Android apps people enjoy using the most above all the rest and compare them to which apps you like the best. Find any matches? This infographic from Start App comes to us via New Orleans Chevrolet and explores “Android Apps are Amazing”. Click to enlarge. Hat Tips: Tampa Used Cars…

It has been challenging for Foursquare to make money. The popular location-based check in app has made news, generated buzz, and been the subject of purchasing and partnering talks since it became relatively popular amongst the mainstream in 2010. The only thing it hasn’t done is generate a substantial amount of revenue with its efforts. Their latest attempt to enter the world of the profitable is Promoted Updates, a service whereby businesses can push their listings to the top in a way similar to promoted Tweets on Twitter. When a user opens the application, their mobile device’s GPS system…

No longer worry about finding directions, where to book your hotel, or even where the locations of restrooms are when creating your next travel plans. Mobile apps have made planning a vacation a less disorganized event and more of a memorable one. …

There’s a reason why we never do unboxing videos, nor do we ever post them, but this one is different. It takes some unboxing videos from the apparently-extremely-well-secured Google Nexus 7. After watching this video, you’ll know exactly why we don’t do these ourselves. …

The news of Google’s purchase of the 5-person Sparrow team struck me as a bit odd. Sure, they’ve done some great things in email with their native iPad app, but the concept that they were purchased “to bring polish, ‘beauty’, and ease of use to all of its Gmail experiences” isn’t jiving. Google has been in email for a long time now and they have a lot of really smart people working on it. It wouldn’t be hard to reverse-engineer anything that anyone is doing in email (it’s not rocket science, after all). Why buy a team? Some would say it’s a value-buy; $25 million is a drop in the bucket for the Mountain View…

When Bouncer was unleashed this February, it was touted as a one-unit malware detection army. However, researchers have found holes in the Android spyware detector with such an ease that one has to ask Google what the hoopla was all about. Granted, monitoring software for cell phone are becoming more menacing with every passing moment, but surely Google could have conjured up something more steely than an app detector that allows fingerprinting!   Bouncer; say what? Bouncer, an automated process for scanning apps which are suspected to have Trojans, spyware and malware like monitoring…

Ever been out and wanted to tell people what you were doing, show them a photo or check into your location? You’re not the only one. Facebook is the number one searched mobile website. There are nearly 2500 variations of search queries with the word “facebook”. Malaysia and Italy use facebook as a keyword; that is twice the global average. When do you use your mobile device most often? On average, mobile user behavior is more significant around the time that you’re tucking yourself in for bed. The amount of usage on a mobile phone is also greater than that of a desktop computer. Nowadays it…

The competition has been getting stronger. Despite continued domination by Apple in the tablet market with their single-size offering, rumors are spreading that they are considering a smaller version of the iPad to compete with the Amazon, Google, and Microsoft amongst others going after the cheaper tablet marketing. This would be a mistake. Instead of taking on the Google Nexus 7 (which started shipping last week), the Amazon Kindle Fire (with a new version expected in the 4th quarter this year), and other offerings with Android and Microsoft software, an “iPad mini” would do more to cannibalize…