5 Companies that face challenges in 2012
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
The only constant is change and how businesses adapt to this change defines how they evolve and more importantly, how they survive.
Tag: smartphone
Are smartphones ready to replace credit cards?
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Smartphones, alreadysmarter than most people expected, are starting to take on their most critical new task yet: the ability to be used for payment.
Apple’s iMessage vs. RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger
By Ted Kritsonis
In spite of RIM’s troubling times, the company’s BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service remains highly popular, and is arguably one of the last bastions of loyalty keeping some consumers from defecting. Apple created iMessage as an answer to BBM, but how well does it stack up?
Next Steps in Smartphone Security
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Since smartphones are quickly replacing PCs as the personal communication device of choice, the need to secure our mobile devices has become critical.
Wi-Fi in schools – the health debate continues
By Lee Rickwood
If there were only seven cell phone users in the entire world, this issue would not have the same ramifications or potential impacts.
But it seems like the goal is seven billion users – and in that light it does seem incumbent upon us to know about potential health risks, not to speculate or to wonder or to debate.
Indi-anada – One of World’s Hottest Mobile Markets gets the Maple Leaf Treatment
By Lee Rickwood
Targeting one of the world’s largest markets makes perfect sense, especially for mobile product and service developers. And especially for Canadian developers, who can capitalize on cultural, historic and now official government connections between the two countries.
Adobe abandoning Flash for mobile devices opens door to HTML5
By Ted Kritsonis
Adobe’s announcement yesterday that it would no longer support Flash in mobile devices after version 11.1 is a bold move that opens the door for HTML5 as the new standard for rich web content on smartphones and tablets.
Sony Ericsson launches Xperia ray smartphone
By Ted Kritsonis
At a launch event in downtown Toronto last night, Sony Ericsson and Telus came together to unveil and launch the Xperia ray, an Android smartphone with a smaller footprint that may turn out to be a hit with female consumers.