Researchers at IBM say they have created smart software that that translates text between English and 11 other languages including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Arabic.
Hosted as an internal IBM service since August 2008, n.Fluent offers a secure real-time translation tool that translates text in web pages, electronic documents, Sametime instant message chats, and provides a BlackBerry mobile translation application. Read more
University of Michigan professors and students have created an Android smartphone apps that gives users and developers a window into how much power their apps are chewing up. Read more
I was in New York last Wednesday, 11/18 for a one-day whirlwind tour of the Interop show floor. Sorry to say I did not have time to attend the keynote presentations, but my schedule only afforded enough time to catch up with the twenty or so management vendors who were exhibiting. Little did I know that I would be forced to live the day as one of the unfortunate - the "have-nots" - the "Internet unconnecteds"... Read more
Google's laying it all out on the table with Chrome OS. My editor posted an excellent article about Chrome OS and we're already expecting a Chrome OS update from Google. Despite the distraction of a bank robbery and shooting in our city last week, I managed to dig my paws into Chrome OS to try and really understand what Google's up to. Read more
We wrapped up the Mobile Business Conference at Interop last week with three excellent sessions from Lisa Phifer on mobile management, both technical and operational. Among many other topics, Lisa mentioned the concept of personal liability, wherein employees use their personal cell phones for company business. This is already a common phenomenon, I know, but there are a good number of operational, practical, and financial concerns inherent here. Read more
Android is a free and open platform. Device manufacturers can take the platform and put it on their own devices. Software developers can write applications for Android without concern about being blocked from publishing as they can always choose to self-distribute their applications. However, this freedom comes as a price. A price the end-users often end up paying: a fragmented platform with a fragmented market. Read more
Cloud computing made it so people could "get by" with a Mac (or Linux)? C'mon...there are zillions of apps for the Mac and nothing lacking except for high-end games and some weird vertical stuff. Cloud computing didn't enable the Mac: it's convenient and I love it on all platforms, but don't say that it somehow lets people "get by", lol.
This says my tv boots in 3 seconds. I have a new lcd 48" that boots in exactly 15 seconds.
Coming up with the right business model for your mobile application can be tricky. Here are some of the key questions any good mobile application business plan should answer.
What kind of mobile application am I building and why should people buy it? Read more
A couple of months ago, in another location, I posted 40 Android business models — ways you can make money in the Android ecosystem, beyond simply selling individual apps to Read more
I have written the past about portable applications that Admins can carry with them.
I came across a new 'suite' of portable applications that are being touted as the Admins Swiss Army Knife, and for good reason.
The CodySafe Admin pack hosts 75 portable administrative tools into a single suite that installs onto a portable device and takes up less than 63MB of space. Within this tiny package are tools for handling all of the most common Admin tasks such as:
• Data Recovery Read more
• Password Recovery
• Disk tools
• File & FTP managers
• Network Tools
• Security
As I mentioned before, I'm at Interop New York all this week, where I once again have the privilege of Chairing the Mobile Business element of the event. The best part about attending a conference often isn't the conference sessions or even all the cool new products on the exhibits floor. It's the discussions with attendees and speakers that (most often) occur in the hallways. Read more
When developing a new mobile application, you need to decide how you’re going to price it. This question is best answered early, while the application is still being designed. Wait too long and your choices regarding application monetization become limited. Read more
These spy apps are next to worthless and really serve to benefit stlakers and criminals. don't be fooled by fear. YOu ar not getting much, if anyting for your money.
I was considering Verizon and a droid before I heard that the ETF has doubled. No longer! Thanks for the info!
If my employer chose this route then they would find me uncontactable. I do not have a personal mobile phone - gave it up, more trouble than it was worth. I am not bearing the monthly overhead costs and just submitting expense claims for my business calls. If a company does not give me a mobile phone, then that company finds that I do not have a mobile phone. Period.
Microsoft's Ray Ozzie significantly blew past the basic Exchange, SharePoint and SQL database hosting services with the Azure announcements at PDC 2009 yesterday. Read more
Love your article and appreciate your sentiments. My Son purchased with his own money his iPod Touch and the appliance functionality continued to break down on a regular basis. It was replaced on a contiuous basis until the warranty ran out and then his Apple bubble busted when he realized he would have to save another $150 in order get a replacement functioning appliance or only get $30 towards a trade in. Ahhhh so happy Mom! No more iTunes, iPods or Mac Books!
That is the perfect approach for Verizon. AT&T coverage sucks.
At my home, I get barely-usable 2G for voice and barely-usable 3G for data. No 3G for voice an no 2G for data. AT&T's "fix" is to have me turn off 3G when I need to talk on the phone and then, when I need to do data, turn on 3G and reboot. Then, turn off 3G and reboot to go back to voice.
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