[2009-10-21] Mobile Web Is Taking Over the World (and Other Internet Trends)

October 20th, 2009
Mobile Web Is Taking Over the World (and Other Internet Trends)
“Mobile Internet usage is on the rise. Apple’s share of the mobile smartphone market is only going to increase. AT&T’s mobile data traffic has increased by 4,932% over the last three years. There will be over 1 billion “heavy mobile data users” by 2013. These are just some of the stats that were shared with the audience at the Web 2.0 Summit today in San Francisco.”

[2009-10-21] GE shows off pocket-size ultrasound scanner

October 20th, 2009
GE shows off pocket-size ultrasound scanner
“This could be the stethoscope of the 21st century,” said GE CEO Jeff Immelt

[2009-10-21] PayPal wants payment apps in your phone and fridge with its new platform

October 20th, 2009
“PayPal is opening up a platform to developers on November 3, to spur innovation in outside payment apps that can connect with anything as far out as physical advertisements or home appliances.”

[2009-10-21] North American Business Mobility Vertical Market Analysis

October 20th, 2009
“The data set is provided at two levels of segmentation. In the first level, mobile communications services are segmented into three categories: United States Private/Public Sector, Self-Employed and Military, and Canada. In the second level, the United States Private/Public sector data is further segmented by vertical, occupation and size of business.”

[2009-10-21] Augmented Reality

October 20th, 2009
“This study forecasts that new handheld platforms will transform the Augmented Reality ecosystem, with revenue associated with Augmented Reality growing from less than $10 million currently to more than $300 million in 2014. Mobile advertising revenue will begin slowly but will represent a large portion of the revenue growth in the 2013-2014 timeframe, with advertisers placing tags onto the navigation information displayed.”

[2009-10-21] Leaking crypto keys from mobile devices

October 20th, 2009
Leaking crypto keys from mobile devices
“Security researchers have discovered a way to steal cryptographic keys that are used to encrypt communications and authenticate users on mobile devices by measuring the amount of electricity consumed or the radio frequency emissions.”

[2009-10-21] Nvidia’s new Cloud 3D platform to vastly improve web-based 3-D imagery

October 20th, 2009
Nvidia’s new Cloud 3D platform to vastly improve web-based 3-D imagery
“At first, the platform will focus on rendering images that don’t have to be viewed in real time. It might take, for instance, 15 seconds to render a highly realistic 3-D image like the ones shown here. But over time, a service based on the 3-D technology could deliver streamed 3-D images instantaneously. Nvidia described this service a couple of weeks ago, but revealed more details today.”

[2009-10-21] Barnes & Noble Launches Dual-Screen Nook E-Reader for $260

October 20th, 2009
Barnes & Noble Launches Dual-Screen Nook E-Reader for $260 Barnes & Noble Launches Dual-Screen Nook E-Reader for $260
“Connectivity comes by way of free AT&T 3G as well as 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, while storage duties fall to the 2GB of internal memory, as well as an microSD expansion slot.”

[2009-10-21] Consumers Find Mobile Web Disappointing, Slow to Load

October 20th, 2009
Consumers Find Mobile Web Disappointing, Slow to Load
“An independent study by Equation Research found that today’s consumers are disappointed with the performance of the mobile web. Despite the proliferation of smartphones with their full-featured web browsers, the majority of mobile web surfers have encountered issues with accessing websites via their handsets over the past year. The number one issue reported involves websites that are too slow to load, frustrating users to the point that over half said they would never return to the site in question.”

[2009-10-21] Business Customer Mobile Data Services Revenues to Increase 17% in 2010

October 20th, 2009
“While the world recession has caused hardship for many businesses, it has had little impact on their use of mobile data services. In an update to ABI Research’s Business Mobility Market Data, worldwide mobile data services revenues are expected to increase 17% in 2010. Through 2014, mobile data services revenues will grow at a CAGR of 12%.”

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