Posted in Mobile, Web, tagged assistant, business, Gmail, Google, iPhone, lifestyle, Mobile, Mobile Phone, RSS, Social Networking on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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Mobile phone is not just a mere communication tool anymore. With advancements in technology and lowering costs, new generation mobile phones are highly advanced, multi-faceted and most importantly ‘affordable’. The new iPhone is just $199 (with strings attached, of course). These new age devices are quickly becoming a ‘must have’ to complement our [...]
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Posted in LBS, Mobile, Web, tagged geotagging, GPS, iPhone, LBS, maps, Mobile, Web on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Geotagging lets you add geographic information, such as latitude and longitude as indicated by the integrated GPS system, to any digital content — from pictures and videos to news articles and blog posts . So when you take a picture/video or post a blog your location is also saved. Then you can overlay [...]
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Posted in Social Media, Web, tagged Social Media, Web on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jay Deragon wrote an interesting piece. He compares Social Media to Autobahn where there are no rules for speeding, you could actually cause an accident if you drove slow, which is against the socially accepted norm of driving within the speed limit and slow is good.
Is The Social Web Like the Autobahn?
In many ways yes. [...]
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Posted in LBS, Mobile, Social Media, Social Networking, Web, tagged business, LBS, location, Mobile, mobile search, mobile social networking, search on June 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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Another one in the “What I want…” series. I’m focusing on ‘Local Search on mobile’ and not ‘Search on mobile’ because people searching from their mobiles will usually be doing so on the go and hence would mostly be focusing on local content like searching for something or someplace close by (or someone, [...]
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Posted in LBS, Mobile, Social Media, Social Networking, Usability, User Experience, Web, tagged business, location, Mobile, mobile social networking, scenarios, Social Networking, User Experience on May 27, 2008 | 20 Comments »
In a previous post Social Networking and the Mobile Phone, I had discussed how mobile can extend the reach of a social network and open up new ways of socializing. I have gone through a couple of mobile social networks out there and they are nowhere near my expectations. So I decided to list down [...]
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Posted in Mobile, Trends, Web, Widgets, tagged Mobile, mobile 2.0, oneweb, Trends, Web, Widgets on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In 2001, the phone could connect to the web via WAP. Limited content, reach, connectivity and speed issues marred the WAPscape. By 2008, Mobile Web use is growing faster than ever, as noted in this post by ReadWriteWeb, Wireless devices are everywhere these days. Wi-Fi hotspots are popping up in more places and aircards protrude [...]
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Posted in Mobile, Web, tagged Mobile, semantic web on March 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Semantic web was proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor the World Wide Web and now Director of the World Wide Web Consortium.
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