Location Labs announced general availability of its Geofencing platform with enhanced functionality. The cloud-based technology is made to help iPhone and Android developers accurately define virtual boundaries on the phone or in the cloud, and is already in use for interactive billboard advertising from CBS Outdoors and Intel, and “Store Alerts” functionality in Cellfire’s couponing…
Myriad Updates enables social networking in emerging markets
Myriad is bringing social networking services to emerging markets with its new solution called Myriad Updates. The idea is to allow billions of people without mobile data access to cyber schmooze while on the go, using nothing but SMS. If you remember, we’ve already covered India-based GupShup which already offers a similar service and is…
Hands-On: ZTE Skate – Decent Specs, Vanilla Feel
ZTE quietly announced an Android handset at Mobile World Congress. The Skate has a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, runs vanilla Android 2.3, a 5 megapixel camera, and the usual stuff like 7.2 Mbps HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. The Skate will be launching in the second quarter in Europe, presumably at a lower-than-average price point, since…
ooVoo Mobile demos multi-point video chat on iOS devices
During the Mobile World Congress, we had a chance to see ooVoo Mobile app working on Apple iOS mobile devices. The company even promised to bring its super-fast growing, multi-point video chat application to the AppStore at some point in April. We don’t have the exact date, but I doubt even the ooVoo guys know…
Vodafone, China Mobile sign a strategic co-operation framework agreement
Two of the largest mobile operators in the world, Vodafone and China Mobile, signed a “strategic co-operation framework agreement” at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Under the deal, the two companies will continue their existing co-operation in a number of areas, including exchange of corporate management, technical and operational expertise, enhanced roaming, multinational customers,…
Mobile World Congress: iPhone 4 wins the “Best Mobile Device” award
Just because you don’t attend, it doesn’t mean you can’t win. Take Apple for instance. Last year, Steve Jobs was named the “Mobile Personality of the Year” and this year the iPhone 4 took the Best Mobile Device award. Needless to say, Apple wasn’t at the show neither this nor last year. Judges said that…
Hands-on: CyWee Air Shuttle – iPhone wireless video streamer
We’ve been on the ground at the Mobile World Congress 2011 and I got a chance to hop aboard a boat to check out the CyWee Air Shuttle, a wireless video streamer for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and other Apple products. Why was I on a boat? I have no idea but check out…
Urban Airship launches marketer-controlled mobile messaging service
Urban Airship used the Mobile World Congress to launch two new tools for mobile marketers. First comes Urban Airship Push Composer, which is said to offer a “clean, simple, web-based dashboard” from where marketers can craft, configure and activate mobile messaging campaigns via in-app push notifications in real-time across multiple mobile platforms. The second tool…
Fashion police hand out citations to holster-wearing offenders at Mobile World Congress
Pay no attention to what anyone says about the convenience of mobile phone holsters – they’re about as cool as neon-colored fanny packs. At Mobile World Congress this week, the fashion police – courtesy of Good Technology – was quick to cite offenders by handing out tickets. If being accosted by lovely ladies dressed as…
BlackBerry PlayBook Capabilities Amply Demonstrated by The Astonishing Tribe
RIM recently acquired Swedish design firm The Astonishing Tribe, and for Mobile World Congress 2011, they were put to work demonstrating just how awesome the BlackBerry PlayBook could be. We got a look at three apps TAT had cooked up for a demonstration at the Texas Instruments booth (since the PlayBook runs on an OMAP…