Aside from the Samsung Galaxy Gear, which needs to be paired with one of Samsung's high end smartphones, most of the smart watches today are limited in their functionality. Pebble, the most popular smart watch to data, does notifications extremely well and has a spattering of games and other apps. Most of the other smart [...]
Smartphones and mobile apps are becoming increasingly popular with people over 50. With a new surge of smartphone owners in that demographic more and more artists and musicians from that era are turning to the smartphone and mobile apps to appeal to their core audience and younger fans through their smartphones. Last month we reported [...]
As more and more people become familiar with the forthcoming Google Glass, the wearable, Android powered smart glasses are drawing attention from state and local governments. Google Glass has been in a large scale beta with a group of early adopters and Google developers. This group was able to purchase the "explorer edition" of Google [...]
Apple has always been a big supporter of the Red movement and World AIDS day. The Cupertino based company has always been a strong supporter of their gay employees as well. Apple CEO, and Auburn alum Tim Cook is an openly gay man. Apple also coined the phrase "there's an app for that". With World [...]
New York-based retail insurance firm launches mobile app at appcatch.com D.M. Roth & Associates has launched a mobile app built with the DIY app builder at appsbar.com. The DM Roth app has earned appsbar.com’s App of the Day award as a prime example of how the app building platform has opened up the mobile marketing [...]
Traditionally, only a manufacturers high end devices would get the latest greatest version of the Android operating system. This continues to grow a problem in the Android world called fragmentation. While Apple's iOS 7 is now in 70% of iOS devices, the last two versions of Android account for only 40% of all Android devices. [...]
On Thursday, Bank Of America, the largest bank in the U.S, released a research study on the digital currency, Bitcoin. What began as a way to purchase drugs, guns, hookers and porn, anonymously, continues to get mass market validation. Earlier this week we reported that online wireless accessory giant, Mobile Nations, added Bitcoin to their [...]
Earlier this week many reports and surveys suggested that the Microsoft Xbox One had won Black Friday. While in the melee of crazy shopping deals and even crazier shoppers, Microsoft emerged the in-stock winner, Nielsen reports that Sony's Playstation 4 and Call Of Duty Ghosts are this holiday season's most wanted. Yahoo reports that the [...]
Hundreds of thousands of attendees, over 3,000 exhibitors and everyone who cares about technology will have all eyes on Las Vegas from January 5th through January 10th for the International CES. CES is the largest technology trade show, conference and convention in the western hemisphere. Over 10 years of coverage I've seen a lot. CES [...]
While many online retailers quickly made up "cyber week" to take hold of an enormous online and mobile trend in holiday shopping this year, Walmart has decided to bring back some of their door busters in what they are calling, Green Monday. Now don't worry you don't have to go stand in line at Walmart [...]
