Mobile device – Science, Technology, Society

Live scribe 3 is best tool for field based research note capture

Posted on November 3, 2013December 25, 2013 by timbatchelder

Livescribe 3 sends handwritten notes straight to your iPhone or iPad
by Rick Broida, cnet.com

This pen is definitely mightier than the stylus, as it gives you real-world note-taking coupled with mobile device world syncing.

The Livescribe 3 is a wireless ink pen that automatically syncs your handwritten notes with your iPhone or…

http://flip.it/A0lDq

Livescribe 3 Smart Pen Review (gottabemobile.com)
Livescribe 3 merges pen and iPad (zdnet.com)
A Digital Pen Combines Writing and Recording (nytimes.com)

9 mobile app KPIs

Posted on September 8, 2013December 22, 2013 by timbatchelder

9 Mobile App KPIs to Know
Lauren Drell, mashable.com

Carl asks,What metrics are most important to my mobile app business?Great question, Carl — this is both an easy and difficult question to answer. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all set of key performance indicators (KPIs), but what follows is a prime…

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Take Your Business Analytics Mobile. Yes, There’s an App for That (tibco.com)

Talented workers bring their own devices

Posted on December 22, 2012April 19, 2013 by timbatchelder

Worried Workers: BYOD Or You’re SOL [Infographic]
Brian Proffitt, readwrite.com

It is a common perception around the world that Americans, by and large, have problems relaxing. We don’t take what little vacations we do get and increasingly use technology to blur the line between work and home life. But a new study shows that…

RT @RWW: A new study suggests emerging markets may be better practitioners of bring your own device (BYOD) than mature markets. http://flip.it/6Aej9 http://flip.it/hJ4Fo

BYOD Roundup: Lots of “Bring Your Own Device” Stats (globalnerdy.com)
BYOD Taking Over Business, but Security Issues Persist (eweek.com)
BYOD By The Numbers [Infographic] (readwrite.com)
Shedding Light on Growing BYOD Trend – Bringing Your Own Device to Work (business2community.com)
Working in 2016: 35pc of workers will no longer see work as a destination (siliconrepublic.com)
The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Party (visual.ly)

Samsung patents voice recognition for emotional state

Posted on November 6, 2012March 31, 2013 by timbatchelder

Samsung patent ties emotional states to virtual faces through voice, shows when we’re cracking up
Jon Fingas, engadget.com

Voice recognition usually applies to communication only in the most utilitarian sense, whether it’s to translate on the spot or to keep those hands on the wheel while sending a text message. Samsung has just been granted a US pate…

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Apple and Samsung battle for hearts and wallets of smartphone customers (mercurynews.com)
Samsung now has more mobile patents than any other company (androidauthority.com)
Apple patents iPhone with wraparound display (mercurynews.com)
Apple patent reveals future iPhone with wraparound display (nbcnews.com)
Apple has Patented Smartphone with a Circular Display (eightfire.com)
Second trial on damages could lead Apple to net more than the original $1.05 billion it was awarded (phonearena.com)
Apple Patents Iphone With Wraparound Display (dawn.com)
Hypocritical Samsung Tries to Patent Pinch & Zoom (patentlyapple.com)
Samsung ‘VoiceOver’ suit stayed, waiting on patent ruling (macnn.com)
Samsung Granted More Mobile Patents Than Anyone Else Last Year (geeky-gadgets.com)

The Sensing Planet: Why The Internet Of Things Is The Biggest Next Big Thing

Posted on September 9, 2012February 11, 2013 by timbatchelder

The Sensing Planet: Why The Internet Of Things Is The Biggest Next Big Thing
fastcocreate.com

Rob van Kranenburg outlines a brief history of the next big thing—the internet of things—and argues that U.S. industry and government should be taking a more active role in its evolution.

About a decade ago, I would stand in the middle of a…

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Prince Harry Doesn’t Have to Worry About His Career — You Do | CareerBliss (careerbliss.com)
10 Content Marketing Challenges (And How Small Businesses Can Overcome Them) (blogs.constantcontact.com)
Book of the Day: The Internet of People for a Post-Oil World (p2pfoundation.net)
The Internet of Everything Has Begun (blogs.cisco.com)
There Will Soon Be More Mobile Devices Than Humans – And We’ll Need A New Internet To Cope (businessinsider.com)
The World’s Biggest Ant Colony Is No Match for Facebook (mashable.com)
Barbara Holm: Social Anxiety and the Internet (huffingtonpost.com)

Nokia works to understand developing markets thru ethnographic research

Posted on July 20, 2011February 11, 2013 by timbatchelder

Growth-in-Social-Networking-in-developing-coun... — Growth-in-Social-Networking-in-developing-countries (Photo credit: Analectic.org)

Great article on the fact that Nokia is investing heavily in a do or die fashion in understanding the anthropology of how people actually use mobile devices in the developing world, and using this to develop a line of low power mobile devices.