Mobile Software Development
Mobile Software Development
Mobile Development Stories
|
China Challenging Google and Microsoft in OS WarThanks to a lack of trust in the United States' surveillance policies, China hopes to replace massively popular properties such as Windows and Android as the leading OS in the country, both on mobile and desktop devices. The current target date for release is October. | 
|
|
Robots Roundup: Flash Mobs, Room Service, and HitchhikersA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... R2-D2, the most beloved robot in the Star Wars universe, made us heart robots. Although today's robots can’t match R2-D2’s charisma, they are performing some pretty amazing feats. Pamela Rentz looks at some of the latest robotics projects. | 
|
|
Is Facebook's Free Internet Initiative Really an Altruistic Endeavor?Facebook recently launched the Internet.org app in Zambia, which gives users free access to basic services, including Facebook, Google Search, Wikipedia, some job sites, and the Women's Human Rights app. This certainly has the makings of a great initiative, but is it really a philanthropic venture? | 
|
|
Leveraging the Voices of Users: Amazon vs. Hachette PublishingUsers are familiar with helping organizations by providing references, but Amazon is now leveraging them in an unprecedented way. In building its case against Hachette Publishing, Amazon has sent an open letter to its readers and authors appealing to them to write to Hachette's CEO. | 
|
|
Will IBM’s Brain-Like Chip Bring Cognitive Computing Closer?Scientists at IBM are working on a new cognitive computer chip likened to right–brain, sensory pattern-recognizing learning models. Known as TrueNorth, this neurosynaptic computer chip is an event-driven microprocessor with supercomputer capabilities that’s roughly the size of a postage stamp. |
|
|
Walmart versus Amazon: What We Can Learn about E-CommerceWalmart, Amazon's largest retail competitor, is taking on the e-commerce giant with a newly designed website aimed at attracting new shoppers with an improved user experience. By examining both companies' usability tactics, you can learn a lot about what people like in their online shopping options. | 
|
|
EMV—The Next Generation of Credit Card SecurityAccording to the US Department of Justice, approximately 16.6 million people, or 7 percent of all US residents age sixteen or older, were victims of at least one incident of identity theft in 2012. Beth Cohen looks at EMV cards—the next generation of credit card security. | 
|
|
hitchBOT, the Hitchhiking Robot—Where Is He Now?If you’re traveling across Canada and see a strangely cute little hitchhiker with a face made from LED lights, a plastic beer pail torso, arms and legs that look like pool noodles, and is wearing a garbage can hat, it’s only hitchBOT, the Hitchhiking Robot, looking for a ride. |
|