Tag Archives: Mobile
Revisiting Twitter in Africa
If this past summer’s controversial presidential election in Iran was any indication, Twitter has fast become a major platform for political discussion and grassroots organization on the global stage. Social media, particularly the micro-blogging service Twitter, flexed its muscles during … Continue reading
Google, The Platform
Listening to Google CEO talk about the importance of a “new platform” while noting that “enterprise-focused” engineers are a small percentage of the company’s engineering team, I flashed back to 1984. When Apple introduced the Macintosh with that Ridley Scott … Continue reading
Should The President Keep His “Blackberry”?
It is true that President Obama gets to keep his Blackberry. The historic presidency of Barack Obama earns another “first black” title as the President wins the debate of using his “blackberry” while President of the United States. According to … Continue reading
Novelists Who Really Phone it in
A recent issue of The New Yorker had an interesting article on cell phone novels in Japan. Popularized about five years ago, these novels are posted to the Web by authors who write them on their phones, constrained by the … Continue reading
GPS Map Service on Mobile Phones
GPS Maps is one of those great functions on mobile phones we have today. People not only can use iphone to surf on the Internet and get Google Map, but they can also use Nokia mobile phones to download the … Continue reading
Designing For Mobile Devices
Designing for the small screen is as much of a challenge as that faced by designers during the height of the browser wars (and the subsequent flouting of HTML and XHTML “standards” by the browser with the greatest market share). … Continue reading
Free iPhone+College+Social Applications = Next Wave of ???
posted by Annie This is an interesting experiment by Abilene Christian University. This could pave the way for future integrations in colleges to connect students on campus using mobile technology and social media applications. Click Here to see the article
Nokia, Silverlight and Participatory Video
My students know that I have a weakness for Nokia technology. And of all of hometown favorite Microsoft’s innovations, I like its Silverlight application the most. So I’m thrilled to see the two come together today, with this announcement that … Continue reading
