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Using Digital Swarms to Predict the Weather

With the recent release of the Xoom tablet from Motorola comes the first barometric sensor available in a mobile device. The barometer was added to the Android operating system by Google as a way to support faster GPS access by estimating the elevation of the user when accessing the satellites. But this new sensor opens up a new range of possibilities (just as we saw with accelerometers and light sensors) including predicting local weather patterns. Full Story

Posted on February 19, 2012 9:17 AM

iPhone 4 - How much Smarter?

How much smarter will the iPhone 4 be and how much of an advantage will this create for Apple over competitors? The new phone has some significant upgrades. (http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/07/how-apple-is-setting-itself-apart-from-the-pack-of-iphone-clones/) Full Story

Posted on June 13, 2010 4:17 PM

Google building the 4G backbone?

Google's decision to offer a gigabit high speed network trial in selected communities (http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/overview) represents another step in the companies evolution from an internet ad company to a network operator. Full Story

Posted on February 11, 2010 9:16 PM

Security is the Wildcard in 4G's Future

There have been two recent attacks on user-modified (or jailbroken) iPhones, Ikee (which changes the phone's wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley!) and the Duh worm (which changes the SSH password and adds the phone to a botnet to be used... Full Story

Posted on November 29, 2009 4:52 PM

Can Android lead us to 4G?

Strategy Analytics recently predicted Android Smartphone sales to increase by 900% in 2009.  Putting aside the fact that 900% of a small number if still a small number, but the reality is that Android has some real advantages when thinking... Full Story

Posted on September 8, 2009 8:15 PM