Day: 21 September 2010

A phone made for three sims?

Worldwide executive travellers like our good selves are always on the hunt for new and exciting technology that makes our life simple, and a dual-SIM phone is one of those must-have devices. But we’re now faced with a dilemma, is two enough? Should we be looking for a three SIM phone instead? Luckily, the clever…

Facebook is the king of apps

Nielsen has launched the first update to its Nielsen App Playbook study, and to celebrate they’re sharing some of the data for free. The most recent version of the study has just been released and it is based on an August 2010 survey of more than 4,000 US mobile subscribers who had reported downloading a…

Telegraph launches an iPad app

In our post earlier this morning we gave full marks to the FT for getting a sponsor for their initial iPad app, and now it’s the turn of the Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph. The Telegraph for iPad application launched yesterday and is described as free for “a limited period” – they don’t say when…

FT iPad app hits 400,000 downloads

Those who think the iPad and apps in general are just vanity products would have done well to listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 this morning. The iPad is far from a vanity product, it’s also a key way of making revenue. The FT’s Editor Lionel Barber speaking on the Today programme said…

Location info from phones to be used to validate mcommerce

By year-end 2013, location information or profile information from mobile phones will be used to validate 90% of mobile transactions, according to Gartner. Gartner said that the rapid adoption of smartphones is forcing banks, social networks and other e-commerce providers to implement the kinds of fraud detection capabilities that have become mainstream with fixed-line computing.…