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Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S. Stores

The Realtime Report

How is iBeacon different than using GPS for geo-location? Transmission through Bluetooth wireless technology gives your phone precise information about where you are in the store, while GPS transmitters don’t work well indoors and don’t distinguish well between locations only a few feet apart.

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How Appification Is Transforming The Internet

The Realtime Report

In 2013, just 7 percent of companies had implemented a mobile app strategy, and 51 percent of companies had no plans to develop one, a FeedHenry survey found. Soon, the company plans to roll out a separate mobile first index which will serve mobile users different results than desktop users, presumably including app content.

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The 10 Key Mobile Trends for 2011

Mindjumpers

Juniper Research has released its top ten wireless predictions for 2011, let’s step through and take a look at where they think mobile is going in the coming year. We already have built in features such as GPS and gyroscopes (so your phone knows when you pass out at the company Christmas party). Mobile is part of the mix!

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Motorola XOOM Android Tablet – A Fair Rival to Apple’s iPad

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It comes with 3G from Verizon out of the box (a 4G LTE upgrade is on the way), integrated GPS and Google Maps, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.1 XOOM uses Verizon Wireless 3G network, which is quite fast for most operations. Nitin is the owner of Offshore Ally, a company of smart virtual assistant s and link builders.

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How To Create A Know-It-All Company - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Are you involved in setting the direction for your companys IT budget or strategy? How To Create A Know-It-All Company. Heres how some companies convinced individuals to share best practices. operations for the company (and a recruiter himself), weeds out people who blame others. Network Monitoring. Disaster Recovery.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

Of course, that’s not surprising, since Facebook announced that they are changing the company name to Meta. On October 28, 2021 Facebook filed for a trademark on the word Meta. If you go to the website meta.com you’ll be redirected to this web page on Facebook.com.

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Mobile Marketing Goes To The Dogs

Diva Marketing Blog

Like a good bloodhound, if my phone was equipped with a GPS system (alas, it is not) advertisers could find me almost anywhere. While CAN-SPAM was initially focused on the glut of spam email messages flooding computers, Section 14 of the Act specifically bans companies from sending unsolicited commercial text messages to cellular phones.

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