The New York Times featured an article this week on Barnes & Noble’s use of a special iPhone app that allowed Brooklyn Decker , Esquire’s sexist woman alive, to appear in the store aisles. Decker wasn’t actually there but by using GPS technology developed by GoldRun customers could see her in various poses in over 700 stores. As BRANDING:  Imagine GPS technologies allowing fashion shows (from Armani to Victoria’s Secret to GAP Kids) to take place anywhere at anytime when viewed through a smart phone. Image: Mashable). If not, why? MORE >>

The company behind the app, described by tech celeb Robert Scoble as more important than Foursquare, was acquired on Friday by location services giant TeleNav, proof that mobile search is a new must-have feature of apps, services and discovery schemes. * * *. TeleNav was one of the first companies in North America to launch a GPS management service and has since grown to provide products in 29 countries through 16 mobile carriers. Availability: You can find Goby at www.goby.com , in the Apple App Store (iPhone and iPad) or in the Android Market. Goby: At-a-glance. MORE >>

Pitched to compete directly with the Apple iPad Mini and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, it will surely heat up the competition in the tablet marketplace in India. Nexus 7 boasts of a 7″ 1280×800 HD display (216 ppi), scratch-resistant Corning glass, is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, 1.2MP front-facing camera, 16GB storage  1GB RAM, features the latest Android 4.2 It also has multiple sensors like the NFC (Android Beam), Accelerometer, GPS, Magnetometer and Gyroscope. Google Nexus 7 Tablet in India. Jelly Bean) and weighs just 340g! All Rights Reserved. MORE >>

The iPad is over a year old. The iPad 2 is 3 months old. As of today, there is still no Facebook iPad App , though they say it’s coming shortly. Simply stated, the Instant Upload feature is beautiful. We may see a Google+ iPad app before we see a Facebook one. Speculation often causes people to talk out of both sides of their mouth when passing judgment or expressing an opinion. This is not one of those times. While expressed as opinions, everything I’m about to post is true about the Google+ Project. Modern Interface. There are 1.5 MySpace failed. MORE >>

This mirrors my comments from July when I said mobile app developers should look to Android before iPhone and iPad. Android led the way in true multitasking on the phone, offers a superior GPS experience with top-notch places and maps, and is years ahead of Apple on voice search, it seems. The truth is that Android can go feature by feature against iPhone now. voted again on Android this Christmas when I bought my wife the NOOKColor, which she'll be using to read voraciously at the expense of her iPad use, with a slimmer form factor and reduced weight. MORE >>