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Get Your Business Moving: 9 types of Mobile Marketing

Harp Interactive

GPS, Navigation Devices: Location based real-time marketing is going to be the next big thing; it’s time marketers, who are not already taking advantage of localization opportunities, consider this growing medium. You will receive an ad or a message based on the location your wireless device is picking up.

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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

As appification continues to move forward in 2018, apps will increasingly incorporate GPS based data to deliver value based on customer location. To support this, smartphone manufacturers and network providers will continue to accelerate the speed of wireless connections.

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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

Idaconcpts

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. In terms of connectivity, Motorola XOOM makes a good impression. Moreover, an upgrade to 4G LTE is planned.

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Why Is Wi-Fi So Slow On My Phone?

Tweaklibrary

Even wireless routers have a range cap. Any source of electromagnetic radiation or wireless transmissions might cause interference. Microwaves, wireless doorbells, and cordless phones all have the potential to interfere with your Wi-Fi phone’s frequency and connection. A VPN Is Causing The Android Wi-Fi Slow Issue 4.

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How To Use Mobile Data In Airplane Mode

Tweaklibrary

Airplane mode or flight mode is a setting available on all Android devices that when activated stops all types of wireless transmission. GPS: On some devices, turning on Airplane mode also disables GPS functionality. Moreover, the device will no longer scan for the nearby Wi-Fi networks.

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