Category Archives: Apps

Facebook going Places?

Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:16
Written by Stephen
Facebook has launched its eagerly anticipated ‘geo-location’ product – Places. Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the service will “allow users to share where they are with their friends; allow them to see who is near them; and allow them to discover new places around them”. Places is for ‘advanced mobile browers’ only (i.e. smart phones) [...]
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The mobile web’s first baby steps

Monday, 9 August 2010 14:29
Written by Stephen
It has often been said that the future of media is mobile and the future of advertising will follow the media. However, the gestation period for the mobile web has been a slow and often painful experience. Now that it has been born with a smart phone in one hand and an iPad in the [...]
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Tesco launches first transactional app on Ovi

Friday, 6 August 2010 14:44
Written by Stephen
The announcement this week that Tesco is to launch its first transactional mobile app is interesting on a number of fronts. Firstly the app will be available in Nokia’s Ovi Store. While Tesco says it plans to roll out the app’s transactional features to a mobile site and an iPhone app, the fact the UK’s [...]
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The Carphone Warehouse is title sponsor of The Appys

Tuesday, 3 August 2010 13:01
Written by Stephen
The Carphone Warehouse has announced its title sponsorship of The Appys 2010. The Carphone Warehouse stocks all smartphone brands across all the various app development platforms and networks and is, therefore, “an excellent title sponsor of the awards program,” says Stephen Conmy, editor, Digital Times (pictured right). The Appys with The Carphone Warehouse was conceived by [...]
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