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Topic: Mobile

Sony eyes up Microsoft's Windows Phone: report

Microsoft is furthering efforts to promote the Windows Phone system, and may have found a new partner in an old rival: Sony. Citing a person with knowledge of the matter and another briefed on the new device, the publication says that while Sony has exclusively released smartphones running on Google's Android operating system, the electronics maker could be one of many lured to the Windows Phone front -- thanks to financial incentives. If ZTE is indeed in talks with Microsoft, a deal could help the Chinese telecom equipment maker towards its goal of becoming one of the world's top three handset makers by shipment volume by 2016.

The bumpy road ahead for Android tablets in 2014

Yoga 8 and Yoga 10 Tablets have been hot commodoties since the iPad's success, and there have been no shortage of Android models to entice shoppers. Last year saw the introduction of many models from the major players in the mobile space. Lenovo has been a big player in Android tablets too, with a line of budget tablets.

CRM Journal offers all-in-one client and invoice management on iPad

Siyami Apps looks to help small businesses manage their contacts and customers on the go with CRM Journal, its new customer records management application that offers support for invoices, payment reminders, client maps, calendars and more. CRM Journal provides a complete contact address book, with support for contact images and exporting and importing data by uploading or downloading CSV files. The app supports calendar sync to immediately provide up-to-date information, and users can turn estimates and notes into final records and invoices with a single tap.

Microsoft launches safety app for Windows Phone users in India

Microsoft has launched a safety application called Guardian for Windows Phone users in India, offering features such as distress messages. Microsoft launches safety app Guardian for Windows Phone users in India.Users can allow their families and friends to track them in real time during emergency situations by turning on the feature, which runs on Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map APIs. The app was developed over six months by a group of enthusiastic Microsoft employees in India, under the Microsoft Garage intiative which lets staff explore their ideas.

IT beyond the recession: Your recipe for mobile strategy and training ...

So what steps can be taken to rapidly take advantage of growing markets?. Mobile offers a fantastic opportunity to interact further with customers, potential leads and industry experts and should be managed by a core IT team. What worked in the world of recession cannot just be scaled up in good times.

How SMB employees feel about their tech resources

Mobile technology such as smartphones, tablets and notebooks improves how your employees feel about their jobs: about 75 percent of them appreciate being able to work everywhere. All of these findings are part of research sponsored by GFI Software, called the 2013 State of the Small Business Employee Report. The survey included 1,119 employees from companies with two to 99 employees, polled by research organization GfK Group during late September and early October.

BlackBerry Q3 worse than expected; $4.4 billion loss

BlackBerry's fiscal third-quarter results landed worse than first thought, putting even further pressure on new chief executive John Chen to turn the company around. The smartphone company reported a loss of $0.67 cents per share on revenue of $1.2 billion, down from $1.6 billion in the previous quarter. "Partnering with Foxconn allows BlackBerry to focus on what we do best - iconic design, world-class security, software development and enterprise mobility management — while simultaneously addressing fast-growing markets leveraging Foxconn's scale and efficiency that will allow us to compete more effectively," Chen said in prepared remarks.

NetSuite for iPhone 2.1, world's first end-to-end ERP iOS 7 app

SAN MATEO, USA: NetSuite Inc. announced the availability of NetSuite for iPhone 2.1, the world's first complete ERP iOS 7 application delivering rich new capabilities for mobile users to conduct business on the go-from an airport, client site, coffee shop, home or anywhere their data plan can reach. Available as a free download from the Apple App Store, NetSuite for iPhone addresses customer demand and the ever-growing need for ERP users to manage business operations that are powered by NetSuite cloud ERP - from financials, CRM, to ecommerce - all via the iPhone app developed by NetSuite. NetSuite for iPhone ushers in a new era of business interactivity, productivity and speed of execution for mobile executives, managers, sales representatives, consultants, field technicians, and other staff with capabilities to impact the business anywhere, anytime, over the highly popular smartphone.

Glip Offers Do.com Users Seamless File and Data Transfer ...

Glip, Inc. announces simple and intuitive conversion tools that enable Do.com users to move to Glip’s conversation platform in minutes. Glip features text and video chat at its core and includes file sharing, collaborative task management, shared calendars, automatic version control, all integrated into each conversation stream, saving time and providing context for faster, better decisions.

2014 turning point for wearable devices

Over 1 million smart wearable bands will be shipped worldwide by the end of 2013, with more smart wearable devices expected to hit the market next year. The company's marketing efforts helped push Galaxy Gear shipments to over 800,000 units within the first two months of its availability

One Surprising Reason Google Glass Is Bad For Drivers

If visual assistance worked, car HUD systems would be championed by car manufacturers instead of existing only in aftermarket hacks that get middling reviews. The proposed Illinois law to ban Glass on the roads follows a West Virginia law put forth by state Delagate Gary Howell that would go up for debate early next year.

Salesforce.com will adopt Openstack* (*says Rackspace)

The CRM leader isn't saying boo, but if it does adopt OpenStack it could help the open-source cloud gain enterprise credibility which it still sorely ...

Weebly e-commerce offering targets highly mobile entrepreneurs

Very few entrepreneurs quit their day job outright when they launch a new business version: they're often trying to make things work after business hours until they hit the tipping point where it's "safe" to go things on their own. The company got its start as a Web site hosting and building option for small businesses, but now it is behind more than 30,000 active online stores that generate roughly $13 million in monthly revenue. One of the company's biggest differentiators is mobile support: not just in helping shoppers complete transactions using smartphones or tablets, but in making it simpler for store owners to keep content updated, track inventory or check order status.

This Magical App Turns Your Phone Into A 3-D Scanner

It took about a decade, but most of us have given up on carrying around a traditional camera. Instead, we just use our phone to take pictures. But who would think we might be saying the same thing about 3-D scanning in just the next few years?

Bitrix24 beefs up telephony, CRM and collaboration features for its 1 ...

Bitrix24, the fastest growing enterprise social network created specifically for small to midsized businesses, has released a new version of its popular cloud service. which functions as a free Dropbox alternative for companies that want to have full control over their data, now supports company and group files in addition to personal files. The Project Management module has been more tightly integrated with Time Management and now allows easy tracking of time spend by each employee on any particular task, making employee workload planning an easy and transparent process.

Bitrix24 Beefs Up Telephony, CRM and Collaboration Features for ...

28 Android security apps tested

The problem of malware on Android is a controversial one: Clearly there is a lot of malware — AV-Test says that in November of this year they received about 6,000 unique samples per day, for a so-far total in 2013 of over 1.5 million — but there isn't as widespread a perception of the need for security products as there is, for instance, on Windows.

An iOS Travel App That Caters To Last-Minute Trip Planners

Only one in five people plan their trips in advance, says Peek's CEO, Ruzwana Bashir. The company's new iOS app is designed for last-minute planners. In addition to surfacing nearby deals, the app shows activities catered to different traveler personas, such as explorers, foodies, and nature lovers.

3 New Ways To Craft Compelling Stories With Social Media

Visual storytelling is a hot marketing trend right now, and social media platforms are incorporating new features that support image-driven marketing. Flipboard has already found a strong following among brands who are pulling together content into their own curated online magazines, but Flipboard’s new features include the ability to take this one step further and create a catalogue of products and listings. Imagine the potential of "Holiday gifts," "Wedding style," or any number of catalogues that could be curated around similar themes.

Expect Labs Releases A Voice-Activated Search App: MindMeld

The app only listens to you when you want it to--but Expect Labs envisions a future when your gadgets listen to you all the time. An emerging field, anticipatory computing takes its cues from various sources to determine what consumers want before they can even type it. That future hasn't arrived, though the company will release its first iPad app Thursday: a speech-activated search engine called MindMeld that, in its current form, doesn't really anticipate anything yet.