Check-in is not a simple function. After the continuous launch of LBS with check-in, LBS has made a turning point of LBS services. And ‘Foursquare’ is the representative example of these services. Even Facebook released ‘Places’ which has implemented chech-in. Based on this, Facebook will provide the service as a marketing tool. Gowalla is also […]
Online shopping market is rapidly growing in America. According to the report of Forrester, the market size would be 27 billion dollars, increasing by 17% appared to the past year. Until now, many people think that online shopping is driven by the price-competitiveness and customization. And the latter is induced by a buying record or […]
A few months ago, Steve Jobs told that 7″ screen is ambiguous for tablet PCs. But 10″ screen would be more difficult to beat down the juggernaut, Apple’s iPad. Toshiba’s tablet computer, the Folio 100, has been withdrawn from Dixons stores in the UK because of a high return rate. It has a powerful functions […]
Google’s next Android OS, Gingerbread, will support NFC(Near Field Communication) based services. Especially, Eric Schmidt told that Google will cooperate with payment processing companies rather than compete with them. NFC is de facto standard of a mobile payment service. But because of distributing mobile infra, it has not been widely used except some countries including […]
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the unveiled communication service on November 15th at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California. He has called this communication service not a simple e-mail offering but the “seamless messaging” service which includes text messages, instant messages, e-mails. Someone call it “Gmail killer”. But its service feature is different with Gmail, […]
After the active distribution of smartphones, cameras, music players (so-called MP3 players), and navigators, these devices are no longer the 1st device. Manufacturers have already installed all of these functions such as GPS, CODEC, and camera lens into smartphones. Most people who have smartphones don’t need to buy additional gadgets for other usage such as […]
Google’s mobile chief denied that the company is developing a SNS platform against Facebook. Google has an interest on SNS and is making some applications. But it’s not a platform, so-called ‘Google Me’. After Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, started a rumour, Google has been quiet without any official response. Whether Google make a […]
Many people think the 3 keywords of internet services are ‘Mobile’, ‘Local’, ‘SNS.’ After the strategic success of YouTube, it gives us the fact that power contents and SNS is the important factor for success. And someone said photo is the last niche for category-typed SNS. It may be right. ‘Instagram’ is very famous mobile […]
Symbian is based on open source platform for mobile phones. But after the distribution of Android OS, many device makers such as Samsung and Sony Ericsson have been adopting Android OS instead of Symbian. Nokia released the its decision that Symbian platform would be controlled by the company, while Symbian foundation will take care of […]
Recently I often play with iPad. Sometimes I’m surprised by its various usage. The following applications are recommended by PCMAG.com. 1. photoshop express : photo editing program(Free) 2. epicurious : dealing with various recipes(Free) 3. Netflix : VOD program(Free for downloading an application, but $8.99/month for VOD services) 4. Kindle : Amazon’s e-Book reader program(Free […]