Tag: ios

Marvel releases first issue of its augmented reality comic series

Stephen Vagus
Marvel Augmented Reality

Augmented reality and comics make the perfect match.   Acclaimed comic and entertainment giant Marvel has released the first issue of its new augmented reality line of comics. The line, called “ReEvolution,” is meant to appeal to tech-savvy comic fans that have been growing interested in augmented reality technology. Avengers Vs. X-Men Infinite #1 is the first comic in the series and is one of the first comics in the world to have AR components. The comic can be brought to life through the use of the Marvel App, which…

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Microsoft announces a new series of CRM mobile apps

Julie Campbell
Microsoft mobile secrurity Outlook app

Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing a number of new mobile apps designed for its CRM software, taking aim at clients such as Windows Phone 7, Android 2.2 and higher, iOS, and BlackBerry. It has scheduled this release for 2012’s second quarter, as an element of the regular customer relationship management (CRM) service update from Microsoft, which will also expand on the browser support that already exists through Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, and will function on Windows PCs, as well as Macs and iPads. According to…

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Research shows iOS sees the highest level of browsing on the mobile web

Jorge Gonzalez
Mobile Commerce

According to the results of research conducted by NetMarketShare, the operating system through which there is the most mobile web browsing is Apple’s iOS. The study showed that in December 2011, 52.10 percent of browsing on the mobile web originated from iPhones and iPads, while Android devices represented only 16.29 percent of mobile web browsing. Equally, 7.67 percent of all web browsing came from a smartphone or tablet device, which is a notable increase from February 2011, when it was only 3.88 percent. The second largest mobile web browsing share,…

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Apple faces iPhone lawsuit from 27,000 South Koreans over privacy issues

Jorge Gonzalez
QR codes South Korea

Approximately 27,000 iPhone using people in South Korea are taking part in a class-action lawsuit in a local court against the mobile device’s manufacturer, Apple. The lawsuit states that because the iPhone collects and stores information about the user’s location without his or her express consent, Apple is invading the user’s privacy. According to a filing by the firm representing the plaintiffs, Mirae Law, the lawsuit was filed against the South Korean division of Apple, as well as its headquarters, and is seeking damages of 1 million South Korean won…

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Americans are choosing smartphones for their next purchase as the potential for mobile commerce thickens

Jorge Gonzalez
US Smartphone Survey wearable technology news

According to a Nielsen’s survey that took place in May, 2011, in the United States, 55 percent of new mobile phone handset purchases within March, April, and May were smartphones as opposed to feature phones. This was a notable increase from the same time the year, when smartphones made up only 34 percent of the mobile phone purchases. The same survey showed that 38 percent of American consumers with mobile devices now have smartphones. According to the survey, the majority of smartphone owners – almost forty percent – have devices…

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