Archive for August, 2009

International Market Share of iPhone on the Rise

August 29th, 2009 by admin


July 23rd, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder – AdMob’s June 2009 Mobile Metrics report, which you can download here [PDF link] breaks down the iPhone share by country. The United States leads with 50.2%, followed by Germany (7.3%), France (6.8%), United Kingdom (6.4%), and Canada (3.1%). – This are the first data-lytics of iPhone distribution [...]

AdMob reports, “the iPhone represented 60 percent of U.S. smartphone usage in July 2009, followed by RIM and Android devices at 13 and 12 percent, respectively.”

August 28th, 2009 by admin


Android and iPhone users download approximately 10 new apps a month, while iPod touch owners download an average of 18 per month. More than 90 percent of Android and iPhone OS users browse and search for apps directly on their mobile device instead of their computer Upgrading from the lite version was the top reason [...]

Twitter’s plans to let users attach geographic coordinates to messages

August 27th, 2009 by admin


Personal Location Services is the killer app and proof of that statement can be found in the recent release by Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service — The very popular Twitter service is moving from the virtual to the real world connecting everyone using GPS. Found everywhere as a download this writter thinks that Twitter [...]

The moment R&D meets mom is magical.

August 20th, 2009 by admin


My name is Amy, I am a mom of 3 two girls 11 & 13 and my son who is 9. If I could tell you how much I love the iloci2 App. It has changed my life. I don’t let my kids roam the malls, go to City Walk or The Grove. Call me [...]

GPS-Equipped Shoes Keep Track of Wanderers

August 11th, 2009 by admin


Washington Post — Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Caring for a loved one with dementia is worrisome, especially if that person is prone to taking flight. Statistics suggest that 60 percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease will get lost at least once, said Andrew Carle, director of George Mason University’s senior housing administration program. To limit [...]

Despite a 4% decrease in mobile device sales, Gartner forecasts the people finder market to grow from 41.0 million in 2008 to 95.7 million in 2009. Revenue, too, will increase from $998.3 million in 2008 to $2.2 billion in 2009.

August 9th, 2009 by admin


Where did my children go today after school? iPhone subscribers realize all that people finder technology has to offer… Other smartphone platforms will offer alternative people finder Apps in the near future… 18 more Android-powered phones, Microsoft’s MyPhone, Blackberry’s App World, and Nokia’s Ovi Store will promote ubiquitous App acess to meet the ever-growing consumer [...]

GPS devices to track dementia patients

August 6th, 2009 by admin


A wide range of medical devices that use GPS or RFID are rapidly gaining acceptance for a host of medical conditions prevalent today. For medical device manufacturers in 2009, the outlook appears equally bright. A study by medical device consulting firm Emergo Group reported positive domestic and international sales growth and continued optimism about prospects [...]

the iPhone makes knowing anything really easy

August 5th, 2009 by admin


Ubiquitous computing. Any science fiction writer will tell you that we’re already living the future — almost anything dreamed of can be done if you have enough money to do it. But a technology really doesn’t move from fantasy to reality until it’s everywhere, and thanks to the iPhone 3G, computing has become just that. [...]