The percentage of women accessing the web has increased 575 percent over the last two years, compared to 233 percent growth among men, according to browser development firm Opera Software’s latest State of the Mobile Web Report. Women now make up 23 percent of mobile web users worldwide, increasing from 12 percent in mid-2008; U.S. [...]
In the agreement, GTX Corp will make available its popular GPS Tracking apps on Samsung’s bada operating system. The GPS Tracking apps will be featured for sale October 2010 in Samsung’s Application Store. Of the 40 million Samsung handsets anticipated to ship between now and mid-2011, 15-20 million will be the new “Scotia” models. Samsung, [...]
GPS technology embedded into shoes provides tracking for wandering and eloping victims of Alzheimers — Afflicting more than five million Americans the disease without a cure may finally see research applications to predict those that will get the disease with a Spinal-Fluid Test ten years before the proteins and plaque destroy thier brains. GTX Corp and Aetrex Worldwide [...]
Nearly 90 percent of U.S. households now have a cell phone – a huge number and clear paradigm shift that is only eclipsed only by the number of global mobile phone service subscriptions eclipsing 5 billion this month. Of that number, there are now more than 500 million active 3G data subscriptions. Curiously with that [...]
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that of the two-thirds of U.S. hospitals surveyed; only 1.5% of them have a comprehensive electronic-medical records system. This despite substantial Federal stimulus funding and a 2011 “Meaningful Mandate” usage goal… Physician resistance was noted by the study researchers as a critical factor [...]
GPS Tech Review: What are the GTX Corp business models and its channels of distribution? Mr. Bertagna: We marshal our extensive GPS expertise, integrate our patented technology then identify an enterprise partner entrenched in their vertical market and work together to provide a proprietary solution via licensing and/or subscriptions. We have recently secured several licensing [...]
GPS Tech Review: Can you tell us about the patented GPS Shoes? Mr. Bertagna: We came together when Elizabeth Smart was abducted in 2002. A group of us conceived of a shoe with an embedded tracking device powered by GPS. Personal Location footwear would certainly protect kids and their families from a similar tragedy by [...]
GPS Tech Review: Could you elaborate on the demand for your GPS applications and give us the trends that you are seeing in the market place? Mr. Bertagna: There is a greater awareness for GPS apps as demonstrated by the increase in downloads and inquiries LOCiMOBILE receives daily. The demand for personal location apps is [...]
GTX Corp, developer of the patented GPS shoe, will begin shipping devices to its licensee; Aetrex Worldwide for retail sales through its www.foot.com and GTX Corp’s www.gpsshoe.com sites. Availability is currently scheduled to coincide with the National Alzheimer Association Memory Walks this fall. Those wishing to purchase a pair of ‘Ambulators” should post their interest [...]
Samsung’s Bada OS may become a retail tsunami if its Wave smartphone does its thing … It has apps, it has widgets, it has a great touch-screen with a Super AMOLED display and it multitasks…all in addition to being a phone. Multitasking isn’t one of the leading features that Samsung is promoting with Bada, but [...]
