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Whisher Adds a Symbian App

Jason Harris, Monday, April 28, 2008 at 11:25 AM PT Comments (1)

Updated: Whisher has sent this special offer to our readers. They are giving away WiFi Out credit to GigaOM readers, and you can get the details here. The deal allows you to get free WiFi at Starbucks, Hilton Hotels, International airports and other locations.
Whisher, which provides access to Wi-Fi hotspots around the world in [...]

Jeff Pulver Steps Down From PulverMedia Board

Jason Harris, Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 8:53 AM PT Comments (4)

Jeff Pulver said today that he has resigned from the board of Pulvermedia, the company he founded. Pulver is a pioneer in the VoIP world and Pulvermedia — the company behind the VON conferences and magazine — has been a rallying point in the VoIP community.
As Om reported last month, rumors have been swirling recently [...]

Sampa: A Simple Way to Bring Families Together

Jason Harris, Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 3:30 PM PT Comments (10)

As a new parent, I am constantly faced with the dilemma of how to best keep my extended family in the loop with regards to events in my daughter’s life. I could easily start a blog, on which I could post written updates along with images. But I would prefer not to have [...]

Sniff Aims To Answer the Question, Where You At?

Jason Harris, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 9:34 AM PT Comments (5)

If the first five seconds of every cell phone conversation were recorded, researchers would probably find that many start with the phrase “Where are you?” Answering that question before it’s asked is the aim of a new location-based web application called sniff, which stands for Social Network Integrated Friend Finder.
A permissions-based application, sniff uses “a [...]

What Makes a Good Mobile Application Great

Jason Harris, Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 9:45 AM PT Comments (26)

What separates the good from the bad in the mobile web space? More importantly, what makes a good mobile application truly great? There are lots of examples out there, but what can mobile developers learn from them? Here are some common sense guidelines:

Connecting Your Nokia Calendar to Google Calendar

Jason Harris, Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 3:00 AM PT Comments (7)

It’s hard to beat the utility of Google Calendar. The app allows you to share and collaborate your calendar with others, makes it possible to view colleagues’ schedules and availability, and generally keeps your hectic life in order.
Google Calendar would be even more useful if you could have mobile access to it. For BlackBerry [...]

iPhone Ready to Rumble With BlackBerry

Jason Harris, Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 12:52 PM PT Comments (16)

Apple today unveiled enterprise features for the iPhone, a push to take on Research In Motion’s BlackBerry. And even though it will be a while before the iPhone can become a real challenger to the Canadian company’s ubiquitous device, the news weighed on RIM’s shares.

Yahoo Aims to Keep Mobile Content in OnePlace

Jason Harris, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 9:39 AM PT Comments (2)

Yahoo has unveiled a new personalized mobile web content management utility called onePlace. The tool, which will be launched in the second quarter of 2008 as part of Yahoo Go 3.0 (a previously announced mobile application that enables easy access to existing mobile Yahoo services), will be able to track on mobile devices [...]

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