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- RFID could be in all cell phones by 2010
- All cell phones will come packed with an RFID chip by next summer — giving your phone the possibility of also becoming the keys to your car or house. All cell phones will come packed with an RFID chip by next summer — giving your phone the possibility of...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, RFID, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, cell phones, Ericsson, Natasha Lomas silicon.com
- News items 2009-06-25
- Nokia releases 'point and find' technology
- Location, location, location. At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Nokia Executive Vice President Anssi Vanjoki outlined his company's vision for the future of mobile computers based on its new map-based user interface. Vanjoki predicts that in the near future, people will no longer ask, "Where are you?" and...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Location, Web 2.0, Notebooks, Wireless And Mobility, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Nokia, Web 2.0 Expo, mobile devices, mobile computers, GPS, social locations, cell phones
- Videos 2009-04-02
- Wi-Fi while you fly
- Imagine sending e-mails, browsing blogs, and booking your next trip with ease while soaring above the clouds. CNET's Kara Tsuboi tests out Virgin America's new in-flight Wi-Fi service and concludes that we'll no longer be able to slack off during a business trip again.
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless, News, kara tsuboi, virgin airlines, wi-fi, internet, cell phones, laptops, sfo, flying
- Videos 2008-11-25
- The future of... Mobile device chargers
- No power? No problem. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at kinetic energy technology that charges mobile phones and devices without ever needing an electrical outlet. The mobile device charger generates power from motion, whether it's in a pocket, a briefcase, or the glove compartment of...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Device, Mobile Device Charger, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, mobile, power, green, future, cell phones, computers, electricity
- Videos 2008-11-19
- GPS cell phones plot, predict traffic
- With the popularity of GPS-enabled cell phones, it makes sense to use that mapping technology to plot traffic speeds. A new UC Berkeley and Nokia pilot program tests out the tech in the San Francisco Bay Area, where CNET's Kara Tsuboi gives it a spin.
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, GPS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, News, cnet, kara tsuboi, gps, nokia, uc berkeley, traffic, caltrans, cell phones
- Videos 2008-11-11
- CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones
- New device from Paraben works like a USB stick and could be used by law enforcement, thieves, or parents to snoop on the cell phone activities of anyone who leaves their phone unattended.
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, News, elinor mills, csistick, cell phones, data, fbi, hacking, security
- Videos 2008-09-02
- Democrats: Twitter, text, or telephone?
- How are the Democratic delegates getting out their party's message while at the Democratic National Convention? Are they texting like Obama? Social networking on Twitter or Facebook? Or relying on the old standards: phone and e-mail? CNET's Kara Tsuboi wanders Denver's Pepsi Center to find out.
- Tags: Phone, Twitter, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Quality, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, delegates, mccain, obama, clinton, texting, cell phones, internet
- Videos 2008-08-28
- The perils of information overload
- Employees from technology companies including Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Google have banded together to combat information overload, which they call "the world's greatest challenge to productivity." As the new nonprofit Information Overload Research Group gets off the ground, CNET News intern Holly Jackson hit the streets of San Francisco...
- Tags: News, holly jackson, google, ibm, dell, intel, cell phones, internet, email, iphone, apple, information, overload, but no tags matched
- Videos 2008-07-18
- Drivers caught red-handed holding phone
- Starting July 1, California drivers caught holding their cell phones to their ear while driving are being slapped with a $20 dollar ticket for the first offense, and a $50 ticket for the second. CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi rode along with the California Highway Patrol near Berkeley, Calif., as officers nabbed...
- Tags: Phone, Driver, Telecom & Utilities, News, kara tsuboi, cell phones, hands free law, california, highway, patrol, traffic, driving, bluetooth, headset
- Videos 2008-07-07
- Californians weigh in on new law
- California's hands-free cell phone law is set to take effect Tuesday. On the eve of the change, CNET News.com's Holly Jackson took to the streets of San Francisco to see how consumers feel about the new legislation. Will it make them feel safer on the road?
- Tags: Law, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, News, cell phones, bluetooth, hands free, traffic, laws, california, freeways, holly jackson
- Videos 2008-07-01
- Nvidia chip with Java allows 3D modeling on cell phones
- At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Ken Russell and Sven Gothel of Sun Microsystems explain how the Nvidia APX2500 chip allows developers to write Java apps on a desktop and run them directly to cell phones. Users will be able to play games and navigate cities in 3D using...
- Tags: 3D, Phone, 3D Modeling, NVidia Corp., Cell Phone, Chip, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, JavaOne, Nvidia, cell phones, Java Application, Middleware, Enterprise Software
- Videos 2008-05-12
- Using cell phones to track traffic
- News.com's Erica Ogg reports on what happens when 100 volunteers with GPS phones start driving up and down a 10-mile stretch of freeway.
- Tags: erica ogg, nokia, cell phones, traffic, bay area, san francisco, gps, internet, uc berkeley
- Videos 2008-02-08
- Bill Gates on local advertising: Yellow Pages gone in 5 years
- Microsoft wagered an estimated $1 billion of its competitive kitty that it will loudly beat search nemesis Google in both the mobile search and local advertising $50 billion challenge, as I report and analyze in What Microsoft is telling Google about mobile search: Tellme Networks, Inc.In buying Tellme, Microsoft aims...
- Tags: Cell Phones, Advertising, Google, Local, Marketing, Microsoft, Wireless
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Google's $19 billion 'scary' mobile advertising problem
- Nineteen billion dollars worth of global mobile marketing and advertising is to be had by 2011 ABI Research and, in good Googley form, CEO Eric Schmidt is gunning for the lions share. And, despite Google’s inability to show any successful diversification offline, many are gunning for Google in the...
- Tags: Television, ROI, Business Models, Advertising, Wireless, TV, Search Advertising, Search, Radio, Print, Marketing, Google Software Applications, Google, Cell Phones
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Google Engineering: The REAL story
- Who said Google equals Chaos? Besides a Fortune cover story hook, that is? I heard Leland Rechis, Google User Experience Designer, give a methodical presentation last evening of the methodical Google Engineering development process, at a methodically run event at the NYC Googleplex in downtown Manhattan. Despite the...
- Tags: Mobile, Usability, Google Software Applications, Google, Cell Phones
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Google upstaged by Microsoft, Yahoo
- Google Phone? What Google phone!Microsoft and Yahoo are announcing a few gadgets with “great pride,” however.How about a Yahoo super charged, new “portable MP3 player set to free you from the USB cable chaining you to your PC, allowing you to listen to personalized radio, download music, share music with...
- Tags: TV, Television, Software, Social Web, Music, Mobile, Microsoft, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Cell Phones, Business Models, Yahoo
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- First Presidents club: Clinton, Bush go wireless
- Only in America?Two directly competitive former Presidents of the United States from opposing political parties join together on a business conference stage in a for large fee inspirational talk to expo attendees: William Jefferson Clinton and George Herbert Walker Bush.What’s more: One of the retired Presidents’ son is the sitting...
- Tags: Wireless, Self-Promotion, Mobile, Cell Phones
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Fox News Digital targets mobile advertising growth
- Fox News Mobile is a key component of the Fox News Digital strategy: “Now you can take your Fox News with you wherever you go,” Fox proudly offers. How does Fox News enable a “Fox on the go” strategy? I spoke with Jeremy Steinberg, VP, Digital Media Sales &...
- Tags: advertisement, Fox, mobile marketing
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Social money on your cell: Citi mobilizes financial transactions
- Do you want to Obopay? The mobile person-to-person payment service platform is betting you do, touting a “fast and easy way to make payments using mobile phones.” Citigroup also believes in the potential of Obopay’s “Social Money” solution. Citi financial services company is gearing up to launch a...
- Tags: Social Software, Wireless, Cell Phones, VC, ecommerce, Mobile, Software, Culture, Venture Capital, Local, Business Models
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- IceBreaker social mobile software: Crush or Flush CEO exclusive interview
- Did you ever want an ice breaker, a mobile one? Crush or Flush to the rescue, a new social mobile service from IceBreaker, Inc., a mobile software company that “helps people stay connected through mobile software that is engaging and easy to use.” What is Crushin’ and Flushin’?Tag...
- Tags: Social Software, Wireless, Cell Phones, Software, Mobile, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Web, User-Generated Content, Culture, Usability, Web 2.0, Business Models
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
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