Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Smartphone Apps

Smart Phone Apps & Social Networking Help Lose Weight, Evidence Suggests
HelpingYouCare™
At the conference, Dr. Pretlow presented findings that social networks can
be very effective in treating obesity, and he also presented a new smart
phone app to help battle obesity. The data presented showed that teens and
preteens using the smart ...
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Belo Upgrades Smartphone Apps
Broadcasting & Cable
By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/14/2012 3:39:02 PM Belo Corp.
has released the next generation of its smartphone apps for the iPhone and
Android in 15 markets that offer improved user experiences for weather,
traffic and breaking news on ...
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Travel Expense Headaches? Apps, Scanners Ease Pain
KMGH Denver
According to Duncan Bell, operations editor of tech magazine T3, receipt
scanners and, to a greater extent, smartphone apps, are the main drivers of
these developments. "Technology has made quite major changes in terms of
how people do their expenses ...
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Women smarter with smartphone apps
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Men in India may install more smartphone apps than women – 16
applications a month compared to just 11 – but there's substantially
higher usage of apps by Indian females, driven mainly by chat apps such as
WhatsApp Messenger – which women use three ...
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Local PTs Named Semi-Finalists for $55k State Competition Prize
Patch.com
The Muldoons invented the "Ustabilize" and "GetMyROM" medical smartphone
apps. Mike Muldoon Two local physical therapists looking to change the
world of medicine through two mobile applications have been named
semi-finalists for $55000 in prize money ...
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App-Easing The Not So 'Smart': Smart Phone Technology For An ...
By connorkeppel
This post is a quick advice guide on how to help introduce smartphone
technology into the life of someone who's not convinced that they can
benefit from it.
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Smartphone Ownership Has Exploded. Key Questions For Your ...
By jacAPPS
When we designed and conducted the "Goin' Mobile" ethnographic study
with Arbitron back in 2010, we saw some amazing "stupid human smartphone
tricks" that were precursors to major behavioral changes that have become
societal in ...
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Brochures, smart phone apps bring LaFayette's historic City ...
Walker County, Ga., Sheriff Harvey Mize's first -- and last -- day on the
job was Feb. 14, 1879.
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Mobile Games

What enterprise mobile apps can learn from mobile games
ITworld.com
May 14, 2012, 3:43 PM — Enterprise mobile apps are shifting from small,
narrowly task-oriented programs to larger, more complex ones. To design
them well, enterprise developers can learn a lot from a surprising source:
mobile games.
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Mention Mobile Enters into Publishing Deal with Chillingo
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mention Mobile, developer of
innovative social gaming apps, announced today that it has partnered with
Chillingo, the leading independent games publisher and a division of
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) .
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Mobile Game
CSPnet.com
Elements such as games, viral videos and random rewards keep customers
interested in a retailer's mobile application or "app," and will ultimately
require an entire "eco-system" of services and capabilities going forward,
said Mike Finley, ...
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Vivendi first-quarter hurt by video games, French telecom
Reuters
PA) posted lower revenue and operating profit in the first quarter, hit by
weak video game sales and bruising competition for its SFR French telecom
unit after the launch of a new low-cost mobile player. Vivendi's main cash
cow, SFR, felt the first ...
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Nokia introduces new range of mobile phones to provide a fast,
affordable ...
Reuters
Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 offer Facebook, Twitter, world-class EA games and
access to thousands of apps from the Nokia Store Karachi, Pakistan - Nokia
has today unveiled two new mobile phone models as it continues to
accelerate its strategy to connect ...
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MEDL Mobile Launches International Hit App With "Rampage Punch"
MarketWatch (press release)
"Rampage Punch" uses the mobile phone's built in accelerometer to combine
the player's physical punch strength and reflex speed to gauge their skill.
Developed alongside Jackson as creative game development executive, the app
is designed for energetic ...
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Aventurine's Darkfall Online MMO Adds PayOne's Mobile Payment Service
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA, May 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- PayOne announces that
Aventurine ( www.aventurine.gr ), an award-winning global game developer
and Aventurine's major investor, InternetQ (SEA:UK:INTQ) , a global leader
in mobile marketing and ...
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Zynga buys another mobile developer, Wild Needle | The Appside
By Admin
No, Zynga isn't spanking $180m on female-focused mobile games firm Wild
Needle – this is no Draw Something 2 – but the company's latest
acquisition is still intriguing. Wild Needle is the company behind social
mobile game Shoptown Hero, ...
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Tap Dragon Park: Defeat an evil troll army ... - Games.com News
By Brandy Shaul
While Pokemon clones are nothing new, finding a mobile game inspired by an
elemental battle system that's exclusive to Android is still a rare thing.
In comes Tap Dragon Park from Pocket Gems, the makers of Tap Zoo, Tap Pet
Shop and ...
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EA CEO: "Mobile games are not going to wipe ... - GamesIndustry.biz
John Riccitiello outlines his four major rules for the mobile games market.
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Mobile Games
Seminar for the Master on Social Media and Web Technologies, Linnaeus
University, Sweden, 8 May 2012.
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