Archive for the ‘Smartphone’ Category

jqMobi: At Last, jQuery Rewritten, Ground-Up, for iOS and Android

Monday, January 16th, 2012

appMobi

New community project is optimized for HTML5 mobile, provides stellar performance in a tiny footprint

jqMobi (www.jqmobi.com), a new open source mobile development framework makes its public debut today.  jqMobi is a mobile-optimized, HTML5 rewrite of the ubiquitous jQuery framework which is used on over 50% of all desktop websites.  jqMobi provides stunning speed improvement (2.5X faster than desktop jQuery), size reduction (only 3K vs. 36K) and code efficiency, with a particular focus on delivering an identically high quality user experience to both iOS and Android devices. Mobile developers can join the community and download the code at www.jqmobi.com.

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OnPoint Community Credit Union Partners with Tyfone to Launch iCashé Mobile Wallet Program

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

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New service allows members to purchase and send gift cards with a smart phone

Through a partnership with Portland-based mobile financial services firm Tyfone, OnPoint Community Credit Union today announced the launch of the iCashé Mobile Wallet program. iCashé Mobile Wallet provides OnPoint members with a simple and fun way to purchase gift cards on their mobile phones and send to anyone instantly by text message or email. OnPoint is the first credit union in the nation to offer the iCashé Mobile Wallet program to members. (more…)

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Mobeam Delivers Redemption on Smartphones

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

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Innovative light based communications technology now available to manufacturers and carriers that want to produce smartphones with complete mobile commerce functionality that includes mobile coupons that work everywhere

CUPERTINO, Calif. and SAN DIEGO from CTIA Enterprise & Apps – October 12, 2011 – Mobeam® (www.mobeam.com) today announced its light based communications (LBC) technology is now available to mobile handset manufacturers for easy integration on new smartphone devices. Mobeam’s patented LBC technology removes the technical barrier that limits smartphone applications for mobile coupons, gift cards and tickets. By leveraging the light emitting sources that smartphones already use for other purposes – message waiting and battery charging indicators, proximity sensors, camera flashes, among others – mobeam technology can beam a barcode that works virtually anywhere.

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Sprinkler Times Mobile App Makes Saving Water, Plants and Money Easy

Monday, June 27th, 2011

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Easy to use Sprinkler Times app uses localized scientific data to maintain healthy landscapes, encourage conservation and save homeowners hundreds of dollars a year in needless overwatering

Summer 2011 is finally here, and Garden Apps, creators of landscaping and irrigation focused mobile applications and Web services, today unveiled the Sprinkler Times™ app, helping people across the United States find the correct number of minutes to set their sprinkler timers for maintaining healthy gardens all year round. Available for iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and tablets, as well as on the Web, Sprinkler Times is the first mobile app built using Garden Apps’ 3Green™ approach to personal technology: save plants (green in the yard), save the environment (green in philosophy), and save money (green in the bank).

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Bitstream at JavaOne 2011 India

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

BOLT Mobile Browser

Bitstream Director of Research and Development to Speak at JavaOne 2011 in Hyderabad, India

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a leading developer of software that meets the challenging and ever-changing needs of mobile operators, device manufacturers, mobile application developers and consumers worldwide. Bitstream India, Director of Research and Development Lokesh Joshi will be speaking at JavaOne 2011 held in Hyderabad, India May 10-11 in a session titled “Java Platform, Micro Edition and BOLT: Unlock the Value of Web Browsing”. This session is part of the JavaME, Mobile and Embedded track at the JavaOne two-day conference.

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BOLT Browser Now the Locals’ Favorite

Monday, April 25th, 2011

BOLT Mobile Browser

Bitstream partners with xAD to deliver localized search content to millions of BOLT browser users

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today it has selected location-aware mobile search expert, xAD (www.xad.com), as its local search partner for the award winning BOLT mobile browser. Through this partnership, locally relevant user searches from within BOLT will now be provided with xAD results, specific to the user’s location search terms.

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appMobi Named Finalist in 2011 CTIA E-Tech Awards

Monday, March 14th, 2011

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appMobi Recognized for Innovation in Mobile Commerce Applications

appMobi® (www.appmobi.com) was named a finalist in the Mobile Applications – Mobile Commerce category of CTIA’s annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards competition. The CTIA E-Tech Awards honor the most innovative new products in 14 categories spanning the areas of mobile apps, consumer electronics, enterprise and infrastructure. Winners will be announced at International CTIA WIRELESS® 2011 taking place March 22-24 in Orlando, Florida.

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MobileTrax Announces the 2011 Mobility Awards Selection Committee

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

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Industry analysts and members of the press will select the winners of the 12th annual Mobility Awards, to be announced at the Wireless Innovators dinner during CTIA Wireless in Orlando, FL

MobileTrax (www.mobiletrax.com), an industry research firm covering the mobile and wireless market, announced today the 2011 Mobility Awards Selection Committee. Made up of leading press and analysts that cover the mobile and wireless market, the selection committee will select the winners of the 2011 Mobility Awards which will be announced at the Wireless Innovators Dinner on Tuesday, March 22 at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida.

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mobiUs Web Browser Technology From appMobi – You Won’t Believe What the Mobile Web Can Do Now

Monday, February 14th, 2011

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mobiUs mobile Web browser technology from appMobi levels the playing field between native apps, WebApps and mobile websites, and creates powerful alternative distribution channels that puts the Web on equal footing with app stores

appMobi® (www.appmobi.com) today unveiled mobiUs™ – the first-of-its-kind mobile Web browser technology that allows developers to create Web applications – or WebApps – that exceed the functionality possible with native apps, putting the entire World Wide Web on equal footing with app stores as the distribution channel for discovering, downloading and interacting with mobile apps.

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Media Advisory: Bitstream to Showcase Advanced Mobile Browsing Technologies at Mobile World Congress 2011

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

BOLT Mobile Browser

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a leading developer of software that meets the challenging and ever-changing needs of mobile operators, device manufacturers, mobile application developers and consumers worldwide. The company will be showcasing its mobile technologies at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2011 (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, February 14 to 17 in stand 2D23. These mobile technologies include:

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