In a world where smartphone unlock patterns and PINs can be easily gleaned from display muck, and computer passwords can be deciphered from the telltale audible clicks of the keyboard, it’s any wonder that research is funded for alternative identity verification schemes. One promising technology is face verification — technology we’ve already seen implemented in webcams , laptops , and more recently, Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 . Where we haven’t seen it broadly deployed is in the easy-to-lose smartphone, at least not with the level of sophistication achieved by the University of Manchester (UK) . . . → Read More: Nokia N900 does real-time face tracking for verification (video)
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International Data Corporation (IDC) keeps meticulous records of who ships what in the mobile phone space and today they’re reporting that shipments for the first half of 2010 totaled 620.6 million units, up 18.5% from the 523.5 million units shipped during the first two quarters of 2009. If that isn’t a sign that the economy is recovering, then I don’t know what is. . . . → Read More: IDC: Mobile phone shipments up 18.5% compared to the first half of 2009 Unless someone at Research In Motion is taking the time to screw with all of us, it looks like we might have an official name for their long-rumored BlackBerry tablet project : BlackPad. . . . → Read More: RIM Buys “BlackPad.com”, Presumably As A Home For The BlackBerry Tablet It looks like AT&T is taking a big bet on Microsoft’s upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system, as noted tech pundit Michael Gartenberg is saying the carrier has ordered 8 million units. According to his Twitter account: Interesting e-mail from a trusted source. AT&T has apparently signed up for 8 million #WP7 devices . . . → Read More: AT&T ordering 8 million Windows Phone 7 devices? This year will end with almost 60 million netbooks shipped worldwide. . . . → Read More: ABI Research: Annual netbook shipments to more than double by 2013 UK-based bigmouthmedia has conducted a small survey among key decision makers at a raft of leading UK companies to find out their attitude toward mobile marketing. The results are disappointing with more than three quarters of respondents not understanding the value of a visitor via mobile compared to other digital channels. And here are some other findings: 89.2% of respondents believe that mobile marketing will become increasingly important over the next 12 months . . . → Read More: bigmouthmedia: Most UK brands don’t understand mobile Another day, another survey indicating that iPhone users are generally happy with their Apple smartphone and with the AT&T wireless network. Market research boffins at Yankee Group have conducted a survey on iPhone users in the US, and the results speak for themselves . . . → Read More: Survey shows iPhone users are overall mostly satisfied with AT&T, despite SF network Talk about missing the target. ABI originally estimated that 2010 will end with 4 million tablets shipped . . . → Read More: ABI Research: Scrap our previous estimates, tablet shipments will hit 11 million this year Texas-based InNova Patent Licensing LLC has filed a broad lawsuit against thirty-six defendants accusing them of infringement upon an email spam patent that was granted to InNova founder Robert Uomini. The patent describes a method of identifying incoming email as spam by using external context information obtained from the sender and according to Christopher Banys, lead counsel for InNova, it is “one of the building blocks for all email communications”. The thirty-six defendants are a motley crew and include technology giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo, RIM, and HP, retail giants like JCPenney Co., food manufacturers such as Frito-lay and Dr . . . → Read More: InNova Patent Licensing LLC files infringement lawsuit against thirty-six companies over email spam patent UK’s Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) has conducted a small survey of 1,083 respondents to find out their radio listening habits. Apparently, 20% of British smartphone owners, or 1.4 million people, have downloaded a radio app on their device. Of those, over half (53%) use a radio app at least once a week; 54% select the station using specific FM preset while 14% run an app for a specific radio station . . . → Read More: RAJAR: 20% of British smartphone users listen to radio on their mobile phone |
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